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Chase Eck
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Health Economist -- Baylor College of Medicine and Houston VA
Formerly: University of Arizona, TGG Group, and Northwestern
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jameeljaffer.bsky.social
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
Confirmed: Katie Wilson will be mayor of Seattle, ousting the incumbent from his left.

And Erika Evans will be the new city attorney, ousting the GOP city attorney after promising to take the office in a more progressive direction.

What do progressives' win mean for law enforcement? NEW IN BOLTS:
Progressives Win in Seattle, Changing Directions on Public Safety - Bolts
Voters ousted a mayor who oversaw a surge in encampment sweeps, and a Republican prosecutor who pursued punitive policies toward homeless people and drug users.
boltsmag.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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josephpolitano.bsky.social
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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crampell.bsky.social
Yeah whoever jacked up tariffs on coffee from Brazil earlier this year must be a real bonehead
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
Econ 101 midterm question: Based on what you know about risk pools and adverse selection in healthcare markets, will giving people money instead of giving them money to buy health insurance lead these markets to function more effectively, or will it just lead more people to be uninsured?
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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rickhornbeck.bsky.social
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org

The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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johncawley.bsky.social
Due to DOGE cuts and then the shutdown, the number of listings for jobs in the US Federal government is down about 75% compared to recent years.
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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idothethinking.bsky.social
Berkeley is shaping up to the Jersey City of the Bay. Just going gangbusters approving housing. Its a new tower here every month. The latest tower proposal today, 169 homes, at Durant and Telegraph just approved by the Zoning Board and certain to be approved by Council.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
An embarrassingly obvious point, but...

This. Is. Illegal.

If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.

In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
Trump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-...
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October 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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stanveuger.bsky.social
I organized an economist amicus brief in the IEEPA tariffs case the Supreme Court will soon hear.

You can find the full brief here: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
October 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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tedgrunewald.bsky.social
It's clear from today's AP photos that Trump has entirely demolished the East Colonnade—added to the White House by Thomas Jefferson in 1805—and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.

The East Colonnade didn't occupy the footprint of the Trump "ballroom"—its demolition was completely unnecessary.
Diagrams showing the evolution of Thomas Jefferson's low east and west terrace colonnades from 1803 to 1819. Both the east and west terrace colonnades were set half-underground to be visually subservient to the White House main building, and were inspired by Jefferson's similar design at Monticello. From: McDonald, Travis, "The East and West Wings of the White House: History in Architecture and Building", White House History, White House Historical Association, No. 29, Summer 2011 Source: https://www.poplarforest.org/wp-content/uploads/white-house-wings-article.pdf McKim Mead and White White House, Theodore Roosevelt East Wing expansion and East Terrace Colonnade restoration (1902) Detroit Photographic Co. (1904) collection: Library of Congress View of the now-demolished East Colonnade and Terrace which was first built by Thomas Jefferson in 1805 and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 looking towards the East Garden, designed by First Lady Edith Roosevelt, shortly after its completion. The East Garden is now called the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. (1904) Collection. Library of Congress Source: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/white-house-east-garden-1904 Views of Franklin D. Roosevelt's enlarged East Wing connected to the main body of the White House by the now-demolished East Colonnade and terrace which was first built by Thomas Jefferson in 1805 and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902. Photo credits: Aerial Views of the White House East Wing and colonnade from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) by Jack Boucher (1992) from the North-East (above) and South-East (below). East Wing from the "East Garden" side in 1952, showing the gallery colonnade glassed in, and FDR's second floor added (Truman Library - Abbie Rowe) East Colonnade from the now-destroyed Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks (2020)
October 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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jamellebouie.net
the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28d
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House. Monday's photo from the Washington Post
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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jamiedupree.bsky.social
George Santos is the 10th GOP Congressman to get a pardon or clemency from President Trump. The other nine were also all convicted of various criminal charges:
October 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

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October 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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pseudoerasmus.bsky.social
Four items by Mokyr: the first is a topic already recognised by the Nobel, but the other three are less well known areas of Mokyr: his study of the Irish famine, his explanation of why the Dutch Republic was not the first, and his artisan theory of the Industrial Revolution.
October 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Federal judge issues a TRO in the Northern District of Illinois (including Chicago and the Broadview ICE facility), providing protections for protesters and journalists covering the protests.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Some of the key elements:
1. It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily ENJOINED in this judicial district from: Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime. Defendants may order a Journalist to change location to avoid disrupting law enforcement, ' President Trump, one of the named Defendants, is not included in this Order. 1 Case: 1:25-cv-12173 Document #: 42 Filed: 10/09/25 Page 2 of 6 PagelD #:836 as long as the Journalist has an objectively reasonable time to comply and an objectively reasonable opportunity to report and observe; b. Issuing a crowd dispersal order requiring any person to leave a public place that they lawfully have a right to be, unless dispersal is justified by exigent circumstances as defined by Department of Homeland Security Use of Force Policy (updated Feb. 6, 2023), Sections III.F and XII.E; С. For purposes of this Order, a crowd dispersal order is a lawful command given by a Federal Agent for all persons to leave a designated area when three or more persons are committing acts of disorderly conduct that are likely to cause substantial harm in the immediate vicinity; d. Using riot control weapons including kinetic impact projectiles (KIPs), Compressed Air Launchers (e.g., PIS and FN303), Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray, CS gas, CN gas, or other chemical irritants, 40 mm Munitions Launchers, less-lethal shotguns, Less-Lethal Specialty Impact-Chemical Munitions (LLSI-CM), Controlled Noise and Light Distraction Devices (CNLDDs), Electronic Control Weapons (ECWs) - on members of the press, protesters, or religious practitioners who are not posing an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer or others; To facilitate the Defendants' identification of Journalists protected under this Order, the following are examples of indicia of being a Journalist: visual identification as a member of the press, such as by carrying a professional press pass, badge or credentials; wearing distinctive clothing or patches that identify the wearer as a member of the press; or carrying professional gear such as professional photographic or videography equipment. Other indicia of being a Journalist under this Order include that the person is standing off to the side of a protest, not engaging in chanting, sign holding, shouting slogans, or otherwise protesting, and documenting protest activities, although these are not requirements. These indicia are illustrative, and a person need not exhibit every indicium to be considered a Journalist under this Order. Defendants shall not be liable for unintentional violations of this Order in the case of an individual who does not wear a press pass, badge, or other official press credential, professional gear, or distinctive clothing that identifies the person as a member of the press. It is further ORDERED that all Federal Agents, excepting those who do not wear a uniform or other distinguishing clothing or equipment in the regular performance of their official 4 Case: 1:25-cv-12173 Document #: 42 Filed: 10/09/25 Page 5 of 6 PagelD #:839 duties or are engaged in undercover operations in the regular performance of their official duties, must have visible identification (for which a unique recognizable alphanumeric identifier sequence will suffice) affixed to their uniforms or helmets and prominently displayed, including when wearing riot gear.
October 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
Michigan Avenue right now.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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umpamdk.bsky.social
Thank you all the program officers at NIH that persisted through the 2025 fiscal year and were able to fund 99% of the total FY2024 budget. I know this has take a toll on everyone at NIH. Thank you for supporting important health and behavior science and helping to keep the U.S. a leader in science.
jeremymberg.bsky.social Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Sep 29
The fiscal year ends tomorrow.

Here are results from NIH Reporter downloaded an hour ago.

The total amount of funding committed for FY2025 at this point is 99.0% of that for FY2024. The same difference could be due to a variety of technical factors.

1/3
A graph showing the fraction of annual grant funding committed for NIH for fiscal years 2015 to 2025. The fiscal year 2025 lagged behind but then caught up over the last two months.
September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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peark.es
This Stephen Miran speech is absolutely nuts
Speech by Governor Miran on nonmonetary forces and appropriate monetary policy
I'd like to thank the Economic Club of New York for the invitation to speak today. 1 This is my first time speaking in my new capacity as a member of the
www.federalreserve.gov
September 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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ericlipton.nytimes.com
NYT INVESTIGATION:
Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.

NYT digs into links between a lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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mikemadowitz.bsky.social
The disappearance of the senate continues to be dangerous for economic policy.

Reforming the Fed is a big question, with lots of potential avenues, each with huge risks if done wrong.

We're doing this recklessly and I hope this is not a pattern for future appointments.

/end
September 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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emmbadger.bsky.social
If the federal show of force in Washington has had a deterrent effect on crime, it appears to have deterred entirely normal aspects of city life, too.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
September 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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theurbanist.org
NEW // Powered Link Train Crosses I-90 for First Time in Pivotal Test

By Ryan Packer

via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/10/p...
Powered Link Train Crosses I-90 for First Time in Pivotal Test » The Urbanist
# With the long-awaited inaugural
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September 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
This is striking. Sen Adam Schiff's lawyer, Preet Bharara, writes to DOJ accusing FHFA head William Pulte in detail of corruptly and unlawfully weaponizing the bureaucracy against him for Trump. The letter also offers exculpatory evidence for Schiff.

Here are some key excerpts:
September 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM