@marktl.bsky.social
"The object of economics is welfare. We are trying organize production and distribution of goods and services in whatever manner would make human beings "better off"."
She was a good person.
This profile about Melissa Hortman starts with an anecdote about a 3-hour detour to explore MI's $.10 deposit program.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
She was a good person.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Rep. Beatty is on the Kennedy Center’s board and says she was not allowed to speak out against renaming it.
Also, coincidentally, she has over 67,000 followers on X, yet almost no views on any of her posts.
Also, coincidentally, she has over 67,000 followers on X, yet almost no views on any of her posts.
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
this is the best i have seen.
December 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
this is the best i have seen.
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LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
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It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
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This is horrible. Trump and his crew shut down USAID, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and they had no idea what they were doing or what would be the consequences. Completely immoral.
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
December 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is horrible. Trump and his crew shut down USAID, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and they had no idea what they were doing or what would be the consequences. Completely immoral.
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
its part of the GOP health plan
it goes into escrow for future health procedures.
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
its part of the GOP health plan
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Something that might have flown under your radar: How the President’s memo on domestic terrorism, also known as NSPM-7, could allow him to target Americans.
youtube.com/shorts/68CxW...
youtube.com/shorts/68CxW...
How can the President go after citizens?
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
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December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Something that might have flown under your radar: How the President’s memo on domestic terrorism, also known as NSPM-7, could allow him to target Americans.
youtube.com/shorts/68CxW...
youtube.com/shorts/68CxW...
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Analysis: President Trump is coming up on a full year in office for his second term. Polls regularly show that a majority of the country disapproves of his presidency and most of his major policies.
Analysis | What the end of Trump’s first year looks like
Prices and deportations are going up, while polls regularly show a majority disapproves of his presidency and that most of his major policies are unpopular.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Analysis: President Trump is coming up on a full year in office for his second term. Polls regularly show that a majority of the country disapproves of his presidency and most of his major policies.
was “to instill fear that their finances were a mess, that their advisers and even family members were inept or exploiting them and that only one man had the wherewithal to save them.”
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
was “to instill fear that their finances were a mess, that their advisers and even family members were inept or exploiting them and that only one man had the wherewithal to save them.”
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What do you call it when a foreign power’s agents target and damage your transportation infrastructure, drinking water and food safety?
December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What do you call it when a foreign power’s agents target and damage your transportation infrastructure, drinking water and food safety?
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
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Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the shooters, was shot twice by the second gunman who was positioned on a nearby bridge. thenightly.com.au/australia/ns...
Bondi hero who tackled shooter suffered two gunshot wounds
The hero who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters has been identified as a father-of-two.
thenightly.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the shooters, was shot twice by the second gunman who was positioned on a nearby bridge. thenightly.com.au/australia/ns...
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This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
While depleting our universities of research funding;
“The Energy Department under President Trump had discouraged U.S. scientists from attending, three researchers told The Times”
“The Energy Department under President Trump had discouraged U.S. scientists from attending, three researchers told The Times”
Clean, Limitless Energy Exists. China Is Going Big in the Race to Harness It.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
While depleting our universities of research funding;
“The Energy Department under President Trump had discouraged U.S. scientists from attending, three researchers told The Times”
“The Energy Department under President Trump had discouraged U.S. scientists from attending, three researchers told The Times”
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“I don’t know about you, but if a country I wanted to visit was asking for all that information—while at the same time ramping up hostile mass surveillance and grabbing innocent people off the street without due process—I would think twice about visiting.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
Come to Trump's America...If You Dare
The Trump regime is pushing a paranoid new policy that will further discourage international travelers. The reputation of America's aggression is growing.
www.americaamerica.news
December 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
“I don’t know about you, but if a country I wanted to visit was asking for all that information—while at the same time ramping up hostile mass surveillance and grabbing innocent people off the street without due process—I would think twice about visiting.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
This entire article is positive about Trump Gold Cards. It contains positive quotes about it from Trump, Lutnick and a CEO. It contains no quotes from the many critics of the program. This is sandwiched between 6 posts about Erika Kirk. CBS is lost.
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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lol AI walker photo hits the top of Reddit. I hope he sees it.
![r/topofreddit 2h ago topredditbot
Trump using a walker after he signed an executive order banning states from regulating Al [r/pics by u/Rex-In-Effect]
Photo shows Trump walking down the hallway using a walker. It’s fake.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gy3v7opwo3bfoa7dojkfhvp/bafkreicghra3mbvshy4y4i6yo3fvvamshfreq6tjusxrwzs7p3ljyzrr5a@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
lol AI walker photo hits the top of Reddit. I hope he sees it.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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Trump threatened to pull the state's federal funding, he sent Vance there multiple times, his allies (including his son) are currently threatening to oust all the Republicans who rebuked him, and he's already sicced his goons on these lawmakers, bringing them countless death threats. But ok.
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort.
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
December 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Trump threatened to pull the state's federal funding, he sent Vance there multiple times, his allies (including his son) are currently threatening to oust all the Republicans who rebuked him, and he's already sicced his goons on these lawmakers, bringing them countless death threats. But ok.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Where is the concept of a plan for these?
“If we fail to pass legislation that permanently secures the border, addresses the affordability crisis, improves health care and restores law and order, “
“If we fail to pass legislation that permanently secures the border, addresses the affordability crisis, improves health care and restores law and order, “
Opinion | Nancy Mace: What’s the Point of Congress?
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Where is the concept of a plan for these?
“If we fail to pass legislation that permanently secures the border, addresses the affordability crisis, improves health care and restores law and order, “
“If we fail to pass legislation that permanently secures the border, addresses the affordability crisis, improves health care and restores law and order, “
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM