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Kim Heine

@kheine.bsky.social

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Life long Democrat, 35 yr. Civil Servant with VA, love sports - golf in particular, and a crazy dog lady. Happily follow some of the excellent journalists, law enforcement and legal experts here on Bluesky!

  1. An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me

    a tweet from EJ Antoni that reads "Import prices just came in WAAAY below expectations: June was up just 0.1% M/M, -0.2% Y/Y, while May saw a huge downward revision from flat to -0.4% M/M; still waiting for tariffs to be passed on by foreign producers..."

I replied "The import price index measure pre-tariff prices, the fact that pre-tariff prices are basically flat means Americans are paying the tariffs. Though I wouldnโ€™t expect a Heritage foundation guy like yourself to be smart enough to understand basic stuff like that."

    Trump just announced E.J. Antoni, a Project 2025 contributor from the Heritage Foundation, as the new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    Steve Bannon has been pushing for Trump to pick Antoni ever since Trump fired the former BLS commissioner in response to a report showing a slowing economy.

    screenshot shows a photo of Trump smiling like a cheshire cat while sitting at the resolute desk while a younger man with round eyes stands next to him with his arms behind his back. The text of the truth social post it goes with says: Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
I am pleased to announce that l am nominating Highly Respected Economist, Dr.
E.J. Antoni, as the next Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE. I know E.J. Antoni will do an incredible job in this new role.
Congratulations E.J.!
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  3. @betoorourke.bsky.social: "When Trump called GA Republicans after the 2020 election and said, 'Hey, will you find me 11,000 votes?' they said, 'The hell with that. Absolutely not.' When he called Texas Republicans and said, 'Find me 5 congressional seats,' they said, 'How soon do you want them?'"

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