Jason Briggeman
@jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com
Economics professor at Austin Community College. Associate editor for Liberal Currents. briggeman.org
"What's today's scandal?"
"Perfidy."
"Well, sure, but, specifically?"
"Perfidy."
"Well, sure, but, specifically?"
January 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
"What's today's scandal?"
"Perfidy."
"Well, sure, but, specifically?"
"Perfidy."
"Well, sure, but, specifically?"
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In a newly published paper, we find that in 2025 human emissions of greenhouse gases added around 23 billion trillion joules of heat to the world's oceans – 39 times as much as the annual energy produced by all human activity on Earth. link.springer.com/ar...
January 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
In a newly published paper, we find that in 2025 human emissions of greenhouse gases added around 23 billion trillion joules of heat to the world's oceans – 39 times as much as the annual energy produced by all human activity on Earth. link.springer.com/ar...
Seems that @liberalcurrents.com didn't get its three podcast episodes judiciously studying the Venezuela war (?) up quickly enough, as that whole thing was nine days ago. Many new realities have been created since
January 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Seems that @liberalcurrents.com didn't get its three podcast episodes judiciously studying the Venezuela war (?) up quickly enough, as that whole thing was nine days ago. Many new realities have been created since
It's as if the predicted profits of the largest companies are not the same thing as the future economic well-being of the country, and as if investors do not only make decisions on the basis of predicted profits, and also as if no one can predict the future of profits or economies. Looking into it
January 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
It's as if the predicted profits of the largest companies are not the same thing as the future economic well-being of the country, and as if investors do not only make decisions on the basis of predicted profits, and also as if no one can predict the future of profits or economies. Looking into it
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first they came for the...
take a stand before you're the target is a good takeaway
take a stand before you're the target is a good takeaway
Early 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally shut down the CFPB, the newest member of the Federal Reserve system. Jay Powell says nothing.
Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.
2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.
2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
first they came for the...
take a stand before you're the target is a good takeaway
take a stand before you're the target is a good takeaway
The response has to be serious, but the skeets needn't be!
With Trump going full authoritarian on Venezuela-Greenland, ICE, and the Fed, the response has to be serious. Four Republican senators (Tillis, McConnell, Murkowski, Collins?) could announce they’ll caucus for now with the Dems to give them control of the Senate to check Trump.
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
The response has to be serious, but the skeets needn't be!
Maybe John Roberts, not Jay Powell, should go.
Unfortunately for Powell, the Roberts Supreme Court specifically ruled that the president cannot be legally accused of making a bad-faith, pretextual prosecution, but is “absolutely immune” from any questioning of his motives for investigating or prosecuting whoever he chooses
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Maybe John Roberts, not Jay Powell, should go.
Me when I opened Bluesky to this Fed post at the top of my feed www.tiktok.com/@espn/video/...
January 12, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Me when I opened Bluesky to this Fed post at the top of my feed www.tiktok.com/@espn/video/...
Maybe Donald Trump, not Jay Powell, should go.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Maybe Donald Trump, not Jay Powell, should go.
What goes through my mind when I see someone on here not calling it X
January 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
What goes through my mind when I see someone on here not calling it X
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There have just been a string of better funded and more connected publications that launched years after us with a similar sounding mission statement but completely bland output. How about helping the real thing supplant them all? www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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January 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
There have just been a string of better funded and more connected publications that launched years after us with a similar sounding mission statement but completely bland output. How about helping the real thing supplant them all? www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
literally showed Jover smirking on the sideline
Set piece again ole oleeeeeee
January 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
literally showed Jover smirking on the sideline
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The worst part about a Greenland invasion would be Trump misunderstanding an intelligence report about the Danish holding Nuuk and starting something that leaves half the planet uninhabitable.
the worst part about a Greenland invasion would be JD Vance saying "has Europe said thank you yet?"
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The worst part about a Greenland invasion would be Trump misunderstanding an intelligence report about the Danish holding Nuuk and starting something that leaves half the planet uninhabitable.
If you're going to be 8-31, at least triumph in your heated rivalry
January 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
If you're going to be 8-31, at least triumph in your heated rivalry
Absolutely wild no-call, cannot believe it
Pascal Siakam stripped in the lane with some contact. No foul called and the Heat score on the other end. Slow mo replay looks impressive for Norm Powell, but definitely contact and Pacers call timeout to share dismay. They're still up 55-39.
January 11, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Absolutely wild no-call, cannot believe it
Ridiculous. Frank has lifted Spurs three full places from last season. He even has them safely clear of any relegation threat. Building steadily toward respectability
Clock is ticking for Frank at Spurs, with dwindling evidence he deserves extra time
After crashing out of the FA Cup vs. Aston Villa, Tottenham coach Thomas Frank's future could soon be hanging by a thread.
www.espn.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Ridiculous. Frank has lifted Spurs three full places from last season. He even has them safely clear of any relegation threat. Building steadily toward respectability
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I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Not trying to start a Belichick/Brady thing, but the level of explanation needed for what's happening is that IU not only landed a miracle-working coach but also a generational quarterback at the same time
January 10, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Not trying to start a Belichick/Brady thing, but the level of explanation needed for what's happening is that IU not only landed a miracle-working coach but also a generational quarterback at the same time
The announcer just said it must be disappointing for Oregon to end the season getting blown out by an in-conference opponent. What a weird error to make, I mean Oregon is on the West Coast
January 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM
The announcer just said it must be disappointing for Oregon to end the season getting blown out by an in-conference opponent. What a weird error to make, I mean Oregon is on the West Coast
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"Surely a situation that a reasonable civilian would not find to constitute deadly force is even less likely to be fatal for a police officer. ... But experience tells us that evidence-free handwaving in the direction of ‘split seconds’ is most often all that is needed to keep justice at bay."
Subject the Police Equally to the Law
Because liberalism is often seen, particularly on the left, as enjoying ideological hegemony in the modern United States, there is an assumption that the current police system is a natural outgrowth o...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"Surely a situation that a reasonable civilian would not find to constitute deadly force is even less likely to be fatal for a police officer. ... But experience tells us that evidence-free handwaving in the direction of ‘split seconds’ is most often all that is needed to keep justice at bay."
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10 years ago
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border”
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border”
January 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
10 years ago
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border”
“Border Patrol agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border”
I'm going to admit there's a sort of satisfaction in the Pacers being 7-31 but nobody being able to say anything about it. That's right. You wanna come at us? No I didn't think so
January 9, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I'm going to admit there's a sort of satisfaction in the Pacers being 7-31 but nobody being able to say anything about it. That's right. You wanna come at us? No I didn't think so
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Below are some Americans who were literally and indisputably attacking federal law enforcement.
Renee Good was doing nothing of the kind, but was executed by the US government.
Renee Good was doing nothing of the kind, but was executed by the US government.
I’ll never forget the blackshirts who attacked our Capitol and its honorable police officers, five years ago.
Their mass pardon, as friends and collaborators, is the opposite of Conservative and will endure as a historic atrocity against American ideals.
Their mass pardon, as friends and collaborators, is the opposite of Conservative and will endure as a historic atrocity against American ideals.
January 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Below are some Americans who were literally and indisputably attacking federal law enforcement.
Renee Good was doing nothing of the kind, but was executed by the US government.
Renee Good was doing nothing of the kind, but was executed by the US government.
11.2m ÷ 182.5b = 0.006%, not 0.000006%.
X/Twitter's rough full volume is around 500 total million posts every day, or 182 (and a half) billion posts per year.
By contracts, we found 11.2 million research posts in all of 2025 on there.
In other words, 0.000006% of Twitter appears to be sharing research. Basically zero.
By contracts, we found 11.2 million research posts in all of 2025 on there.
In other words, 0.000006% of Twitter appears to be sharing research. Basically zero.
January 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
11.2m ÷ 182.5b = 0.006%, not 0.000006%.