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Michael McKee
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International economics and policy for Bloomberg.
And some snark
Usually 35,000 feet above somewhere ✈️
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Um...that would be a hard "no."
February 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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You wonder how some people can sleep at night. And if they can, how tiny their hearts must be.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Rather disgraceful performance by the AFC representative in the Super Bowl. If Bo Nix hadn't been hurt...
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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Amazing, fabulous halftime show. Bravo, Bad Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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Watching from the Delta lounge at JFK.
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Getting very close...
Cold Weather Advisory for NYC: 1:00 PM 2/8 - 10:00 AM 2/9. Very cold wind chills expected. Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 17 below. Info: www.weather.gov/okx
February 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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It's that "death" part that sort of gets one's attention...
February 7, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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No. Never.
And thats me being polite
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Officials Pressed Schumer to Help Name Penn Station, Dulles for Trump
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February 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Reposted by Michael McKee
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Amazon’s 2026 capex guidance is a range from $200 billion to full white collar unemployment, whichever happens first
February 6, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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This is insane. Enraging.
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#67 in The Advocates for Human Rights v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-00749) – CourtListener.com
Declaration of O. in Support of 17 MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order - Expedited Handling Requested filed by L.H.M., The Advocates for Human Rights.(Dougherty, Rachel) (Entered: 02/03/2026)
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February 5, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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*SUPREME COURT ALLOWS NEW CALIFORNIA VOTING MAP FOR MIDTERMS
February 4, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Jason Robards and Robert Redford are rolling over in their graves. Dustin Hoffman is in the bathroom getting sick.
benmullin.bsky.social Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 6d
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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Richard Nixon: "Are you running for something?"
Dan Rather: "No, Mr. President. Are you?"
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February 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

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"On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1 More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet]. So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) “damn” countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.” They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) ¶ 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 5. They claim that Secretary Noem’s decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary’s decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up, twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all. See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id. The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes, the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary, Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A. As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot] Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section IV.B.2.b. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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*HOUSE PASSES GOVERNMENT FUNDING PACKAGE TO END PARTIAL SHUTDOWN

Shutdown, we hardly knew ya
February 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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The news: (Bloomberg) -- Builders are working on a plan for a massive program to develop “Trump Homes” that would address the US affordability crisis while allowing private capital to deploy many billions of dollars. 1/2
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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*TRUMP: CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER LONG, POINTLESS, DESTRUCTIVE SHUTDOWN

Of course we can
February 2, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Official word:

*BLS WILL DELAY RELEASE OF JAN. JOBS REPORT DUE TO GOVT SHUTDOWN
February 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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On @bloombergtv.bsky.social this morning I said we had a week of on-time data for a change, including the January jobs report.
I lied. Well, I was uninformed.
BLS says the government shutdown means the jobs report and JOLTS this week will be delayed. No date yet.
February 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Jan ISM Manufacturing index jumps to 52.6 from 47.9, highest since 2022. New orders rise to 57.1 from 47.4. A turning point? The ISM says: "January is a reorder month after the holidays, and some buying appears to be to get ahead of expected price increases due to ongoing tariff issues." 1/3
February 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Former NY Fed President Bill Dudley with a warning for Kevin Warsh:
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Warsh Has Promised More Than He Can or Should Deliver
Kevin Warsh, the presumptive new chair of the Federal Reserve, has a lot going for him: experience at the Fed during the 2008 financial crisis; market savvy honed at Morgan Stanley and more than a dec...
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February 2, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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"To paraphrase Lenin, there are decades when nothing happens & then weeks when decades happen, then there was January."
Chris Krueger, TD Securities expressing what we all feel...
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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While the most important thing is that he's back home, I'm really glad Liam got his hat and backpack back.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Read this. Fair warning.
This Is Not a Drill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | This Is Not a Drill
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February 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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WSJ reports Trump has chosen Brett Matsumoto to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Matsumoto was a career staffer at the agency before moving over this past year to the Council of Economic Advisers. Trump fired previous director Erika McEntarfer in August, falsely blaming her for weak jobs numbers
January 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM