Devadas Moodley

This is an important point

Much in DC in its formative years as our capital was deliberately “plain”

Because our government was supposedly not going to reflect the excess & exclusion of Old World royalty

The White House is stately & straightforward as a statement of principle

You know.
No kings.

BBC has.

Musk's fraud pays, irony prevails. #econsky

Trump's inequality headache intensifies: wages. #econsky

#econsky
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A simple summary of Trump tariff madness.

YouTube video by CNN Fareed's Take: Trump's tariffs have caused a seismic shift in world affairs

#𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑘𝑦 #econsky

excellent take by Fareed. we're destroying the progress we brought to the world

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4wi...

something I keep thinking about and which I can't make up my mind on is: were swathes of the right, centre-right and, in some cases, the centre, full of racists hiding their beliefs for decades, or are these people all incredibly suggestible? neither answer is good!

It’s the same process that happened elsewhere in Europe, so no reason to think the UK is that different (despite smug belief that we are). @valentimvicente.bsky.social wrote about that normalisation process (from people sharing some racist beliefs that are marginal to said beliefs becoming central)

They’re trying to speed run Orbanization because they realize how screwed they are if America ever has another relatively free and fair election. I’m not sure what options exist other than having blue states fight fire with fire.

the most corrupt administration in history by orders of magnitude

an absolute disgrace to the office on every level imaginable

Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling popu... ‘Stop the boats’ is a popular refrain but it obscures the real issues rich countries across the world are facing

It’s rare for a piece on immigration to point out that we can’t assume a steady supply of migrant labour because the ‘supplier’ countries have ageing populations too.

Excellent piece by @samfr.bsky.social

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Almost like the goal is not to combat antisemitism, but to use Jews as a shield to promote an anti-education agenda that the majority of American Jews oppose.

Look, you cannot run a modern administrative state with three guys and an AI machine. You need experts to review complex information and make reasoned judgments. The experts need to given the space to make those decisions. It is not a podcast.

This is the key to understanding our very, very broken economy.

I knew they were going to do this.

HE DID NOT FIRE HER BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS MONTH INACCURACIES! HE SAID ON CAMERA THAT HE FIRED HER BECAUSE HE DIDN’T LIKE THE NUMBERS!

France prepares law to fast-track return of art looted during imperial conquests France's government on Wednesday discussed a bill that would streamline the process of returning artworks and cultural artefacts looted from the country's former colonies over more than a century of…

This is a big deal 🗃️

Once again, the imperial presidency, created by both parties during the Cold War, by passing laws allowing the POTUS to act like a king simply by using the magic words “national security” or “national emergency” w/o evidence, was a grave mistake, & if we make it through this, it must be dismantled.

Trans people are now banned from UPenn, Harvard, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, intntnl track & field, the Olympics, chess, darts, most federal jobs, the US military & intelligence services, federal facilities, public bathrooms in most states, & many local sports. Seems bad! Let me know what I missed!

I happen to know that for import shares and tariff rates in this range the numbers would be similar, while explaining the calculation to lay readers, even very smart ones, would be impossible. Whereas I hope at least some people understood at least the intuition of what I actually did 4/

Second, for ultra wonks only: you may notice that I did partial equilibrium analysis in a general equilibrium setting — calculating a Harberger triangle when I really should have been calculating compensating variations for a CES utility function. But ... 3/

As I see it, slight oversimplification in the interests of actually reaching people is not a vice 5/

Statement from former USSS @SecretService Director Kimberly Cheatle regarding latest reports concerning her #securityclearance.

For more information, contact me as her legal counsel.

Me too. As Burton Stein once said to me, 'everybody owes Peter'.

I’ve been critical of Schumer’s social media. But this—& the procedural moves that triggered Trump—is outstanding.

Whoops!

The aftermath of the Kh-22 missile strike on Mykolaiv: three private homes were completely destroyed, while 23 other private houses and 12 apartment buildings were partially destroyed or damaged.

University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas The SELU scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position without explanation.

A university scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in a lake in southeastern Louisiana was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation

Attacks on Gaza.

Tasneem's youngest daughter, Alma.

A message from my friend Tasneem in Gaza: "NOW, AFTER THE AMERICAN ENVOY’S VISIT HAS ENDED, TONS OF SILENT BARRELS RAIN DOWN UPON US ONCE AGAIN. PRAY FOR US."

Gazans are trapped, starving and constantly attacked. Please give to Tasneem and to others if you can. ❤️

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