Michael McKee
@mckonomy.bsky.social
International economics and policy for Bloomberg.
And some snark
Usually 35,000 feet above somewhere ✈️
And some snark
Usually 35,000 feet above somewhere ✈️
Interesting marketing strategy: potato chips -- made from potatoes!
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Interesting marketing strategy: potato chips -- made from potatoes!
I take it there are no economists working at the Department of Labor...
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I take it there are no economists working at the Department of Labor...
Started to listen to the WH briefing, but the innumeracy and ignorance was too much.
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Started to listen to the WH briefing, but the innumeracy and ignorance was too much.
*VANCE: JOB GROWTH IS GOING TO NATIVE-BORN AMERICAN CITIZENS
Tell me you don't understand the US employment statistics without telling me you don't understand them
Tell me you don't understand the US employment statistics without telling me you don't understand them
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
*VANCE: JOB GROWTH IS GOING TO NATIVE-BORN AMERICAN CITIZENS
Tell me you don't understand the US employment statistics without telling me you don't understand them
Tell me you don't understand the US employment statistics without telling me you don't understand them
"Ah, but the strawberries, that's, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist..."
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
ABC “News” Is Fake News
ABC “News” is not journalism — it’s a Democrat spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network. The network’s longstanding commitment to hoaxes,
www.whitehouse.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"Ah, but the strawberries, that's, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist..."
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
The Three Stooges, wrapped up in one EDVA Attorney
The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Three Stooges, wrapped up in one EDVA Attorney
If Trump sends people $2,000 "tariff revenue" checks, which then helps the Supreme Court rule his IEEPA tariffs are illegal, does everyone have to send the money back?
Asking for 300 million or so friends...
Asking for 300 million or so friends...
November 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If Trump sends people $2,000 "tariff revenue" checks, which then helps the Supreme Court rule his IEEPA tariffs are illegal, does everyone have to send the money back?
Asking for 300 million or so friends...
Asking for 300 million or so friends...
It seems you can mess with Texas just fine. If you're from Georgia.
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
It seems you can mess with Texas just fine. If you're from Georgia.
Very strict rules at the Nepal Finance Ministry.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Very strict rules at the Nepal Finance Ministry.
Even better than I suggested, from @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Even better than I suggested, from @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
Reposted by Michael McKee
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
Why do the words F-You come to mind?
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Why do the words F-You come to mind?
Surprised I haven't seen this in every post about the "promised vote" on health care premiums.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Surprised I haven't seen this in every post about the "promised vote" on health care premiums.
Who is it that you will keep fighting?
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Who is it that you will keep fighting?
If you give a mouse a cookie....
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you give a mouse a cookie....
Once again, YGBFKM
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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Sources: Trump wants D.C. stadium named for him
A senior White House source said there have been back-channel communications with a member of the Commanders ownership group, led by Josh Harris, to express Trump's desire to have the $3.7 billion dom...
www.espn.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Once again, YGBFKM
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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Can we all agree that cinnamon-pecan-swirl coffee is not something that should be consumed?
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Can we all agree that cinnamon-pecan-swirl coffee is not something that should be consumed?
One wonders what kind of human beings they are in our federal government.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
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‘Our hearts hurt’: USDA directs Oregon grocer not to offer discounts to SNAP recipients
“You cannot treat SNAP-EBT customers differently than any other customer,” the USDA’s SNAP Equal Treatment Rule reads.
www.koin.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
One wonders what kind of human beings they are in our federal government.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
Totally sucks he got drafted by the Raiders
He’d have been a first round draft pick after his freshman year, it is frankly unfair that we got him for 3
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Totally sucks he got drafted by the Raiders
Challenger announced job cuts released early. 153,074 in October, up 175% from Oct 2024, highest for the month since 2003. YTD hiring plans down 35% from last year. Seasonal hiring plans lowest since Challenger began tracking in 2012.
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Challenger announced job cuts released early. 153,074 in October, up 175% from Oct 2024, highest for the month since 2003. YTD hiring plans down 35% from last year. Seasonal hiring plans lowest since Challenger began tracking in 2012.
Reminds me I haven't heard him talk about his "Michigan Man of the Year" award in a while.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
FIFA Will Award Its Own Peace Prize Next Month in Washington
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Reminds me I haven't heard him talk about his "Michigan Man of the Year" award in a while.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
Barrett, a key swing vote, presses Sauer to show where Congress has in the past delegated tariff power to the president, other than perhaps TWEA. He struggles.
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Barrett, a key swing vote, presses Sauer to show where Congress has in the past delegated tariff power to the president, other than perhaps TWEA. He struggles.
Trump's IEEPA tariff is not a tax, Solicitor General John Sauer argues. "It's a foreign-facing regulation of international commerce."
Justices don't seem persuaded.
Justices don't seem persuaded.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Trump's IEEPA tariff is not a tax, Solicitor General John Sauer argues. "It's a foreign-facing regulation of international commerce."
Justices don't seem persuaded.
Justices don't seem persuaded.
That we go into today's SCOTUS hearing assuming Trump already has 3 votes, and wondering how the justices could twist the law in his favor, is not a good thing.
And Bessent coming to sit in the front row is a bit Sopranos-like: Nice court you got here. Too bad if something were to happen to it...
And Bessent coming to sit in the front row is a bit Sopranos-like: Nice court you got here. Too bad if something were to happen to it...
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
That we go into today's SCOTUS hearing assuming Trump already has 3 votes, and wondering how the justices could twist the law in his favor, is not a good thing.
And Bessent coming to sit in the front row is a bit Sopranos-like: Nice court you got here. Too bad if something were to happen to it...
And Bessent coming to sit in the front row is a bit Sopranos-like: Nice court you got here. Too bad if something were to happen to it...
The K-shaped economy:
*MCDONALD'S SEES CONSUMER PRESSURES CONTINUING IN 2026
*MCDONALD'S: LOWER-INCOME TRAFFIC FELL NEARLY DOUBLE DIGITS
*MCDONALD'S SEES CONSUMER PRESSURES CONTINUING IN 2026
*MCDONALD'S: LOWER-INCOME TRAFFIC FELL NEARLY DOUBLE DIGITS
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The K-shaped economy:
*MCDONALD'S SEES CONSUMER PRESSURES CONTINUING IN 2026
*MCDONALD'S: LOWER-INCOME TRAFFIC FELL NEARLY DOUBLE DIGITS
*MCDONALD'S SEES CONSUMER PRESSURES CONTINUING IN 2026
*MCDONALD'S: LOWER-INCOME TRAFFIC FELL NEARLY DOUBLE DIGITS