I don't know about you, but this is the first time I have seen a video of what is potentially an autonomous robot attempting to kill a person. I am not certain it's autonomous.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 58m ago

The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The only way to stop the people actively building a horrific world that we don't want is to remove those people from positions of power now.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 58m ago

The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Conservative and Liberal Americans generally support free trade, and recognize that the extreme trade taxes imposed on them illegally by the president are—taxes on them. www.theargumentmag.com/p/who-suppor...

The mass-nullification of contracts made by our government is illegal, has shattered our scientific research capacity, and will hobble trust in the ability of the American people to rely on their own government, permanently.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19h ago

A federal appeals court has ruled the EPA “likely acted unlawfully” in canceling billions of dollars in Biden-era climate grants. The funding remains temporarily frozen while the Trump administration decides whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Nothing?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

Meet with representatives from top graduate programs in public policy, diplomacy, and international studies at Foreign Affairs’ virtual graduate school fair on August 5. Register for free here: https://bit.ly/3Ub7k0o

Today, 25 states led by Oregon (which also led state litigation against previous Trump tariffs) filed lawsuit challenging Trump's massive new Section 301 tariffs. This is 3rd case against Section 301 tariffs. See my discussion here for more: reason.com/volokh/2026/...

Twenty-five States, Led by Oregon, File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Section 301 Tariffs

NA Today, twenty-five largely Democratic-controlled state governments filed a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump's massive new Section 301 tariffs. The complaint,…

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Markus Matthias Krüger - "Poplar Avenue in the Storm" (2010)

Out today: part 2 of my blog with Maurice Obstfeld on why so-called "optimal" tariffs are not optimal. Within, we discuss the latest research on tariff incidence, and what we've learned from the Trump tariffs so far...

Peterson Institute for International Economics@piie.com · 2d ago

Part 2: One of the biggest impediments to "optimal" tariffs improving national welfare is that it is US households & businesses who have borne most of the burden of Trump's tariffs in practice. Read here:

I didn't grow up learning to pay taxes in order to avoid jail. I grew up believing that I should pay taxes because it was right and because the law was justly applied and because America meant something to me. We understand that's over now.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

This is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 7d ago

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

US tariffs are taxes on Americans. The pass-through rate of the President's tariff spike in 2025 was 92%. Ninety two percent of the tariffs are paid by American consumers as higher prices. By Conservative and Liberal consumers—who have been lied to about that harm. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The Incidence of Tariffs: Rates and Reality

(Summer 2026) - In 2025, statutory tariff rates on US imports rose to levels not seen in over one hundred years. What were the implications for prices? On the one hand, shipping lags, exemptions, and ...

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We opened an ICU that had been shuttered for well over a decade so that a hospital that has 18 MICU beds could fit 46 patients on ventilators

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

The United States is losing one of its most precious assets: its onetime status as the top destination for global talent. Current politicians are poisoning that well. The cost, shared by Conservative and Liberal Americans, will be incalculable and permanent.

Immigration changes are driving foreign researchers to leave the U.S. — or not come to begin with

Labs are seeing fewer applications from international students and researchers, and some doctoral students are considering leaving early.

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This scumbag just assaulted me in a store in the Washington DC area, to film it for “content”. If you see him call the police and let them know there are warrants for his arrest.

Few people understand that the UK university system is in crisis, but even fewer realise that many of the people losing their jobs are amongst the best in their fields

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3d ago

So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

Americans’ Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That’s months sooner than the group had estimated in 2025. https://to.pbs.org/4f39DL0

Your Social Security benefits could be cut by a quarter in 2032. Here’s what to know

Americans’ Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June 9 report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That’s months ...

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“.. The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to U.S. President Donald Trump's family business.” @reuters.com $COF www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

I wrote last year about the US Administration's plans to eviscerate Optional Practical Training, America's largest single source of global STEM talent: www.piie.com/blogs/realti... That came to pass. The White House is sharpening its tools to shatter OPT, and thus kneecap many US universities.

Exclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation

The proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities.

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When I heard about this it was hard to believe, but now it's public. The US Administration is planning the full destruction of Optional Practical Training, the US's largest single source of global talent. I wrote about the effects of eviscerating OPT earlier this week: www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

Exclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation

The proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities.

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The US Administration just cut the duration of student visas. Many have worried that visa extension backlogs will risk some students' graduation. At @piie.com I highlight a deeper problem. The rule gives political appointees discretion to do what they've promised: block most students from staying.

A new US rule to restrict student visas will hurt the US economy

The Trump administration issued a final rule in July that gives it discretion to cut short the course of study of most international students at US universities. It will likely use this new power to b...

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Stop this insanity. We have to live together in this country. Just “screwing the other side” is the policy of poison. It will come to harm all Conservatives and all Liberals because we will ultimately need each other. Many great Conservative leaders in the past had the wisdom to see that.

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 7d ago

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Anthony Fauci is a physician. Peter Navarro has zero health expertise. Not a tough one to sort out.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Peter Navarro: "I had a million doses of hydroxychloroquine in warehouses as the defense policy coordinator that I was trying to distribute to hospitals. And Fauci got the FDA stop me from doing that."

Another month has gone by, and the US State Department continues to conceal our monthly visa issuance data, which went dark last fall. Someone in Washington really, really does not want accountability for the actions they are taking to dismantle our legal immigration system.

Michael Clemens@mclem.org · last mo.

The US State Department's data on monthly visa issuances have gone dark. They used to be updated every month, now frozen *9 months ago*. Someone in the Administration does not want the public to know how its policies are affecting immigration. travel.state.gov/content/trav...

The Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) has saved over a million children from being killed by terrible diseases: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... Its value does not just lie in stopping bad stuff from "reaching U.S. borders". Working as humanity's partner, not enemy, has incalculable value to Americans.

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · last wk.

News in global health: Sen. Susan Collins announces that GAVI, the vaccine alliance, will get hundreds of millions of dollars in funding after all. Trump officials last year said they would halt funding.

This afternoon. Yes, my city is STILL occupied by roving military fireteams, for no reason whatsoever, on the personal orders of the president. Perversion of our troops, deploying them indefinitely against other Americans, is the opposite of Conservative.

The US Administration just restricted the duration of student visas. What's the problem? Now political appointees have full discretion to block most international students from staying after graduation. They've promised to use their new power to do just that. My new @piie.com post explains—>

A new US rule to restrict student visas will hurt the US economy

The Trump administration issued a final rule in July that gives it discretion to cut short the course of study of most international students at US universities. It will likely use this new power to b...

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Here's a larger data set. Note that the rank order is pretty good! The correlation coefficient is +0.934, where +1.0 is perfect. And a measure of getting the order right, which is called "rank correlation", is an amazing +0.980. tl;dr we're good at comparing, but we are the pits at quantifying

Outstanding insight into likely effects of student visa time limits on study and post-study training. Other countries will absorb some, but not all of the talent. The setback to scientific progress will concentrate in the US but will be global in scope and have lasting if not permanent effects.

Michael Clemens@mclem.org · last wk.

The US Administration just restricted the duration of student visas. What's the problem? Now political appointees have full discretion to block most international students from staying after graduation. They've promised to use their new power to do just that. My new @piie.com post explains—>