Matt Darling
@besttrousers.bsky.social
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I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
I Wanted to Surprise My Family on Thanksgiving. ICE Deported Me Instead.
How the Trump administration turned a college freshman’s life upside down.
www.thecut.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
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Imagine thinking that people come to America to "access unlimited welfare for life"
Stephen Miller thinks it’s terrible that I can vote
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Imagine thinking that people come to America to "access unlimited welfare for life"
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As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.
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If citizenship rights are not secure, they’re not secure. Full stop. The admin has admitted it wants mass politicized denationalization. Nullification of birthright citizenship is indeed a form of that, and there will be ever new forms after it
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If citizenship rights are not secure, they’re not secure. Full stop. The admin has admitted it wants mass politicized denationalization. Nullification of birthright citizenship is indeed a form of that, and there will be ever new forms after it
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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
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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A thorough review of the issue.
One missing part that economists don't seem to see is that since 2008 the problem isn't that NYC is expensive. It's that Ypsilanti is now also getting more expensive.
Vibecession: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
www.astralcodexten.com/p/vibecessio...
One missing part that economists don't seem to see is that since 2008 the problem isn't that NYC is expensive. It's that Ypsilanti is now also getting more expensive.
Vibecession: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
www.astralcodexten.com/p/vibecessio...
Vibecession: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
...
www.astralcodexten.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A thorough review of the issue.
One missing part that economists don't seem to see is that since 2008 the problem isn't that NYC is expensive. It's that Ypsilanti is now also getting more expensive.
Vibecession: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
www.astralcodexten.com/p/vibecessio...
One missing part that economists don't seem to see is that since 2008 the problem isn't that NYC is expensive. It's that Ypsilanti is now also getting more expensive.
Vibecession: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
www.astralcodexten.com/p/vibecessio...
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When people lose their jobs, a host of different state laws can prevent them from being eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. One barrier is the labor dispute disqualification.
Flannery O'Rourke @nelp.org explains why states should get rid of this roadblock: s27147.pcdn.co/insights-res...
Flannery O'Rourke @nelp.org explains why states should get rid of this roadblock: s27147.pcdn.co/insights-res...
Why Lawmakers Must Remove the Labor Dispute Disqualification from Unemployment Insurance - National Employment Law Project
This brief reviews how labor dispute disqualification came about in state Unemployment Insurance laws, and why it must go.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
When people lose their jobs, a host of different state laws can prevent them from being eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. One barrier is the labor dispute disqualification.
Flannery O'Rourke @nelp.org explains why states should get rid of this roadblock: s27147.pcdn.co/insights-res...
Flannery O'Rourke @nelp.org explains why states should get rid of this roadblock: s27147.pcdn.co/insights-res...
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sorry, we're approaching "zirp was a magic wand that made businesses bad" and that's simply not what happened lmao
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
sorry, we're approaching "zirp was a magic wand that made businesses bad" and that's simply not what happened lmao
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lol
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
lol
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I've written a lot on the fiscal effects of immigration. But what if just looking at the fiscal effects misses one of the most important effects of immigration?
New Substack post on immigration and innovation: www.laurenpolicy.com/p/immigratio...
New Substack post on immigration and innovation: www.laurenpolicy.com/p/immigratio...
Immigration and Innovation
Generally, the arguments around migration tend to center on its direct effects.
www.laurenpolicy.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I've written a lot on the fiscal effects of immigration. But what if just looking at the fiscal effects misses one of the most important effects of immigration?
New Substack post on immigration and innovation: www.laurenpolicy.com/p/immigratio...
New Substack post on immigration and innovation: www.laurenpolicy.com/p/immigratio...
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I’ve begun to think there’s something more sinister about the “ackshually people in the top 10% of wage earners are in poverty too” nonsense.
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
If your wage leads to a "tight" budget that still allows you to live in a "well-off Boston suburb" it is not poverty.
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I’ve begun to think there’s something more sinister about the “ackshually people in the top 10% of wage earners are in poverty too” nonsense.
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
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'Financial dysmorphia" is such a great way to describe what I've been calling status anxiety. Holy shit
Financial dysmorphia is a thing.
My wife and I are from Boston but live in Pittsburgh. We always say, "we can't afford to live in Boston"
Then I fill out student financial aid and we are top 5% and seriously wtf is wrong with us. Lots of people with less live in Boston
My wife and I are from Boston but live in Pittsburgh. We always say, "we can't afford to live in Boston"
Then I fill out student financial aid and we are top 5% and seriously wtf is wrong with us. Lots of people with less live in Boston
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
'Financial dysmorphia" is such a great way to describe what I've been calling status anxiety. Holy shit
I can't believe the Mayor of Minnesota is consigned to poverty.
I want everyone to flip out over this proposal to give the mayor a $46,000 raise. I completely agree that our elected officials should be well paid. But people tear their hair out over council pay, so we need to bring that same energy to this one.
lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...
lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I can't believe the Mayor of Minnesota is consigned to poverty.
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If your wage leads to a "tight" budget that still allows you to live in a "well-off Boston suburb" it is not poverty.
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
If your wage leads to a "tight" budget that still allows you to live in a "well-off Boston suburb" it is not poverty.
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Will vote for the candidate who promises to give me back my time so I don't have some bullshit interrupting me every 5 minutes and I can actually get work done, eat, take a dump in peace, etc.
I am sure there are policy levers that can be pulled to help on some of this.
I am sure there are policy levers that can be pulled to help on some of this.
The thing about modern existence is that it is endless hassle. Appointments, paperwork, meetings, customer service often meant to repair problems caused or not correctly addressed by the last set of appointments, paperwork, meetings and customer service.
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Will vote for the candidate who promises to give me back my time so I don't have some bullshit interrupting me every 5 minutes and I can actually get work done, eat, take a dump in peace, etc.
I am sure there are policy levers that can be pulled to help on some of this.
I am sure there are policy levers that can be pulled to help on some of this.
I'm still very confused about the monetary policy subtheme of Sinners.
I think my hottest take of the year remains that Sinners is kind of thematically confused and accidentally reactionary
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm still very confused about the monetary policy subtheme of Sinners.
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or are there, just maybe, several firms that are using job cut announcements as non-traditional signaling mechanisms to sell their "worker-replacement" product
Initial claims are subject to a big dose of noise around Thanksgiving, but stepping back there are real/growing tensions in layoff indicators. Are ineligible groups (contract workers, some immigrants, sole proprietors & gig workers) playing a bigger role? Are severance packages longer than usual?
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
or are there, just maybe, several firms that are using job cut announcements as non-traditional signaling mechanisms to sell their "worker-replacement" product
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Initial claims are subject to a big dose of noise around Thanksgiving, but stepping back there are real/growing tensions in layoff indicators. Are ineligible groups (contract workers, some immigrants, sole proprietors & gig workers) playing a bigger role? Are severance packages longer than usual?
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Initial claims are subject to a big dose of noise around Thanksgiving, but stepping back there are real/growing tensions in layoff indicators. Are ineligible groups (contract workers, some immigrants, sole proprietors & gig workers) playing a bigger role? Are severance packages longer than usual?
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We did it! After years of work, our Downtown for All zoning reform plan has passed the New Haven Board of Alders!
Our legislation significantly expands how much housing can be built in our city's core, and it will make a real difference for New Haven families.
🧵More details:
Our legislation significantly expands how much housing can be built in our city's core, and it will make a real difference for New Haven families.
🧵More details:
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
We did it! After years of work, our Downtown for All zoning reform plan has passed the New Haven Board of Alders!
Our legislation significantly expands how much housing can be built in our city's core, and it will make a real difference for New Haven families.
🧵More details:
Our legislation significantly expands how much housing can be built in our city's core, and it will make a real difference for New Haven families.
🧵More details:
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“If you believe the MAGA postliberal project is real, then liberalism must understand MAGA is not a reaction to economic consequences or “elite failures,” but an affirmative preference for illiberalism.
Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-and-l...
Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-and-l...
Liberals: Stop the Masochism
Why liberalism romanticizes the Forgotten Man and is reluctant to take its own side in the fight against authoritarianism.
www.thebulwark.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“If you believe the MAGA postliberal project is real, then liberalism must understand MAGA is not a reaction to economic consequences or “elite failures,” but an affirmative preference for illiberalism.
Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-and-l...
Liberalism must stop apologizing. Stop excusing. And fight.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-and-l...
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I would say these are Adams two biggest accomplishments.
December 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I would say these are Adams two biggest accomplishments.
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EIG’s @benglasner.bsky.social joins Money with Katie to discuss how a wage subsidy can improve the lives of low-wage workers nationwide.
Check it out! 🎧
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Check it out! 🎧
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
How to End Low Wage Work—Forever
Podcast Episode · The Money with Katie Show · 12/03/2025 · 1h 19m
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December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
EIG’s @benglasner.bsky.social joins Money with Katie to discuss how a wage subsidy can improve the lives of low-wage workers nationwide.
Check it out! 🎧
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Check it out! 🎧
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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it looks like the "mississippi" miracle in reading scores was due to be a pretty basic stats error in the design of the experimental study (selecting on the dependent variable)... a lotta people Got Got on this one! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
it looks like the "mississippi" miracle in reading scores was due to be a pretty basic stats error in the design of the experimental study (selecting on the dependent variable)... a lotta people Got Got on this one! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
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This is one of those things that seems like it should already be the law because it's so incredibly stupid that it isn't.
My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is one of those things that seems like it should already be the law because it's so incredibly stupid that it isn't.