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Chuck Darwin<p>Outgoing Treasury Secretary <a href="https://c.im/tags/Janet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Janet</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Yellen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yellen</span></a> is announcing that she's planning to take "<a href="https://c.im/tags/extraordinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extraordinary</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/measures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measures</span></a>" to save the U.S. economy beginning on January 21 <br>— the day after Donald Trump will officially begin his second term in office.<br>Politico reported Friday that Yellen made the announcement in a letter to congressional leaders<br>The letter comes as the United States prepares to reach the ❌statutory limit on borrowing <br>-- which Yellen wrote last month would happen between January 14 and January 23. <br>She warned in that letter that the Department of the Treasury would need to take "extraordinary measures" in order to avoid a debt default, should Congress fail to raise the debt ceiling before then.<br>⚠️In her latest letter, Yellen said she would begin taking those "extraordinary measures" next Tuesday, <br>which will reportedly include <br>💥tapping into federal retirement funds that aren't immediately needed to pay out benefits to retired postal workers and other federal employees. <br>She also plans to temporarily<br> 💥suspend investments into those funds in order to keep the U.S. current on its debt service obligations.<br>"The period of time that extraordinary measures may last is subject to considerable uncertainty, <br>including the challenges of forecasting the payments and receipts of the U.S. Government months into the future," <br>she wrote in her January 17 letter to Congress</p><p><a href="https://www.alternet.org/treasury-secretary-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/treasury-secretar</span><span class="invisible">y-trump/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abortion</span></a> Is on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ballot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ballot</span></a> in These 10 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/States" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>States</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/officials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>officials</span></a> have gone to sometimes <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/extreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extreme</span></a> lengths to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/undermine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>undermine</span></a> the latest <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/measures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measures</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/abortion-is-on-the-ballot-in-these-10-states/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">10/abortion-is-on-the-ballot-in-these-10-states/</span></a></p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>Bangkok, Chiang Mai among world's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worst</span></a> cities for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/airpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airpollution</span></a><br>"As of 10.25am on Friday, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capital</span></a> ranked 13th w an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/airquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airquality</span></a> index (AQI) of 101, despite having briefly been ranked 7th earlier in e day. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChiangMai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChiangMai</span></a> ranked 43rd w an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AQI</span></a> of 66. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bangkok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bangkok</span></a> remained under an orange alert for air quality.. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CityHall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CityHall</span></a> is implement'g <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/measures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measures</span></a> to mitigate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> fr <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vehicles</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/construction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>construction</span></a> activity, particularly target'g constructn trucks" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BangkokSmog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BangkokSmog</span></a> 😫🫁 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AirBKK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirBKK</span></a><br><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2890083/thailands-air-quality-declines-following-floods" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener</span><span class="invisible">al/2890083/thailands-air-quality-declines-following-floods</span></a></p>