Why did Trump fire CQ Brown? According to advisers, it was because of a four-minute video Brown taped after the George Floyd murder talking about his experiences as a Black pilot in the Air Force. helene cooper nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/…

She and her whole family voted for Trump. Now she's out of her job in the Forestry Service.

This thread is something else

Over the last 24 hours, MAGA has been ceaselessly spreading the claim that Democrats - from Susan Rice to Tony Blinken to me - pushed Zelensky to reject the minerals deal. Total lie. Made up out of thin air. Zero sources. 1/ A short lesson how these lies spread in MAGA world.

As Raymond Sendejas’s wife, I question your judgement :-)

ICE detained a U.S. citizen in Northern Virginia with guns drawn. He offered to show ID and told the officers he was an American citizen, but they handcuffed him anyway. The man is a Trump voter, but says he is reconsidering his support after he was targeted for being Hispanic:

Policies for Regenerating Civic Infrastructure Erika Poethig @anitamhairston @‌OPinDC @kendal_M_Smith Governor Phil Scott Alexa Bush @[email protected] Kresge Foundation @cityofdetroit Main Street America #connection #civicinfrastructure #Percent4Place medium.com/reimagining-th…

Future U.S. growth depends on whether we can build housing, energy generation, data centers, & more. But we face long-standing obstacles to building. I wrote for Foreign Affairs about how building is a pragmatic, politically powerful path forward… And how to get it done.

It's hard to fathom, but we are back on recession watch. The odds of the economy unraveling into recession in the coming year are uncomfortably high, rising to 35%. In coming posts, I will present the leading indicators I rely most on to determine whether a recession is dead

Helluva piece by Brian Deese, Biden's former NEC director. America's "ability to deliver long-term growth and improve Americans’ quality of life hinges on whether it can build at scale."

In an era that looked as if it might be defined by an American man of depraved cruelty, corruption, and shame, what a magnificent thing the Catholic Church has done. The elevation of an American man of goodness, grace, humility, mercy, and faith to the Throne of St. Peter is

If enacted, this would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history.

I'm not sure I've ever seen such a brutal distributional analysis from CBO. This contrasts the Medicaid and SNAP cuts for the lowest decile with the tax cuts for the top decile.

American parents are NOT okay. -Latest Federal Reserve data shows how parents w/kids at home are struggling more financially than childless households. Only 65% of parents w/kids are ok financially versus 76% of childless households. -New medical study shoes only 25.8% of moms

Hands down the most momentous visit I’ve made is to Omaha beach. The sacrifice Americans, British, and Canadian men is among the most important in modern history.

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Proud that the Civic Committee stood up today with other proud Chicagoans

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters. Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence. These docs show she did not. reuters.com/world/us/fed-g…

Robert Redford has died. I interviewed him 14 years ago at a private event in Chicago. He told me: “I am not saying this to be self-serving, I am not saying this because I am here in this city. This is the greatest city in America. I have always felt that way.”