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Matt Bodie

@matthewtbodie.bsky.social

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Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · 3d

Cruztiplicity

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Collin Pearsall @cpearsall242.bsky.social · 5d

Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.

Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · 5d

What does “in a nice deal” represent?

Reposted by Matthew Bodie

Brian Galle @bdgesq.bsky.social · 5d

Surprise! The Bezos Post doesn't like taxing billionaires.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Readers, do I need to point you to the real facts on taxpayer mobility? OK, one more time: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Opinion | California’s wealth-tax test

Have voters finally found a policy that the state’s inherent economic strengths can’t overcome?

www.washingtonpost.com

Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · 6d

More context from Balls & Strikes in 2023

Federal Judges Shouldn’t Be Polite to Unserious Hacks

Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry Smith issued a fake majority opinion in a recent death penalty case. Other judges should be blasting him for it.

ballsandstrikes.org

Reposted by Matthew Bodie

Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 7d

@matthewtbodie.bsky.social was quoted by @marketwatch.com regarding a strike that began last week of Starbucks Workers United union that’s demanding better pay and improved staffing. The union said the strike began with 65 stores across more than 42 cities. z.umn.edu/avww

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 12d

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · 15d

Getting these vibes

www.bbc.com/news/busines...

Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · 16d

Literally

Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · 16d

The Trump Administration’s disregard of the law and bad-faith interpretations of its doctrines have been particularly radicalizing for lawyers—especially those who have believed in the rule of law as a higher principle above politics.

Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social · 16d

Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · 17d

"The night Vincent was shot he saw it coming."

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18d

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

Reposted by Matthew Bodie

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 18d

Tender Is the Right

Careless Donald thought he was the last tycoon,and his party was the biggest Gatsby gaffe since the Redford Flick. Now his only GOP critic is MTG, who's more Daisy Duke than Daisy Buchanan, but soon Pete won't be one drinking like F. Scott Fitzgerald.

by Maureen Dowd

Reposted by Matthew Bodie

Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 18d

$TSLA stockholders voting to incentivize Elon Musk into causing a black swan when he needs little incentive to do things that tend to tilt the world that way

"Covered Event" means an event, circumstance, change or occurrence
Deemed Achievement
Based on Covered outside of Tesla's control that, individually or in the aggregate, has a
Event substantial adverse impact on Tesla's ability to achieve a Product Goal
other than "20 Million Tesla Vehicles Delivered" at any time prior to the
10th anniversary of the 2025 CEO Performance Award.
If there is a Covered Event after the third anniversary of the 2025 CEO
Performance Award, then an award tranche shall be eligible to become
Earned Shares (as defined above) (a "Deemed Achievement") if (i) 30-
Day Market Capitalization, Six-Month Market Capitalization and one
year trailing average (based on trading days) market capitalization
(the "One-Year Market Capitalization") of Tesla equal or exceed the
value of the corresponding Market Capitalization Milestone and
(ii) Mr. Musk is still in Eligible Service as of the date of determination,
subject to satisfying the CEO Succession Framework requirement for
the 11th and 12th tranches (as defined below).

Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · 19d

A ULP strike is an unfair labor practice strike—it’s a protest against the dozens of violations of federal law that the union and workers have alleged and the NLRB has ruled to be true.

Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 20d

BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.

If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.

Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract

Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.

www.cbsnews.com

Reposted by Matthew Bodie, Karen O’Leary, Brian Jm Quinn

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 19d

Maths...

If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.

If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.

Tax the rich.

Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Matthew Bodie

Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 20d

Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract

Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.

www.cbsnews.com

Reposted by Matthew Bodie

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 20d

i keep bitching about this but i ran a version of this on Friday without being patronizing or sounding like a boomer but now the NYT version is the one that keeps getting shared

Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People

“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”

www.teenvogue.com

Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · 20d

Identity theft

Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 20d

"Musk personally oversaw the design of a racy chatbot called Ani, an animated character with blonde pigtails and revealing outfits. Employees were compelled to turn over their biometric data to train avatars like Ani." www.wsj.com/tech/musk-te...

Tesla Is Obsessed With Musk’s Pay Package. Musk Is Obsessed With AI.

Musk’s focus on winning the artificial-intelligence arms race leads to long hours at xAI. Employees were compelled to turn over biometric data to develop controversial avatars.

www.wsj.com

Reposted by Matthew Bodie

Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 20d

Tesla Is Obsessed With Musk’s Pay Package. Musk Is Obsessed With AI.

Musk’s focus on winning the artificial-intelligence arms race leads to long hours at xAI. Employees were compelled to turn over biometric data to develop controversial avatars.

www.wsj.com

Reposted by Matthew Bodie

Matt Largey @mattlargey.bsky.social · 20d

You gotta wonder if Texas Republicans are looking at their new congressional map and wondering if they made a huge mistake.

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Matthew Bodie

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21d

Oh — the situation has escalated.

Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.

"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...

Reposted by Matthew Bodie

Gabriel Winant @gabrielwinant.bsky.social · 22d

More rigorous and clear than my initial entry

LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 22d

Today, Matthew Dimick argues that while antitrust may promise to tame corporate power, it leaves untouched the deeper logic of capitalism that compels production for profit’s sake.

The latest in our mini-series on Marxism and Antitrust.

Marx, Antitrust, and the Logic of Capital

Antitrust may promise to tame corporate power, but it leaves untouched the deeper logic of capitalism that compels production for profit's sake. In this sense, antitrust is not voluntarist enough…

lpeproject.org

Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · 26d

The obstacle:
“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice”

The Economist @economist.com · 26d

There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles

Trump 2028

There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles

econ.st

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Rebecca Tushnet, Matthew Bodie

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 26d

Most likely don’t have this on the Election Day radar, but felony disenfranchisement is on the ballot next week in Virginia, an unusually harsh state for denying voting rights to people with criminal records. Major reform may be coming there, and Tuesday is pivotal.

Here’s what you need to know:

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The Economist @economist.com · 26d

There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles

Trump 2028

There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles

econ.st

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29d

Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…

The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..

Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · Oct 26

Dems’ dilemma:

Matt Bodie @matthewtbodie.bsky.social · Oct 26

This quote really has the potential to reframe how average Americans view the concept of “farmer.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 26

Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."

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