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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 17h

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 52m

Well look at that, Sugar really is coming back.

Bob Mould on the Reunion of Sugar: 'I Want to See If People Are Still Interested' — Rolling Stone

After teasing news on the group’s socials last week, Mould’s Nineties band announces a new single and concerts for next year

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere soared by a record amount in 2024 to hit another high, UN data shows, deepening the climate crisis that is already taking lives and livelihoods across the world. Scientists are worried that the natural land and ocean “sinks” that remove CO2 from the air are weakening as a result of global heating, which could form a vicious circle and drive temperatures up even faster. Continue reading...

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 17h

Data centers are "shaping up to be the mother of all political issues...pretty much everyone pays electric rates, & under Trump they’re starting to skyrocket...he’s simultaneously accelerating demand w/ his support for data center buildout, & constricting supply by shutting down cheap solar & wind."

Hey Grok, What's a Waste of Energy?

AI amidst the climate emergency

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Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action
New details here about how the Army’s top uniformed lawyer was fired just weeks after raising concerns about the use of the military domestically and mass firings of DoD employees www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 9h

Data darkness in US spreads a global shadow reut.rs/46RSYGh

Data darkness in US spreads a global shadow

The U.S. government shutdown that has turned off the official flow of data could begin clouding the view for policymakers in Japan and other countries where insight into the fortunes of the world's biggest economy informs the outlook for their own currencies, trade performance and inflation.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 14h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 14h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 17h

It's been a while since we got an update on the outlook for the Fed's balance sheet, so it was good for Fed Chair Powell to provide one.

Fed's Powell says the end of balance sheet drawdown process may be nearing

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday the end of the central bank’s long-running effort to shrink the size of its holdings, widely known as quantitative tightening, or QT, may be coming into view.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 18h

Now that’s a curious bass, also RIP G&L.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 18h

US news outlets reject Pentagon press access policy reut.rs/3IIy0AA

US news outlets reject Pentagon press access policy

At least 20 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less comprehensive coverage of the world’s most powerful military ahead of a Tuesday deadline to accept new restrictions.

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Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 19h

Don't look now but Trump just freaked out the market again by continuing to escalate the trade war.

I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don’t need to purchase it from China.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 19h

Politico gets Young Republican communications: "Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape."

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 20h

Pulte's mortgage fraud accusations continue to bring attention to his own state of affairs.

Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 20h

NEW from @h-lev.bsky.social: As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

The attack dog targeting Trump opponents over their paperwork hasn’t even filed his own

As chairman of the board of Fannie Mae, Bill Pulte was required to file a disclosure form with the SEC. He didn’t.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 21h

How the tables have turned.

NBER @nber.org · 21h

The US is in far worse fiscal shape than Italy. US fiscal sustainability requires immediate and permanent massive tax hikes or spending cuts, from Emanuele Dicarlo, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Mauro Marè, and Marco Olivari www.nber.org/papers/w34340

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 21h

Fed’s Powell on how to grade the central bank: “Don't look for perfection…These are close calls that have to be made in real time.”

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 21h

Fed’s Powell on the future of A.I. and the limits of central bank policy: “We can't address the potential societal disruptions that can happen.”

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 22h

Fed's Powell: “If we move too quickly, then we may leave the inflation job unfinished and have to come back later and finish it. If we move too slowly, there may be unnecessary losses, painful losses in the employment market…We're in the difficult situation of balancing those two things.”

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 22h

Another Fed Powell tidbit on the balance sheet that will likely launch some speculation: "Our experience since 2020 does suggest that we can be more nimble in our use of the balance sheet." Is that a hint at more active balance sheet moves in future, less inertia?

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 22h

Fed Powell jokes on balance sheet, "a colleague recently compared this topic to a trip to the dentist, but that comparison may be unfair—to dentists." Says on quantitative tightening stopping point: "we may approach that point in coming months."

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 22h

"This is not a pity party for us. This is an alarm call for all the young generations of musicians who are in our wake, and who we feel duty-bound to speak up for because there’s nobody speaking up for them." Via Stereogum

Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”

Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 23h

Before this year, only two states – Texas in 2003 and Georgia in 2005 – voluntarily redrew their congressional maps between censuses for partisan advantage: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

North Carolina said Monday that it will work on a new congressional map that could yield another GOP-leaning district in the state.

It's the latest state to heed President Trump’s call to redraw congressional maps five years earlier than usual.

North Carolina Republicans heed Trump’s call to redraw congressional map

State becomes latest to join a national redistricting battle sparked by the president’s urging to shore up the historically small GOP House majority ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 1d

Mizuho: "The benchmark 10-year Treasury Note has been trading in a narrow range bound from below by 4%. Assuming a 2% underlying rate of real GDP, a 4-4.20% 10-year trading range suggests investors believe the Fed’s inflation target is credible."

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Grant Smith @grantmeaccess.bsky.social · 1d

"The science shows us very clearly how important these vaccines are to keep you individually safe, but also those around you who are in the very high-risk groups,” said Jodie Guest, an epidemiology professor at Emory University. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

New US COVID guidance makes getting a shot harder

Americans headed to pharmacies for COVID-19 vaccines are running into roadblocks and confusion due to new U.S. guidance that abandoned broad support for the shots, contributing to the lowest vaccination rates since they were introduced.

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