Thomas Masterson

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Senior Scholar and Director of Graduate Programs at Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

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Caroline Shenaz Hossein, AKA #theDougla 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 @carolinehossein.bsky.social · 1d

Happy US Thanksgiving! Lets give thanks to #cooperators and #ROSCA women everywhere. Join me on #everythingcoop with Vernon Oakes.
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Caroline Shenaz Hossein discusses The Banker Ladies, and the Future of Solidarity Economies - Everything Co-op Podcast & Radio Show

The Thanksgiving edition of Everything Co-op will feature Caroline Shenaz Hossein. Dr. Hossein is a leading global scholar on solidarity economies, cooperative finance, and the economic contributions ...

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 1d

What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?

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Levy Institute @levyecon.bsky.social · 1d

Interested in studying economics in a program that goes against the mainstream grain while shaping the economics of the future?

Join us on Dec 5 at 12 PM EST for an information session on Levy Institute Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.

But this one...

Mark Kelly tweet, showing his medals on a dress uniform, reading:

When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space shuttle flights at NASA, and every day since I retired – which I did after my wife Gabby was shot in the head while serving her constituents.

In combat, I had a missile blow up next to my jet and flew through anti-aircraft fire to drop bombs on enemy targets. At NASA, I launched on a rocket, commanded the space shuttle, and was part of the recovery mission that brought home the bodies of my astronaut classmates who died on Columbia. I did all of this in service to this country that I love and has given me so much.

Secretary Hegseth’s tweet is the first I heard of this. I also saw the President’s posts saying I should be arrested, hanged, and put to death.

If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution.

Thomas Masterson @thomasmasterson.bsky.social · 1d

Last saw him a few years back (in the before-times) at Boston House of Blues. Still hitting the high notes in Many Rivers to Cross.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1d

He, simply, was The Greatest. Lots of sad and broken hearts, today. There’s not time or space enough in this universe to thank you, Jimmy. Walk Good. 💫🕊️💔

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Jimmy Cliff: "Bongo Man/Rivers of Babylon" (Opening Song), Live at the Fillmore

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 1d

Remember Andrew Wakefield?
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.

Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.

Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.

Thomas Masterson @thomasmasterson.bsky.social · 3d

After careful consideration I am confident that I can in fact think of a lot of things that are more punk rock than mopping floors

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes

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Levy Institute @levyecon.bsky.social · 4d

The Institute was pleased to host our inaugural Capitol Hill Series event in Washington this week. We heard from leading scholars discussing the independence of the Federal Reserve.

Moderated by @senojerialc.bsky.social (Financial Times)

Stay tuned for the video proceedings.

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Soumya Mishra @soumyamishra.bsky.social · 4d

@surbhikesar.bsky.social and @rosaabraham.bsky.social analyse high frequency panel data on transitions in India’s labour market. Rather than trends to formalisation, they find the main transitions are between different forms of informal work. sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 8/

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 6d

Congresswoman Crockett’s Statement on Federal Court Blocking Texas’ Discriminatory Congressional Maps

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 7d

Someone should write a Moynihan report on our elite class, explaining that their problems are not socioeconomic but the product of a pathological ghetto culture.

Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.

By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation

Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 8d

In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."

I chose Larry Summers.

Better late than never.

Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8d

"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 8d

The House has reached 218 signers on the discharge petition to force a vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act, which would restore collective bargaining rights for over 1 million federal workers

WASHINGTON – The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) applauds today’s historic bipartisan achievement as 218 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a discharge petition to compel a vote on the Protect America’s Workforce Act, the bipartisan Golden-Fitzpatrick legislation restoring collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million federal workers.
Earlier today, Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) provided the decisive signatures #217 and #218 to complete the discharge petition effort which launched in June.

Reaching the 218-signature threshold ensures the bill will advance despite procedural roadblocks and reflects a rare and powerful moment of bipartisan unity in defense of the nonpartisan civil service.

“An independent, apolitical civil service is one of the bedrocks of American democracy,” said AFGE National President Everett Kelley. “Today, lawmakers stood up together to defend that principle and to affirm that federal workers must retain their right to collective bargaining. This is what leadership looks like.”

AFGE extends its deep appreciation to every Democratic and Republican member of Congress who signed the petition and demonstrated the courage to safeguard the rights of federal workers who protect our nation, care for veterans, process Social Security benefits, secure our borders, respond to disasters, and keep the government running for the American people.

The union also recognizes the bipartisan Senate champions who introduced the companion Protect America’s Workforce Act earlier today, reaffirming broad congressional support for protecting union rights and ensuring continuity in government services.

“Federal workers do their jobs every day without regard to politics. Today’s action honors that commitment,” Kelley said. “AFGE will continue fighting until these essential rights are fully restored, including by fighting to retain Section 1110 of the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act.”

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 8d

@warren.senate.gov Harvard should sever ties with Larry Summers, putting new pressure on the school to hold Summers accountable for his intimate friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Summer "cannot be trusted" to teach students, she says:

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Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren calls on Harvard to sever ties with Larry Summers after new Jeffrey Epstein emails | CNN Politics

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Harvard University should sever ties with Larry Summers, the school’s ex-president and one of its most prominent faculty – putting new pressure on the elite university to ho...

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lajie.bsky.social @lajie.bsky.social · 8d

Is Larry Summers Ruining the Workplace? Yes
- By Elizabeth Warren

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 8d

Whatever Trump and Epstein did with those girls is fair game, as long as they told them that Santa Claus is white.

by Megyn Kelly

Thomas Masterson @thomasmasterson.bsky.social · 8d

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New York Times Reports on Bard College’s Efforts to Free Ali Faqirzada ’28

When Bard Baccalaureate student and Afghan asylum seeker Ali Faqirzada ’28 was detained on October 14 after a routine hearing in New York, officials from Bard College and the Episcopal Diocese mobiliz...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8d

The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.

Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, issued a statement saying that I was lying about the circumstances leading up to my firing. Then I was invited by the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee to testify in front of Congress. The administration sent armed U.S. Marshals to my home to deliver a letter warning me about testifying. A career employee who was still at the department helped me get it called off before they got to my house, where my teenager was home alone. I felt the purpose was to intimidate me. And I think it was intended to send a message to other department employees, too, who might be thinking about speaking up.

I needed a lawyer. I spent the entire weekend calling all of the lawyers that I know at law firms around D.C. Everybody I talked to was saying: “Thank you so much for what you’re doing. We’ll do whatever we can behind the scenes to support you.” But nobody actually wanted to sit behind me at a congressional hearing. Nobody wanted to put their name on a letter to Todd Blanche.

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Florida Phoenix @floridaphoenix.com · 8d

Young people are not empty vessels to be filled up with what Florida’s governor calls ‘ideological stuff.’ Not Marxism, not conservatism, not gender ideology, not historical propaganda. They do not live in a bubble where everyone is white, Christian, and straight. floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/17/d...

Don't worry about indoctrinating college students. It's not possible. • Florida Phoenix

New College of Florida is on its intellectual deathbed. Once an authority-challenging, free-thinking institution for students passionate about learning, a place where difference was celebrated and cre...

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 9d

Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.

Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 9d

I mean

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 9d

Scott Bessent is right. And it’s not just cattle they're bringing. Look at all the chupacabras and Minhocãos running around, not to mention the Nahuelitos fucking up our lakes. But don’t worry. When they give the super soldier serum to Billy Ray Cyrus he’ll Achy Breaky them back where they belong!

Scott Bessent claims that the reason beef prices are high is because immigrants from South America are bringing their cattle with them and they are infected with diseases.

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 9d

Daily beatings. Sexual abuse. Denial of food and water. Isolation from the outside world.

Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador for four months describe the torture they suffered after being forcibly removed from the U.S.