Please note: We were unable to send yesterday’s newsletter due to an emergency in the TMN family. We’ll see you next week! The US government’s fiscal year has now ended, and it turns out DOGE didn’t make any real difference, since federal spending increased by 6%
Recent polls found many Americans support political violence—except they don’t, because they weren’t asked if they agree that “there’s no other alternative at this point.” / Strength in Numbers The Constitution is failing because those in power now ignore the will of the people. Repairing all this
The shutdown probably won’t trigger a nationwide recession, but “it could certainly worsen some smaller ones already gathering force.” / The Atlantic [$] “California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy.” An argument for California flexing its economic might at the
Analysts believe the AI bubble is 17 times the size of the dot-com bubble, and four times the size of the subprime bubble. / Morningstar See also: “We believe we’re closer to the seventh inning than the first, and several developments indicate we may be entering the later phases
Apple removes ICEBlock from the App Store, along with other apps that allow users to report ICE sightings, at the behest of Pam Bondi. / TechCrunch Neighbors react to the aftermath of an ICE raid: “I’m pissed off… I feel defeated because the authorities aren’t doing anything.” / Chicago Sun-
This week a district judge ruled Rubio and Noem violated the First Amendment and federal law in their deportation efforts—and that it’s up to the American people to decide what happens next. / Lawdork See also: “Earlier this month, the Supreme Court rendered obsolete the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition
A troubling sign for the American economy: Hiring is falling, indicating the job market is essentially “frozen.” / The New Republic See also: The government shutdown means the economic data that fuels the jobs reports—and that businesses rely on—is now on hold. / Quartz Ahead of last night’s funding
As US lawmakers scramble to pin the looming government shutdown on the other party, the White House could use the opportunity to cut workers and do “what DOGE couldn’t do.” / CNBC, The Atlantic [$] James Comey was arguably the first major figure to comply in advance to Trump, and all
With a storm brewing that may threaten the Eastern US, the National Weather Service says staffing cuts have left it without the people it needs to do its job. / The Washington Post [$] Economic growth is slowing to a crawl in the US. “The trade war is in fact wreaking economic
As ocean acidification crosses into the danger zone, “7 of the 9 critical Earth system boundaries have now been breached.” / Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research According to a report from Senate Democrats, DOGE staffers moved a live copy of every American’s Social Security info to an unsecured cloud
