James Reid

James Reid

@jrizs0m.bsky.social

Popcorn enthusiast. Economic development practitioner. Racial and economic justice policy advocate. KS by birth. PGH by heart.

170 Followers 656 Following 12 Posts Joined Aug 2023
3 months ago

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

Tina Turner
Kanye West
St. Vincent
Immortal Technique
D’Angelo & the Vanguard

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shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now

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4 months ago
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Trump Administration has taken multiple affirmative steps to raise--not lower--families' costs including over the last month:

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4 months ago
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Trump, 79, Wanders Off While Meeting Japanese Prime Minister In an embarrassing moment caught on video, it’s clear Donald Trump gets confused and walks away from Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

good headline, @newrepublic.com

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4 months ago

Contrast this report with Brett Kavanaugh's recent description of ICE's raids. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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4 months ago
Article (Nolan Feeney; TIME) excerpt reads: “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen, D'Angelo writes in a statement about the album It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape there these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.”

“D’Angelo’s First Album in 14 Years Is Finally Here, and It’s Surprisingly Timely” via TIME.

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

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6 months ago

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.

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6 months ago
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"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."

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7 months ago

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

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7 months ago
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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

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8 months ago

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.

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8 months ago

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

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9 months ago

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

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10 months ago
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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.

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11 months ago
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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.

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1 year ago

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.

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1 year ago

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?

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1 year ago
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1 year ago

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

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1 year ago

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

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1 year ago

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

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1 year ago

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

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1 year ago

Them boys gettin’ dog walked…

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1 year ago

Mans really thinks he’s got juice like Trump.

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1 year ago

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

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