āI have oftenā¦looked at that [sun] behind the President, without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: but now at length, I have the happiness to know, that it is a rising and not a setting sun.ā - Ben Franklin, after signing Constitution. Is this the setting of the American sun?
Harris Poll: 56% of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession--and most blame Biden: 49% believe the S&P 500 stock market index is down for the year (up ~24% in 2023 & >12% this yr) 49% believe unemployment at a 50-yr high (it's been under 4%, a near 50-yr low). šsociology polisky
Exclusive Harris poll for the Guardian shows 55% believe economy is shrinking, in troubling sign for presidentās re-election bid
"[A] thoroughly nice person as well as a political tiger" and "she is incorruptible." @theprospect.bsky.social#BigDreamsNeverDie
Today on TAP: Elizabeth Warren has had quite a run lately.
The Biden Admin is requiring airlines to disclose add-on costs like baggage fees upfront. It's expected to save fliers $500M/year by making it easier to comparison shop. Would you be surprised if I told you that Trump's Admin fought against efforts to rein in airline junk fees?
His Dark Materials.
one might say that broad and ever expanding restrictions on liberty are necessary when the state claims the right to revoke the bodily autonomy of those within its domain
Voting in the union election at Mercedes-Benzās plant outside Tuscaloosa will end this morning and the results are expected to be announced this afternoon. @jemmakstephenson.bsky.social will be in Vance for the results.
Workers at the plant have complained about stagnant pay, stagnant benefits and irregular shift scheduling.
Market power achieved through the elimination of competition via mergers permits companies to reduce quality and raise prices without facing market consequences. In other words, your bad flight experience is the result of the weakening antitrust law which began in the 1970s/80s.
A group of undergraduate faculty at Columbia University declared with a vote on Thursday that they have no confidence in President Minouche Shafik, accusing her of violating academic freedom and studentsā rights in her handling of pro-Palestinian protests on campus.
The embattled president is facing growing dissent from faculty over her handling of the pro-Palestine demonstrations on campus and the involvement of police.
Both my grandpas were farmers, my dad put himself through Kansas State working two jobs, while my mom never went to college. I went to a state school, but these threads always involve guys from rich families who went to Ivy League colleges sneering that Iām the elitist. Itās fun.
Every article about Red Lobster filing for bankruptcy is "ha ha endless shrimp, what did they think would happen" and then buried ten paragraphs down is the usual:
