Michelle Couns
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www.reuters.com/business/hea.... If Trump’s method of dealing with reports of illnesses and deaths resembles what he did for COVID, get ready for him to tell HHS to stop gathering the data. Problem solved. And people re-elected this madman.
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
www.reuters.com/business/hea.... If Trump’s method of dealing with reports of illnesses and deaths resembles what he did for COVID, get ready for him to tell HHS to stop gathering the data. Problem solved. And people re-elected this madman.
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June 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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#EconSky There was a question about "the so-called Cobb-Douglas production function". You also had to know something about Ricardo, Malthus, and Marx. www.irwincollier.com/harvard-grad...
Harvard. Graduate Economic Theory Exam. November 1960 - Economics in the Rear-View Mirror
Questions for the graduate written examination in economic theory at Harvard from November 1960
www.irwincollier.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#EconSky There was a question about "the so-called Cobb-Douglas production function". You also had to know something about Ricardo, Malthus, and Marx. www.irwincollier.com/harvard-grad...
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🏦 Bank capital standards: simplify without watering down
🔑 Long-term stability rather than short-term gain must guide financial regulation.
🖊️ First Glance by Jesper Berg @nicolas-boivin.bsky.social and @hansgeeroms.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/zjrHOPL
#EconSky
🔑 Long-term stability rather than short-term gain must guide financial regulation.
🖊️ First Glance by Jesper Berg @nicolas-boivin.bsky.social and @hansgeeroms.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/zjrHOPL
#EconSky
The European Union should not water down bank capital standards
The EU should resist the pressure for banking-sector deregulation that is likely to follow from the deregulatory push in the United States
buff.ly
May 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🏦 Bank capital standards: simplify without watering down
🔑 Long-term stability rather than short-term gain must guide financial regulation.
🖊️ First Glance by Jesper Berg @nicolas-boivin.bsky.social and @hansgeeroms.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/zjrHOPL
#EconSky
🔑 Long-term stability rather than short-term gain must guide financial regulation.
🖊️ First Glance by Jesper Berg @nicolas-boivin.bsky.social and @hansgeeroms.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/zjrHOPL
#EconSky
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Bidding is set to end on Monday in an auction for leading buyers of the Trump family crypto coin that offers a private dinner and a tour of the White House for the very top bidders. Announced by Trump last month, the auction has drawn bipartisan criticism.
Auction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Bidding is set to end on Monday in an auction for leading buyers of the Trump family crypto coin that offers a private dinner and a tour of the White House for the very top bidders. Announced by Trump last month, the auction has drawn bipartisan criticism.
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Vaguely recalling how we spent many years with the biggest scandal in the world being that *false* claim that Biden had accepted a few million in bribes. oversight.house.gov/the-bidens-i...
May 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Vaguely recalling how we spent many years with the biggest scandal in the world being that *false* claim that Biden had accepted a few million in bribes. oversight.house.gov/the-bidens-i...
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Trump, who (falsely) claimed during his election campaign that Biden wasn't doing ENOUGH to assist with NC's hurricane recovery....wait for it....just revoked Biden's Dec 2024 hurricane clean-up reimbursement agreement.
#ncpol
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#ncpol
ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f...
FEMA will stop 100% cost-share in Helene recovery • NC Newsline
"I am extremely disappointed and urge the President to reconsider FEMA’s bad decision, even for 90 days," Gov. Josh Stein said.
ncnewsline.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Trump, who (falsely) claimed during his election campaign that Biden wasn't doing ENOUGH to assist with NC's hurricane recovery....wait for it....just revoked Biden's Dec 2024 hurricane clean-up reimbursement agreement.
#ncpol
ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f...
#ncpol
ncnewsline.com/2025/04/12/f...
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Two American Airlines jets, including one carrying at least six members of Congress from New York and New Jersey, clipped wings on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Thursday, officials said.
Plane Carrying 6 Members of Congress Is Clipped at Reagan Airport
Two American Airlines jets clipped wings on a taxiway, officials said. Representative Grace Meng said that, in 10 years of flying to and from Washington, “This has never happened to me.”
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Two American Airlines jets, including one carrying at least six members of Congress from New York and New Jersey, clipped wings on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Thursday, officials said.
Bill to abolish discrimination watchdog agency advances in Tennessee Legislature tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/25/b...
Bill to abolish discrimination watchdog agency advances in Tennessee Legislature • Tennessee Lookout
Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted in favor of abolishing the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, a 60-year-old independent agency responsible for enforcing civil righ...
tennesseelookout.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Bill to abolish discrimination watchdog agency advances in Tennessee Legislature tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/25/b...
This week in stupid:
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www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education
Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education
www.ed.gov
March 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This week in stupid:
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
thehill.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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I feel like that pairs well with this.
Something, something, economic red flags.
www.axios.com/2025/03/07/c...
Something, something, economic red flags.
www.axios.com/2025/03/07/c...
Americans are behind on car payments at a record level
Consumers are showing mounting signs of stress.
www.axios.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Not a doubt in my mind!
You ?😊💙
You ?😊💙
March 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Not a doubt in my mind!
You ?😊💙
You ?😊💙
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Under authoritarianism anything is possible. Now elderly Green Card holders (who live with their children) are being harassed and threatened at U.S. airports.
Please read.
Please read.
March 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under authoritarianism anything is possible. Now elderly Green Card holders (who live with their children) are being harassed and threatened at U.S. airports.
Please read.
Please read.
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💥 Dems have finally figured out that they need to take advantage of the vacuum GOP Reps left because they’re too damn cowardly to hold Town Halls!
If you have questions or know folks who are disallusioned w/ their GOP Rep, share these upcoming DEM Town Halls!
More dates to be added.
Link below…
If you have questions or know folks who are disallusioned w/ their GOP Rep, share these upcoming DEM Town Halls!
More dates to be added.
Link below…
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
💥 Dems have finally figured out that they need to take advantage of the vacuum GOP Reps left because they’re too damn cowardly to hold Town Halls!
If you have questions or know folks who are disallusioned w/ their GOP Rep, share these upcoming DEM Town Halls!
More dates to be added.
Link below…
If you have questions or know folks who are disallusioned w/ their GOP Rep, share these upcoming DEM Town Halls!
More dates to be added.
Link below…
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90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
www.sciencefriday.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
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The 68-team fields for the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments will be unveiled Sunday night, and the games begin next week.
When are March Madness brackets released? Here's what to know about Selection Sunday
The 68-team fields for the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments will be unveiled Sunday night, and the games begin next week.
www.npr.org
March 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The 68-team fields for the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments will be unveiled Sunday night, and the games begin next week.
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We must ban all politicians from trading effective immediately!
This is outrageous. Thank you to @unusualwhales.bsky.social for raising awareness!
Every politician is doing this. The longer we turn a blind eye, the more they’ll abuse their power.
#EconSky
This is outrageous. Thank you to @unusualwhales.bsky.social for raising awareness!
Every politician is doing this. The longer we turn a blind eye, the more they’ll abuse their power.
#EconSky
Republican Senator Dave McCormick bought up to $50,000 personally, and $100,000 through spouse, of the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF, $BITB, on 02/26/2025.
A week later, Trump announces the US crypto reserve.
Unusual.
A week later, Trump announces the US crypto reserve.
Unusual.
March 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We must ban all politicians from trading effective immediately!
This is outrageous. Thank you to @unusualwhales.bsky.social for raising awareness!
Every politician is doing this. The longer we turn a blind eye, the more they’ll abuse their power.
#EconSky
This is outrageous. Thank you to @unusualwhales.bsky.social for raising awareness!
Every politician is doing this. The longer we turn a blind eye, the more they’ll abuse their power.
#EconSky
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There may not be many (way too big) US cars driving in Europe, but everybody uses Microsoft Office.
Insightful blog by Jesper Rangvid on US-EU trade in goods and *services*. blog.rangvid.com/2025/03/02/m...
#EconSky #FinSky #trade
Insightful blog by Jesper Rangvid on US-EU trade in goods and *services*. blog.rangvid.com/2025/03/02/m...
#EconSky #FinSky #trade
Message to President Trump: We (Europe) take as much from you (the US) as you take from us – Rangvid’s Blog
blog.rangvid.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
There may not be many (way too big) US cars driving in Europe, but everybody uses Microsoft Office.
Insightful blog by Jesper Rangvid on US-EU trade in goods and *services*. blog.rangvid.com/2025/03/02/m...
#EconSky #FinSky #trade
Insightful blog by Jesper Rangvid on US-EU trade in goods and *services*. blog.rangvid.com/2025/03/02/m...
#EconSky #FinSky #trade