Gosh, anyone know anyone who voted to approve all of this?!?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoSusan Collins: "I think what happened is far too many ICE officers were hired and deployed without adequate vetting and training"
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago
Diesel's like $8.40 out here now...
Patrick De Haan@gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 10h agowest coast diesel prices are about to jump- with refinery maintenance season active and continued disruption of refining capacity globally, diesel prices in CA, AZ, NV, OR and WA could soon spike to fresh all-time records...
it’s official: 2026 has now tied 2022 for the most days ever with the national average price of gasoline above $4/gal. 157 days and counting. one more and it’s a new record
When I was a kid -- mid-70's -- we would go into Manhattan from the suburbs once a year to go to a Broadway show, and the deathgrip my mother had on my hand as we walked through Times Square...
Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · yesterdayI mean, truthfully, this is the way I remember Times Square in the early 80s
Ahhhhahahahaha
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · yesterdayOOPS GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon The PAC boosting Collins is "absolutely furious" at the "ridiculous error" made by the buyer, which takes blame and has refunded the money. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
This is, what, the third constitutional crisis today? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/10/12/judge-blocks-trump-administration-airing-taxpayer-funded-campaign-style-ads/
Trump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style ads
A coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.” The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward.
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And lied about it
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d agoBREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
tomorrow will tie 2022's record for number of days with the national average above $4/gal. 2022 saw 157 days above $4. today is our 156th day above $4 this year. tomorrow, we tie that 157 days and Wednesday we set a new record for most days above $4/gal in any year ever.
ABRAMOWICZ: “.. Bloomberg US economic surprise index turning negative in the past few weeks. This is edifying concerns that consumers will soon run out of steam to keep spending as much as prices keep rising.” @bloomberg.com
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Blair Braverman@blairbraverman.bsky.social · 3d agoIt’s been such an honor to work on this story for the past 5 months. A young Norwegian, Steffen, was trying to cross Canada on foot and with sled dogs. His dogs survived; tragically, he did not. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tell me the Secretary of the Treasury is a misogynist without…
David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social · 3d agoA letter from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and a member of the Senate Finance Committee:
This looks like a carjacking. I think any reasonable person would hit the gas.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d agoThe NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
It’s striking that the GOP has a massive cash advantage even when Trump is currently causing lasting harm to the US and global economy. What does that say about the interests of capital?
Poor Scott Jennings. All that groveling every night on nationwide TV, and he still comes up short. At least he can go back to having long, languid conversations with Mitch McConnell, covering everything from Chilean copper prices to Homer’s use of metaphors. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump taps conservative commentator as next White House press secretary
Katie Zacharia replaces Karoline Leavitt, who departed the White House in August after giving birth to her second child.
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The official lifting of sanctionson Russian diesel through April 2027. ofac.treasury.gov/media/937216...
“This is what crowd out looks like.” - Jason Furman
What do we want? A trade war against Swiss watches! When do we want it? < looks at Rolex >
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoTrump: "If we decided not to buy watches from Switzerland, they wouldn't be elite anymore and we would save about $40 billion"
