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Jim Joneson

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Moderate fiscal conservative, leans classically liberal. NOT. IN. MY. NAME.

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Jim Joneson @jonesonjim.bsky.social · May 5

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. They’re allowed to take only a knapsack and a little cash with them, and even then, they’re robbed of these possessions on the way...

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Jim Joneson @jonesonjim.bsky.social · 3h

I wanna know - I mean *of course* Trump and his cronies are patriots (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) - but if we'd elected an administration that truly *hated* this country and wanted to speed it's demise - what *precisely* would they be doing differently?

Jim Joneson @jonesonjim.bsky.social · 4h

We are being looted, folks:

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

Imagine that

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

Imagine that

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

Highest long-term inflation expectations in 18 months. (March 2024)

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 4d

NY FED: SEPTEMBER ONE-YEAR AHEAD EXPECTED INFLATION 3.4% VS. AUGUST’S 3.2% NY FED: SEPTEMBER THREE-YEAR AHEAD EXPECTED INFLATION UNCHANGED AT 3% NY FED: SEPTEMBER FIVE-YEAR AHEAD EXPECTED INFLATION 3% VS. AUGUST’S 2.9%

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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 2d

What if stock market gains were measured in gold instead of dollars?
As John Authers notes, “Denominate U.S. stocks in gold rather than dollars, and they’ve been in decline since the dot-com bubble burst 25 years ago. Stocks elsewhere have done even worse.”
#stocks #gold #markets #investors

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

So crude is down, stocks are down, bonds are tumbling and.... Bessent and Trump are bailing out Argentina with $20 billion and buying up Argentine pesos.

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Gina @cissybgood67.bsky.social · 17h

It keeps happening because no one who CAN stop it will get off their ass & DO it. And I am sick AF of it. 😡

US citizen #detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says

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US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says

A U.S. citizen in Portland, Oregon, was detained by plainclothes officers and held at the city's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building for hours before being released, according to his att...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h

Not today, Satan‼️

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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 13h

CapricornOne @rdm23.bsky.social · 21h

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · 15h

Argentina got $20 billion this week.

the Argentinian public healthcare system is free for residents and tourists, funded through taxes.

America First, though, amirite??