@smartwoman2024.bsky.social
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What if we could channel all our frustrations over our country’s rapid slide into authoritarianism into advocacy for policies that work for all of us?
We can. Welcome to @americandemands.bsky.social #DemandBetter
We can. Welcome to @americandemands.bsky.social #DemandBetter
October 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
What if we could channel all our frustrations over our country’s rapid slide into authoritarianism into advocacy for policies that work for all of us?
We can. Welcome to @americandemands.bsky.social #DemandBetter
We can. Welcome to @americandemands.bsky.social #DemandBetter
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so excited to see the launch of @americandemands.bsky.social !!! more info here >> americandemands.com @cohen489.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
so excited to see the launch of @americandemands.bsky.social !!! more info here >> americandemands.com @cohen489.bsky.social
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ICE 2025: Bringing the War Home!
Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.
"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
October 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ICE 2025: Bringing the War Home!
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ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
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I went on News Nation to talk about Broadview tonight. I fear they might not have really googled me beforehand.
October 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I went on News Nation to talk about Broadview tonight. I fear they might not have really googled me beforehand.
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Impressive grassroots effort by some young policy and political entrepreneurs.
I’ve been working on this for a WHILE and would be so grateful if you could check it out and share—Dems need a vision, and they keep missing the mark. We built it for them, grassroots, and have a plan to make it happen.
Americandemands.com
Americandemands.com
What if we could channel all our frustrations over our country’s rapid slide into authoritarianism into advocacy for policies that work for all of us?
We can. Welcome to @americandemands.bsky.social #DemandBetter
We can. Welcome to @americandemands.bsky.social #DemandBetter
October 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Impressive grassroots effort by some young policy and political entrepreneurs.
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"As a federal worker, I am here to tell you that every awful thing that would happen in a shutdown—shuttering programs that Americans rely on, damaging our economy, firing federal workers—all of this is already happening."
youtu.be/jw93RKKreqY?...
youtu.be/jw93RKKreqY?...
Jenna Norton, PhD - (NIH, Bethesda Declaration organizer, mom) *speaking in her personal capacity
YouTube video by Civil Servants Coalition
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
"As a federal worker, I am here to tell you that every awful thing that would happen in a shutdown—shuttering programs that Americans rely on, damaging our economy, firing federal workers—all of this is already happening."
youtu.be/jw93RKKreqY?...
youtu.be/jw93RKKreqY?...
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“It seemed wrong to Ginzberg that Jews should continue to appeal, as it were, to a government of strangers for kindness. But it also seemed appropriate to pray for our country. For even though we were a free and democratic country, we could and would go wrong.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-prayer-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-prayer-f...
A Prayer for Our Country
And a reminder that here on earth, ‘God's work must truly be our own.’
www.thebulwark.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“It seemed wrong to Ginzberg that Jews should continue to appeal, as it were, to a government of strangers for kindness. But it also seemed appropriate to pray for our country. For even though we were a free and democratic country, we could and would go wrong.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-prayer-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-prayer-f...
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CARVILLE: “It’s all about Trump. Every day he just keeps jacking the stakes up. It’s hard for me to imagine a voter in 2026 that doesn’t have Trump on their mind. And off-year elections are about the incumbent president. I think we’ll get some guidance in VA and NJ.”
youtube.com/watch?v=9iYn...
youtube.com/watch?v=9iYn...
James Carville on Trump and the voters
YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol
youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
CARVILLE: “It’s all about Trump. Every day he just keeps jacking the stakes up. It’s hard for me to imagine a voter in 2026 that doesn’t have Trump on their mind. And off-year elections are about the incumbent president. I think we’ll get some guidance in VA and NJ.”
youtube.com/watch?v=9iYn...
youtube.com/watch?v=9iYn...
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Trump is “very intentional about exploiting the shutdown to make it more painful for people and constituencies that they deem the enemy,” he said. “That’s absolutely un-American.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Trump is “very intentional about exploiting the shutdown to make it more painful for people and constituencies that they deem the enemy,” he said. “That’s absolutely un-American.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Even without the official jobs data, “private-sector indicators out in recent days pointed to sluggish hiring ..”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Even without the official jobs data, “private-sector indicators out in recent days pointed to sluggish hiring ..”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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“.. That debt — and how it is getting structured — is ‘almost an acknowledgement that this is getting out of hand.’”
@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
October 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“.. That debt — and how it is getting structured — is ‘almost an acknowledgement that this is getting out of hand.’”
@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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“.. a swath of House Republicans .. privately say Paragon is dead-set on notching conservative policy wins irrespective of the damage they might do to the GOP’s fragile majority in the midterms.”
@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
October 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“.. a swath of House Republicans .. privately say Paragon is dead-set on notching conservative policy wins irrespective of the damage they might do to the GOP’s fragile majority in the midterms.”
@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
@politico.com #Shutdown
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
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(AP) - White House budget director Russ Vought said the Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.
@apnews.com
@apnews.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
(AP) - White House budget director Russ Vought said the Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.
@apnews.com
@apnews.com
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“.. His conclusion is very stark: not just that an economy already at stall speed will fall into recession as both the data-center and wealth effects plateau, but that they’ll reverse, just as in the dot-com bubble did ..”
@marketwatch.com
www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...
@marketwatch.com
www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...
October 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“.. His conclusion is very stark: not just that an economy already at stall speed will fall into recession as both the data-center and wealth effects plateau, but that they’ll reverse, just as in the dot-com bubble did ..”
@marketwatch.com
www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...
@marketwatch.com
www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...
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“.. AOC and Bernie are like a Phish show: they can just jam out in their niche, and fans go wild,” he said. By contrast, “Schumer has to do the Super Bowl halftime show and make half the country happy. .. AOC just has to keep growing her email list."
@politico.com
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Playbook: Shutdown pain points
And Kevin Hassett talks shutdown, inflation, tariffs, federal layoffs and keeping the Fed independent.
www.politico.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“.. AOC and Bernie are like a Phish show: they can just jam out in their niche, and fans go wild,” he said. By contrast, “Schumer has to do the Super Bowl halftime show and make half the country happy. .. AOC just has to keep growing her email list."
@politico.com
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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GREG IP: ".. GDP and employment do occasionally go in different directions, but rarely by this much."
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/behi...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/behi...
Behind Job Weakness Are Hints of a Productivity Revival. Is AI the Reason?
The artificial intelligence investment boom resembles the tech spree that brought a productivity renaissance three decades ago.
www.wsj.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
GREG IP: ".. GDP and employment do occasionally go in different directions, but rarely by this much."
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/behi...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/behi...
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GOLDMAN DESK: “.. our basket that’s levered to the middle income consumer has been stuck in the mud for the past five months. While one can be optimistic that tax season will help this part of the income distribution next year,” it points to ongoing challenges. [Pasquariello]
October 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
GOLDMAN DESK: “.. our basket that’s levered to the middle income consumer has been stuck in the mud for the past five months. While one can be optimistic that tax season will help this part of the income distribution next year,” it points to ongoing challenges. [Pasquariello]
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court will consider overturning strict Hawaii law regulating where people can carry guns.
@apnews.com
@apnews.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court will consider overturning strict Hawaii law regulating where people can carry guns.
@apnews.com
@apnews.com
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*US SEPT. ISM SERVICES PMI FALLS TO 50 FROM 52; EST. 51.7 *US ISM SERVICES BUSINESS ACTIVITY AT 49.9, LOWEST SINCE 2020
October 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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“Stagflationary ..”
Prices move up.
New orders move down. 🇺🇸
Prices move up.
New orders move down. 🇺🇸
October 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“Stagflationary ..”
Prices move up.
New orders move down. 🇺🇸
Prices move up.
New orders move down. 🇺🇸
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October 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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October 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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A single-digit return for $AMZN this year would be relatively rare — when looking back at the past decade.
(via Goldman desk)
(via Goldman desk)
October 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A single-digit return for $AMZN this year would be relatively rare — when looking back at the past decade.
(via Goldman desk)
(via Goldman desk)