Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Active Voting Rights Cases: 157 Active Redistricting Cases: 41 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 79 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 74 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32 Help support its work. bit.ly/4qr0jTS

The latest jobs report was strong. If your first reaction was "that can't be right," this one's for you. How the jobs report is built, what tampering would look like, and why I still believe the data: newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/why-i-stil...

5/ "According to declassified FBI documents, Maxwell’s purpose in New Mexico was to sell a piece of software called PROMIS to American defense installations." US DOJ "officials in Washington, under the administration of Ronald Reagan, quickly shut down the Albuquerque investigation." 🚩🚩🚩

21/ "I keep coming back to this though because it was just odd: the same calendar date, thirty years apart, the same Attorney General’s institutional reach, and two men who both knew where the financial architecture led. Danny Casolaro on August 10, 1991. Jeffrey Epstein on August 10, 2019."

Nancy Mace to step down from public office to spend more time inspecting her family's genitals when they try to go to the bathroom

This Day in Labor History: June 5, 1944. White workers at an airplane plant outside of Cincinnati went on strike over Black workers being promoted. Let's talk about the Cincinnati Hate Strike, a mere day before the Normandy invasion!

In Idaho, 45 people have been confirmed to be infected with Campylobacter because they drank raw milk, with several others also sick. Campy is a bacteria that causes diarrhea and stomach cramps, and in 1-5% of cases, can cause reactive arthritis that lasts for months.

Two weeks in, Platypus Economics is doing well. But to really succeed, we need sponsors. It's simple economics, really. Insight: I bet some of my Platypals work in the real world, with real jobs, and advertising budgets. If that's you, reach out: [email protected]

Hantavirus can cause a serious pulmonary syndrome with a high fatality rate. Clearly a scroll of social media shows a mix of us all learning more in real time. Infectious diseases and critical illness are humbling. I’m glad to see a push towards mandatory quarantine for all exposed.

1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

John Lewis had John Roberts' number from the jump: takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/john-lewis...

The stock market has been rising not because of Trump but in spite of him. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart

Bottom line: the issue isn't only what Iran can do. It's that everyone now knows what Iran can do. Revealed vulnerability changes bargaining power.

The best pic in politics right now. Hopeful and real. #obama #mamdani #politics

Iranian girls from the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Iran that were killed by the Trump administration

REMINDER: Saudi Arabia does not want the war in Iran to end before there is regime change. The Saudis are paying a top U.S. negotiator, Jared Kushner, tens of millions annually. The negotiations just ended without a deal, exactly what the Saudis wanted.

JUST A REMINDER..,👇 There are emails in the Epstein files where Ghislaine Maxwell refers to Melania as ‘Sweet Pea’ and Melania calls her ‘Miss G.’ But they hardly knew each other.

Iran says it ‘would be dumb’ for US to let Netanyahu kill diplomacy https://aje.news/vgdafy

What atrocious blame-shifting to avoid poking the Mad King.

What I’d NEVER do as a brain injury rehab doctor: • Motorcycle • Tackle football (for my kids) • Ignore BP • Skip helmets • Normalize repeat COVID infections Because I take care of what happens next.

Blanche “used the 2-day interview to test whether and if so how Ghislaine would implicate various famous ppl, including Trump. After she declined to do that, even w/testimony that directly conflicted w/piles of records Blanche had in his possession, he rewarded her with … a transfer to Club Fed.”

The absurdity of the Iran war is epitomized by the Trump administration’s decision to partially ease sanctions on Iran and Russia, allowing both countries to rake in huge profits. Russia is set to earn three times more per month from its energy resources. @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social

Is the United States insolvent? Lemme youtubesplain: youtu.be/_Zhy-icOTjM?... I'm trying a few new things on my YouTube channel -- trying to make economics more accessible -- and so I'm also really interested in your feedback.

THIS perfectly describes most of today’s media bias and failure!

FYI: I am going to stop summarizing Supreme Court decisions on here as they come down. One comment has been plucked out of context of all my reporting, misread, and used as the basis of a mean-spirited pile-on. I am not going to subject myself to this. If this was your goal, then congratulations.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility—shitty Supreme Court ruling notwithstanding.

On this day in 1915, a Jewish woman was born in Leipzig. On the 16 Oct 1941 she was deported to the Łódź Ghetto with her husband. They both perished in the Shoah. Her name was Esther Beinhorn

Thank you to Revolutionary Spaces and the Friends of Crispus Attucks Association for your partnership in celebrating Crispus’s life and keeping the fires of his revolutionary spirit burning bright in Boston.

6:49am: sudden spike in oil futures trading. no news. no announcement. nothing public. 7:05am: trump announces a pause on iran strikes. markets move. someone knew. 16 minutes early. $580 million in contracts. the corruption is staggering.

Biochemist Florence Seibert developed the Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) in the 1930s. Before her work, TB skin tests were inconsistent & unreliable. Her PPD formula was adopted as the internat'l standard (1952) & remains the gold standard for TB testing today. #WorldTuberculosisDay #WomenInSTEM

It's just unreal how little thought or planning went into starting a new massive war in the Middle East.

Here's evidence that there was a loan of money from Epstein to Nick Ribis (formerly of Trump Casinos). www.justice.gov/epstein/file... #doj #epstein #files

MAJOR BREAKING: Epstein survivors just announced they will release their own list of names. rumble.com/v76wk0y-majo...

Key profiteers off the Iran War

Eid Mubarak, New York.

Rep. Ralph Norman on ICE agents: "They were doxxed. Their homes were raided by the agitators." (This never happened -- Norman is just straight up making stuff up.)

The government owes itself $7.6 trillion. That is not actual net liabilities in any sense of the word. And the way you know that’s true is it doesn’t cause any net interest payments. It’s an accounting fiction.

Gross debt, which just reached $39 trillion, is an incoherent concept. It treats intragovenrmental debt, an accounting fiction, as debt. Easy thought experiment: you ask your spouse for $10 and spend it and say “I owe you $10!” Is your household down $20 or $10? Gross debt says $20, which, lol

Powell: "The implications of developments in the Middle East for the US economy are uncertain"

At the Fed press conference, Powell reflects some frustration that inflation hasn't moved more sharply toward target, as tariff-fueled prices are still working their way through the system. This is a moderately hawkish presser, for reasons that largely pre-date the Iran war.

The Fed's stance appears to have changed very little. A simple interpretation: The Fed wants to wait and see what's happening in the Middle East. There's no point taking a strong view until reality becomes clearer. (Powell just described FOMC members as having "no conviction" in their forecasts.)

He wasn't just an asylum seeker. Paktyawal was an Afghan special forces soldier who worked with the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group. He was evacuated on August 30, 2021, entered the U.S. legally and had a pending case with a work permit and social security number. Killed by ICE maggots.

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Powell articulated the monetary debate pretty clearly. On the one hand, the textbook says to "look through" supply shocks. (They're transitory.) On the other, the pandemic, tariffs, and now Iran have kept inflation above target for 5 years, raising fears about expectations becoming unanchored.

Spotted in the Epstein files: “Did you proud 1 night 2 boys But one I only kissed Oh and they were separately of course” Why are they protecting whoever sent it?

Major breaking: Epstein Survivors just announced they will release their own list rumble.com/v76wk0y-majo...