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Ernie Tedeschi @ernietedeschi.bsky.social · 8h

I'm in @opinion.bloomberg.com today talking about three "partial truths" in the US economic narrative. "Partial truths" are not myths--they have more than a kernel of fact behind them--but they demand caution, asterisks, and grains of salt.
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AI’s Effect on the US Economy Is Exaggerated

Sometimes there are economic narratives that don’t quite deserve a debunking — they have more than a kernel of truth to them — but rather demand an appropriate level of skepticism. Three such stories are widespread today.

www.bloomberg.com

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Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 8h

The next step in Civil War 2.0...

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 8h

Not all conservatives are hateful White supremacists. But they don't get shouted down or driven out by their fellows. This is why young liberals (especially minorities) have trouble reaching out to young conservatives. They personally see this stuff far more often than is reported in the press.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

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.

@politico.com
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 21h

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name newrepublic.com/post/201745/... via @newrepublic.com

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 23h

I know that these are just college kids; I suspect also that many are being sarcastic...but still, this is pretty ugly.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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.

www.politico.com

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Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...

Opinion | The Rise of Social Media and the Fall of Western Democracy

www.nytimes.com

Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...

Opinion | A.I. Sure Looks Like a Bubble. Watch Out When It Pops.

www.nytimes.com

Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/m...

The Rules of Investing Are Being Loosened. Could It Lead to the Next 1929?

www.nytimes.com

Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 1d

As an innovation scholar, I whole-heartedly endorse the award to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. Congrats to a great trio of scholars! Excellent piece on their work here...

Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 2d

Thing by me on today's Econ nobel in @alphaville.ft.com : www.ft.com/content/b8aa...

Idealist and/or materialist theories of economic growth

[FREE TO READ] Nobel committee: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

www.ft.com

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

Watch this before going to a protest.

How To Stay Safe At a Protest, According To An Attorney

As people head to the streets this weekend in LA and elsewhere, protesters should be informed about their constitutional rights and safety options. On the latest episode of The Intercept Briefing…

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Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 2d

If you oppose Trump, then you are now pro-Hamas apparently

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

“Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an ‘iron fist,’… Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear

Recent moves by the president reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his agenda.

www.wsj.com

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Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 2d

The release of the hostages is a great day for all! Congrats to those in the Trump administration who helped make this happen!

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 2d

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 2d

If you study S&T policy or politics, then come be my colleague at the Carter School of Public Policy @ Georgia Tech: careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psc/careers/...

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Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 3d

"After months of anti-vax fearmongering, Trump just got his COVID booster and flu shot. Funny how the grift ends when your own health is on the line." -NOW
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump gets Covid vaccine and flu shot during second checkup of the year

The visit, which the White House described Wednesday as a "yearly check-up," was his second examination at Walter Reed in six months.

www.nbcnews.com

Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 3d

Is AI ultimately doomed? www.wheresyoured.at/why-everybod...

Why Everybody Is Losing Money On AI

Hello and welcome to another premium newsletter. Thanks as ever for subscribing, and please email me at [email protected] to say hello. As I've written again and again, the costs of running genera...

www.wheresyoured.at

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 4d

Tariffs Are Way Up. Interest on Debt Tops $1 Trillion. And DOGE Didn’t Do Much: As the books closed on U.S. government’s fiscal 2025, here’s what has changed about federal budget—and what hasn’t.
(Wall Street Journal-unlocked)
Via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251010-top...

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4d

“The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that “the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

A rare admission from the administration that policy choices have knock-off effects.

In this case: immigration crackdowns raise your grocery bill.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Zak Taylor @mzak.bsky.social · 4d

30 yrs of studying politics and I still think that most fights boil down to:
*Class
*Race
*Religion
...but especially *Age. The generational divide embodies & catalyzes the other three. The fight against change & for "the good old days" has raged for millennia. And guess who's always wrong

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Trump’s Albert Speer-style German Arch of Triumph now planned for DC.

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NPR @npr.org · 4d

Heatmap News' Robinson Meyer explains why electricity bills are rising faster than inflation.

An energy expert explains why electricity prices keep climbing

Heatmap News' Robinson Meyer explains why electricity bills are rising faster than inflation.

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Adam McMahon @adammc123.bsky.social · 5d

It seems to me like Republicans have boxed themselves in. If the House comes back in session, Grijalva will be sworn in & the discharge petition will pass, if Republicans try to blow up the filibuster in the Senate, it makes it easier to pass something similar over there. What’s the off ramp?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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