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The US Supreme Court declined to reconsider its 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage, turning away an appeal by a former Kentucky county clerk who was ordered to pay $360,000 for defying the ruling.
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Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Rights
The US Supreme Court declined to reconsider its 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage, turning away an appeal by a former Kentucky county clerk who was ordered to pay $360,000 for defying the rul...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Opinion Newsletter | @johnauthers.bsky.social , Columnist

Emerging Markets Can Swim Naked for a While

China’s credit compared to the US means a favorable tide for many countries.
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Emerging Markets Can Swim Naked for a While
China’s credit compared to the US means a favorable tide for many countries.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Data Fog Intensifying for Fed as Shutdown Delays CPI: Eco Week
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com By Vince Golle and Craig Stirling
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Charting the Global Economy: Bank of England Holds Line on Rates
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com By Vince Golle and Molly Smith
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Opinion
@johnauthers.bsky.social
Columnist

The Real Trump Shock Is How Quickly It’s Over

American Exceptionalism is back due to AI and the world’s refusal to fight a trade war.
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The Real Trump Shock Is How Quickly It’s Over
American Exceptionalism is back due to AI and the world’s refusal to fight a trade war.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Weekend Essay

American Politics Is All About Affordability Now

Democrats are seizing on rising costs to turn Donald Trump’s campaign messaging against him — and it’s working.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Nancy Cook
American Politics Is All About Affordability Now
Democrats are seizing on rising costs to turn Donald Trump’s campaign messaging against him — and it’s working.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reposted by Robert Jameson
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! Anti-Drug Unit Officially Shut Down by DOJ

The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces responsibilities, including 5,000 existing case, have been transferred to a new set of task forces under DHS

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November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reposted by Robert Jameson
#TreasuriesToday: Yields near flat. Ahead next week: 1st coupon auctions of Nov-Jan financing quarter -- $58b 3Y Mon, $42b 10Y Weds & $25b 30Y Thurs (cash market closed Tues globally w/Fed for Veterans Day & per @SIFMA reco, but CME futures & US stocks have regular schedule).
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Economics
Longest Shutdown in History Costs US Economy About $15 Billion Each Week

Past shutdowns have left only temporary scars, but this time is different
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @bloomberg.com By Jarrell Dillard and Josyana Joshua
Longest Shutdown in History Costs US Economy About $15 Billion Each Week
Past shutdowns have left only temporary scars, but this time is different
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November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I scored 40 out of 50 points on Dateline, @TheEconomist history game!

🎯🎯⚪️⚪️🎯

Can you do better? economist.com/dateline
Dateline: The Economist history quiz
Can you guess when these extracts were published?
economist.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Opinion Newsletter | @johnauthers.bsky.social & Richard Abbey, Columnists

Bitcoin and Gold Part Ways — Which Is Bad for Big Tech

There may be a silver lining in the month-long plunge to
$100,000.
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Bitcoin and Gold Part Ways — Which Is Bad for Big Tech
There may be a silver lining in the month-long plunge to $100,000.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The Supreme Court’s Conservatives May Be the End of Tariffs
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The Supreme Court’s Conservatives May Be the End of Tariffs
Until now, the US Supreme Court has been modestly deferential to Donald Trump’s executive overreach. Oral arguments in the case challenging the legality of the president’s tariffs suggest that this ma...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Mamdani's biggest challenge will be dealing with President Donald Trump, who has already derided him and made clear that he'll squeeze access to funds, and Republicans are positioning him as their foil.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Laura Nahmias, Georgia Hall
Mamdani’s ‘Trump-Proofing NYC’ Campaign Sets Up Fight With White House
Zohran Mamdani is set to take on what’s considered the second-hardest job in the US: running New York City. His biggest challenge will be dealing with the man with the tougher job, President Donald Tr...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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@johnauthers.bsky.social , Columnist
Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November…

Markets have grown used to Trump 2.0, and assets are roaring — but watch inflation.
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Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November…
Markets have grown used to Trump 2.0, and assets are roaring — but watch inflation.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Politics
NYC to Decide If a Socialist Will Run the Capital of Capitalism

Polls showed Zohran Mamdani with a double-digit advantage over Andrew Cuomo heading into election day.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @bloomberg.com Georgia Hall
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The Sporting Scene

The College-Coaching Carrousel Is Completely Out of Hand

In most states, the highest-paid public employee is a football coach. Lately, more and more of them are getting money to go away.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Trump has other means to impose tariffs, including Sections 232, 201, 301, 122, and 338 of various trade acts, which give the president power to regulate imports, but come with more limits and procedural restrictions.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com Isabel Gottlieb
Here Are Trump’s Options If the Supreme Court Says His Tariffs Are Illegal
The future of much of President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign rests in the hands of the US Supreme Court, which will decide whether he can use an emergency law that had previously never been wielded ...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
`Storm Warnings'

`The MAGA movement is not fed by conservative ideas but by a nihilistic, apocalyptic determination to stage a counterrevolution against the Sixties, against liberalism, against even democracy itself.'
www.nybooks.com/articles/202... via @nybooks.com Mark Lilla
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Reposted by Robert Jameson
#TreasuriesToday: Yields higher by 1bp-3bp, all but 30Y still inside Friday's ranges. October index return 0.6%, YTD 6%. Ahead this week: Treasury announces financing plans for November-January quarter on Wednesday. Coupon auctions resume with 3Y on Nov. 10.
November 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Green
Destabilized

Researchers are racing to study how fast permafrost is transitioning from carbon sink to source emissions, with the climate in the balance.

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... via @bloomberg.com @daniellebochove.bsky.social @hayleywarren.bsky.social
The Biggest Arctic Carbon Sink Is Increasingly Unstable
Scientists at the top of the world are racing to uncover how rapidly the Arctic’s permafrost is thawing.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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An AI-ncredible All-Clear Signal to Rally Markets

A big week, from Fed hawks to the US-China truce, was dwarfed by AI spending prospects.
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An AI-ncredible All-Clear Signal to Rally Markets
A big week, from Fed hawks to the US-China truce, was dwarfed by AI spending prospects.
www.bloomberg.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Reposted by Robert Jameson
One of the original "Chicago Boys" who transformed Chile's economy says the battle of ideas has been won. Just don't call him a libertarian
Milton Friedman’s Last Chicago Boy Has Warning for Javier Milei
Javier Milei strode onto the stage in Santiago, flung up his arms and gave a bow to an economist with a front-row seat: Rolf Lüders, one of the last of the original Chicago Boys.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Reposted by Robert Jameson
You, an unsophisticate: Rachel Reeves's landlord licence mess shows Britain has too many weird regulations and obscure taxes.

Me, a genius, writing in The Times: No! We aren't regulated enough! These are the licences we really need...

www.thetimes.com/com...
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM