Some professional news: After 11 years of columnizing at WaPo, I'm taking the buyout. This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this—11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:.

Chair Powell has been one of the unsung heroes of the U.S. economy these past few years. He deserves better than this. So does our economy, which Trump is trying to turn into a Venezuela or a Turkey with his efforts to politicize the central bank.

RT @ReichlinMelnick: This torture was done in your name, fellow Americans.

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Since folks have asked: I'll return to anchoring at MSNBC in a couple months (co-hosting The Weekend: Primetime, 6-9pm Sat/Sun). Not ready to announce details for my writing yet. I'll share updates here if you'd like to subscribe:.

As I've said: Jeffries has one job, which is to retake D control of the House. Independent of Israel comments etc., there are a number of reasons why breaking norms and endorsing Mamdani might not help this goal, particularly in moderate swing districts.

The real victims of child sex trafficking are the child sex traffickers

Realistically I probably won't be able to cover any fallout from this today (see prior tweet about how I'm about to give birth), but I really, really hope is less fallout than I fear. Protecting Fed independence is critical, especially if you care about inflation.

Thanks everyone for your kind words. I have another big deadline coming up tomorrow (I'm giving birth) so apologies if I'm slow to respond to correspondence for a little while. See you on the other side.

Lol I had forgotten about this exchange, but I guess it's good it exists for posterity in case Trump tries to put him on the Fed again.

Hey Scott, I hear you've stopped defending Nazi salutes on TV. I'm proud of you. You've almost earned your self-proclaimed title of "greatest defender of the Jews".

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To be clear Jeffries endorsed Maya Wiley in the 2021 mayoral primary when asked. But when she then lost the primary, and Adams won, Jeffries does not appear to have endorsed Adams in the general (which is what Mamdani supporters/reporters are now asking Jeffries to do). I can.

Don't know answer to this exact Q, but worth pointing out that there hasn't really been a norm for D national leadership to endorse in local mayoral races, even in NYC. E.g. I can find no evidence that Jeffries or Pelosi endorsed Adams in 2021. Schumer seems to have done so days.

RT @JHWeissmann: Krugman pointing out that the Japan deal is likely to increase the trade deficit insofar as this $550B FDI pledge is real.….

FEMA Urban Search & Rescue branch head resigns. Told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network.

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Got it! Thanks all.