Dave is the consummate public servant. He’s universally respected by both sides and has deftly navigated many debt ceiling crises, making sure the federal government can manage its cash and pay the bills.

Mitch McConnell objects to tariffs pushed by Trump: “It’ll be paid for by American consumers. I mean why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?”

I join Treasury Secretaries Rubin, Geithner, Lew and Yellen in writing this New York Times Opinion guest essay because we are alarmed about the risks of arbitrary and capricious political control of federal payments, which would be unlawful and corrosive to our democracy.

Five former Treasury Secretaries: Our Democracy is Under Siege nytimes.com/2025/02/10/opi…

“Ford CEO says #Trump tariffs are causing a lot of cost and a lot of chaos” 🤦‍♂️ qz.com/ford-ceo-trump… via Quartz

The IRS collects 96% of all federal revenue—crippling it will cost more than it saves and increase the audit share on middle-class people as all of the new high-end initiatives that have brought in $5 billion so far are halted.

Great 9 seconds of hockey #FourNations

A few further thoughts on DOGE accessing the IDRS database at the IRS: I led the Treasury Office of Tax Policy and have spoken to a number of former career and political appointees at Treasury and IRS. None can recall a political appointee ever having access to this database. 1/5

IRS funding ensures the rich pay their fair share in taxes. Trump’s attack on the IRS isn’t aimed at protecting ordinary Americans — it’s protecting rich Americans.

NEW: Get ready for delayed tax refunds, long hold times + dropped calls with the IRS, thanks to Trump illegally firing more than 6,000 employees there today. *Unless you're a wealthy tax evader. You will now "feast" as the IRS strains to function. huffpost.com/entry/irs-mass…

"Ruh roh", to quote Scooby Doo, on how Americans view the economy. -Just 20% view it as excellent or good. Worse than at any pt during Trump's 1st term. -"Yikes": 59% say the economy is getting worse... Worse than at any pre-covid pt during Trump's 1st term. Danger territory.

I was told federal workers needed to return to the office or be removed

Real GDP growth the last two years has already averaged 3%.

Yeah, she was right.

I've seen enough: Susan Crawford defeats Brad Schimel in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, preserving liberals' 4-3 majority.

9 of the top 10 largest single-day drops in the history of the stock market have happened while Donald Trump was president

YELLEN: TRUMP'S ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE 'WORST SELF-INFLICTED WOUND' BY AN ADMINISTRATION ON A WELL-FUNCTIONING ECONOMY

It's $4700 because after we released the admin said it was 145 on China not 125.

This was the most powerful moment I’ve experienced in 40 years of journalism. elpasomatters.org/2025/04/22/vic…

A lesson from Trump's first 6 months: the old silos of law, policy & comms no longer apply. To beat him, we need to leverage all three at once—just like Trump. Today we launched Evergreen Legal to help our clients do excatly that. Nick Merrill Dan Schwerin axios.com/2025/07/31/eve…