Nina
@nvmk.bsky.social
Data nerd and also regular nerd. Also econ nerd and public policy nerd. Former international development worker living in Orange County, CA. 🍊
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Nina
@nvmk.bsky.social
· Mar 21
"... Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him... in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
-JRR Tolkien
-JRR Tolkien
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HOLY CRAP!
Kash Patel when asked by Senator Klobuchar about an Assault Weapons ban:
"Senator, I think there are instances on this legislation that could prevent future attacks, but I’m not going to weigh in to the creation of legislation."
Now do something about it!
Kash Patel when asked by Senator Klobuchar about an Assault Weapons ban:
"Senator, I think there are instances on this legislation that could prevent future attacks, but I’m not going to weigh in to the creation of legislation."
Now do something about it!
September 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
HOLY CRAP!
Kash Patel when asked by Senator Klobuchar about an Assault Weapons ban:
"Senator, I think there are instances on this legislation that could prevent future attacks, but I’m not going to weigh in to the creation of legislation."
Now do something about it!
Kash Patel when asked by Senator Klobuchar about an Assault Weapons ban:
"Senator, I think there are instances on this legislation that could prevent future attacks, but I’m not going to weigh in to the creation of legislation."
Now do something about it!
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“.. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year due to tariffs and deporting agricultural workers.”
@waiterich.bsky.social
@fortune.com #CPI
fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
@waiterich.bsky.social
@fortune.com #CPI
fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
August 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“.. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year due to tariffs and deporting agricultural workers.”
@waiterich.bsky.social
@fortune.com #CPI
fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
@waiterich.bsky.social
@fortune.com #CPI
fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
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By a 7-4 vote, the full Federal Circuit has *affirmed* a lower-court ruling holding that many of President Trump’s tariffs exceed his statutory authority.
The ruling won’t go into effect until October 14, though—which gives the Trump administration plenty of time to seek intervention from #SCOTUS:
The ruling won’t go into effect until October 14, though—which gives the Trump administration plenty of time to seek intervention from #SCOTUS:
storage.courtlistener.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
By a 7-4 vote, the full Federal Circuit has *affirmed* a lower-court ruling holding that many of President Trump’s tariffs exceed his statutory authority.
The ruling won’t go into effect until October 14, though—which gives the Trump administration plenty of time to seek intervention from #SCOTUS:
The ruling won’t go into effect until October 14, though—which gives the Trump administration plenty of time to seek intervention from #SCOTUS:
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So free speech. Much viewpoint diversity. Very marketplace of ideas.
August 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
So free speech. Much viewpoint diversity. Very marketplace of ideas.
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The official voice of the U.S. government draws from 4chan trolls, explicitly white nationalist phrases and talking points, and radicalizing, dehumanizing, desensitizing language for its targets. I talked to propaganda experts about what it’s doing to us:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The official voice of the US government Is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The official voice of the U.S. government draws from 4chan trolls, explicitly white nationalist phrases and talking points, and radicalizing, dehumanizing, desensitizing language for its targets. I talked to propaganda experts about what it’s doing to us:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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We are frogs in boiling water 👇
August 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We are frogs in boiling water 👇
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The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
August 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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August 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
No one is covering the GOP's growing redistricting scheme as closely, with as much context and analysis as Democracy Docket. Its team of 20 works around the clock to provide you independent pro-democracy news and information.
Support their work by signing up today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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Remember when conservatives believed federal agents randomly patrolling the streets were a threat to liberty?
August 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Remember when conservatives believed federal agents randomly patrolling the streets were a threat to liberty?
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It’s truly depraved for Trump to welcome Vladimir Putin to the US while Putin is actively wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine.
Trump calls this a peace summit but it’s just an opportunity to hang out with one of his dictator buddies. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
Trump calls this a peace summit but it’s just an opportunity to hang out with one of his dictator buddies. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska next week, Trump says
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are planning to meet in the United States, multiple sources tell CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It’s truly depraved for Trump to welcome Vladimir Putin to the US while Putin is actively wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine.
Trump calls this a peace summit but it’s just an opportunity to hang out with one of his dictator buddies. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
Trump calls this a peace summit but it’s just an opportunity to hang out with one of his dictator buddies. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
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The billionaire CEO of the third richest company on the planet gives the President an actual block of gold so his company is exempted from US Government tariffs. And the whole thing is broadcast live on TV.
Anyone who can't see what is happening to this country is unsalvageable at this point.
Anyone who can't see what is happening to this country is unsalvageable at this point.
Tim Cook pathetically kisses Trump's ass by pretending him with a "24 karat gold" gift
August 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The billionaire CEO of the third richest company on the planet gives the President an actual block of gold so his company is exempted from US Government tariffs. And the whole thing is broadcast live on TV.
Anyone who can't see what is happening to this country is unsalvageable at this point.
Anyone who can't see what is happening to this country is unsalvageable at this point.
What Trump fails to understand, what he is not capable of understanding, is that a pillar of our economy and government is trust. Weaponing data erodes public trust, leading to less investment and fewer jobs.
To those around him who stay silent are severely damaging their country.
To those around him who stay silent are severely damaging their country.
Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
What Trump fails to understand, what he is not capable of understanding, is that a pillar of our economy and government is trust. Weaponing data erodes public trust, leading to less investment and fewer jobs.
To those around him who stay silent are severely damaging their country.
To those around him who stay silent are severely damaging their country.
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Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi says:
- We are headed for a recession
-The BLS data is totally reliable- for now
-The revisions are due to delayed reporting of DOGE govt layoffs
-Higher tariffs are dragging down the economy
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- We are headed for a recession
-The BLS data is totally reliable- for now
-The revisions are due to delayed reporting of DOGE govt layoffs
-Higher tariffs are dragging down the economy
1/
August 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi says:
- We are headed for a recession
-The BLS data is totally reliable- for now
-The revisions are due to delayed reporting of DOGE govt layoffs
-Higher tariffs are dragging down the economy
1/
- We are headed for a recession
-The BLS data is totally reliable- for now
-The revisions are due to delayed reporting of DOGE govt layoffs
-Higher tariffs are dragging down the economy
1/
Text from the hubby this morning at the grocery store. The next thing we will hear is that these tariffs are curing Americans of their caffeine addictions.
#econsky
#econsky
August 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Text from the hubby this morning at the grocery store. The next thing we will hear is that these tariffs are curing Americans of their caffeine addictions.
#econsky
#econsky
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Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
August 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump and the GOP have proven themselves to be not only liars but anti-truth. Data is always a threat to despots, so the easiest thing to do is to get rid of the data. @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social's firing should be alarming to all Americans.
#bls #econsky
#bls #econsky
August 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Trump and the GOP have proven themselves to be not only liars but anti-truth. Data is always a threat to despots, so the easiest thing to do is to get rid of the data. @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social's firing should be alarming to all Americans.
#bls #econsky
#bls #econsky
Just a reminder: none of these "deals" are actually trade deals. These are just frameworks at best, tweets at worst.
All of them leave us worse off because our effective aggregate tariffs prior to the second term were about 2.5%.
Trump is actively trying to make us worse off.
#econsky
All of them leave us worse off because our effective aggregate tariffs prior to the second term were about 2.5%.
Trump is actively trying to make us worse off.
#econsky
July 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just a reminder: none of these "deals" are actually trade deals. These are just frameworks at best, tweets at worst.
All of them leave us worse off because our effective aggregate tariffs prior to the second term were about 2.5%.
Trump is actively trying to make us worse off.
#econsky
All of them leave us worse off because our effective aggregate tariffs prior to the second term were about 2.5%.
Trump is actively trying to make us worse off.
#econsky
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‘1984’ is upon us
July 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
‘1984’ is upon us
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Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs
The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.
www.wsj.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.
Understatement of the year.
Ghislaine Maxwell should not be pardoned.
July 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Understatement of the year.
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Everyone needs to be dragged into the light, exposed and punished. No exemptions!
July 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Everyone needs to be dragged into the light, exposed and punished. No exemptions!
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An 82-year-old grandfather and Pinochet refugee, Luis Leon, was detained without warning while replacing a lost green card—then secretly deported to Guatemala, a country he’s not from. This is Trump’s deportation machine—built on the Heritage Foundation’s vision: punish, erase, dehumanize.
Trump Administration Deports 82-Year-Old Pennsylvania Grandfather to Guatemala
On June 20, 82-year-old Luis Leon, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, went to a Philadelphia immigration office with his wife to replace his lost green card.
www.mediaite.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
An 82-year-old grandfather and Pinochet refugee, Luis Leon, was detained without warning while replacing a lost green card—then secretly deported to Guatemala, a country he’s not from. This is Trump’s deportation machine—built on the Heritage Foundation’s vision: punish, erase, dehumanize.
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"If you look at page 1 of the tariff handbook, it says: Don't tariff inputs. It's the simplest way to make it harder—more expensive—for Americans to do business. Any factory around the world can get the steel, copper, and aluminum it needs without paying a 50% upcharge, except an American factory."
July 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"If you look at page 1 of the tariff handbook, it says: Don't tariff inputs. It's the simplest way to make it harder—more expensive—for Americans to do business. Any factory around the world can get the steel, copper, and aluminum it needs without paying a 50% upcharge, except an American factory."
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The House gives final approval to President Donald Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid. Passed by a vote of 216-213, the bill now goes to Trump for his signature.
House gives final approval to Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid
The House has approved President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid.
bit.ly
July 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The House gives final approval to President Donald Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid. Passed by a vote of 216-213, the bill now goes to Trump for his signature.