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I will pay any tariff for a framed copy of this

submitted 17 hours ago • 435 comments

READ: @frost.house.gov & @connolly.house.gov are investigating Musk's conflicts of interest at NASA, where he’s canceling contracts with SpaceX competitors, buying more SpaceX rockets on the taxpayer’s dime, and installing SpaceX employees at the highest levels of the agency.

submitted 16 hours ago • 10 comments

1/ Thread, ChatGPT analytic model on past large scale protests and voting. A surge of over 1,500 large-scale protests across the US signals a strong, mobilized public sentiment. Historical data suggests such widespread protests are a robust indicator of upcoming political shifts. @maddow.msnbc.com

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2/ Past protest waves have often boosted voter turnout—especially among younger and marginalized groups—by roughly 5–7% in key demographics, energizing the electorate significantly

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3/ Additionally, elections following massive protests have seen electoral swings of about 2–3 percentage points in battleground states, typically favoring candidates whose platforms resonate with protest demands.

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4/ The key question is whether this energy converts into sustained voter registration and turnout. If maintained, it could reshape outcomes in the 2026 national elections, particularly in closely contested regions

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It’s called a kleptocracy. Trump flagrantly makes it clear he has zero empathy or respect for the welfare of the American people, after personally triggering the record-shattering destruction of $6 trillion in wealth. That’s a loss of $37,500 on average for USA’s 160 million stock market investors.

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EVERYONE will hate the Tariffs, believe me. Walmart: 80% of Walmart’s products are imports! And @ 90% of Americans shop at Walmart at one time or another. Walmart processes 265 million customer transactions every darn week at it’s 4,700 retail stores, where shoppers spend $600 billion annually.

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3/ According to the Cannon model referred to in this Wapo article, Rs risk 35-50 House seats and 3-6 Senate seats in 26. Vulnerable Senators due to their State’s economies: -Joni Ernst (IA) -Tom Cotton (Ark) -Mike Rounds (SD) -Mike Braun (IN) -Thom Tillis (NC) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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2/ Now imagine you are a US Republican congressman running for re-election next year. Imagine what you would be thinking about the real peril of losing your seat as this lunatic economic damage to your constituents unfolds. Is Trump loyalty in this situation still smart politics for you?

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1/ Approximately 160 million Americans own stocks, and in 2022 the median portfolio value was $52,000. As the markets have now lost $4 trillion in value since 11/15/2024, the average investor has lost approximately $7,000 of wealth. And the total decline may be as high as $5 trillion.

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bsky.app/profile/jbur... Good Lord.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Mark Kelly: "This is not surprising. Here's a guy who told Americans to inject bleach into their bodies, who sent a mob to Capitol Hill. And now I think it's fair to say he stands out as singlehandedly destroying more wealth with his bad decisions than anybody else who has ever lived on this planet"

submitted 3 days ago • 1121 comments

What a disaster. Sadly this was predictable after Trump’s election. The day after the election I dropped all my money out of US stocks, and fortunately made a modest positive return over the past months.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Why aren’t you wearing a suit? Have you said “Thank you” to Greenland and Denmark for allowing you to have a base on Greenland?

submitted 10 days ago • 1212 comments

Every night @maddow.msnbc.com has a first segment that runs through protests and town halls held in last 24 hrs and if you are feeling like nobody is feeling like you feel or you don’t know what to do: start by watching these and then find your people in your area. They are everywhere.

submitted 13 days ago • 58 comments

This is excellent. Typically on MSNBC etc, @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social is limited to sound bites. But here we have 30 minutes. She delivers, with laser-like precision, the historical context of past and present authoritarians, and how Trump is fully invested in the dark path of autocracy.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

there were multiple reporters outside of the institute of museum and library services today as DOGE invaded their headquarters, but not a single elected official. something to consider when thinking about who’s actually defending democracy.

submitted 18 days ago • 51 comments

You’ve a mind like a steel sieve, Bobby. “It is very worrisome for global public health to hear senior officials making this kind of statement, in contradiction to the scientific data accumulated over decades around the world." www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.

submitted 21 days ago • 888 comments

One thing is certain: the narcissist will never be aware of his own errors. As such, the worse things become, the more he will lash out at ‘enemies’ (and his own staff). Thus a downward spiral of negative outcomes will only strengthen his lust for autocratic power. Resist on all fronts!

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

I was in DC yesterday, and walked by the VA buildings and Lafayette Square, which overlooks the White House. I was surprised and discouraged by the absence of large crowds of protestors.

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At the protest for veterans in DC.

submitted 24 days ago • 288 comments

Musk indulges in a new, reprehensible form of Holocaust denial, in which he smears America’s federal employees by the outrageous libel that public service employees in Germany were to blame for the Holocaust. Evil, terrible, reckless, incendiary, wrong? I have no words strong enough to condemn Musk.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

I’m a swing voter. But I have to say that Democrats made a terrible mistake by approving the R budget resolution. It doesn’t mean that far-left members of the party should replace Schumer, aka AOC. We just need to bring a gun, not a wet noodle, to this gunfight. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

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submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Yes, there are no surprises here.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Goddamnit

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Ruth Marcus is the gold standard. She was one of the finest students I taught in 50 years at Harvard, a brilliant writer, a magnificent editor, and a good friend. I can barely imagine how painful this was for her. Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis are 100% to blame. A big middle finger to those 2 cowards.

submitted 28 days ago • 68 comments

Interesting. Tesla investors dump their absurdly overpriced Tesla stocks, as they realize Tesla will never capture a massive vehicle market share, but money flows into Musk’s professionally managed competitor’s stocks, GM and Ford. It’s a long overdue reckoning. Logical. @maddow.msnbc.com

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Amazing stock market recovery by Trump!

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Why would anyone buy this turkey? “Tesla sales are also down 76 percent in Germany, 75 percent in Spain, 72 percent in Australia, and 45 percent in Europe as a whole. In the U.S., reports peg Tesla’s sales decline at 11.6 percent year over year.” stocks.apple.com/symbol/TSLA

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

I was right

submitted 30 days ago • 1608 comments

Vive la France! Slava Ukraine!

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submitted 31 days ago • 921 comments

Words banned by Trump’s new Federal Government, so far. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Serious point: Trump wants to induce folks to build factories in America. The decisions are driven by expected tariffs once the factory is built -- that is, expected tariffs in about 3-4 years, and over the ensuing decades. Tariffs won't deliver any upside if you fail to move those expectations.

submitted 32 days ago • 11 comments

One way to think about this administration is: Trump's last full year in office was a global pandemic with no known cure that filled hospitals with dying patients and shut down the entire in-person economy. And firms think the current business environment has more uncertainty.

submitted 32 days ago • 22 comments

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

submitted 33 days ago • 1572 comments

The smartest take of Trump's long premeditated attack on Zelensky

submitted 34 days ago • 27 comments

DOGE is unable to provide credible quants on their financial impact. In fact, their $ savings data is grotesquely inflated. At best, they are utterly incompetent. At worst, it’s deliberate propaganda. An oversight organization with a brilliant spokesperson has to have a DOGE presser EVERY DAY.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments