"The president's case against wind are literally the rantings of an old man. I've seen grandpa Simpson make more sense."

How Fear and Chaos Costs Taxpayers Fear and chaos are bad for workers. They’re also bad for government. Justin Wolfers uses new federal workforce survey data to explain why declining morale inside government is not just an HR story.…

Once I got started on this piece, the numbers started talking to me, and by the end they were screaming.

So I feel like I've got to share it with you: The Federal Employee Crisis Nobody's Talking About.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQuz...

Every day that the stockmarket falls is the market saying that it's less optimistic about our prospects -- likely our prospects in Iran -- than it was the day before. If you were worried a day, a week, or a month ago, you should be more worried today.

I was just helping my kid with their high school Gov homework, and was astonished to learn the United States has a Congress.

The Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill to fund TSA without funding ICE, and the Republican-controlled House rejected the measure to fund TSA without funding ICE, so the Republican President just signed an executive order to fund TSA without funding ICE.
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Economist Justin Wolfers: U.S. Leaders Have No Idea What They’re Doing If you love What Next, join Slate Plus at slate.com/youtubeplus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Trump’s…

What better way to begin the weekend with a podcast exploring -- hopefully in plain English -- the economic consequences of the war with Iran.

Trump Officials Accidentally Revealed The Truth About Immigration If job growth slows when immigration slows, what does that say about the story politicians have been telling for years? Justin Wolfers uses plain-English economics to answer that question—and to show…

My latest video essay: Listen closely and you'll hear it... The White House admits that immigrants aren't taking your job after all.

Lemme youtubesplain: youtu.be/9ZVJQ-bgfU4

"Net migration last year was substantially negative. That is more people left the country than came in... the first time that's happened in at least half a century."

That's a huge economic shift.

Bad immigration economics assumes every extra person is one less seat. Good economics notices they also bring a seat, a side dish, and demand for the bloke selling drinks.

The first story is fear; the second is how economies work.

Trump Officials Accidentally Revealed The Truth About Immigration YouTube video by Justin Wolfers

Watch the full video here: youtu.be/9ZVJQ-bgfU4?...

Trump is undermining the US position with Iran | Justin Wolfers On today's edition of The Trump Report, Fergus Macphee is joined by professor of economics Justin Wolfers. They discuss how constantly changing rhetoric from the US President and the Iranians is…

Bit of a deep dive with a handsome economist (me) on how America's economic vulnerability undermines its military advantage. youtu.be/QekPlseiJ7M

Yesterday, millions of us once again affirmed the foundation of the common good. But how do we turn yesterday’s solidarity into political power? Here are three suggestions. robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-turning...

Immigrants weren’t just filling existing jobs; they were helping create them. That’s Econ 101: jobs are not a fixed pie. More people means more customers, more demand, more businesses expanding, and yes, more hiring.

More good news from Germany.

Scientists have discovered that they were wrong about how long it takes for solar panels to degrade, and that they can last twice as long as previously expected.

And, now, we KNOW that it needs to be investigated ASAP.

David Roberts -

the U.S. is basically aligning itself as the last big petrostate. And will go down with the fossil fuel ship; and China is aligning itself as the first electrostate. It is rapidly electrifying its economy, dominating the technology, supply chains, world markets, everything

Nature's so cool

There is this obscene notion that no matter how badly America is getting humiliated in a war, simply pointing out ACTUAL DISASTERS makes you a traitor. It is not unpatriotic to tell the truth about your government's failures. It's the most patriotic goddamn thing you can ever do.

Hyacinths look best in the open ground. Three of these ones were a gift in a pot a few years ago but liberated into the open ground they've spread and become a lovely little display.🌱

SPRINGSTEEN IN MINNEAPOLIS: “This is still America… and this reactionary nightmare and invasion of American cities will not stand.” 🇺🇸

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Difficult to keep your stupid lies straight results in confusion for dumb orange man.

To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️

It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.

Happy Sunday!

I was at a #NoKings rally yesterday and rather than writing another essay about why this matters I will just say that it is pure joy to meet the people who want to stand out and the people who are doing the work. Thank you.

Not a single lawbreaking ICE agent has been arrested these past 14 months. Not a single state has had the balls or the morality to do so. The rule of law is dead in the USA and replaced by the rule of terrorism. I grieve for us all.

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New images of the Phantom Galaxy, M74, showcase the power of space observatories working together in multiple wavelengths. On the left, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s view of the galaxy ranges from the older, redder stars t...

Morning Walk with Castle View in Edinburgh 🏰 #photography #edinburgh #scotland #moody #urban

Walz: The president said it's a bunch of radicals. You're damn right we've been radicalized. Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy.

“But what’s not predictable is where Democrats are winning now because they are flipping deep red districts — places Trump carried by double digits with Republican electorates — which means Republican voters themselves are crossing over and voting for Democrats.”

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