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Aaron Sojourner is an American economist and senior researcher at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. He was formerly an… more

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Access to cash NOW is very highly valued.

Big payoffs for accelerating payment systems, like FedNow, and payroll advances.
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by Aaron Sojourner — Reposted by Caroline Krafft

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The Need for Speed by @ryanmcdevitt.bsky.social & me in Sept @restatjournal.bsky.social:

"extra day of check-clearing time makes account holders 65.5% more likely to cash a check than deposit it... effective annualized discount rate of 11,054%..."
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The Need for Speed: Demand, Regulation, and Welfare on the Margin of Alternative Financial Services
Abstract. We use a nonlinear reduction in a bank’s check-cashing fees and variation in regulated check-clearing times to identify the elasticity of demand for cashing checks rather than depositing the...
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#KavanaughStop
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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 13h
Here's a longer version: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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judging from what I’m seeing right now, a large-scale Twitter Exodus Event is 100% what’s happening

good!
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As the self-proclaimed champions of free speech and opponents of cancel culture take power, a golden age of free expression dawns...
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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 12h
ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

Reposted by Aaron Sojourner

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Big news of the day included the announcement of a new hearing for the restraining order meant to rein in federal agents’ violent behavior.

Despite the order, agents have deployed tear gas in two separate Chicago communities in the week since the judge handed it down.

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Detained youth released after feds gas East Side neighborhood, judge calls for morning hearing on restraining order against feds, and more from court • The TRiiBE
In Chicago, criminal and civil proceedings stemming from Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz” continued Wednesday, with more to come this and next week.
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Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Robert C. Richards, Michael D. McDonald , and 2 more

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"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."
Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...
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Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Joshua S. Weitz, Scott L. Greer , and 7 more

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Medicare has stopped paying physicians due to the shut down. Standing right on the third rail www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...
Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is pausing Medicare payments to doctors, as negotiations tied to the government shutdown drag on.
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Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Elizabeth Saunders, Rebecca Solnit , and 12 more

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President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
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Elisa Pannini @elisapannini.bsky.social · 12h
Labour Market Tightness and Union Activity by Patrick Nüß -

Seminar at PEGFA - University of Greenwich

16th Oct 2025 5pm - 6:30pm

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Labour Market Tightness and Union Activity - PEGFA seminar | Events | University of Greenwich
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Labour Market Tightness and Union Activity by Patrick Nüß -

Seminar at PEGFA - University of Greenwich

16th Oct 2025 5pm - 6:30pm

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Labour Market Tightness and Union Activity - PEGFA seminar | Events | University of Greenwich
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Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Tom Clark, Scott Lucas , and 7 more

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ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
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Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't
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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 13h
there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly

and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d
For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 13h
Opportunity to work at the intersection of social science research, social impact, and philanthropy with The Constellation Fund.
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by Aaron Sojourner — Reposted by David L. Anderson

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Opportunity to work at the intersection of social science research, social impact, and philanthropy with The Constellation Fund.
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Here's a longer version: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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by David K. Evans — Reposted by Aaron Sojourner

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The challenge of scaling

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 19h
#CallForPapers - Geoeconomics: New developments and historical perspectives - Second Edition
Deadline: 2 Nov 2025
Organisers: Jörg Baten, @annagumpert.bsky.social, @ralphluet.bsky.social, Gernot Müller, @schularick.bsky.social
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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 17h
📢 Out now in the 🍁November 2025 issue🍁 of #JAERE! 📢
"Temperature and Mental Health: Evidence from Helpline Calls" by Benedikt Janzen ( @benjanz.bsky.social ).
Read it here: buff.ly/I8JFR1b
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by Aaron Sojourner

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Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt.
Shoppers say they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or exploring more-affordable stores.
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Reposted by Aaron Sojourner

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"...supply availability continued to worsen modestly (-10.7 vs -8.8). Inventories were largely unchanged (-1.0 vs -4.9). Employment increased to 6.2 from -1.2, though the average workweek edged slightly lower (-4.1 vs -5.1). Both input costs and selling prices rose at a faster pace..."
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by Aaron Sojourner

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Keeping America safe from [checks notes...] ... nope, nobody, not at all.

Actually terrorizing Americans instead & violating our rights.

Arrest them.
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by Aaron Sojourner

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Ah, well, nevertheless
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h
We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

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Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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🧵 The United Auto Workers have endorsed Graham Platner for the United States Senate in Maine.

As a U.S. military veteran, oyster farmer, and proud lifelong Mainer, @grahamformaine.bsky.social is a true fighter for the working class.
Photo of Graham Platner, candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine. Photo courtesy of grahamformaine.com.
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by Aaron Sojourner

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Pushing enslavers and segregaters out of power makes America great.
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by Aaron Sojourner

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VP, a neo-Confederacy leader, weighs in...
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College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones
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by Aaron Sojourner

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And bicycles
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Selecting for white supremacy
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d
The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.
Remigration Wikipedia Page. Not to be confused with Return migration. Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry. It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.
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Selecting for white supremacy
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23h
I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.
Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song. "Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me." Epic
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by Aaron Sojourner

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Good to see some in GOP creating accountability against this.

MOAR!
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 18h
It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...
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