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Earl Humphrey here. I'm every Politician's Nightmare: An independent voter who's a retired private investigator and does extensive research before he votes.

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Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

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BREAKING: Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham just exposed Republican plans to gut Medicaid. Retweet to make sure every American sees this.

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Florida, once considered a swing state, is firmly Republican – a social anthropologist explains what caused this shift | The Conversation | https://t.co/mye0BOob0W

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Schlock and Awww | The Edgy Optimist | Zachary Karabell | https://t.co/rvFwP0hBR4

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Apollo's Chief Economist, Torsten Slok, Estimates a 90 Percent Odds of Recession |
Economics Matters by Laurence Kotlikoff |https://t.co/EHlUWerYEV

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The Real Problem With GDP | Tim Harford | https://t.co/myqZCZREyH

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An AI-generated radio host in Australia went unnoticed for months | The Verge | Emma Roth | https://t.co/rz86tWmZLL

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The $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen | The Verge | Tim Stevens | https://t.co/I00xIVcK02 Awesome idea

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An Employee Surveillance Company Leaked Over 21 Million Screenshots Online | GIZMODO | Vanessa Taylor | https://t.co/2BYURLJmTE

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Why Macro Forecasting Is Impossible | The Big Picture | Barry Ritholtz | https://t.co/AxSCmi6Dr0 "There are simply too many variables, each dependent on and reflecting even more variables, to pretend we truly know what will happen next."

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Guest Contribution: “How to Forecast a Recession” | Econbrowser | Menzie Chinn | https://t.co/Z09l1mcTmY Guest post with Jeffrey Frankel

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Craft beer market declines 4% in 2024 | AXIOS | John Frank | https://t.co/TEhTqjiTco " 9,612 craft breweries were operating last year."

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FDA cuts may mean even less oversight of pet food | The Incidental Economist | Katherine O'Malley | https://t.co/aU0qlr8UXl

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Why taste matters now more than ever | Fast Company | Elliot Vredenburg | https://t.co/POa2SJgU1u " In the age of AI, design is less about making and more about meaning."

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Always Invert | The Better Letter | Bob Seawright | https://t.co/rww4qmbCxN "...our first goal should be to avoid failure – to limit mistakes."

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The pundit's dilemma | Noah Smith | https://t.co/RtGl6T8cea "Trumpism will deindustrialize America. That's a hard pill for some thinkers to swallow."

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DHL suspends high value US deliveries over tariffs | BBC | Dearbail Jordan | https://t.co/sf4OrzK0tV

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The U.S. Labor Force Over the Past 150 Years | A Wealth of Common Sense | Ben Carlson | https://t.co/DVAGdenZY3 "The combination of AI and robotics will further disrupt the labor force in ways most people can’t even imagine right now."

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Probability of VTRR 90% | Apollo Academy | Torsten Sløk | https://t.co/lgsOgXJfF3 VTRR = Voluntary Trade Reset Recession

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Trump's United States of Emergency | AXIOS | Zachary Basu | https://t.co/UJMeqirTSn "...the sirens never stop."