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Jake Miller
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MA candidate at JHU SAIS | IU O'Neill Alum | Studying public policy, trade, tech, and labor markets | amateur sabermetirican
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The Chicago Pope implies the existence of a New Keynesian Pope and a Behavioral Pope
May 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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If they wanted to take over the country, they only had to wait like three weeks until every technocratic nerd was unreachably distracted.

They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
February 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Updates to Litigation Tracker. New cases today against:

1) DOJ purge of FBI personnel (2 cases)
2) “Fork Directive” of deferred resignation for USG employees
2) Ban on gender affirming care for under 19 yr olds
3) Removal of HHS information on “Gender Ideology Extremism”
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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“Why didn’t the helicopter go up or down?” Jesus Mary & Joseph a competent opposition party would make him wear this around his neck for the next four years. At least six months of hearings. Over 60 bodies in the Potomac. “Why didn’t the helicopter go up or down.”
January 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Victory! We just won back thousands of UAW jobs. After months of rallying, marching, and campaigning, Stellantis has agreed to Keep the Promise and invest billions in the U.S. Read the full letter from President Fain and Stellantis Department Director Gotinsky.
January 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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This will kill so many people living with HIV who depend on PEPFAR programs to stay on their HIV treatment driving further HIV drug resistance.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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The reason why this is bad is the very fact that it’s transparently ridiculous: it shows how this is becoming a Kim Jong-Un-style cult of personality, where the sycophants try to outdo one another in their groveling to get the attention of Dear Leader.
You guys, this is not great
January 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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We’re being thrashed about by the corniest oligarchy to ever exist.
January 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Your cousin just asked about tariffs at Thanksgiving dinner and everyone got quiet. Let's break down how they actually work using what's on your dinner table - and why they usually end up costing families like yours more money. 1/
November 28, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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The new NYT piece on China's supply chain strategy reveals how Beijing is rewriting the rules of economic warfare. Trump's claim that "China pays for tariffs" fundamentally misunderstands modern economic power. Here's why: 1/

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/b...
China Has a New Playbook to Counter Trump: ‘Supply Chain Warfare’
A series of swipes at American companies show how China could take the initiative in a new trade war, using its economic dominance to exact pain.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:21 PM
This move is likely to cause short-term economic chaos, but I’m more interested in its long-term implications on American industry.

I presume the Trump Admin’s objective is to seem tough while making offshoring more costly, thereby encouraging companies to reinvest in American manufacturing.
Breaking News: President-elect Donald Trump said that he would impose a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico on his first day in office, a move that would scramble North American supply chains and impose heavy costs on businesses around the continent.
Trump Threatens 25% Tariff on Canada and Mexico, Potentially Crippling Trade
The president-elect said that he would impose the tariff on Day 1 and that it would stay in place until Canada and Mexico halted the flow of drugs and migrants across U.S. borders.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:46 AM
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As the Trump seeks to pull EV support and California seeks to double down, worth remembering the impact tariffs have had on the competitiveness of US automakers. 1/

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/b...
How Trump Could Upend Electric Car Sales
Fewer people will be able to afford electric cars and trucks if President-elect Donald J. Trump and Republicans in Congress eliminate a $7,500 federal tax credit.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:59 PM
@vishalv.bsky.social and I went up to Cambridge last weekend to compete in the MIT Policy Hackathon. A stressful weekend that we'll never forget!
November 22, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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“This is a watershed event in the history of international justice. The ICC has never, in over 21 years, indicted a pro-Western official. Indeed, no international court since World War II has done so."

Our story on the ICC warrant just issued for Netanyahu:

www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netany...
The International Criminal Court Issues 'Watershed' Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, for War Crimes in Gaza
The court rejected arguments by the U.S. and Israel that the ICC does not have jurisdiction, subjecting the officials to potential arrest in 124 countries
www.dropsitenews.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:13 PM
The most important quote from this: "It is already illegal for nonprofits or anyone else in the U.S. to provide material support to terrorist groups, and the federal government has means to enforce it, including prosecution and sanctions. Tenney’s bill, however, would sidestep due process."
November 21, 2024 at 4:20 PM
The Fair Ball Act would provide minor leaguers the right to minimum wage and overtime laws, a right stripped from them in 2018 to protect the financial interests of owners. Everyone deserves a living wage, including baseball players.

www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Sources: New bill seeks to protect minor leaguers
The planned Fair Ball Act would further protect minor league baseball players from previous legislation that exempted them from wage and hour laws, sources told ESPN.
www.espn.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:31 PM
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BTW some of the state vs federal economy perceptions are even more egregious than I posted earlier.
November 19, 2024 at 1:57 AM
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Guys, you're still trying to replace Twitter. I'm telling you we can't do it.

Now what we might be able to do is recreate it. Recreate it in the aggregate.
November 14, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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The lives of thousands of Americans have been upended by months of late deliveries from the federal government’s Native American food assistance program.

Tribal leaders and food administrators across the country said delays have stretched their staff and tribes since May.
‘Indian Country is hurting:’ How feds failed Native American food program
After months of food shortages, tribes of all sizes have been left with few answers and empty shelves.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 5, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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Trump's tax-cut proposals could collectively cost as much as $10.5 trillion over a decade
Trump Tax Cuts Would Cost More Than Almost All Federal Agencies
Republican nominee Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance are campaigning on a grab bag of tax cut proposals that could collectively cost as much as $10.5 trillion over a decade, a massive sum that wo...
www.bloomberg.com
September 4, 2024 at 7:46 PM