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As a new Fed Chair casts doubt on offical statistics after the Aministration drastically cut their funding, it is worth remembering how and why we created federal statistics agencies in the first place...they reduce scope for gaslighting the public www.aeaweb.org/articles/pdf...

In our magazine, the latest from Texas Observer cartoonist Ben Sargent. Read more from our July/August 2026 issue: www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-...

Hot Mess Express Elm City, NC

BREAKING: The Pentagon reportedly delayed announcing the U.S. strikes on Iran until after the stock market closed at 4 p.m. ET on Friday, with the timing intended to minimize the immediate impact on financial markets, according to NBC News.

such a cool chart. The UK just has no highly-productive mid-sized cities... look at the gap in the middle of the orange bubbles

🚨🚨🚨🚨 This is my latest story—a piece I have worked on and off for more than SIX MONTHS!!! Let me take a deep breath and explain to you why I am obsessed with this one (1/N) (1/5)

Mehr releases what it says are details of the Iran-US MoU:

This is Chubbz. He does have his own bed, just prefers a challenge. 13/10 (TT: highpriestess801)

Graham Platner vs. the Machine "Starting Tuesday, and over the next five months, the people of Maine will decide what matters to them – and which side they’re on." Read here: zeteo.com/p/graham-pla...

@proton.me is actively partnering with the far right www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/c...

#NewGovAZ

the crab rangoon fanbase is dying reskeet if you're a real gooner !!!

💰 New here? We're an automated feed tracking TAX bills in statehouses across the country -> income, sales, property & excise taxes, credits & exemptions.. and more! When a bill moves, we post it (with a link to the bill) so you can follow what your legislature is doing. Weekly Digest every Friday!

it has come to my attention that busytown is anti pig

now show the chart for corporate profits

Getting mogged by your judge is crazy

The markets had a terrible Friday… apparently because the bond market had a terrible Friday… at the root of the problem? Inflation #economy #inflation #stockmarket

"The greatest threat to Boston’s people, 256 years after the Boston Massacre, might be another remote ruling power." @opinion.bloomberg.com's @franciswilkinson.bsky.social on Michelle Wu's effort to rebuild trust in a local government that Trump is busy undermining. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built

BARTIROMO: Do you believe the price of oil and gas will be lower before the midterm elections? TRUMP: I hope so. I mean, I think so. It could be the same or maybe a little big higher (Check out Maria's face as he says this!)

Amazon's deal with the postal service is expected to result in the retailer using USPS for more than 1 billion annual package deliveries. or 80% of existing business - Source $AMZN

Declining upward job mobility reduced annual real wage growth in the US by 0.68 percentage points, roughly one-third of the post-1980 slowdown, from Niklas Engbom, Aniket Baksy, and Daniele Caratelli www.nber.org/papers/w34981

Unpopular opinion alert: Chuck Schumer deserves credit for keeping his caucus in line until Republicans folded.

“.. The rate of people leaving metro Miami to other places in the U.S. was higher than that of any other large metro in 2025.” @jedkolko.bsky.social jedkolko.substack.com/p/with-less-...

SCOOP: @mayorwu.boston.gov's Administration Delays @mbta.com Columbus Ave. Transit Project; City Hall Planners Told to Cancel Meetings With T mass.streetsblog.org/2026/03/25/w...

Troubling development--Core PCE inflation was hot in Jan at 0.36% m/m & 3.1% y/y BUT it would have been even hotter had BEA not shifted its source data in an ad hoc fashion to avoid showing an 11.9% m/m rise in legal fees shown in the CPI. The BEA acknowledged they made this choice...not a good look

An Ohio poll has Democrats leading by 10 in the upcoming governor race and by 4 in the Senate race (that’s the Sherrod Brown race). theoec.org/wp-content/u...

whoa -- this is new. Trump has a significant rash-like injury on his neck today in addition to his disfigured hand (Saul Loeb/Getty)

Crazy story: A bank analyst published a report showing Kalshi users lose money even faster than sports gamblers, so Kalshi first tried to pressure the data provider to change their data and then accused them and the analyst of conspiring to extort them when that doesn’t work.

what an image

Seattle street art: @wutangforchildren.bsky.social

This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban. “I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.” Full remarks:

Here it is, your moment of zen: Mystic Aquarium just released this footage of a baby seal they’re rehabilitating after it was rescued on Nantucket

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Former BLS commissioner Bill Beach says the agency has lost 25% of its staff since January. 40% of leadership positions are vacant. And DOL leadership “does not seem to support the Bureau.” #ASSA2026 #EconSky

WH Sr. Adviser Hassett: Stronger data could support a 50 basis point cut. U wot, mate?

DECEMBER FED RATE-CUT BETS DROP AFTER BLS CANCELS JOBS REPORT

*TEXAS REDISTRICTING SHOT DOWN, NARROWING GOP PATH TO GAIN SEATS

You gotta love this. Elon is just a loser through and through. Zero redeeming qualities. No interests, no friends. Just twitter 23.5 hours a day.

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

Quite a graph. taxfoundation.org/blog/trump-t...

Report examining the employment history data of more than 3m finance & tech workers at companies that rolled out office mandates found that turnover among women is almost three times as high as that of their male co-workers, and that women are more likely to take a lower position if they leave

WHITE HOUSE WITHDRAWS ANTONI'S NOMINATION TO LEAD BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS - REPORTS

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work https://theonion.com/relaxing-tea-better-fucking-work-1819579209/

#BLS has delayed the 2024 Consumer Expenditures Survey annual release. This is likely due to the severe understaffing in the agency. Staff losses and hiring freeze are taking their toll. www.bls.gov/cex/notices/... #econsky

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

TRUMP FLOATS PULLING LICENSES IF NETWORKS ARE ‘AGAINST’ HIM AFTER JIMMY KIMMEL SUSPENDED- CNBC