I've seen a lot of people harp on the fact that he wasn't making fun of the Cheesecake Factory per se, and... you should be able to make fun of the Cheesecake Factory. If we can live with a ten-year effort to normalize slurs again, we can say the Cheesecake Factory looks stupid.

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I also link to our Trump affordability write-up and give some high-level thoughts about what I'm up to with the affordability project I'm leading. Check it out! /3 newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/the-rising...

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And you know the situation is bad for workers if the wonks are now digging into the ECEC data BLS keeps in the basement crates. Employer payment for health insurance as a percent of all compensation, which hit decades low in 2024, is skyrocketing under Trump. Do you feel healthcare rich? /2

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So it’s not just me 👀👀👀

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Back in DC for Halloween, pointing out to friends the upscale clothing store that used to be a gay sex club where a dude died when he slipped on lube on the stairs and broke his neck like I’m some kind of smutty docent

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