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PUNCHBOWL: “.. Trump has signed fewer bills into law at this point in his presidency than any new president taking office for the last seven decades, according to government records.” @punchbowlnews.bsky.social punchbowl.news/article/whit...

I love that the sentence before mandating hiring based on ideological litmus tests says that Harvard must ban hiring based on ideological litmus tests.

Absolutely brutal

This explains Trump's tariffs pretty well.

Zero Hedge invited to White House press pool despite lies about Fort Knox gold protos.com/zero-hedge-i...

The jewish space lazers must have done this..AND btw, where did this money come from? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

In other words, more than ten years worth of projected tariff “revenue”. 🤡

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

WEDBUSH: “.. a jaw dropping reciprocal tariff chart that will be showed in classrooms and be written about for years to come by economists .. because they are so illogical and absurd.” [Ives]

🚀💰 A recent survey found more Brazilians invest in cryptocurrency than in stocks, gold, or even US dollars. 🤯Fascinating look into how Brazil views Bitcoin vs. gold, US dollar, and stock markets! 🌎 Is this good for Bitcoin? 🇧🇷 🚨 #Bitcoin #Crypto news.bitcoin.com/survey-more-...

Bill Withers was a 32 year-old Navy vet, working at a factory making parts for airplanes, when Booker T. was assigned to produced his first hit — and won him a Grammy. “I wasn't going to do [the ‘I know-I know’ lyric], he said, “but Booker T. said, 'No, leave it.” Gone five years ago today. #RIP

Pam Bondi 2025: Fox appearances - 5,000 New Epstein files released - 0 New Epstein prosecutions - 0 Fraud prosecutions from DOGE - 0

hmmm nationalpost.com/news/politic...

somebody is touching the third rail www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcn...

The sitting president’s media company just announced it’s partnering with Crypto.com to sell crypto ETFs.

this is great www.johnreedstark.com/wp-content/u...

#econsky If, and I think it's very probable, we have stress in the credit markets this year; private credit will be tested as never before due to its explosive growth after banks shrunk their participation in the space.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC confirms Bitcoin & crypto mining does not violate securities laws. #bitcoin #btc #xrp #eth #sol #crypto #cryptonews

#bitcoin

42% of mortgage refinance applications are being rejected, the highest rate in AT LEAST the last 12 years 🚨

My fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, has a creed you have to memorize and try to live up to called “The True Gentleman.” Curious if you think our current president is a “true gentleman”?

#uranium

Financial education Why, what works, what doesn’t and for whom: call for papers http://dlvr.it/TJYDVF #Econsky

🚨🚨 New Paper🚨🚨 As promised yesterday, here is a draft (non-cite) version of my new paper, 'Digitizing the Fisc', onthe constitutional implication of Trump's BFS-DOGE takeover. rohangrey.net/files/Grey-D... law review editors please email [email protected]. It's late but worth the wait!

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is not obscure, it's essential. There is a 100% chance that whatever your local library or museum is they have benefitted from IMLS money in the past, they are the largest grant funder of local libraries in the US.

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He may not be as famous as Bill Sharpe, Ed Thorpe or Jim Simons, but Barr Rosenberg is one of the OGs of quantitative finance. Alphaville was sad to learn he passed away last month, so we wrote this tribute to “the accountant of risk”. on.ft.com/4bumJxE

One of Crypto Critics’ Corner’s best episodes. I love when BT and I are mad, and we got so fucking mad during this: youtu.be/r_HUw1Fb9lw