@BulwarkOnline Economics Editor. @MSNOWNews (formerly known as MSNBC) Anchor. In prior lives: WaPo, NYT, CNN, NewsHour. Econ, politics, tax, theater, etc.
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Poll: Low-information voters have turned hardest against Trump and the GOP, by @gelliottmorris open.substack.com/pub/gellio…
had a blast talking with my pal @NatashaRSarin about who is to blame for the current economy, and what can be done to fix it nytimes.com/2026/10/23/opini…
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NEW: Mike Collins previously suggested hanging U.S. military and political leaders from a helicopter and joked about pushing Pelosi out of a plane. We also uncovered another antisemitic post from a business recently launched by his son-in-law. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/23/p…
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SCOOP: The State Dept has started asking career diplomats up for promotion if they voted for Trump in 16, 20, 24.
Federal law prohibits politically based hiring for career staff.
State tells @washingtonsun it's screening for "fidelity" and execution of the president's vision👇
It's ranked-choice voting, the design most robust to this scheme. Voters can just vote for all the Dan Sullivans and zero Mary Peltolas
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I mean, if Starshield can be throttled in Ukraine, can it also be throttled in the Persian Gulf or around Taiwan if Musk disagrees with this or that military operation? The mystery of the last week certainly raises the question.
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The far right would like you to think that Norman Rockwell was a sort of friendly neighborhood white nationalist. The thing is, he was nothing of the sort. From the archives, @crampell interviews Daisy Rockwell:
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Airfares will not return to pre-Iran war levels, American Airlines warns ft.com/content/d114ce00-f30d… via @ft
President Trump called Elon Musk and asked him to lift restrictions on a military-grade version of Starlink in Ukraine that the SpaceX chief throttled, U.S. officials said wsj.com/world/trump-called-m… via @WSJ
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This is the standard way to score tax policy. You score the law as written (in this case a one-time wealth tax) and the behavioral consequences from that law (people worried it will last moving).
There are arguments against that approach. But is not “highly inappropriate” or “dishonest” to do what JCT or any other neutral body would do.
Let’s be clear: this is a highly inappropriate way to model the effect of Prop 40 on taxpayer behavior.
For one, it’s a basic violation of rational expectations, a cornerstone of modern economics.
In Jaros and @joshrauh world, the billionaires act irrationally: they respond to a policy that does not exist and will never exist.
Economics students around the world are taught this is not an appropriate way to model behavior — but apparently in this context (fighting Prop 40) it’s OK.
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🌹🌹DSA civil war over AI, @jdcapelouto reports semafor.com/article/10/21/20…
Three people were killed in two attacks on an Aramco oil field and an airport in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, the latest deadly strikes on the kingdom as its conflict with the Iran-backed Houthis drags on bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
US pending home sales fall to record low as mortgage rates surge ft.com/content/42ed6778-d350… via @ft
Iran war sparks heating crisis in US north-east as winter approaches ft.com/content/162c6dd8-5501… via @ft
Scott Bessent shrugs off ‘systemic’ AI risks at closed-door investor conference ft.com/content/5b7c2fdf-2300… via @ft
China is imposing export controls on more drones and machinery, as the world’s second-biggest economy flexes its industrial muscles. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Kara Swisher Warns Elon Musk: A Reckoning Is Coming | Receipts youtu.be/z6wJ0ABvYfs?si=LtyF…
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US STATE DEPT IS PREPARING TO ISSUE AN ORDERED DEPARTURE OF SOME PERSONNEL AND FAMILY MEMBERS AT US EMBASSIES ACROSS THE GULF - US OFFICIALS
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Neil Bush, brother of one President Bush & son of another President Bush, just posted that he voted for @JamesTalarico. Neil still lives in the same neighborhood as father did for decades here in Houston.
