Erica E Phillips
@ericaephillips.bsky.social
News editor for the nonprofit CT Mirror (@ctmirror.bsky.social). Interested in how state policy decisions affect our everyday. Formerly WSJ, Marketplace, etc.
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I’m “people calling each other ‘turkeys’” years old
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’m “people calling each other ‘turkeys’” years old
Good discussion here youtu.be/675d_6WGPbo?...
Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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October 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Good discussion here youtu.be/675d_6WGPbo?...
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1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️
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In case you're no longer on X...
October 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In case you're no longer on X...
Not to be like, "Look at egg prices!" but... look at egg prices. www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite
On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Not to be like, "Look at egg prices!" but... look at egg prices. www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Jane Goodall was the commencement speaker at my college graduation, and the main thing I remember from her speech was when, in signature fashion, she greeted us in "chimpanzee." What a legend. youtu.be/Vr350j7Ya5E?...
Jane Goodall's Chimp Greeting
YouTube video by Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute USA
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October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Jane Goodall was the commencement speaker at my college graduation, and the main thing I remember from her speech was when, in signature fashion, she greeted us in "chimpanzee." What a legend. youtu.be/Vr350j7Ya5E?...
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PRO PUBLICA: “.. at least three of Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages.
* Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer ..
* Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ..
* EPA administrator Lee Zeldin
@propublica.org
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* Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer ..
* Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ..
* EPA administrator Lee Zeldin
@propublica.org
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September 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
PRO PUBLICA: “.. at least three of Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages.
* Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer ..
* Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ..
* EPA administrator Lee Zeldin
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
* Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer ..
* Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ..
* EPA administrator Lee Zeldin
@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Rising inequality is turning US into an autocratic state, Ray Dalio warns www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rising inequality is turning US into an autocratic state, billionaire warns
Ray Dalio says business leaders scared to criticise Donald Trump as he warns of debt-induced crisis for the economy
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Rising inequality is turning US into an autocratic state, Ray Dalio warns www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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An appeals court ruled most of Trump's tariffs are illegal, opening the door for the possibility that the U.S. govt will have to pay back the money its collected so far. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal, Appeals Court Finds
An appeals court ruled 7-4 Friday evening that most of President Donald...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
An appeals court ruled most of Trump's tariffs are illegal, opening the door for the possibility that the U.S. govt will have to pay back the money its collected so far. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
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Fed's Waller: "After accounting for these revisions and what we will learn in a couple of weeks, the data are likely to indicate that employment actually shrank over those three months." www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Speech by Governor Waller on the economic outlook
Thank you, Jon, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. 1 Since I last spoke on the economy and monetary policy on July 17, economic dat
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August 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Fed's Waller: "After accounting for these revisions and what we will learn in a couple of weeks, the data are likely to indicate that employment actually shrank over those three months." www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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ICYMI: Billionaire Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has received a “limited” conflicts-of-interest waiver from the White House allowing him to temporarily retain massive financial holdings. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
The White House Has Given Howard Lutnick a ‘Limited’ Waiver for His Conflicts of Interest
The waiver comes as the Trump administration ramps up its plans for a sovereign wealth fund.
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August 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
ICYMI: Billionaire Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has received a “limited” conflicts-of-interest waiver from the White House allowing him to temporarily retain massive financial holdings. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
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August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Costs for businesses and prices for consumers are rising, and that money is going to the government.
If by tariffs are working you mean taxes on American consumers and businesses, then sure
August 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Costs for businesses and prices for consumers are rising, and that money is going to the government.
"Since the first quarter of 2023... AI spending propped up the economy while consumer spending stagnated." www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
The AI Boom’s Hidden Risk to the Economy
The build-out of artificial-intelligence infrastructure is costing a fortune, straining companies and capital markets.
www.wsj.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"Since the first quarter of 2023... AI spending propped up the economy while consumer spending stagnated." www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
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This @propublica.org piece from April, about Trump's attack on all the measurements that matter, feels particularly relevant today.
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...
www.propublica.org
August 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This @propublica.org piece from April, about Trump's attack on all the measurements that matter, feels particularly relevant today.
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The immensity of this reporting cannot be overstated.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
NEW: On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
www.propublica.org
July 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The immensity of this reporting cannot be overstated.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
Calling it. Connecticut will crown itself the BBQ Capital of the United States if this guy wins. www.courant.com/2025/07/22/c...
CT chef makes it to final round of BBQ Brawl. What he made and how to get it.
In the last episode, the challenge will be to cook for 22 hours straight with no sleep and 30 to 40 cameras on them
www.courant.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Calling it. Connecticut will crown itself the BBQ Capital of the United States if this guy wins. www.courant.com/2025/07/22/c...
Caregivers are notoriously difficult to find and keep, not only because the work is difficult, but because of poverty-level wages and limited benefits. Nationwide, immigrants make up nearly 20% of the child care workforce. In NYC it's 40%, in LA it's nearly 50%. hechingerreport.org/americas-chi...
America’s child care system relies on immigrants. Without them, it could collapse - The Hechinger Report
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Maggi’s home in a suburban neighborhood here is a haven for local families. It’s a place where after just a few weeks in Maggi’s family-run child care program this spring, one pres...
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July 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Caregivers are notoriously difficult to find and keep, not only because the work is difficult, but because of poverty-level wages and limited benefits. Nationwide, immigrants make up nearly 20% of the child care workforce. In NYC it's 40%, in LA it's nearly 50%. hechingerreport.org/americas-chi...
Can confirm:
“If you’re used to L.A., a regular street in Connecticut feels like a national park,” Mr. Barua said.
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“If you’re used to L.A., a regular street in Connecticut feels like a national park,” Mr. Barua said.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Finding a Gem in the Woods of Central Connecticut (Gift Article)
Two California transplants ventured east in search of midcentury design, lots of sunlight and space for guests.
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July 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Can confirm:
“If you’re used to L.A., a regular street in Connecticut feels like a national park,” Mr. Barua said.
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“If you’re used to L.A., a regular street in Connecticut feels like a national park,” Mr. Barua said.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
And here's our coverage: ctmirror.org/2025/06/14/n...
June 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
And here's our coverage: ctmirror.org/2025/06/14/n...
Images by @shahrzadrasekh.bsky.social from today’s rally in Hartford CT.
June 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Images by @shahrzadrasekh.bsky.social from today’s rally in Hartford CT.
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Lamont weighing veto or seeking revisions to controversial housing bill he might call a special session ctmirror.org/2025/06/09/c...
CT HB 5002: Lamont wants revisions to controversial housing bill
Gov. Ned Lamont is weighing whether to call CT lawmakers into special session to revise the housing bill before he must sign or veto it.
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June 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Lamont weighing veto or seeking revisions to controversial housing bill he might call a special session ctmirror.org/2025/06/09/c...
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NEW: The Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget request's appendix says with no details: "The President's Budget proposes to reorganize the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau at the Department of Commerce"
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May 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: The Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget request's appendix says with no details: "The President's Budget proposes to reorganize the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau at the Department of Commerce"
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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"...the errors in the report were characteristic of the use of generative artificial intelligence, which has led to similar issues in legal filings and more." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
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May 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"...the errors in the report were characteristic of the use of generative artificial intelligence, which has led to similar issues in legal filings and more." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
Rep. Joe Courtney: “This isn’t really a gift. ...You’d basically have to tear the plane down to the studs and rebuild it to meet all the survivability, security and communications requirements of Air Force One. It’s a massive undertaking—and an unfunded one at that.”
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Trump’s free plane is not so free
The Boeing aircraft that Qatar may give the president would require a pricy and complicated overhaul to serve as Air Force One.
www.politico.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Rep. Joe Courtney: “This isn’t really a gift. ...You’d basically have to tear the plane down to the studs and rebuild it to meet all the survivability, security and communications requirements of Air Force One. It’s a massive undertaking—and an unfunded one at that.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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