Larry Mishel

Grim called me “insane” for saying Democrats shouldn’t recruit candidates with Nazi tattoos and now that I see who he takes seriously, that take makes a lot of sense

The $79 Trillion Heist - The American Prospect We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.

Yes to this. raise pay as well as lower costs to attain affordability: prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...

Nothing on the role of worker power, labor standards, unions, minimum wages? Monopsony power?

decolonize now! what's the plan?

frankly, his association with BDS does create some problems.

when he makes mistakes like considering that all immigration to Israel violates international law then these questions will persist.

The ultra-hawkish right and anti-Zionist left have drowned the American Jewish majority Every U.S. Political Pathology – on the Left and Right – Is Reproduced in American Jewish Politics, Effectively Rendering Invisible the Plurality of U.S. Jews. That's Bad for U.S. Jews, for a Democrat...

@joshualeifer.bsky.social i avidly read your work on Haaretz. I feel this last one is underspecified/underwhelming because you never identify what orgs like @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social could be doing, or the URJ There's a whole analysis missing:
www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...

Line graph showing the Unemployment rate for workers born in the United States, all ages. The title of the graph is "US-born workers have higher unemployment in 2025"

Checking in with the latest employment data to see how the Trump administration is helping US-born workers...

It just happened!!! The Senate just passed the Epstein Transparency Act by unanimous consent at Senator Chuck Schumer’s request.

This means the bill is on its way now—and we are one step closer to the Epstein files finally being released.

love this America

Trump Humiliation Worsens as Fresh Info Reveals Scale of GOP Losses The results showed that Democrats don’t have to choose between attacking Trump and highlighting the economy. In fact, they are often inseparable.

Greg Sargent has some wisdom:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...?

Verdict Number One: America Has Big-Time Buyer’s Remorse About Trump Elections are the one opportunity we have to see what the people think. And what they think is clear: Trump sucks.

yes, Michael tomasky
newrepublic.com/article/2027...

Jonathan Greenblatt tweeting his support for Kevin Roberts

Jonathan Greenblatt doing clean-up for Kevin Roberts at the Heritage Foundation is the same as Kevin Roberts doing clean-up for Tucker Carlson is the same as Tucker Carlson doing clean-up for Nick Fuentes

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Happy publication day to Irin Carmon @irincarmon.bsky.social UNBEARABLE: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America

A moving, powerful book that is so timely - you can get yours at bookshop!! bookshop.org/p/books/unbe...

Nice!

MAGA Media Keeps Thirsting for Left-Wing Violence . . . even if that means they have to invent it.

30 arrests connected to the No Kings rallies, 29 of them were pro-Trump agitators trying unsuccessfully to pick fights. The 30th was a demonstrator in Fairhope, AL, who wore an inflatable penis that police deemed obscene, but that the arraigning magistrate concluded (correctly) was funny.

How to rig a polling average GOP-aligned pollsters are propping up Trump in polling averages that don't account for pollster "house effects." This risks misleading the public.

Yes, we take a lot of variables like house effects, mode effects, and pollster partisanship into account that other aggregators either do not do at all or do not do sufficiently correctly. This ends up causing a lot of phantom shifts in their trends.

See here: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/how-to-rig...

Workers at Major D.C. Concert Venues Launch Unionization Effort There are more than 300 staff members aiming to unionize at the 9:30 Club, The Anthem, The Atlantis and Lincoln Theatre.

BREAKING: Workers at D.C.’s iconic 9:30 Club, The Anthem, The Atlantis, and Lincoln Theatre are coming together to unionize! More than 300 employees across production, front of house, box office, and hospitality are standing up for a voice on the job!
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

One retiree said he chose to wave an American flag instead of a sign “because people who carry the flag do not hate America and as you can see there are a lot of flags.”

WE ARE TAKING BACK THE FLAG 🇺🇸

#NoKings

what does 'free Palestine' mean?

well, two years was the start of the war, but Bibi definitely delayed a possible deal. Plus, Hamas has culpability too

slavery in the bible's time was NOT chattel slavery, not a permanent condition nor was it passed onto children.

Turning Point USA announced they will be hosting their own concert during the Super Bowl Halftime show, using "fully Christian, American® performers. Mind you, Bad Bunny is both a Christian (Catholic) and an American (from Puerto Rico).

agreed

Nope, I don't

The NFL is not going to like this attack on their efforts to capture an international audience.

FYI Bad Bunny is an American citizen.

The Reason Not to Boycott Israeli Films Cinema is a vital source of artistic dissent in a country at war.

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift

AIPAC losing, J Street winning:

Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift

A quiet retreat by Democrats from the pre-eminent pro-Israel lobbying group

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...?

although maybe it is Israel is losing and Israel's government is losing.

Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift

AIPAC losing, J Street winning. Yippee!
Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift
A quiet retreat by Democrats from the pre-eminent pro-Israel lobbying group...

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...?

although maybe it is Israel is losing and Israel's government is losing.

#Hegseth is openly advocating that soldiers can do war crimes with his backing.

This speech explains why Trump pardons murders and other war criminals.