Catherine Rampell

One irony here: a shutdown won't shut down ICE or the Border Patrol, which got massive infusion of money last year in the GOP's 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' and the White House would surely deem these operations 'essential.'

After months of restraint, treasury secretary joins attacks on Fed chief Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spent much of the past year quietly urging restraint as President Trump trained his fire on Fed Chair Powell. This week, Bessent joined the attack.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, long a moderating force between President Trump and the Federal Reserve, has emerged as a public critic of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell.

The shift adds to the political pressure on the central bank.

🧵thread of right-wing reactions to the ICE murder this AM:

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

Homan pushes to create 'database' to make those who impede ICE 'famous' | Fox News Video Trump 'border czar' Tom Homan ridicules Minnesota politicians he says could put a stop to the anti-I.C.E. protests and gives an update on the injured I.C.E. agent on 'The Ingraham Angle.'

Homan literally said it on live TV
www.foxnews.com/video/638778...

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

Justice Brett Kavanaugh

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

A political protester in Minneapolis was captured by ICE. They removed her bra and cut off her wedding ring. They never returned her clothes to her. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...

Donald Trump Calls Avoiding STDs His 'Personal Vietnam' Donald Trump likens avoiding contracting STDs during his single years to Vietnam in Howard Stern interview

Referring to this people.com/politics/tru...

Trump Comments on Afghan-War Veterans Spark Backlash From Allies British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the president’s remarks “insulting and frankly appalling.”

From the guy who said his "personal Vietnam" was not Vietnam - he dodged the draft - but avoiding STDs in the 1990s www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Trump’s Chilling Weaponization of Confidential Government Records Remind me—who else in history made lists of Jewish intellectuals and people with disabilities?

Remind me—who else in history made lists of Jewish intellectuals and people with disabilities? www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-chil...

THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD

F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

Whom Should Farmers Believe: The President or Their Lying Eyes? The US agriculture industry needs genuine market access. Policymakers should pursue free trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which Trump unwisely abandoned in 2017.

Farm bankruptcies in the first half of 2025 exceeded the total for all of 2024. In October 2025, the gap between farmers’ production costs and the prices they received for their goods was the widest in a decade
www.cato.org/blog/whom-sh...

Trump’s Chilling Weaponization of Confidential Government Records Remind me—who else in history made lists of Jewish intellectuals and people with disabilities?

Super important story by @crampell.bsky.social at @thebulwark.com about the Trump administration's misuse of personal information:

The most disturbing government abuses of data aren't necessarily the data they're *deleting* but the data they're *collecting.*
The Trump administration is compiling lists of dissidents, immigrants, people with disabilities, Jews.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-chil...

Trump’s Chilling Weaponization of Confidential Government Records Remind me—who else in history made lists of Jewish intellectuals and people with disabilities?

"There’s good historical reason to worry that an authoritarian govt leader collecting a registry of Jews, under the pretext of protecting Jews, while that leader has referred to Jews as “disloyal,” & [his] coalition has many outspoken Jew haters & Holocaust deniers, may not end up so well for Jews."

This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.

Adding to this thread bsky.app/profile/did:...

Food Insecurity Remained High in 2024, Administration Ends Data Collection Before SNAP Cuts Push It Higher The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the last of its annual reports on food security on December 30, showing that 47.9 million people in 18.3 million households reported having difficulty acqui...

Food Insecurity Still High, Admin Ends Data Collection Before SNAP Cuts Push it Up
www.cbpp.org/blog/food-in...

Trump’s Chilling Weaponization of Confidential Government Records Remind me—who else in history made lists of Jewish intellectuals and people with disabilities?

For the past year, the Trump admin has abused federal statistics and confidential records, mostly through deletions and censorship.
But some of the most disturbing developments don’t involve data the administration is suppressing, but rather data it’s *collecting*
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-chil...

India’s holdings of US Treasury bonds have fallen to a 5-year low as the nation pushes to support its currency and diversify its reserves.
People “are looking to diversify away from US assets, and I would kind of describe it as quiet-quitting of US bonds" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s Chilling Weaponization of Confidential Government Records Remind me—who else in history made lists of Jewish intellectuals and people with disabilities?

"There are lists of immigrants, lists of people with developmental disabilities, lists of dissidents—and lately, even lists of Jews. All ostensibly in the name of public safety." Hmm.

The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4qDPZc0

Suspects arrested for painting swastikas on Brooklyn playground two days in a row A playground in Borough Park frequented by Orthodox Jewish families was graffitied with swastikas two days in a row.

Suspects arrested for painting swastikas on Brooklyn playground two days in a row forward.com/fast-forward...

Americans Travel the World Only to Wind Up in Costco Fans skip the Louvre and other tourist attractions to buy bulk souvenirs and find out if the hot dog is different.

I feel like this article was written just for me (and maybe also @scottlincicome.bsky.social)
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, questioning longstanding recommendations.

Does Mitch McConnell have anything to say about this? www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...

this is why i worry we may be stuck in an infinite doom loop of the party out of power promising lower prices, the incumbents getting ejected, incoming party unable to reduce prices either, rinse and repeat

YouTube video by CNBC Television Watch CNBC's full interview with White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett

Behold, Kevin Hassett once again pretending not to understand deadweight loss
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6nr...

Oh.

Courageous Carney vs. Demented Donald Canada’s leader is a sane adult. America’s leader isn’t.

"The horrifying details of Trump’s rant aside, what strikes me about the Trump administration’s performance at Davos — not just Trump himself but his minions — was the utter lack of purpose. The whole Trump team seems to have gone to Europe with no goal other than to belittle and insult their hosts"

Trump Cites ‘Concept’ of Greenland Deal President Trump told CNBC he has the “concept of a deal” over Greenland following a meeting in Davos with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. “We have a concept of a deal. I think it’s going to be a ve...

Oh no, someone's been developing concepts of a plan again
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...