But North Korea doesn't actually have the money to feed its citizens. While that's their fault, it seems worse that we have this money and just choose to starve people.

WYM? Pickett played snaps at QB for the winning team in the Super Bowl. Not many QBs in the league can say that.

The #SCOTUS website now lists *tomorrow* as an opinions day—and not from the bench.

We don’t know for sure, but there’s only one reason why the Court would announce a previously un-planned hand-down like this—because it’s going to be the TikTok case.

The Militia and the Mole Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.

He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.

propub.li/3DGXECO

Kid-toucher says "probably"

The Neoliberal Critique of Trump’s Tariffs Finds Little Support in Economics or Among Voters - The Sling The neoliberal critique of Trump’s tariffs finds little support in economics or among voters. The Vox Boys and Girls, who myopically focus on low prices over all other considerations, should be ignore...

I wrote a piece explaining why Dems should ignore the advice of neoliberals on tariffs—they fixate on consumer harms, while ignoring worker benefits from tariffs. When I point this out, they cite studies showing other harms (e.g., to exporters). I wasn’t impressed.

www.thesling.org/the-neoliber...

FTC Sues Southern Glazer’s for Illegal Price Discrimination The Federal Trade Commission sued the largest U.S.

The FTC has brought a lawsuit under the Robinson Patman Act. This is a big deal. Not only is it a revival of the sleeping statute, it especially constellates some of the most basic debates today about antitrust and price regulation more broadly. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

FTC Sues Southern Glazer’s for Illegal Price Discrimination The Federal Trade Commission sued the largest U.S.

For the first time since 2000, the FTC has sued a company for violating the Robinson-Patman Act, an FDR-era law that prohibits price discrimination www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works.

Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish.

We were recently looking at Pete Hegseth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted.

First stop: West Point.

So who is going to run the ad campaign pusing single-payer featuring the millions of people telling their story of getting screwed by the health insurance industry? Call it "TrumpCare." Who gives a fuck what it's called if we finally get it?

#antitrust #econsky

Coalitions are built on shared interest in policy, not shared motivations.

The article makes this seem like it’s just retaliation for US actions to restrict Chinese access to advanced chips. No mention that the USDOJ is also investigating NVIDIA for antitrust violations. Seems like a critical omission.

Gotta get those folks to accept invites. Been trying to get some of them here. They’re too wedded to their followers on Twitter and the lack of portability. It’s a collective action problem.

America Is Barreling Toward a Summer of Strikes The labor movement is emboldened and ready to test its clout.

More than 650,000 American workers are threatening to go on strike this summer — or have already done so — in an avalanche of union activity not seen in the US in decades

Think I’m done with Social Media. Billy Bragg liked one of my TikTok comments. Nowhere to go but down from here.

Not the first time I’ve heard an employer essentially argue that employees’ increased MRP should belong to the employer and not the employees.

I’m glad I got in here in time to observe all the users realizing the power of network effects.