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Secretariat Girl

@secretariatgirl.bsky.social

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At the start of alt media w/ Buzzflash- contributor/columnist 2000-2008 (Media Watch, World Media Watch); Fmr. Gallup Study Director (before its sale) and market research analyst ; public/school librarian-media design specialist; piano tuner; mechanic

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 1h

And don't forget the crypto guys.
When you see ads on YouTube with housewives talking about how wonderful crypto is and cattle traders crowing about how they can do trades at 2:00 AM even though the money goes to the bank and they can't get hold of the $$ until whenever that opens.... oh, boy!

Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, so much "borrowed" money fueling this mess!

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Sanpaku @sanpaku.bsky.social · 2h

It's the leverage they're employing, from margin debt to leveraged ETFs to zero-day options that worry me. Seeking lottery-like gains, and I expect they'll experience lottery like returns: a few winners, but many losing all.

A chart of the percent of SPX option volume that is zero days to expiry, 2018-2025

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 3h

Why do I always feel the urge to slap Vance and Johnson in their smug, smarmy faces?🤔

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4h

Portland, OR, 2025

Protester in frog costume stands in front of tank (meme of Tiananmen Square “Tank Man”)

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 3h

Timeless

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 1d

Howling Wolf, Southern Siberia, c. 500-200 BCE, wood with shell inlays, 11.1 x 3.3 x 5.9 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 3h

Trump will wreck it.

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 3h

Have a nice day...,,/s. youtu.be/PJlec0mTAIA?...

South Carolina mass shooting: 4 dead, 20 hurt

YouTube video by LiveNOW from FOX

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 3h

Have a nice day...,,/s. youtu.be/PJlec0mTAIA?...

South Carolina mass shooting: 4 dead, 20 hurt

YouTube video by LiveNOW from FOX

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 3h

Even scarier is that 3rd in line is smarmy worm Mike Johnson.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 3h

Cliffhanger in the ongoing TV show
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China BURNS Trump in tariff war

YouTube video by Chris Norlund

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 3h

Cliffhanger in the ongoing TV show
youtu.be/FJ7953L-y9c?...

China BURNS Trump in tariff war

YouTube video by Chris Norlund

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 3h

Where's the in-depth story about how we no longer have any kind of supervision or regulations regarding worker safety, food safety or anything safety?

Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 4h

What a quaint thought

Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 4h

Good old Greg Palast. Unfortunately invisible to most people on YouTube.

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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 As @hartmannreport.com warns, the end of democracy in America won’t roll in on tanks, it will come “packaged as entertainment.”

And it won't “announce its departure with trumpets. It slips away in silence, one institution at a time.”

gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/the-whoppe...

The Whopper-in-Chief and the Real Threat to Our Democracy

Watch now | Don’t read Thom Hartmann’s new book, The Last American President, twice, as I have. It’s not just the nightmares it induces; it’s the fact that you’ll wake up to the nightmare that is our ...

gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 4h

I think Lindsey Graham has crossed the line into utter depravity.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

WELKER: Do you think it's appropriate for Trump to direct his attorney general to indict whoever he says?

LINDSEY GRAHAM: I think it's appropriate for Comey to answer for his conduct. I think our DOJ in the hands of Biden crossed every line

W: Biden never publicly called for Trump to be indicted

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 4h

This ,of course, can end very badly. "Investing" in a bubble with no real knowledge of markets or in 401k mutual funds with so many fees that suddenly they don't get as much as they think they're going to get especially if there's a market drop just before they retire, etc.

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.bsky.social · 4h

‘37% of 25-year-olds used investment accounts in 2024, up from 6% of the age group in 2015. A sixfold increase in the number of young people investing in the stock market over the past decade suggests a shift in the way they think about building wealth.‘ www.wsj.com/personal-fin...

Where Have All the Young Home Buyers Gone? Check the Stock Market

The rent vs. buy debate has taken on new meaning for Gen Z thanks to soaring share prices and more investment options.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 4h

Trump sits at the top of our government with JD Vance next in line and then that worm Mike Johnson next in line. It's crazy. The top three positions in our country's administration are occupied by smarmy, smug, fake Christan lying con-artist weasels all lined up to continue screwing up the country.

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Secretariat Girl @secretariatgirl.bsky.social · 4h

There's a "mention" by Boeing about a problem with oil and smoke that gets into the cockpit So whatever this is there's something on the Max that was downplayed to the extent that many pilots didn't know.that has been exposed on a YT channel I follow, a German pilot (Mentour).
I'll double check it