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Hope and the life course | Brookings Carol Graham and Redzo Mujcic summarize new longitudinal study on the personal and economic benefits of hope.

Yesterday was hopeful. www.brookings.edu/articles/hop...

Federal judge, appointed by Reagan, in 161-page opinion today in deportation matter:

"There’s the issue of masks... To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police"

Secondary error: assuming Congress would not cede all authority and end all accountabiltiy.

As in "deep knowledge."

Remember too big to fail?

Of course they can. Will they?

Consider the opportunity costs of this childishness.

Very expensive childishness.

We'll see when the Supremes knock down the abuse of emergency powers, blatant gerrymandering, illegal tariffs, threats to Fed independence, and corruption of the Oath (for starters), when we see compliance, and when Congress wakes up.

⟶ brace for inflation

"For cause" ain't "cause I feel like it."

Hail Caesar.

Will we see a standoff of national guard troops (and state and local police) from blue and red states? Will MN, WI, IN, and Ohio deploy their troops to Illinois?

Mine's upside down. I could not bring myself to burn it, but I will defend your right to do so.

It's only an ambiguity if you want it to be.

Retribution, deflection, and simple abuse of power.

Yes, Kai! Unbiased information, rule of law, and independent regulatory oversight. It is beyond stunning that markets and leading capitalists are failing to recognize this - and thus failing the American economy, society, and democracy.

Trump nominates Jan 6 "bystander" to produce better job numbers One more benchmark for Trump's assault on state capacity

New, from me: EJ Antoni's meteoric rise is an inverse measure of the swift decline of American state capacity under Trump.

Unqualified for an entry-level job in the agency he is nominated to lead, he was selected because of his willingness to destroy it.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-nomi...

Very sad that so many law enforcement officers are ready to turn on the people they are meant to serve and protect.

Are guests with more depth banned or boycotting?

Could the demise of data finally wake up Wall Street?

And no peer-reviewed publications. NIU and Dr. Carl (Princeton) have some splainin to do.

Trump says he’ll eliminate income taxes. There’s a problem with that | CNN Business President Donald Trump on Sunday night reiterated an extraordinary ambition he and members of his administration have voiced from time to time throughout his young second term: One day, Americans won’...

It is an intentional shift from income taxes to regressive sales taxes. “We’re going to make a lot of money, and we’re going to cut taxes for the people of this country... I think the tariffs will be enough to cut all of the income tax.” www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/b...

Is there a Razzie for economics?

I want pizza for dinner.

Redistricting wars: Map shows how many seats could change before midterms Over a dozen states are locked in a standoff over the maps that could decide which party takes control of Congress in 2027.

www.newsweek.com/redistrictin...

Starve. Invade. Redevelop.

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Ohmygod