Mike Snider

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

Restaurants and businesses offer freebies, deals for federal workers during shutdown During the ongoing government shutdown, some restaurants including TGI Fridays and Hard Rock Cafe have specials for federal workers.

Restaurants and businesses offer freebies, deals for federal workers during shutdown

The dire wolves had a meet-up. You can see the video here. www.usatoday.com/story/pets-a... ‪@itiscolossal.bsky.social‬

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“I don’t believe in the CBO forecast,” Bessent said of the Congressional Budget Office, which has found Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will add nearly $4T to the national deficit over the next 10 years.

As it turns out, you can’t adjust projections based on what’s convenient for a political agenda.

More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.

Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas The children were between the ages of 9 and 12.

At least three immigrant children were taken into custody and restrained with zip ties at the San Antonio Immigration Court. The children were between the ages of 9 and 12.
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...

Page One in Des Moines.

@jemsinger.bsky.social

#RIPJerry

AI photo of Trump dressed as the pope.

The president of the United States, who earlier this week quipped that he'd "like to be pope," posted this Friday evening on one of his social media accounts.

Powell Warns of ‘Challenging Scenario’ for Fed in Cushioning Trade-War Fallout The central bank is wary of a situation where prices rise at the same time that growth slumps.

Chair Powell and his central bank colleagues were the unsung heroes of the past few years. If Trump had just done nothing, we might be toasting to our soft landing right about now.
Instead Trump has put the Fed in an impossible position. www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

Record Store Day 2025: Get special vinyl releases from Post Malone, Taylor Swift and more Record Store Day 2025 is Saturday, April 12. Here's some of the highlights of the 300+ new and limited-edition vinyl releases.

Need some new music? It's @recordstoreday.bsky.social Here's some suggestions www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

'Economically Indefensible': Trump's Bad Tariff Math Was Too Stupid To Implement No one in the Trump White House wanted to take credit for the administration’s “extremely bad” tariff math, which has been paused for now.

Fact check: true www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Thanks, Harris!

Dire wolf returns from extinction? Company reveals 'magic' it's using to bring back species Colossal, the company looking to bring back the woolly mammoth from extinction has born three dire wolves, an animal extinct for 13,000 years.

I tried to make this genetic engineering story as easy to read as possible. At least, check out the beautiful pictures and watch the video. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Was explaining to David (11) the tariff stuff and what a tariff is and he was like “you mean like what started the revolutionary war?” And I was like; yes exactly.

Economist cover: RUINATION DAY

Why would a leader tank his own country's economy?

It's a key part of the aspiring autocrat's playbook.

Tariffs & chaos mean more power & control for Trump.

But America has no king. The Republican-led Congress can stop this at any time.

Let your reps hear from you.

5calls.org/issue/trump-...

> @lincolnproject.us

This is what happens when people speak up.

This was….five months ago

How did April Fools' Day start? History of pranks on April 1 It's not even April Fools' Day yet, but the pranks have already started. Here's what to know about the history of pranking on April 1.

(And h/t to @mikegsnider.bsky.social on the April Fools article www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...)

FITCH: ".. Two consecutive months of stagnant to negative consumer spending growth turns on the caution signal .."

Inflation "has decidedly changed course towards 4% over the last three months. Consumer spending weakness, coupled with rising inflation .. is a mix that the Fed will dread."

#PCE

Congratulations! I’m only at 697. 💪

Hoops and tunes needed.

Vive la France!

APOLLO: “.. “Small business uncertainty is on the rise

“.. according to Bank of America aggregated credit and debit card data, small businesses are slowing their card spending across the board.” 🇺🇸

Happy b’day to R.E.M’s classic LP “Out of Time”, released 34 years ago today.

“The guys would give me pieces of music that were so ebullient and bubblegum,” Michael Stipe said, “that I’d be like, ‘OK, I accept your challenge and I raise you — we’re going to call THIS one ‘Shiny Happy People.’” 🙏🏼

EL-ERIAN: “.. Belief in American exceptionalism has been eroded.”

@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/7568...

A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸

Interested in what you think. I started with the live set while watching muted sports.