Nick Lutz
@nicklutz.bsky.social
Econ, data, Louisville, stuff!
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
December 16, 2023 at 4:33 PM
*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
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Two months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting H-1B visas, soaring costs are roiling rural health care facilities that have long struggled to find staff.
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Two months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting H-1B visas, soaring costs are roiling rural health care facilities that have long struggled to find staff.
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Corruption is bad.
New @nberpubs: ""Captain Gains" on Capitol Hill" www.nber.org/papers/w3452...
"lawmakers who later ascend to leadership positions perform similarly to matched peers beforehand but outperform them by 47 percentage points annually after ascension" 👀
"lawmakers who later ascend to leadership positions perform similarly to matched peers beforehand but outperform them by 47 percentage points annually after ascension" 👀
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Corruption is bad.
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
It's the "and their descendents" part that lets you know he's definitely being super racist and doesn't care to hide it.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It's the "and their descendents" part that lets you know he's definitely being super racist and doesn't care to hide it.
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Fun fact: the US sells more higher ed to China than soybeans
Trump's campaign to kill an industry where America runs a massive trade surplus is succeeding
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fun fact: the US sells more higher ed to China than soybeans
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I hope it works, but I fear this is the shutdown situation:
September 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I hope it works, but I fear this is the shutdown situation:
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Gov. Beshear says this morning there are still 7 confirmed deaths, but 16 people unaccounted for, so that could grow.
I think my updates are done for tonight from the UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville that has killed at least 3 and likely more. Here's our current story, which is likely to change by the morning once more official information comes out.
Multiple dead and injured in UPS plane crash near Louisville airport
Beshear says the UPS plane was bound for Hawaii and contained 220,000 pounds of jet fuel. A shelter in place remains in effect for parts of Louisville.
www.lpm.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Gov. Beshear says this morning there are still 7 confirmed deaths, but 16 people unaccounted for, so that could grow.
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the future of the democratic party is a coalition of the wokest people on tumblr and absolutely dead-eyed pursuers of the national interest and the maximization of GDP
funny that the two groups in the political class who have been the least enthusiastic about trump term 2 are like neocon blob guys and economists
I feel like the econ policy people have been less annoyingly centrist on Trump than the rest of the think tank ecosystem purely because the only concrete policy he’s pursued in two months are tariffs, which like none of them like
March 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
the future of the democratic party is a coalition of the wokest people on tumblr and absolutely dead-eyed pursuers of the national interest and the maximization of GDP
I never got a NYtimes push alert for the UPS crash. They regularly send me push alerts when 85 year old minor arts figures die.
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I never got a NYtimes push alert for the UPS crash. They regularly send me push alerts when 85 year old minor arts figures die.
I thought this was just a weird cloud until I heard of the plane crash. We're miles from the Louisville airport too.
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I thought this was just a weird cloud until I heard of the plane crash. We're miles from the Louisville airport too.
Keeping people fed must be one of those "Democratic Priorities" in the eyes of the White House.
The USDA has funding set aside to keep food assistance programs running during emergencies.
Trump just won’t release it.
440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
Trump just won’t release it.
440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
October 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Keeping people fed must be one of those "Democratic Priorities" in the eyes of the White House.
The ability of our economy to quickly generate tens of thousands of inflatable costumes shows that we can still be great when we choose to be.
#NoKings
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The ability of our economy to quickly generate tens of thousands of inflatable costumes shows that we can still be great when we choose to be.
#NoKings
#NoKings
I'm a Mulberry man now.
Trump finally found a Republican to run against Congressman Thomas Massie, and it’s pumpkin farmer Ed Gallrein. #ky4
Trump endorses Massie challenger not yet in the primary race
The president gave his support to Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, who ran unsuccessfully last year for the Kentucky state Senate.
www.politico.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I'm a Mulberry man now.
This fucking guy
BREAKING
President Trump says he has commuted the sentence of former Congressman George Santos.
President Trump says he has commuted the sentence of former Congressman George Santos.
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This fucking guy
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WSJ: “.. the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said ..”
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October 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
WSJ: “.. the effort has drawn up a list of potential targets that includes major Democratic donors, some of the people said ..”
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.
Official Taylor Swift Showgirl review:
October 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Official Taylor Swift Showgirl review:
