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Assistant Professor, Accounting and Information Systems, Rutgers Business School, Newark, NJ
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Rightfully, the cuts to Medicaid (over 10M people will lose their health care) and the tax cuts for the rich have been the story of the disastrous Republican budget bill. But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about. 1/ A quick🧵

submitted 12 days ago • 81 comments

What a line from Warren Buffett this morning: “Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer." [applause] 🙏🏼

submitted 30 days ago • 522 comments

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

submitted 70 days ago • 1963 comments

"Maybe I’m being totally paranoid, but sometimes I’ll pull up at a stop sign and notice people staring at me and laughing, and I could swear they’re saying mean things about me under their breath. Is that insane?" theonion.com/am-i-ugly/

submitted 73 days ago • 105 comments

I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:

submitted 75 days ago • 254 comments

Hi all! It's a terrible day! Amongst terrible days, I suppose. Just a heads up that if you're a person who can get pregnant, this is a good time to consider getting a solid contraception plan if needed. Did you know you can also get abortion pills in advance?

submitted 77 days ago • 6 comments

Department of Government Enshittification

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Buffet, like fine wine, ...”praise by name, criticize by category… if you start fooling your shareholders, you will soon believe your own baloney and be fooling yourself as well.”

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

The defining tract of modern Conservatism, Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France, was written to warn against the danger of believing that we can cure the ills of our country by breaking our whole system of government and rebuilding it according to modern principles.

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

The immigration–crime link: Nearly two centuries of data show that immigrants commit fewer crimes than US-born citizens. www.aeaweb.org/research/cha... via @aeajournals.bsky.social

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

submitted 106 days ago • 182 comments