James Reid

A fascinating exploration of Amazon’s ability to use its marketplace to manipulate vendor behavior at such a vast scale it results in the indirect capture of a pillar in the bureaucratic system used to reward and incentivize innovation.

"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."

Do I even want to know why these deformed toads are trending?

Cuts to Data Collection May Erode Reliability of Economic Statistics

Powell stressed today that the Fed's decisions will be based on how the economic data performs in coming months.
One problem: That data may be becoming less reliable.
My story on the BLS's latest cuts to CPI data collection:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b... #EconSky

We need to fund transit in generational cycles, not political ones. That means long term, stable funding so agencies can plan around knowing how much cash they have. Let's not cripple our agencies with only a few years of funding. We're investing for future generations not yet born.

If you are arrested today protesting the Trump administration in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.

Mans really went from Paul Wall to Jonathan Taylor Thomas… y’all, culture is moving backwards.

The CFPB Has Been Gutted The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.

This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

Both domestic and international news outlets are not telling you about the American pushback.

For example, did you hear about the 15k people who just came to the "Fight Oligarchy and Authoritarianism" rally with Bernie and AOC in Arizona?

Unheard of outside of campaign seasons.

Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.

the mild, non-confrontational obama formula for inclusiveness was so intolerable to a substantial chunk of the country that they put a outer borough george wallace into the white house. like, what are we talking about here?

The worst part of this… Philly fans gonna act like the Embiid and the 6ers ain’t trash for the next few weeks.

Mahomes gonna sue his O-Line after that hit. They getting dog shit this Christmas.

Stephen Miller drafting a wild EO against this for 47 to sign first thing tomorrow morning

The Chiefs can still win… if Mike Pence has the courage to do the right thing.

Them boys gettin’ dog walked…

Mans really thinks he’s got juice like Trump.

Had to join the exodus too what’s good #BlackSky #addtoblacksky