Christian Weller

Attention Utahns: Unless you are in the military or overseas, today is the LAST DAY you can request a mail-in ballot. (And officials say if you do, you should take it to a dropbox instead of mailing it back) That and more important midterms info here.

Rode DC's metro last week to meetings. Makes the @mbta.com look so much worse.

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

4 postdoc openings at the University of Milan with @brunoarpino.bsky.social on aging, digital technologies, and social relationships. Open to PhD holders in sociology, demography, pol sci among others. sites.google.com/site/brunoar...

President Trump’s approval rating on the economy has nearly halved since the start of his presidency. Meanwhile, Democrats have gained an edge over Republicans on the economy. (Ipsos) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/261025

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GS DESK: “.. Great parties can lead to hangovers, and it’s fair to call the current environment the latter at least with regards to the AI complex. .. .. This week we saw AI Beneficiaries (GSTMTAIP) having its worst day vs SPXXAI since DeepSeek Monday ..”

Check out how easy this is.

Whenever someone who doesn't understand research and research funding says we don't need the government to take the long risks to make life better for everyone, we need to show them this thread.

That should make American families feel better that their (nonexistent)portfolio is growing while their car is being repossessed. WTAF?!

Who’ll stand with us? Our union-endorsed candidates! Union family - the @dropkickmurphys.com! ✊

Thay is a disgusting misuse of Public funds.

"Vote for us or we won't pay Marines and their families restitution for poisoning them" is one way to go.

Probably not a strategic vision. He/govt already own AI company shares. They need to force AI down our throats b/c gap between outlays and profits is large.

Eye inlays from an Egyptian coffin 👁👁 👀 The frame is made of bronze, the eye of calcite and obsidian. Dating ca 1500-1200 BC. On display at Staatliches Museum für Ägyptische Kunst. 📷️ me

It's also a vision of a very boring country. Having people from many different cultures, places and backgrounds living together is a lot of fun, as I am regularly reminded in my community

Donald Trump just told Veterans poisoned by toxic water at Camp Lejeune that they’ll only get the money they’re owed if Republicans win the midterms. These are Marines and their families who drank contaminated water for decades, got cancer, and have been begging the government for relief.

"other" people! He has no problem with himself doing that.

This is about the study to deny newborns a vaccine as an experiment in a very poor country.

This isn't even "read the book" territory. He could have watched the movie.

For those wondering if their vote matters: Speaking as a historian, there have been elections throughout American history that were decided by an AMAZINGLY SMALL number of votes. Don't surrender your right to have a say. Vote!

ACA Premiums Will Rise by Double Digits for the Second Year in a Row The health insurance costs won’t spike as badly as last year but will still rise 11%, per documents provided to The Washington Sun www.washingtonsun.com/health/aca-p...

It also means that Paxton is for sale, right?

This is such a heart breaking article. All of the suffering is the desired result from cruel policymakers who don't want to help those who need care. I am angry at Rs who don't see health care as a human right.

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Vaccinated and voted. I think I am done for October.

Not sure about the color choice on rising interest rates. But, those are not a good economic indicator (and people feel higher interest rates in so many different ways).

Just voted. Several competitive races and a bunch of crucial ballot questions in MA.

This should help people feel better about their utility bills. He started a war he can't end, his tariffs and deportations are raising prices, ICE is ripping families and communities apart... But, the president is focused on redoing what was a nice public golf course. Priorities.

"Ukraine did not receive a warning from the US about an impending Russian missile attack on Sunday evening, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, reviving concerns that Washington is withholding intelligence in order to bully Kyiv into capitulating to Moscow." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

DEMOCRATS: "We're worried that voters are so distracted by the high costs of food and gas that they won't pay attention to the colossal corruption." DONALD TRUMP: "Hold my Diet Coke."

The public gets that Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself

#econ_ra www.clevelandfed.org/research/res...

OUT OF THE 2.2 MILLION OVERSEAS CITIZENS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, 11% VOTED IN 2024 Speak to your friends abroad. There’s a decent chance they need help voting!

This is awesome. If your vote didn’t matter Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you.

“Disapproval of the job Trump is doing has reached 77% on inflation, 70% on the economy, 69% on tariffs, and 64% on foreign policy… Trump’s overall job approval is 36%, his lowest ever in a Fox News survey for either term” www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

Real average hourly earnings are officially down 0.7% on the month, per Bloomberg. That's the sixth straight month of decline.

The AEA Committee on the Job Market has posted a webinar on the job market for Ph.D. economists, which includes data on the # of job listings from JOE, data on outcomes from the job candidate surveys, and advice. Good luck to all of this year's job candidates! www.aeaweb.org/joe/communic...

Green Card Processing Backlogs for Refugees and Asylees Could Have Implications for Health Coverage and Care www.kff.org/immigrant-he...

GS: Core CPI Above Expectations; Estimating 0.32% for September Core PCE That'd be a 3.91% annualized pace

FANNIE MAE sees higher mortgage rates through the end of this year and into 2027. Sees 30-year fixed at 7.4% for Q4 and 7.5% for all of next year. (via @dianaolick.bsky.social) @cnbc.com

Real wages are shrinking year-over-year for the sixth month in a row. The Iran War brought an end to three years of real wage growth.

For me, the question is how to use those stakes responsibly, accountable and productively. Under Trump, it's a gift, but governments, even in the US take ownership stakes for strategic purposes all the time.