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Michael Pachter

@michaelpachter.bsky.social

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Proud to be woke because I care about social justice. Paying taxes is a high class problem. Vote because you care about others and recognize that other people can do well and make society better

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · Nov 13

I broke down and joined here. Looking forward to carrying on the good fight

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 20h

Trump babbling incoherently virtually every day. Medicaid getting cut, tax credits for healthcare expiring at year end, insurance premiums for poor people doubling or tripling. Interest rates remain stubbornly high. The country headed for recession.

Republicans control EVERYTHING.

Remember that

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 20h

Beef, coffee at all time high prices. Farmers with no markets. Tariffs driving up costs on everything. Masked secret police abducting people, pepper spraying priests. Republicans refuse to come back from vacation to end the shutdown. Trump firing thousands and giving $40 billion to Argentina /1

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 23h

Waiting for Mike Johnson to blame Democrats for the $40 BILLION we are giving to Argentina

Also, release the Epstein files

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 23h

Everyone knows the party in control can pass whatever they wish. They are keeping government closed to provide cover for Epstein and for layoffs

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 1d

Groceries are more expensive than they were a year ago

Meanwhile, the House remains on vacation for its third week

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 1d

Make Argentina Great Again

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

No money for healthcare, no money for veterans, no money for farmers. But good news: Trump just doubled Argentina’s bailout to $40 billion.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

No money for healthcare, no money for veterans, no money for farmers. But good news: Trump just doubled Argentina’s bailout to $40 billion.

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, it’s Democrats’ fault that the Republicans are illegally firing people during the shutdown, said no sane person ever

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

The federal court order came as White House Director of Budget Management Russell Vought vowed to slash 10,000 jobs.

Trump Blow as Judge Blocks Grim Reaper’s Shutdown Jobs Cull

The federal court order came as White House Director of Budget Management Russell Vought vowed to slash 10,000 jobs.

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 1d

As the shutdown drags on past two weeks, remember that the Republican-controlled Congress passed the Big Ugly Bill with ZERO Democrat votes

The same 🤡 in charge of Congress and the White House are keeping government closed and think you’re so stupid, you believe they need Democrat votes. They don’t

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been “recognized” only once in 18 years

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Pop-Pop @dcdiversity1.bsky.social · 2d

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 1d

For those of you not keeping score at home, soon to be Rep Grijalva is the 218th vote for a discharge petition to release the Epstein files. The house has 435 members, so 218 is a majority

Now, every second Johnson keeps Congress out of session is intended to delay the release

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 1d

There’s still time to buy full-sized candy bars for Halloween. BE THAT HOUSE if you can afford to be. Guaranteed entry to heaven

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 1d

I moved here in 2007 and had 200 the first year and ran out at 8 pm. Then 400 (8:30) and 600 most years. Last year, 720 and we had 20 left over at 9:30. Gambling that 696 is enough

Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect comparison. We will eat Mac and Cheese for a couple of days

Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 2d

Same, but no driveway and 696 full sized candy bars

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

Prepping for Halloween. We never get any kids at the house (because we live out of town at the end of a long driveway) but kids show up at the church for trick or treat, so we'll be ready. And indeed we are the Full-Sized Candy Bar People because we can be, and if you can, why wouldn't you.

Boxes of candy bars, M&Ms, Skittles, and Starbursts

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 2d

She was up at Honolulu airport today with the volume off

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 2d

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SIFTD @siftd.bsky.social · 3d

Why did Xbox increase the price of Game Pass again? Is Microsoft trying to get out of Game Pass and sell its games again? Is it exiting the platform business altogether? Pachter Factor Live Ep. 50 with @michaelpachter.bsky.social is NOW FREE on YouTube!
#GamePass #Finance
youtu.be/Y2-5VGbjVrk

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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 3d

Over the weekend, someone asked me what I was going to write about the impending hostage release. After 738 days, I answered, “I’ll believe it when I see it.” Now that I’m seeing it, I can only think of one word to say: Shalom.

managingeditor.substack.com/p/shalom

Shalom

The Hostages Come Home

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 4d

Saint Peter doesn’t take Trump coin.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4d

President Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One that he doesn’t think he’s going to get into heaven.

“I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven.”

(I isolated Trump’s voice)

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 4d

They call this the salsa before the TACO

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 4d

This twat won by 11,000 votes out of 400,000 cast. Time for new representation

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 4d

MAGA Rep. Derrick Van Orden has vented his deep disappointment at Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize snub with a passionate rant against the institution.

MAGA Goon Declares Nobel Peace Prize Doesn’t Deserve Trump

An emotional Derrick Van Orden declared that the only reason Trump didn’t win the peace prize is because he’s not a “globalist” or a “fancy guy.”

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Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social · 4d

It’s not that hard to understand that illegal immigrants who come to the US for a better life frequently end up working low wage farm jobs. Cheap labor keeps food prices low and the lack of cheap labor will drive prices higher. That, in turn, spikes inflation
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Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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