Trump helping get an indirect tax on carbon. As early signs of Iran War pushing more people to lower dependence on volatile fossil fuels. This new “tax” will both push up short term prices and likely remind people how volatile fossil fuel prices will remain.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3h ago

Reuters: Iran wants fees of 5%-7% of the price of cargo from ships using the strait; Oman wants 3%. "Making fees voluntary, at least nominally, could be a way out of the impasse, although an implied threat of Iranian attacks could mean shippers would be ​unlikely to risk transit without paying."

Where I really disagree is the Political claim that opposition to Atlanta's Beltline Rail is rooted in concern for poor people. That ignores the Atlanta Way alliance with capital. It's the same rich carbrain NIMBYs who oppose traffic calming and land use reform, who also block Beltline Rail.

Lots more. Let’s all be saying this a lot.

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock@warnock.senate.gov · 4d ago

Billionaires should be spending less on elections and more in taxes.

Mike Collins abruptly wrapped up a press conference instead of answering questions about his close ties with a prominent neo-Nazi propagandist

Not feeling great about Warsh’s leadership, and seems like markets were not impressed with his press conference yesterday. Warsh did not sound convincing that he would get inflation under control after 64 months above Fed’s stated target

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d ago

“.. 64 consecutive months with US core inflation above the Fed's 2% target.” - Bilello

Could another group of people start a real non-profit that is not about enriching themselves nor maximizing the dollars it can get out of people to run the World Cup??? I would totally become a part of that. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

UEFA to hold emergency Thursday meeting over FIFA's World Cup plan - sources

UEFA will hold an emergency meeting of its 55 members on Thursday, sources have told ESPN, to discuss plans, including a potential World Cup boycott, as it coordinates a response to FIFA's proposal to sell a stake in the tournament to private investors.

espn.com

Good to know he is not going to stop the press conferences for FOMC. Interesting that made clear only committing for rest of the year: we are at end of July already and there are just 3 more scheduled meetings in 2026.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 7d ago

WARSH SAYS HE IS COMMITTING TO HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR

Strong dissent in the Fed’s recent decision to hold rates steady: 3 wanted to raise rates.

Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 7d ago

Steady Fed but there's this: "Voting against the monetary policy action were Beth M. Hammack, Neel Kashkari, and Lorie K. Logan, who preferred to raise the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 percentage point at this meeting."

Do you want a train from atlanta to Savannah????? Please do this silly GDOT survey. arcg.is/qWrXG

Atlanta to Savannah Passenger Rail Study - Stated Preference Survey (Public Link)

arcg.is

Sometimes it is okay to smile with petty joy for things like Musk failing on a very public stage. Just a few dollars away from SpaceX’s AI being priced at $0 value, per Morgan Stanley’s research (news story about research in comment below)

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · last wk.

SPACEX DROPS 20% UNDER IPO PRICE, LOSING $1.2 TRILLION FROM HIGHEST VALUE.

New GAO report examines how driver blind spots endanger pedestrians and cyclists—and asks why USDOT has done nothing about it. www.gao.gov/products/gao...

At dinner before day one of his first meeting as Fed chair, Kevin Warsh told his 18 colleagues he was launching five task forces to rethink how the Fed reads the economy. Chris Waller asked what the point was. Name who's on them, he said, and I'll tell you what they'll say.

Kevin Warsh Wanted a ‘Good Family Fight’ at the Fed. He’s Getting One.

The new chairman initiated a debate over how the central bank works, and it could test his tight-lipped approach on the economy.

wsj.com

Studies have found that parking requirements force developers to build more spaces than are needed, causing increased rents for apartments. It's time for Georgia to do this! We've been reaching out to contacts to see if this can be added to lobbyist dockets. /end

People often don’t realize how much “free parking” costs them. For parking decks can be $20-30k PER SPACE! You know developers & land lords are not eating the cost. gets passed on in housing prices. We should all be pushing for LESS PARKING. Though not what I hear on my local zoning committee calls

ThreadATL@threadatl.bsky.social · last wk.

Gov. Josh Stein calls it "another tool in the tool box" to build more housing & make housing more affordable. "This change will lower rents for people." Yes! Parking decks often cost north of $20k or $30k per space to construct in cities, raising rents. 2/

Just one more call to assassinate a reporter should fix this

Whole hearted agree, this president has implemented policies and created so much uncertainty that he had most certainly damaged the economy.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Wolfers: For nine out of the last 10 presidencies, if you’d said, “How much should we blame the president for what’s going on with the economy right now?” I would have said that the president is just one factor among many. That’s what I would have said nine out of 10 times. This is the 10th time.

Simple message, really. Thanks for the bluntness, @nondriver.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

Ridiculous how small the corporate taxes are, at a time when companies have been making huge profits, not during a recession. The visual really makes it clear that companies are not paying their fair share.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago

A reminder that we’re running $2 trillion deficits. Here it is in visual form: (via B of A)

Let’s take the good news where we can find it! Solar, wind and batteries are economically efficient and quick to deploy. Glad the anti-solar movement has lots momentum and states are working to make solar, wind and batteries easier to permit.

Jeff St John@jeffstjohn.bsky.social · 2w ago

States have passed almost no measures restricting clean energy permitting in 2026, a big change from 2025. In fact, more states are pushing to streamline solar, wind and battery projects as the best (only?) near-term way to meet booming energy demand: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle... #energysky

Time to finally update my profile photo as I have not had bangs for many years… old one was black and white, had bangs AND was before I had kids. Lots had changed since March of 2016…

With at least 80,000 Flock cameras across the country tracking our every move and collecting our personal information, it's no surprise that police are abusing their access to this invasive technology. Mass surveillance doesn't keep us safe.

Police keep losing their jobs for using Flock cameras to stalk people

Advocates say it’s too easy to abuse automated license plate reader technology.

motherjones.com

Not just environmental economists noticing the major shift in our economy towards renewable energy :)

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2w ago

We read the news every day, so we miss the big story: the world just added more renewable energy than ever before. Progress can be hard to see up close.⁣ ⁣ https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/what-reeses-cups-and-canadian-wildfires

This is near me & I totally agree: “As [resident] pointed out to reporters after witnessing one of the crashes firsthand, if that barrier hadn’t been there, the distracted driver “could have killed somebody” because the car was right in the designated cycle lane” www.motorbiscuit.com/atlantas-new...

Atlanta's New Bike Barriers Are Flipping Cars and Sparking Debate

If you drive down Cherokee Avenue in Atlanta's Grant Park neighborhood and see a car precariously balanced on two wheels atop a concrete divider, don't

motorbiscuit.com

oh so now we’re gonna impose a price on pollution 🤡

Cost of pollution per recent OMB guidance unfortunately zero: www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...

EPA to stop calculating deaths avoided and health care savings from air pollution rules

The change means the EPA will focus rules for two pollutants only on the cost to industry, part of a realignment under President Trump toward a business-friendly approach.

nbcnews.com

Michael McKee@mckonomy.bsky.social · 3w ago

Absolutely nothing is too ridiculous in Trump World: *TRUMP ON CANADA: COST OF POLLUTION MUST BE ADDED TO TARIFFS

I feel this in my bones about this moment.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3w ago

read theory

Protests in Albania over a multibillion-dollar estate venture backed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have entered their sixth week, drawing support from pop star Dua Lipa, whose parents are Kosovan Albanian. Here's how we got here 👇

While june CPI came in lower than expected, still well above the Fed’s target of 2%. Lots of other headlines made the number seem low. No, better than expected, but still bad. Consumer prices rose 3.5% annually in June, less than expected as energy prices eased www.cnbc.com/2026/07/14/c...

Consumer prices rose 3.5% annually in June, less than expected as energy prices eased

The consumer price index in June was expected to increase 3.8% from a year ago.

cnbc.com

Come on US media!! This is a glaring example of mental decline and I don’t see any headlines noting this huge gaff. Trump regularly butchers words and names because of some sort of brain issues, but this is not front page news????

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump: "We had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan"