We used to have the Bureau of Labor Statistics collect inflation data but under Trump we’ve outsourced it to DoorDash

It turns out that the madman theory works on one particular target. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-madman...

*stares off into the distance*

Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.

Somebody please show Bari Weiss my interview with Portnoy from 13 YEARS AGO TELLING (AND REPEATEDLY DEFENDING) RAPE JOKES. Why is CBS platforming a dude with a looong history of misogyny? Forward to a 1:35 to see my confrontation with him. youtu.be/B7QTahhIBqI

Today's reminder we are in a state of constitutional suspension, where the rules and norms which have traditionally governed our institutions have been replaced with "whatever advantages the president and his allies and punishes his opponents." Or: for my friends everything, for my enemies the law.

SCOTUS6: POTUS can fire anyone. IGs: Even IGs? SCOTUS6: Everyone but Fed Chairs. IGs: Even IGs who discovered someone framed a Fed Chair? www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

Had to write about Angus King's declaration that "standing up to Trump didn't work" because I've never heard anything bleaker in my life. badfaithtimes.com/were-not-ask...

This is the kind of negotiating insurance companies do when they work well. There is no way an individual is going to be able to say "how about I pay you $6,000 less than that?" and get away with it.

I attended this annual event at Arlington National Cemetery last year to hear Biden delivery this address for the last time. I did not consider going this year because the disrespect this man shows for this country's military history--let alone the country writ large--is contemptible.

New Yorker cartoons don’t miss.

NARRATOR: Neither of these things are really good ideas One is the fruits of executive overreach that SCOTUS will hopefully strike down, in which case there will be no money to fund it The other makes it even less likely most people will ever truly own a home while lining the pockets of big banks

It is very frustrating to be an American taking US democratic backsliding seriously while the ostensibly pro-democracy national leaders don't. At least some state leaders and activist groups are.

The Trump regime is ruining America’s most valuable alliances and international partnerships. The level of trust needed to do high level intelligence sharing is rare, and Five Eyes cooperation has been a major asset. The US chose to throw it away, harming its own power and security. And for what?

Among the many presidency-ending things it is Congress' job to police & it is failing to do, allowing the Mad King to incinerate our closest alliances is top of the list. It should have all ended w/ threatening to invade our NATO allies. Alas, we are not a serious country. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

This isn't remotely hard. Either lean into the fan theory that "James Bond" is a cover that gets passed from agent to agent, or just start setting these back in the 1960s when a character like Bond made a little more sense. There. Mail me my check.

I was unaware that these movies were part of a singular plot in any meaningful way.

In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work." The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting. And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.

If your closest ally is balking at your extrajudicial killings of random speedboats that could be easily interdicted, maybe you should have a "are we the baddies?" moment.

Negotiating 101: Be willing to walk away. It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while. In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.

"That is my quiet lesson of Veterans Day. Our country endures because of what we believe—and how we act when belief demands sacrifice in serving each other. Veterans remind me that a republic survives only when its citizens choose responsibility over indifference." www.thebulwark.com/p/who-we-cho...

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME CRIMES AND WANT TO GET AWAY WITH IT: *Become a Republican member of Congress *Donate money to President Trump or cronies *Marry a Republican member of Congress

Things that would get any other president impeached

It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.

Ah, creating a legal entitlement for $500K for some elderly millionaires because they being investigated for their role in an insurrection *in exchange for* a show vote to make health care affordable.

I wrote here about Trump’s limited understanding of health insurance and how relying on direct payments to people for payment toward health care costs is a terrible idea. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

As a reminder, Senate Democrats capitulated to these uncurious, slapdash clowns yesterday.

I hate to hand it to Bernie Sanders, but I gotta hand it to him here...

A systematic attack on the rule of law. Watergate-level high crimes and misdemeanors happening every day.

Binders full of women.

First Trump is trying to expropriate $230M from DOJ for himself, now this

This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it. And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE? Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.

This is my shocked face:

The only thing worse than keeping our current ATC System would be launching one within in 2-3 weeks.

Tired: Fusilli pasta Wired: Freedom corkscrews

fwiw...I guess my take after thinking about this for a bit... 1. the real villains remain the Rs, who have decided as a matter of policy that people should die rather than get health care, and who see starving people to death as a reasonable way to force concessions. (1)

Read one (1) history book and tell me this is ok

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

This is such a bizarre talking point; I've thankfully never had to use most of the types of insurance that I have for me and my family This is a good excuse to share my WSJ letter to the editor explaining that "not filing a claim doesn’t mean you didn’t need insurance" www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

The President pardoned members of his private militia after they failed to overturn an election; they, in turn, pledge their support to him and urge him to use them to police civil society.

Hoax (noun): Something real that actually happened that one dislikes and would've preferred hadn't happened For example, "Democrat Shutdown Hoax" or "Russia hoax"

Then why’d you cave?

Credible commitment problem has come for almost anything R's in Congress do. They may mean it but the administration may not.