Eleanor Mueller
@eleanormueller.bsky.social
Congressional economics reporter for POLITICO who held out on this app as long as she could.
Today’s MM: When it comes to Trump, Big Bank CEOs Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive. Plus, a must read from @eleanormueller.bsky.social breaking down the gavel race for House Financial Services www.politico.com/newsletters/...
When it comes to Trump, Big Bank CEOs accentuate the positive
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said favorable regulatory changes will give companies certainty to be “a little more aggressive as rates come down.”
politico.com
Trump is busy lauding his freshly minted economic team. But many of its members have openly critiqued his policy goals — some as recently as this year. Read @samjsutton.bsky.social’s latest (and welcome him to Bluesky with a follow!): www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
The economic clashes looming in Trump 2.0
Investors have been heartened by the selection of Bessent and Hassett as a sign the Cabinet might soften the parts of Trump's agenda that could shake markets.
politico.com
“I could very well see a press briefing room where Maggie Haberman sits next to Joe Rogan.”
Michael Kruse@michaelkruse.bsky.social · 2y ago“Both the strategy and the press briefing room will likely look a whole lot more like the media consumption habits of the American voters of today versus the 1980s.”
“There is a playbook here that the Democrats have consistently and traditionally used to win over Hispanics that I think just was diluted this cycle. Trump has the ability to dilute it.”
The congressional battlegrounds were set. Then Trump changed everything.
“There's definitely a realignment going on in American politics,” said Dan Conston, the president of the Congressional Leadership Fund.
politico.com
New: It’s McHenry v. Johnson on passing limits on U.S.-China investment this Congress. “The best path forward is to let the incoming administration write policy,” a McHenry spox tells me. “It would be a missed opportunity for Congress,” Johnson tells me. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...
POLITICO Pro: McHenry takes on Johnson, Barr in opposing compromise on US-China investment
House Republicans have been circulating draft legislation in hopes of attaching it to a must-pass defense package next month.
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Thanks for the nod, Aaron! Lots of other top-shelf names on here.
Aaron Sojourner@aaronsojourner.org · 2y agoWant to follow reporters covering & columnists analyzing the U.S. economy? The "economy" is broad here including macro, markets, business, labor, government, and policy (monetary, fiscal, education, health, ag...). Starter pack of folks creating and posting a lot of value. go.bsky.app/75VdoaQ
Back in bluer skies at @vtg2.bsky.social’s urging… What’d I miss?
Where have all the bankers in Congress gone? The upcoming retirement of Blaine Luetkemeyer leaves few senior Republicans with direct experience in the industry in high-profile positions on any banking-related committees in the House or Senate. www.americanbanker.com/news/where-h...
POV: You are trying to read an article from one of America’s oldest and largest news organizations.
🚨 Tillis just became the first member of Congress (that I know of) to call on FDIC Chair Marty Gruenberg to resign after WSJ reports of pervasive workplace misconduct at the agency. (1/2)
Good story tracing how child care subsidies affect families, employers, & customers, @crampell.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A child-care center lost its funding. Here’s what happened next.
When one Wisconsin daycare lost its funding, the effects cascaded to a working parent with kids there and to her employer, too.
washingtonpost.com
Happy Halloween from the World’s Fastest Bank Run! 🎃🏃♀️ 🏃♀️💸 xoxo, Silicon Valley Bank & Signature Bank of New York
Hard to underscore just how much I am enjoying having a feed that is mostly economists and academics right now 🥲 s/o @vtg2.bsky.social for inviting me to my new favorite social media and thank you all for posting such genuinely interesting and informative things!
Well, so much for news links on Twitter! It's now no link at all, just the image and the url. Not a good day for media that have built their entire business around posting their links 1000 times a day on a collapsing site owned by a petulant rich creep. Gee, strange that didn't work out, huh?
X, formerly Twitter, strips headlines from news story links to improve their look
The change came after owner Elon Musk said it would ‘improve the esthetics’ as platform becomes increasingly hostile for news organisations
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Some great economics & policy reporters on here now: @andrewvandam.bsky.social @bencasselman.bsky.social @carlquintanilla.bsky.social @citizencohn.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social @eleanormueller.bsky.social @emilypeck.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social 📈📉
