Lee Murray (she/her)
@cousincat.bsky.social
Cynical, RWNJ-despising, progressive Aus Gen X atheist angry at our refusal to take the urgent action the climate crisis & biodiversity collapse requires us to.
Loves animals & nature… humans not so much.
Hate the Greens? I’m not your gal.
🚫crypto
Loves animals & nature… humans not so much.
Hate the Greens? I’m not your gal.
🚫crypto
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Also, the obvious point: Delivery of restaurant food is an easily substituted luxury, and one of the first things you'd expect people to shift spending away from in a shitty economy, ergo not a particularly useful proxy for inflation tout court.
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Also, the obvious point: Delivery of restaurant food is an easily substituted luxury, and one of the first things you'd expect people to shift spending away from in a shitty economy, ergo not a particularly useful proxy for inflation tout court.
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One thing that seems like it would be potentially valuable right now is for some kind of private/academic consortium to try to compile and release data about the state of the economy, since it seems like official stats are almost certainly going to be either nonexistent or wildly unreliable.
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
One thing that seems like it would be potentially valuable right now is for some kind of private/academic consortium to try to compile and release data about the state of the economy, since it seems like official stats are almost certainly going to be either nonexistent or wildly unreliable.
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This is both comically ignorant economically and, on the immigrant count, empirically wrong by a factor of 2-3.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is both comically ignorant economically and, on the immigrant count, empirically wrong by a factor of 2-3.
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Starting a war to distract his base from the Epstein files
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Starting a war to distract his base from the Epstein files
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Actually, economists are agreed that pretty much the opposite of everything JD Vance says here is true. Immigrants are essential to fueling residential construction. Removing them in number will, and has, caused a slump in new construction.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Actually, economists are agreed that pretty much the opposite of everything JD Vance says here is true. Immigrants are essential to fueling residential construction. Removing them in number will, and has, caused a slump in new construction.
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I’m surprised JD Vance has left this tweet and reply up.
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I’m surprised JD Vance has left this tweet and reply up.
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"On the first question, several jury members struggled to stifle laughter as Lairmore expanded on the hoagie’s alleged explosive properties. 'It was like, Oh, you poor baby,' the juror told me." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Deliberations
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
www.theatlantic.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"On the first question, several jury members struggled to stifle laughter as Lairmore expanded on the hoagie’s alleged explosive properties. 'It was like, Oh, you poor baby,' the juror told me." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Here's Jacobs' report (that I was too impatient to wait for her to post):
Scoop: Military officials on Weds presented Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including land strikes, per sources. Hegseth, Caine at White House yday afternoon for briefings. No final decision made, two of the sources told @cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Here's Jacobs' report (that I was too impatient to wait for her to post):
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Per @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social, DOD presented Trump with plans for strikes in Venezuela yesterday, including on the ground. Astonishing to see the U.S. on the brink of another regime-change invasion with essentially none of the pre-2003 effort to rationalize it domestically and internationally.
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Per @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social, DOD presented Trump with plans for strikes in Venezuela yesterday, including on the ground. Astonishing to see the U.S. on the brink of another regime-change invasion with essentially none of the pre-2003 effort to rationalize it domestically and internationally.
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
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Times has a new report up about a Florida Republican's alleged exploitation of a minor. Uh, sorry: a different Florida Republican. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Girl Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Times has a new report up about a Florida Republican's alleged exploitation of a minor. Uh, sorry: a different Florida Republican. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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The Gallup poll finding that 4 in 10 (!) young women would like to move out of the U.S. is striking. But it's also probably a symptom of a deeper problem: a lack of confidence in the American system and its ability to self-correct. www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
The subtext to the surge in young women saying they hope to leave the U.S.
Polling, like anything else that involves human beings, is not strictly analytical. There is an emotional aspect to the results, a natural side effect of asking people how they feel about candidates o...
www.pbump.net
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Gallup poll finding that 4 in 10 (!) young women would like to move out of the U.S. is striking. But it's also probably a symptom of a deeper problem: a lack of confidence in the American system and its ability to self-correct. www.pbump.net/o/the-subtex...
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1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
1) Ethics officials at Fannie Mae investigate how Bill Pulte got Letitia James mortgage docs
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
2) They send findings to Inspector Gen. of FHFA, which Pulte heads
3) IG sends it to Lindsay Halligan, new USA prosecuting James
4) IG and ethics officials are all fired.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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It's all so ludicrous and obvious.
FOX: Fox can now confirm that Eric Swalwell has been criminally referred to the DOJ accused of mortgage fraud.
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It's all so ludicrous and obvious.
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SWALWELL: “.. the only thing I am surprised about is that it took him this long to come after me.”
@ericswalwell.bsky.social
@ericswalwell.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
SWALWELL: “.. the only thing I am surprised about is that it took him this long to come after me.”
@ericswalwell.bsky.social
@ericswalwell.bsky.social
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What Would Jesus [Not] Do?
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What Would Jesus [Not] Do?
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November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Kai Trump made her LPGA debut today. She didn’t qualify but was able to play on a sponsor’s exemption along with 107 other golfers. Haeran Ryu is the first round leader at -6.
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Kai Trump made her LPGA debut today. She didn’t qualify but was able to play on a sponsor’s exemption along with 107 other golfers. Haeran Ryu is the first round leader at -6.
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You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
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One thing we can count on from Tim Burchett, he will always talk a big game on the front end about his principles and convictions, right before he sells out for 3 Trump-autographed MAGA hats and a shoutout on Truth Social.
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
One thing we can count on from Tim Burchett, he will always talk a big game on the front end about his principles and convictions, right before he sells out for 3 Trump-autographed MAGA hats and a shoutout on Truth Social.
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If the Japanese hadn’t bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, everyone would’ve been talking about the Jersey Central and Reading Railroads canceling service that day to protest tax increases.
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If the Japanese hadn’t bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, everyone would’ve been talking about the Jersey Central and Reading Railroads canceling service that day to protest tax increases.
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 249. This is a big one, with the most comprehensive Epstein rundown you will find anywhere, plus everything else you need to know about what happened today. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Today in Politics, Bulletin 249. 11/13/25
… The latest batch of Epstein documents released by Democrats on House Oversight show how he weaved an intricate web of rich and powerful people around the globe to compromise them and use them for hi...
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today in Politics, Bulletin 249. This is a big one, with the most comprehensive Epstein rundown you will find anywhere, plus everything else you need to know about what happened today. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...