Median within-worker wage growth ticked up to 4.7%, per Atlanta Fed's Wage Growth Tracker. That's faster wage growth than anytime Mar 2001 thru Dec 2021. A typical American worker can buy 2.1% more now than a year ago. Consumer prices rose 2.6% over same period. #️⃣#️⃣ https://buff.ly/3A2IHJB

fwiw the argument is not "conservative parties are good because of vibes" it's "strong internally cohesive conservative parties are important because otherwise monied elites will attempt to erode democratic systems and/or the conservative party will be captured by far-right extremists"fwiw the argument is not "conservative parties are good because of vibes" it's "strong internally cohesive conservative parties are important because otherwise monied elites will attempt to erode democratic systems and/or the conservative party will be captured by far-right extremists"

Bit of an aside (and also a bit of an indictment of the times) but reminded of a great question I heard a bunch of years back: "who was 'Hitler' before Hitler?". I.e. who was the "this is the worst person" quintessentially bad person before WW2. And turns out it's a super interesting question

I am the wind, I am the trees, I am John Podesta’s risotto recipe.

I know we’ve moved on to other topics but I’m still stuck on this insane graphic. The thing is that at some level it’s not incorrect—this has indeed been the Trump/Vance “policy proposal”. But it’s like something out of the crassest possible satire on how deranged US politics has become.

Kristallnacht as a campaign promise

RBradleybalko.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 9:23pm

JFC

When you read the Fall of the Roman Empire Wikipedia page one time

On the echo chamber thing, I do feel sometimes like I’m holding down part of the right flank on crim legal reform (cops DO reduce crime, prison isn’t a TOTAL failure), and that’s sorta nuts. For both sides. I felt like Twitter was radicalizing the center-right moderates to the Manhattan Inst right.

mike dewine stands for a lot of things i oppose very deeply, but this exactly the kind of thing we need to be hearing from conservative politicians. a full throated defense of pluralism, immigration and inclusion

Opinion | I’m the Republican Governor of Ohio. Here Is the Truth About Springfield.

I have lived my entire life near this city. Our people and our history deserve better than to be falsely portrayed.

Ohio state troopers visited every Springfield school building this morning to sweep for explosives and other threats—and they will stay through dismissal—in response to the wave of daily threats fueled by Trump's and Vance's racist attacks on the Haitian community here

Highway Patrol greets Springfield school families in new safety effort

Ohio State Highway Patrol officers were inside and outside Snowhill Elementary and other Springfield City Schools buildings early Tuesday morning on the first day of a new state-led program to ensure ...