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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 4h

Does this absolute unit have a name

Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 6h

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 5h

I'm in Control Here

YouTube video by TheBayAreaBee

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caitlin @trustpunch.bsky.social · 5h

Wanna feel old? This is the child of the Pepe pin Richard Spencer was wearing when he got punched in the head.

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 8h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 5h

Somehow the left got frogs in the national divorce. Incredible lawyers

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 8h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 13h

You guys should have been reading [checks notes] Liberal Currents, who have been on top of this issue,

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 13h

Thank you for proving once again that being a little wrong is the key to sweet, sweet engagement

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 15h

Isn't this exactly the activity that prediction markets are expected, and even intended, to elicit?

Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 15h

The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 18h

SoftBank: We're in fact not a bank.™

Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 21h

SoftBank, once best known for having lots of money, is seeking a $5b margin loan (on ARM shares!) to invest in OpenAI

A generational all-in bet on AI infrastructure and we are nearing the finance equivalent of turning over couch cushions to find cash to pay for it
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SoftBank in Talks for $5 Billion Margin Loan Backed by Arm Stock

SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to borrow $5 billion from global banks, refilling its coffers at a time Masayoshi Son is accelerating the Japanese investment firm’s bets on artificial intelligence.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

PredictIt market for "Trump wins Nobel Peace Prize?": Yes 5 cents, No 95 cents

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

'Time was, you could post that phrase any hour of the day and get dozens of likes.'

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

impeach Donald Trump

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

In a national divorce you get as much as you can

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 3d

we as liberals don't actually need to cede the idea of military effectiveness to the right. we should point out that these meathead morons are going to lose us a fucking war.

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

They've been told it's wrong and should delete it

Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

No

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

This isn't true, so you should block this person

Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 3d

Every major city in Texas has a higher murder rate than Chicago

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

Incredibly slimy and dishonest, but also... yes?

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

Rough days, but, in a couple weeks the Pacers get to hang a literal 'we beat the Knicks' banner, so, there's that.

Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · Jun 23

One last unique achievement by the Pacers: creating a situation where the purchase of a conference champions t-shirt is actually justifiable

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 2d

Knicks under and Pacers over are perennially the best wagers in the known universe.

3. New York Knicks
Projected wins: 47.2
ESPN BET over/under total: 53.5

4. Indiana Pacers
Projected wins: 45.9
ESPN BET over/under total: 38.5

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 2d

In our Sora era, when whether Portland has stores is a he said-she said

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 2d

If you look at the sheer insanity of what government officials and agencies openly post on XShitter, it becomes abundantly obvious how much the press is complicit. If Dems did even a fraction of this poasting it would be saturated in news coverage.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2d

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 3d

I do believe in the existence of police brutality

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 3d

I'm glad there's at least one Bluesky post documenting that steal

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Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 3d

This is fine.

Tony East @tonyreast.bsky.social · 3d

Pacers reach 50 points in 16:27.

Jason Briggeman @jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com · 3d

It's so over / We're so back

iPacers.com - Derek Kramer @ipacers.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing says the standard is the standard like defending 94-feet in the preseason.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3d

Trump’s nominee to be the Army’s lawyer is confused about the First Amendment.

Independent journalists must be free to report the facts without fear of retaliation.

If we're sending troops to war under false pretenses, Americans have a right to know.

Graphic with Senator Warren asking: Is it consistent with the First Amendment for DOD to revoke a reporter’s press credentials for publishing a story that’s critical of President Trump?

DoD official responds: Yes... If the basis was that the person published information that was not otherwise approved for release by the Department.

Senator Warren Responds: Whoa.

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