Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor. Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkiibncbzs2eSeems like you should lose your "radical libertarian" membership card if you do stuff like this https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-04-27/argentinas-leader-bars-journalists-from-government-hq-raising-concerns-about-press-freedom27 Apr 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiibncbzs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkihezfh7s24Argentina Eyes the Falklands Again. This Time, the U.S. May Not Back Britain https://time.com/article/2026/04/25/falkland-islands-javier-milei-trump/27 Apr 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkihezfh7s24https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkifjej6wk2kCDC delay of infant hepatitis B shot likely to raise infections, studies show https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/27/delaying-hepatitis-b-shot-newborns-infections/27 Apr 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkifjej6wk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkieqpxpas2cOil could trade at nearly $120 if war drags on, Goldman Sachs warns https://www.ft.com/content/448b06dd-6f8e-455a-add8-3d64e9d96d8b27 Apr 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkieqpxpas2chttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkh2dsg3bs22Platonic ideal of the “questions answered by my shirt” joke [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkh2dsg3bs22https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkgzziikhk22Terrific https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/budget-airlines-pitch-trump-administration-on-2-5-billion-relief-plan-a7135ca6?st=nJRday&reflink=article_copyURL_share27 Apr 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgzziikhk22https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkgil24sm226Iran war hits pistachio supplies amid Dubai chocolate boom https://www.ft.com/content/438ef32a-59e5-41b3-a0da-56971638534726 Apr 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgil24sm226https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkdvkqbm3226CC: Sen. Thom Tillis [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdvkqbm3226https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkdutdxfqs2fthis doesn't seem great? https://nypost.com/2026/04/25/us-news/15-chemical-spraying-drones-stolen-in-nj-as-fbi-investigates-possible-nightmare-scenario-report/25 Apr 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdutdxfqs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkdttnhpuc2fIran caused more extensive damage to U.S. military bases than publicly known https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-caused-extensive-damage-us-military-bases-publicly-known-rcna33185325 Apr 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdttnhpuc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkb56ndzn22xTrump wants to buy Spirit Airlines. It wouldn't be his first time running an airline. He bought Trump Shuttle in the 1980s, and ran it for three years without ever turning a profit. It finally went under thanks to—drum roll, please—high jet-fuel prices, caused by a war in the Middle East. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/a-flailing-president-seeks-a-hellhole-airline24 Apr 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb56ndzn22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkb4omm4vk2xRep. Tom Kean Jr. represents New Jersey’s most competitive district this November — but nobody, even his GOP colleagues, can say where he’s been for the past month. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/22/congress/kean-is-mia-0088793424 Apr 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb4omm4vk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkb455qaps2xnot clear what this means. OIG has already been examining the Fed building renovation for a while, most recently at Powell's request. https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/building-project-faqs.htm [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb455qaps2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkapfrpss22fFor the first time, foreign private investors hold more US Treasuries than foreign central banks. This is a structural shift that makes the Treasury market increasingly sensitive to the return expectations of price-sensitive private capital. (via Torsten Slok) https://www.apollo.com/wealth/the-daily-spark/foreign-private-capital-has-overtaken-central-banks-in-the-treasury-market24 Apr 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkapfrpss22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkamsnc4hs22Affordability ftw https://apnews.com/article/panama-canal-trade-strait-of-hormuz-iran-war-middle-east-shipment-d6a2aa2a21f29bfdf313182e753e1c4124 Apr 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkamsnc4hs22https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mkamdnno3c2pIf Donald Trump has his way, America’s Worst Airline™ might soon become our national flagship carrier. https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/a-flailing-president-seeks-a-hellhole-airline?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web24 Apr 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkamdnno3c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mk7eyqadi22yA North Carolina woman has been charged with participating in a conspiracy to attack members of a Texas synagogue designed to “kill as many Jews as possible by driving through a congregation,” according to court documents. https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-north-carolina-woman-held-on-10m-bond-in-alleged-plot-to-attack-houston-synagogue-members/24 Apr 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7eyqadi22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mk6hg6svbc2xJustice Dept. Targets Hundreds of Citizens in New Push for Denaturalization https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/justice-dept-citizens-denaturalization.html?smid=bs-share23 Apr 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6hg6svbc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mk66m3gu2s2r 🙏 US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin acquitted of all charges cpj.org?p=583673 https://cpj.org/?p=58367323 Apr 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk66m3gu2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mk65imho7224🧵 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk65imho7224https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mk5u4fyjus2gTaiwan drone exports to Europe soar 40-fold as Ukraine war fuels demand https://asia.nikkei.com/business/aerospace-defense-industries/taiwan-drone-exports-to-europe-soar-40-fold-as-ukraine-war-fuels-demand23 Apr 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5u4fyjus2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mk4whqkjbk2mno kidding https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/republicans-are-worried-the-redistricting-fight-is-backfiring-d83f89a6?mod=hp_lead_pos323 Apr 2026 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4whqkjbk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mk42aspdjc2pKarex Bhd., which makes one out of every five condoms worldwide, is preparing to raise its prices by as much as 30% as the continuing conflict destabilizes supply chains and drives up expenses https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/iran-war-has-boosted-costs-of-energy-food-and-now-condoms22 Apr 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk42aspdjc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3mk3ywqel3c2uOh. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/22/iran-hormuz-mines/22 Apr 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:6m7rbdgaz5vyg4bnbefi7kh6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3ywqel3c2u