Damon Jones
@nomadj1s
Faculty @HarrisPolicy | economist | from NJ | he/him | @nomadj1s.bsky.social
Nice: I'm the AEA chart of the week ...
Chart of the week: why do 100 million Americans give interest-free loans to the government each year? aeaweb.org/research/chart…
Automatic gunfire targeting crowds attempting to get food … Palestinians being forced to choose between starvation and execution …
BREAKING: The Palestinian Health Ministry says 73 people have been killed while waiting for humanitarian aid across Gaza. apnews.com/article/israel…
"I'm a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It": Prof. Omer Bartov on the Growing Consensus on Gaza democracynow.org/2025/7/17/omer…
American police shot 9News Australia reporter Lauren Tomasi in the leg with a rubber bullet at close range while she was covering the ongoing protests in Los Angeles.
This was the level of satisfaction with the California version back in the day … see @planetmoney: npr.org/sections/money…
Got my hands on an internal IRS report on how Direct File went this season. TLDR: pretty well. 94% of users said their experience was excellent or above average. That said, the IRS is reportedly killing the free tax filing service. nextgov.com/digital-govern…
Former State Department Spokesperson Matt Miller Now Says Israel Committed War Crimes in Gaza democracynow.org/2025/6/3/headl…
Suspect in Custody over Incendiary Attack on Boulder, Colorado, Event for Israeli Hostages democracynow.org/2025/6/2/headl…
NEW: We got a copy of the government's evidence against Mahmoud Khalil: a two-page memo by @SecRubio, containing no allegations of criminal conduct but arguing Khalil should be expelled for beliefs that undermine "core American interests" apnews.com/c6073836817128…
Is this technology available to universities?
New York public schools tell Trump administration they won’t comply with DEI order cnn.com/2025/04/05/us/…
A UChicago spokesperson confirmed to the Maroon that three current students and four recent graduates have had their F-1 student visas revoked by the federal government. The University has offered to connect the individuals with immigration attorneys. Story to come.
I was scheduled to give a talk on Palestine at a student conference at @NotreDame. The University rescinded my talk a week in advance citing an extremely flimsy excuse. It is truly disgusting. Attached is the letter I received and my reply, link below...
They don’t want race used taught, or studied in higher Ed, or K12, AND are upset that a museum claims that race is a social construct and not a biological trait 🤔
Trump just made an executive order that targets the Smithsonian Museum of African-American Culture and History because it says race is invented. Go visit now while you can. JD Vance is also on the board.