Seen.

Even more to the point, Treasuries usually rally even when the United States is the source of the downturn - see also: the financial crisis. That they’re not now is really bad

I’m confused as to how the design and execution of this tariff policy wasn’t flawless. 🇺🇸

every person online who thinks the tariffs are a good idea are people who are trying to figure out how to take their first step as a huamn being

RFK Jr. promises radical transparency, then closes FOIA shops Plus: Which FOIA offices might be closed next

“Hello, the FOIA office has been placed on admin leave and is unable to respond to any emails.”

This doesn’t sound like “radical transparency” to me.

Check out my latest secrecy newsletter to see which FOIA offices have closed so far, and which might be next.

NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.

If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.

The website to check linked in the reply.

www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

#Amtrak #Piedmont 73 with "the city of #Asheville" in the lead crosses over the 87-year-old truss #bridge over Webb Avenue in #Burlington, N.C. as #spring blooms on March 25. The bridge was built by the Greensboro-based Carolina Steel & Iron Co. in 1938. #ncwx #NCDOT #RNCX1797

All I keep thinking about is how Pete Hegseth raised questions of the competency of a Black four-star general and Air Force fighter pilot who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hegseth asked did he get the job “because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt.”

JUST IN: Judge James Boasberg has been assigned to the Signalgate lawsuit.

Reporter exposes network of AI-generated ‘local’ newsletters Here's how Nieman Lab reporter Andrew Deck sleuthed out the backstory of a network of AI-generated newsletters.

I spoke to the Association of Health Care Journalists about my reporting for @niemanlab.org and how I uncovered a network of AI-generated local newsletters.

Thanks to Karen Blum for a great conversation! healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/03...

The Ford Executive Who Kept Score of Colleagues’ Verbal Flubs Mike O’Brien kept a meticulous log of mixed metaphors and malaprops uttered in meetings over a decade; ‘too many cooks in the soup’

Loving the @wsj.com subscription that comes with my new post.

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screenshot says: Launched in 2016, Mississippi Today is the state's only nonprofit newsroom, with the largest editorial team in the region. Mississippi Today is recognized as a leader in independent, nonpartisan journalism in the Deep South.

I don't know why Mississippi Today continues to say it is "the state's only nonprofit newsroom" (this is from a brand new job posting), but for the record, our nonprofit newsroom, the Mississippi Free Press, just turned 5 years old this month. 😜@mississippifreepress.org

What Krugman said

Epic idea

Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump’s direction knew it wouldn’t reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.

FOIA release shows Sierra Nevada reservoir water release was a wasteful stunt, officials knew it wouldn't reach SoCal

Stories like this show how FOIA is critical for scrutinizing government activities, and why RIFs at FOIA offices (OMB's FOIA staff down 75%, for example) should be a top news story

The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.

How bad is this?

Let me count the ways

Also, and related, short of firing Powell (or trying, anyway) screwing with economic data would be just about the dumbest (and worst) thing to do

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Curtain call for the TCB
Brian Clarey, co-founder and former Publisher/Executive Editor of the Triad City Beat speaks inside Scuppernong Books in #Greensboro, N.C. on Feb. 28 as weekly paper celebrated 11 years of business after publishing the final edition on Feb. 20.

#TriadCityBeat #localnews

Greensboro graffiti > your town. Prove me wrong.

TCB’s last issue: Staff reflections Over the past 11 years, Triad City Beat has had the wonderful opportunity to be a home for writers to hone their craft and jumpstart their careers.

I love you all.

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‘Not a funeral, a celebration’: Triad City Beat reflects on 10+ years of local news, muckraking and movement journalism - NC Local News Workshop As Triad City Beat prepares to sunset, Co-Founder Brian Clarey and Managing Editor Sayaka Matsuoka reflect on the role TCB has played in the local news ecosystem, lessons learned from a decade of publ...

"We had a damn good run. We did the best we could and we’re glad we did it." Hear from @triadcitybeat.bsky.social Founder @brianclarey.bsky.social & Managing Editor @bysayakamatsuoka.bsky.social about 10+ years of local muckraking and movement journalism. nclocalnewsworkshop.org/news-leader-...

Plain Clothes ICE Agent at Wake County Justice Center Tells Attorneys to Take Their Immigration Conversation Elsewhere A plain clothes ICE agent at Wake County Justice Center tells attorneys to take their immigration conversation elsewhere.

“We as the judicial leadership for the district have urged ICE that it is counter-productive for them to increase enforcement activities within the courthouse,” Wake DA Lorrin Freeman told Jane Porter. #ncpol

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Oops 😬

this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders

I did the best I could.

I’m sorry I couldn’t do it any longer.

all I know is that had President Biden forced out the FAA chief under pressure from his top adviser and his corrupt motives, and then the next week there was a plane crash that killed more than 60 people, Republicans would be howling that it was an impeachable offense.

USA has ~600K undocumented Canadian & European immigrants

How many CAN/EURO students is ICE raiding at schools?
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How many CAN/EURO babies ripped from parents?
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How many CAN/EURO people thrown in Camps?
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It was never about “protecting our borders”—it was about protecting white supremacy.

The fact that undocumented workers are the backbone of American farm production is sort of an inconvenient narrative… www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-....

Q: What animal has an asshole in the middle of its back?
A: Ted Nugent's horse.