David Dayen
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After getting battered on beef prices and battered by ranchers after he tried to increase imports, Trump demanded an antitrust investigation into the meatpacker middlemen. This happened right after his DOJ *closed an investigation* into meatpackers, lmao
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
After getting battered on beef prices and battered by ranchers after he tried to increase imports, Trump demanded an antitrust investigation into the meatpacker middlemen. This happened right after his DOJ *closed an investigation* into meatpackers, lmao
Nouvelle Vague is incredible. Linklater did it twice in one year!
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Nouvelle Vague is incredible. Linklater did it twice in one year!
Those boys in the lab trying to figure out how to grow a banana in South Dakota are SO PISSED right now
BREAKING: President Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices.
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Those boys in the lab trying to figure out how to grow a banana in South Dakota are SO PISSED right now
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Breaking news: Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate show that he appeared to be texting a member of Congress during a congressional hearing investigating Donald Trump, and that those texts may have influenced the lawmaker’s questions.
Epstein appeared to text with House member during Cohen hearing, documents show
Newly released documents from the convicted sex offender’s estate include text messages from him that appear to influence the lawmaker’s questions to President Donald Trump’s personal attorney at a 20...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
omg
Summers story updates:
1-Official Project 2029 effort says they have nothing to do with Summers
2-But they are taking ideas from many groups, including CAP. Emails show CAP internally describing their effort as "Project 2029"
3-CAP's Neera Tanden was on the Project 2029 advisory board but left
1-Official Project 2029 effort says they have nothing to do with Summers
2-But they are taking ideas from many groups, including CAP. Emails show CAP internally describing their effort as "Project 2029"
3-CAP's Neera Tanden was on the Project 2029 advisory board but left
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding CAP’s ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Summers story updates:
1-Official Project 2029 effort says they have nothing to do with Summers
2-But they are taking ideas from many groups, including CAP. Emails show CAP internally describing their effort as "Project 2029"
3-CAP's Neera Tanden was on the Project 2029 advisory board but left
1-Official Project 2029 effort says they have nothing to do with Summers
2-But they are taking ideas from many groups, including CAP. Emails show CAP internally describing their effort as "Project 2029"
3-CAP's Neera Tanden was on the Project 2029 advisory board but left
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Excited to moderate this panel on labor in the age of Trump next Tuesday night, check it out!
What can unions do to survive in the second Trump presidency? Join our very own @ddayen.bsky.social in conversation with @labornotes.bsky.social and @haymarketbooks.org Tuesday 11/18 at 8 ET to discuss labor in the Trump era. Register for the livestream here: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
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How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? – YouTube, Tue Nov 18, 2025 - Join Haymarket Books, Labor Notes, and the American Prospect for a discussion of how to build labor's power in the T...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Excited to moderate this panel on labor in the age of Trump next Tuesday night, check it out!
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
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Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
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Got a little scoop coming at the top of the hour...
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Got a little scoop coming at the top of the hour...
It was fun to go on What a Day with @janecoaston.bsky.social to talk about the assault on the CFPB.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v0s...
Trump Kills Consumer Protection Agency as Scams Explode
YouTube video by What A Day
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November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It was fun to go on What a Day with @janecoaston.bsky.social to talk about the assault on the CFPB.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v0s...
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Maybe it's just for low-lying planes, ever think of that
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Maybe it's just for low-lying planes, ever think of that
On the front lines of the hunger battle, mayors in poor cities are fielding calls from constituents wondering where their next meal will come from. @gurleygg.bsky.social writes about the scramble to get people fed:
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Ripping Up SNAP and America’s Social Contract - The American Prospect
Like their colleagues across the country, Mississippi River corridor mayors are on the front lines speeding food to desperate residents. Six out of the ten Mississippi River states have more than 10 p...
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
On the front lines of the hunger battle, mayors in poor cities are fielding calls from constituents wondering where their next meal will come from. @gurleygg.bsky.social writes about the scramble to get people fed:
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As the fight over SNAP benefits raged, the familiar, racist trope of the "welfare queen" came back into the public discourse, writes Naomi Bethune, including with AI-generated fakes about Black women stealing food that were picked up by Fox News:
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The ‘Welfare Queen’ Is Back, but She Never Quite Left - The American Prospect
The stereotype of the welfare queen, typically a single Black mother, was employed to rationalize the pause in SNAP benefits, and it proved effective.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As the fight over SNAP benefits raged, the familiar, racist trope of the "welfare queen" came back into the public discourse, writes Naomi Bethune, including with AI-generated fakes about Black women stealing food that were picked up by Fox News:
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Just because the shutdown has ended doesn't mean that people will automatically get their food aid. Antiquated systems are stressed from being turned off and on again, writes @emmarjanssen.bsky.social, and it could take weeks to resolve:
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The Shutdown Is Over. SNAP’s Struggles Aren’t. - The American Prospect
Turning off the logistically complicated SNAP system—which relies on the federal government, states, and private companies to function in concert—and then trying to turn it back on quickly is no easy ...
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Just because the shutdown has ended doesn't mean that people will automatically get their food aid. Antiquated systems are stressed from being turned off and on again, writes @emmarjanssen.bsky.social, and it could take weeks to resolve:
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We have an all SNAP day today: stories about the food assistance program, how it was damaged in the shutdown, and where it goes from here. Here's the lineup at prospect.org:
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We have an all SNAP day today: stories about the food assistance program, how it was damaged in the shutdown, and where it goes from here. Here's the lineup at prospect.org:
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‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
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NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
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Our Organized Money podcast episode this week is about seeds. You may not buy them directly but you need them to eat. Today's seeds are mostly made of intellectual property. The big seed manufacturers bully competitors and jack up prices, forcing farmers, and food buyers, into impossible stress.
The Bad Seed: Another Side Of The Farmer Revolt
Consolidation in the suppliers of seeds used to grow our food plays a large part in soaring prices. Our guests this week are taking on these giants.
www.organizedmoney.fm
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Our Organized Money podcast episode this week is about seeds. You may not buy them directly but you need them to eat. Today's seeds are mostly made of intellectual property. The big seed manufacturers bully competitors and jack up prices, forcing farmers, and food buyers, into impossible stress.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Very interesting House primary in Nebraska, in a seat won by Biden and Harris where the incumbent Republican is stepping down.
The "progressive" candidate comes from a legacy establishment family.
The "outsider" candidate is seeking moderate PAC money.
Good piece from Austin Ahlman:
The "progressive" candidate comes from a legacy establishment family.
The "outsider" candidate is seeking moderate PAC money.
Good piece from Austin Ahlman:
Key Nebraska House Primary Features an Establishment Progressive and an Outsider Moderate - The American Prospect
State lawmaker John Cavanaugh, despite his record and the backing of the Progressive Caucus, represents the local party establishment. Meanwhile, Democratic activist Denise Powell, the self-styled out...
prospect.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Very interesting House primary in Nebraska, in a seat won by Biden and Harris where the incumbent Republican is stepping down.
The "progressive" candidate comes from a legacy establishment family.
The "outsider" candidate is seeking moderate PAC money.
Good piece from Austin Ahlman:
The "progressive" candidate comes from a legacy establishment family.
The "outsider" candidate is seeking moderate PAC money.
Good piece from Austin Ahlman:
The Starbucks strike has begun with stores in 40 cities, as 12,000 unionized workers have been stymied from getting a first contract and relentlessly retaliated against. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social reports on the critical labor action:
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Starbucks Workers Tell Bosses: No Contract, No Coffee - The American Prospect
Starbucks baristas didn’t want to go on strike. But after four years of waiting for a contract at any of their hundreds of unionized stores, 12,000 workers at one of the world’s biggest fast-food comp...
prospect.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Starbucks strike has begun with stores in 40 cities, as 12,000 unionized workers have been stymied from getting a first contract and relentlessly retaliated against. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social reports on the critical labor action:
prospect.org/2025/11/13/s...
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This will not be the last one of these
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This will not be the last one of these
It's really not OK from a political or moral standpoint that it took 10 years, many of them with Democrats in control of the WH or Congress and 3 prez campaigns against Trump, to get Epstein emails like this out in the open, @ryanlcooper.com writes.
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How on Earth Are We Just Now Hearing About Trump’s ‘Hours’ With an Epstein Victim? - The American Prospect
The recent release of more emails is only the latest in about 10,000 stories implicating Donald Trump in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuses. What were the Justice Department and congressional Democrats doing wi...
prospect.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It's really not OK from a political or moral standpoint that it took 10 years, many of them with Democrats in control of the WH or Congress and 3 prez campaigns against Trump, to get Epstein emails like this out in the open, @ryanlcooper.com writes.
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The perfect ending here would be Trump reacting to the midterm losses with an "olive branch to Democrats" by hiring Summers to run Treasury
Just a couple of days ago, the Moral Avatar on the Charles (and Jeffrey Epstein pen pal) was trying to get an investigation launched against Harvard’s excellent student newspaper
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The perfect ending here would be Trump reacting to the midterm losses with an "olive branch to Democrats" by hiring Summers to run Treasury
The statute banning "unconscionable" business practices in NYC is really powerful, I was told about it a couple weeks ago
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
Lina Khan’s populist plan for New York: Cheaper hot dogs (and other things)
Zohran Mamdani’s new aide will focus on “excavating the law” to lower prices, borrowing from her legal playbook at the Federal Trade Commission.
www.semafor.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The statute banning "unconscionable" business practices in NYC is really powerful, I was told about it a couple weeks ago
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...