Sally Hudson
@sallylhudson.bsky.social
economist // former Charlottesville state rep 🏛️ // UVa prof // election reform 🇺🇸 // I write about bright lights for democracy ✨
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How confident are US importers in the holiday shopping season and beyond?
Let’s just say inbound container units are expected to be DOWN 14.4% this month — and 17.9% next month.
@bloomberg.com $XLY
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Let’s just say inbound container units are expected to be DOWN 14.4% this month — and 17.9% next month.
@bloomberg.com $XLY
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
How confident are US importers in the holiday shopping season and beyond?
Let’s just say inbound container units are expected to be DOWN 14.4% this month — and 17.9% next month.
@bloomberg.com $XLY
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Let’s just say inbound container units are expected to be DOWN 14.4% this month — and 17.9% next month.
@bloomberg.com $XLY
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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As the ~discourse~ seems to bend interminably towards Republicans trying to figure out how they can (further) HDHP-ify ACA coverage, it's worth revisiting what is probably our best (most rigorous) study on the effect of deductibles in health insurance.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
As the ~discourse~ seems to bend interminably towards Republicans trying to figure out how they can (further) HDHP-ify ACA coverage, it's worth revisiting what is probably our best (most rigorous) study on the effect of deductibles in health insurance.
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
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Virginians deserve the right to marry who they love — full stop. I’m relieved that the Supreme Court decided to maintain this landmark precedent.
Virginia, come January, know that you will have a Governor who will always protect your right to marry.
Virginia, come January, know that you will have a Governor who will always protect your right to marry.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Virginians deserve the right to marry who they love — full stop. I’m relieved that the Supreme Court decided to maintain this landmark precedent.
Virginia, come January, know that you will have a Governor who will always protect your right to marry.
Virginia, come January, know that you will have a Governor who will always protect your right to marry.
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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if you are insured, in all likelihood.. you got a SUBSIDY to buy health insurance.
WE ALL GET TAX SUBSIDIES TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE
Those with employer insurance (60% of us) get subsidies TEN TIMES higher than the costs of the ACA subsidies.
So why only attack the ACA/Obamacare subsidies?
WE ALL GET TAX SUBSIDIES TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE
Those with employer insurance (60% of us) get subsidies TEN TIMES higher than the costs of the ACA subsidies.
So why only attack the ACA/Obamacare subsidies?
A complaint: extending ACA/marketplace enhanced premium tax credits would be expensive.
It would cost $35 billion/year to extend marketplace credits.
In contrast the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance cost $299 billion/year in 2022
taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-boo...
It would cost $35 billion/year to extend marketplace credits.
In contrast the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance cost $299 billion/year in 2022
taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-boo...
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
if you are insured, in all likelihood.. you got a SUBSIDY to buy health insurance.
WE ALL GET TAX SUBSIDIES TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE
Those with employer insurance (60% of us) get subsidies TEN TIMES higher than the costs of the ACA subsidies.
So why only attack the ACA/Obamacare subsidies?
WE ALL GET TAX SUBSIDIES TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE
Those with employer insurance (60% of us) get subsidies TEN TIMES higher than the costs of the ACA subsidies.
So why only attack the ACA/Obamacare subsidies?
There are now more Democratic women in Virginia’s House than Republicans — total.
VA has come a longgg way!
VA has come a longgg way!
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
There are now more Democratic women in Virginia’s House than Republicans — total.
VA has come a longgg way!
VA has come a longgg way!
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The AI build-out is truly staggering.
Taiwanese exports of information & communication products (basically, semiconductors from TSMC) have risen from $10-11bn per month to $27bn in the space of a year. That's over $300bn annualised and roughly a fifth of total US equipment investment.
Taiwanese exports of information & communication products (basically, semiconductors from TSMC) have risen from $10-11bn per month to $27bn in the space of a year. That's over $300bn annualised and roughly a fifth of total US equipment investment.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The AI build-out is truly staggering.
Taiwanese exports of information & communication products (basically, semiconductors from TSMC) have risen from $10-11bn per month to $27bn in the space of a year. That's over $300bn annualised and roughly a fifth of total US equipment investment.
Taiwanese exports of information & communication products (basically, semiconductors from TSMC) have risen from $10-11bn per month to $27bn in the space of a year. That's over $300bn annualised and roughly a fifth of total US equipment investment.
periodic pop quiz: What's the population of the US of A?
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
periodic pop quiz: What's the population of the US of A?
Some will credit national winds for Virginia’s blue wave last night, but Speaker Scott and Chair Helmer built it from the start.
Dems can win big when we elevate leaders with the vision, brains, and hustle to make it happen.
Dems can win big when we elevate leaders with the vision, brains, and hustle to make it happen.
Two years ago, @donscott757.bsky.social, the caucus, and I laid out a plan to build the biggest battlefield for Democrats in memory. And when the dust settled last night, we won at least 64 seats in the House of Delegates - the largest majority in nearly 40 years.
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Some will credit national winds for Virginia’s blue wave last night, but Speaker Scott and Chair Helmer built it from the start.
Dems can win big when we elevate leaders with the vision, brains, and hustle to make it happen.
Dems can win big when we elevate leaders with the vision, brains, and hustle to make it happen.
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I have to imagine far-right Catholics are really struggling with the fact that they can now hear this stuff in English directly from the pope.
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I have to imagine far-right Catholics are really struggling with the fact that they can now hear this stuff in English directly from the pope.
Abigail Spanberger, a former congresswoman and CIA agent, will be the first woman to serve as governor of Virginia, following a streak of 74 men. Spanberger's campaign was laser-focused on attacking President Trump's policies. nyti.ms/498lHIB
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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This Friday at 3:45 PM EST, I’m calling it. It will be The Holidays. I cannot take anymore input. It’s over. This year is over.
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This Friday at 3:45 PM EST, I’m calling it. It will be The Holidays. I cannot take anymore input. It’s over. This year is over.
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This isn’t just an improper blending of church and state.
It’s a twisted mockery of Christianity that ought to offend any actually devout Christian.
Showing armed soldiers moving into battle as you lip service “… as we forgive those who trespass against us” sorta misses the point.
It’s a twisted mockery of Christianity that ought to offend any actually devout Christian.
Showing armed soldiers moving into battle as you lip service “… as we forgive those who trespass against us” sorta misses the point.
Add a dose of propaganda to your morning coffee.. This smells of Russian-like “special operation”
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This isn’t just an improper blending of church and state.
It’s a twisted mockery of Christianity that ought to offend any actually devout Christian.
Showing armed soldiers moving into battle as you lip service “… as we forgive those who trespass against us” sorta misses the point.
It’s a twisted mockery of Christianity that ought to offend any actually devout Christian.
Showing armed soldiers moving into battle as you lip service “… as we forgive those who trespass against us” sorta misses the point.
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It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
Lift these stories loud and proud.
Two Illinois Guardsmen claim to have sworn an oath over orders, stating that they will not turn on their city
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Lift these stories loud and proud.
Imagine being the elections director in actual Defiance County, OH.
I hope Shondaland sends her staff one heck of a fruit basket every November.
I hope Shondaland sends her staff one heck of a fruit basket every November.
In Defiance County, Ohio, one of the smaller counties, election officials work in bipartisan teams to ensure every aspect is fair. “We can’t even open a door without someone from the opposite party,” says elections director Tonya Wichman in a Q&A with the Brennan Center. bit.ly/3J6JhuJ
The Long Road to Election Day
Tonya Wichman, the elections director in a small Ohio county, discusses the preparation and training that goes into administering an election.
www.brennancenter.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Imagine being the elections director in actual Defiance County, OH.
I hope Shondaland sends her staff one heck of a fruit basket every November.
I hope Shondaland sends her staff one heck of a fruit basket every November.
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I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.
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I've met a lot of soybean farmers who understand why tariffs are bad macroeconomic policy and don't spend their days apologizing for Trump. But I've never met a soybean farmer who pretended to be a hedge fund manager.
Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."
October 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I've met a lot of soybean farmers who understand why tariffs are bad macroeconomic policy and don't spend their days apologizing for Trump. But I've never met a soybean farmer who pretended to be a hedge fund manager.
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Scott Bessent owns $25m of rent-seeking soybean property that he promised-- and failed-- to divest. I cannot imagine another farmer considering that actively being a "farmer." I'm fairly certain Jimmy Carter wouldn't.
October 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Scott Bessent owns $25m of rent-seeking soybean property that he promised-- and failed-- to divest. I cannot imagine another farmer considering that actively being a "farmer." I'm fairly certain Jimmy Carter wouldn't.
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This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.
October 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.
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wow, which common vaccine was it?
October 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
wow, which common vaccine was it?
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I had to look this up since I was too little to remember it and…I’m sorry, I’m crying I’m laughing so hard
October 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I had to look this up since I was too little to remember it and…I’m sorry, I’m crying I’m laughing so hard
1/3 of US GDP growth since 2000 is disaster recovery — and data centers drive nearly all our GDP growth this year.
What a baffling, brutal cycle.
What a baffling, brutal cycle.
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
1/3 of US GDP growth since 2000 is disaster recovery — and data centers drive nearly all our GDP growth this year.
What a baffling, brutal cycle.
What a baffling, brutal cycle.