Colin Wilhelm
@colinwilhelm
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Writer/editor. Usually caffeinated. RTs not endorsements. EQB.
Washington, DC
Joined January 2011
NEW: Rep. FITZPATRICK says he’s meeting today w/ MEEKS & HOYER on Russia sanctions efforts Fitzpatrick says they’ll agree on language to drop into his shell for discharge petition, which may differ from Senate language “Some of my colleagues are concerned about the tariff
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HENRY CUELLAR has filed to run for re-election as a Democrat.
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Today, the Hazara community of the DMV area held a solidarity gathering in response to the recent attack on National Guard members in Washington, D.C. Members of the Hazara community—part of the broader Afghanistan immigrant population in the United States—came together at the
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The Commanders held a moment of silence for Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, a 20-year-old West Virginia Army National Guard member who died in the shooting near the White House on Wednesday.
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"The *surging* Denver Broncos...and the Washington Commanders" 🙃
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Hey D.C.: Were we planning to have a loud V-22 Osprey flyover today or was that a fun surprise?
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The U.S. will make the final circulating penny today at the Mint in Philadelphia.
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After 232 years, the U.S. penny's time is up. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach will strike the country's final circulating one-cent coin at the U.S. Mint in Philade...
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Nasty downside surprise in November consumer sentiment figures (50.3 vs est of 53.0), led by worsening feelings about current economic conditions. The current component is lower than it was in June 2022 when inflation was 9%.
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Katyal, former solicitor general arguing for the plaintiffs challenging IEEPA, makes the argument that, "There was no 'Boston Embargo Party', but there was certainly a Boston Tea Party."
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75% of the world is water, the rest is covered by tariffs
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today on the Fred Smoot tariffs
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Justice Coney Barrett sounds skeptical of the broadness of the administration's use of tariffs as a national security emergency. "Is it your contention that *every* country needed to be tariffed because of threats to the defense industrial base?"
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The administration is making the argument before the Supreme Court that these are "regulatory tariffs" and that any revenue raised from them is "incidental"
We've brought in nearly $100B in tariff revenue so far and are on track for $300B this year. That's almost 1% of GDP. June delivered a budget surplus with higher revenue and lower spending. This is how we clean up the fiscal mess we inherited.
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Thune says he’s hopeful a funding deal is in reach. “There are people who realize this has gone on long enough and there's been enough pain inflicted on the American people, and it's time to end it.” Thune says a deal would involve ACA vote paired with approps progress
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GOP Reps. Bacon and Hurd + Democratic Reps. Suozzi and Gottheimer are proposing a shutdown compromise: Two-year ACA tax credit extension w/ an income cap and "guardrails" to prevent improper payments:
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Sen. Durbin, No. 2 Democrat, says AFGE calling for end to shutdown "has a lot of impact" “It’s something we will be discussing this week. I’m not announcing any change in my position at this time” “They're our friends. We take them seriously” Says he'd support bills to pay
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He's hosted radio before but he's *much* better known as a foil to other people. But that number might be the wrong distribution channel. His YouTube channel (which posts his podcast) has 1.3 million subs.
the stephen smith numbers are the biggest surprise? not able to translate being a media icon into a podcast audience?
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Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups has been arrested by the FBI for alleged illegal gambling, sources tell ESPN.
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I should ban my own phone from my place
Phone bans in schools motivate kids to read. When a Kentucky district eliminated phones, students checked out 2.3x as many books from the library. At one school, twice as many students borrowed books in the first month as all of last year. Without smartphones, kids get smarter.
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"We'll start to miss that data," says Powell about the lapse in government statistics because of the shutdown. It will become "more challenging" the longer the shutdown lasts, especially if it means new data is not being collected
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