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Todd Graham

@metrogram.bsky.social

Economic demographer & govt stats. Living my best life in Mpls St Paul. Disclaimers: Views found here are my own & NOT representing my employer. PFP from 1989. Same handle at my other accts.

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It's the same thing as this

05.08.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok, now what?

05.08.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Donald Trump, complaining that a woman wouldn’t do as she’s told

05.08.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1686    πŸ” 342    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 16

was it the Park Board Police? that's kind of their thing.

05.08.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's the same thing as this

05.08.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The idea that President can negotiate/dictate bilateral β€œdeals” by using the full force of the federal government to punish and humiliate his perceived enemies goes against the whole idea of the rule of law. That should be the story, rather than normalizing this authoritarian behavior.

05.08.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3088    πŸ” 816    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 43
Trump yelling at kid mowing White House lawn meme

Trump yelling at kid mowing White House lawn meme

Do you know anything about labor statistics?!

04.08.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The glass is half-full, amigo

03.08.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Woohoo! I got High Score, y'all. #howyoulikethemApples

03.08.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I KNOW govt labor stats work. Several good explanations for #BLS revisions - revisions are part of the design, SOP, going back decades! Hassett is all BS.
The only thing changed *recently* is staff & resource cuts... caused by: Trump, Hassett, DOGEy.
Fire someone?? Fire THEM.

03.08.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How it started: aluminum rivets.
How it's going: cribbage!
#sundayproject

03.08.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What crisis?? The #sydneysweeney #jeans "controversy" or "backlash" is the most successful ad campaign of 2025 in terms of impressions/$ and free visibility. AE execs are laughing their way to the bank.

02.08.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IKR?!

02.08.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

how many ambien is too

02.08.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 434    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report The president implied that the BLS commissioner, longtime federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data "for political purposes."

Banana republic megalomaniac stuff. He didn't like the unemployment rate, so sh1tcanned the top BLS statistician. Deplorable. www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

01.08.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sharing this All of Mpls email because I hope everyone (including journalists - especially you) will contrast Frey supporters’ rhetoric (and ex-Frey staffer Jacob Hill here) with the sincere testimony of Maddie Love. This kind of shitty, cynical game-playing is a reason a lot of us oppose Frey.

01.08.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

#mnTwins frontoffice/ mgmt isn't even trying anymore

01.08.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remake "Bad News Bears" but it's about the 2025 Minnesota Twins

01.08.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Americans are conditioned (hegemonic conv'tl wisdom) to *not* think about public-shared, public-borne solutions to our mass-scale or global problems.

(Americans may sometimes like public-borne solutions to their own needs - but has to offer something for them personally.)

31.07.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump gives Russia less than two weeks to reach peace deal with Ukraine President Donald Trump said he is "disappointed" in Russian President Vladimir Putin over his continued military aggression in Ukraine.

LOL. "two weeks"

State news apparatchiks continue to mindlessly transcribe his bs like he means any of it. share.google/dm7nrXWQcnvL...

28.07.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A headline you will never see:
"Mamdani's opponents have committed a litany of crimes. Why do pro-police voices seem to be rallying around the criminals?"

31.07.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's one thing to recount and share your lessons learned on bsky or FB.
But to admit to some of this (she rly mistreated at least 1 guy) in NYT Magazine ... wow. And presumably her editor(s) said "ok, whatevs".

31.07.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Trouble With Wanting Men

"The Trouble With Wanting Men" - NYT Magazine ...
good grief! I read this and it just seems glaringly obvious: sometimes a woman (or a man) is Her Own Worst Enemy (or his own). #seektherapy
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/m...

31.07.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree with Pearl's disappointment 😞.
But also... MCEA and other enviro progressives *were* at Capitol this session warning about impacts of "hyper"scale data ctrs.
(And not sure why Im the QT posterchild for armchair progressives)

31.07.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These guys are describing a real thing but it’s not the thing they think it is: they’re actually describing the absolutely enormous right-wing media ecosystem’s ability to blow up huge cultural outrages out of absolutely nothing, milking them to radicalize young men into racial and gender extremism

30.07.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1231    πŸ” 224    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 13

Reminder that the US has a signed and ratified trade deal with Korea that an international treaty & part of US law, & <everything> here is wildly illegal & we should stop sanewashing & normalizing of it & simply enforce the damn law even for this One Special Boy.

31.07.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2227    πŸ” 696    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 21

I cracked open my supply of N95 masks... so that I can go jog at the Lake. #whatatimetobealive #coughcough

31.07.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

if you’re wondering why you suddenly feel terrible, it’s the first week of ragweed season. you will also suddenly feel terrible this week next year

29.07.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 267    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 10

I… this is like saying Fox News has lost its way because The Simpsons

30.07.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

via @metcouncilnews @metcouncilmn.bsky.social Creating tools to support local planning: This fall, the Metropolitan Council will roll out an impressive array of data, tools, and other resources to support counties, cities, and townships as they begin... metrocouncil.org/About-Us/Who...

30.07.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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