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Carl Quintanilla

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26+ years at @CNBC and @NBCNews / @WSJ alum / board member, NY City Center & Sag Harbor Cinema

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 11

(AP) — The man who oversees the nation’s military reposted a video about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote.

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Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote

The man who oversees the nation’s military has reposted a video on X, formerly Twitter, about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to v...

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 6h

This is a flex.

He know his rubes will believe any shit he tells them and he wants to see how far he can take it.

Next week he'll tell them everyone in Portland lives in caves now and eats brontosaurus ribs like the Flintstones.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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bepis jr. @bepisjr.bsky.social · 10h

Tweet from “Thing Bad” username @Merman_Melville
“Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it’s probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day”
4:03 AM Jan 25, 2019
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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 9h

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Trump got a Covid vaccine today.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 14h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

“.. Since the pandemic, he has mostly lived on the Big Island of Hawaii, where he has bought up numerous parcels of land. He said that he wasn’t sure how many days he spends each year in San Francisco ..”

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 10h

Great kicker. Marc Benioff’s PR team wanted him to do an interview about philanthropy. Instead he sounded off on a bunch of Trump policies he supports and called for the White House to send troops to SF.

Doesn’t seem like the comms team was pleased with how the interview went..

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

We’re getting to the “we-want-our-money” part.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 11h

My god why won’t anyone ask how that’s possible

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

#HotStove 🔥

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11h

Here's the reality: On any given day the President might impose an effective embargo on trade with China. This is the second time he's done it *this year*. They may patch it up again, but the pattern has been set, and it will shape expectations for the rest of his term.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 11h

dude on his right checking for the exit door lol

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

It wasn’t a typo.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

Honestly hard to guess whether this wire flash is a joke, a typo or a direct quote. 🤡

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 12h

TRUMP: WE THINK OIL WILL BE UNDER $2 PER GALLON SOON

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

Trump treats strategic uncertainty “as if it were a lever: increase unpredictability, and your opponent backs down. ..

“.. It draws from an incomplete version of brinkmanship—one that omits the crucial role of credible signaling, commitment mechanisms, and reputation.”

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"Strategic Uncertainty" Isn't Strategy

Game Theory Lessons for Trump’s 2025 Tariff Doctrine

www.emerging-strategy.com

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 12h

New: The WGAE, which represents some parts of CBS News including its social team, sent a note to members today advising its members not to respond to Weiss’ request for an email by next week. The union also said it asked CBS for more information about Weiss’ request.

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 12h

About your Trump and Melania crypto. Well a spot of bother.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

More tariff policy evolution — via one man’s whim.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Klobuchar on Trump's failed DM to Bondi: "How many other secret messages are there out there where he told her to do things?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“Is this the start of a Liberation Day Two?”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

“.. Frank Miranda, 46, filmed ICE agents confronting him before work on Oct. 2, demanding that he answer questions about where he was born. When he refused, agents threatened him with a dog ..”

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 14h

Billionaire Peter Thiel believes Greta Thunberg works for the Antichrist.

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