Mike Finn
@finnmichael.bsky.social
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Since the Fed started cutting rates last Sept:
* unemployment ⬆️ 30bps
* CPI ⬆️ 60bps
* 10-year yield ⬆️ 50bps
* unemployment ⬆️ 30bps
* CPI ⬆️ 60bps
* 10-year yield ⬆️ 50bps
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Since the Fed started cutting rates last Sept:
* unemployment ⬆️ 30bps
* CPI ⬆️ 60bps
* 10-year yield ⬆️ 50bps
* unemployment ⬆️ 30bps
* CPI ⬆️ 60bps
* 10-year yield ⬆️ 50bps
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
They have arrived in our fair city of St. Paul, MN
Federal raid on Hampden Avenue Bro-Tex printing warehouse draws protesters, chemical irritant deployed, ugly scene www.twincities.com/2025/11/18/s...
Federal agents detain people at St. Paul industrial building, drawing protesters
ICE says they served a search warrant in a federal criminal investigation.
www.twincities.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
They have arrived in our fair city of St. Paul, MN
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
China expands Argentina soybean buying to 20 cargoes, traders say
Chinese importers kept up a hectic pace of Argentine soybean purchases after the South American supplier's move to abolish export taxes temporarily made its prices competitive, traders said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
The DFL and DNC should be shouting about this legislation, subsequent enforcement, and labor participation from the rooftops! It's political malpractice to not be pushing this in every state possible
Twin Cities roofing contractor charged with stealing $118,000 in wages on publicly funded project minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/03/r...
Twin Cities roofing contractor charged with stealing $118,000 in wages on publicly funded project • Minnesota Reformer
The owner of a Twin Cities roofing company faces felony charges after investigators said he stole an estimated $118,000 in wages from seven workers who replaced roofs and gutters at a public housing p...
minnesotareformer.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The DFL and DNC should be shouting about this legislation, subsequent enforcement, and labor participation from the rooftops! It's political malpractice to not be pushing this in every state possible
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Finally updated the tariff calculations to incorporate the 50% copper tariffs, 40% tariff on Brazilian imports, and 5-31% tariff on imports from 94 countries that Trump has signed over the last 24 hours—overall tariff rates rise more than 2%, and are now 16% higher than pre-Trump
August 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Finally updated the tariff calculations to incorporate the 50% copper tariffs, 40% tariff on Brazilian imports, and 5-31% tariff on imports from 94 countries that Trump has signed over the last 24 hours—overall tariff rates rise more than 2%, and are now 16% higher than pre-Trump
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Holy shit
August 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Holy shit
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When my follower count reaches 500, I will give one roll of Charmin Ultra Soft from my personal TP stash to each of 5 randomly-selected, MN-based followers.
June 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
When my follower count reaches 500, I will give one roll of Charmin Ultra Soft from my personal TP stash to each of 5 randomly-selected, MN-based followers.
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Paul Krugman: Why You Should Fear a MAGAfied Fed open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Why You Should Fear a MAGAfied Fed
The next Fed chair will debase himself for Trump
open.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Paul Krugman: Why You Should Fear a MAGAfied Fed open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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this is my new favorite thing
June 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
this is my new favorite thing
Terrific work by the team at Racket and I'm proud to reside in Saint Paul, home of the TP reviewer.
You won't believe which establishment received an F- from @twincities.toiletpaper.reviews. Actually, you'll probably believe it.
A Conversation With MN's Only Toilet Paper Critic - Racket
Twin Cities Toilet Paper Reviews has published critiques of the TP offered at dozens of breweries, restaurants, and state parks.
racketmn.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Terrific work by the team at Racket and I'm proud to reside in Saint Paul, home of the TP reviewer.
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It's infuriating how 99% of the coverage of this new war doesn't bother to mention that it is happening because we had an agreement to limit and monitor Iran's nuclear program, which even Trump's own aides said was working, and he blew it up because it was negotiated under Obama.
The consequences of JCPOA withdrawal in graph form www.ft.com/content/193f...
June 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It's infuriating how 99% of the coverage of this new war doesn't bother to mention that it is happening because we had an agreement to limit and monitor Iran's nuclear program, which even Trump's own aides said was working, and he blew it up because it was negotiated under Obama.
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This is a lovely, heartbreaking piece from Colorado by a friend of the Hortman’s son.
June 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This is a lovely, heartbreaking piece from Colorado by a friend of the Hortman’s son.
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40 years ago today, Ferris Bueller took the day off.
June 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
40 years ago today, Ferris Bueller took the day off.
Very Saint Paul road conditions
SINK HOLE!!!!!
May 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Very Saint Paul road conditions
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There's a Minnesota Robert Prevost whose dog's name is Leo. And @racketmn.com found him in less than 24 hours!!! racketmn.com/robert-prevo...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: MN Man Shares Name With New Pope - Racket
Racket secured a rare conversation with Twin Cities PR man Robert Prevost, who happens to have the same birth name as freshly minted Pope Leo XIV.
racketmn.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There's a Minnesota Robert Prevost whose dog's name is Leo. And @racketmn.com found him in less than 24 hours!!! racketmn.com/robert-prevo...
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Commentary from general manager of a canoe company, whose international and domestic sales have been threatened by the Trump administration. Is Trump good for business? Not ours. minnesotareformer.com/2025/05/02/i...
Is Trump good for business? Not ours. • Minnesota Reformer
Since the second Trump administration’s policies have taken effect, our international business has come to a halt.
minnesotareformer.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Commentary from general manager of a canoe company, whose international and domestic sales have been threatened by the Trump administration. Is Trump good for business? Not ours. minnesotareformer.com/2025/05/02/i...
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Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
February 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Just got fired from being a freshman football coach, if you want to know what MAGA does to communities.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
They don’t care about what helps people, because the school is certainly not going to find an ex-NFL player willing to coach there at that level, they only care about trying to hurt people.
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Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵
@downgoesbrown.bsky.social can we get a confirm on this?
And any other first name lines that we should be aware of?
And any other first name lines that we should be aware of?
Random thought during my day off: #mnwild first line tonight has to be an NHL first.
Each forward’s first name starts with “Ma”
Matt-Marco-Mats
😃
Each forward’s first name starts with “Ma”
Matt-Marco-Mats
😃
December 28, 2024 at 12:02 AM
@downgoesbrown.bsky.social can we get a confirm on this?
And any other first name lines that we should be aware of?
And any other first name lines that we should be aware of?
This piece touches on what we already know - the folks who want to burn it all down against their own self interest have learned nothing.
Johnson went home in the wee hours of Saturday morning following yet another skin-of-the-teeth legislative success. Gaetz spent his weekend sullenly awaiting the release of the House Ethics Committee’s report. Who do you think MAGA prefers?
@eggerdc.bsky.social:
@eggerdc.bsky.social:
For MAGA: A Sordid Ethics Report > Funding the Government
A tale of two Trump allies in Congress.
www.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2024 at 6:17 PM
This piece touches on what we already know - the folks who want to burn it all down against their own self interest have learned nothing.