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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 23h

When will people realize that immigration enforcement and mass deportations are actually a for-profit industry completely unrelated to public safety?

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 23h

When I went to Portland, I didn't see any fires. I did meet Caesar the No Drama Llama, though.

www.instagram.com/caesarthenod...

Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out that when you make immigrants feel unwelcome, they'll take their skills/talents elsewhere.

The harm this regime is doing to the country will reverberate for generations.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 2d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 2d

If this outrages you, look up "Holloman AFB," the German Air Force has been doing the same thing here for over 30 years.

Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, 9 million people die from hunger-related causes every year. Cool truck, bro.

Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 2d

Who do I contact to get paid? Do I need to fill out a 1099 form?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 2d

"Hello, I'd like to deposit this check."

"You know that's not a real check, right?"

"Sorry... I'd like to deposit this check in honor of Alfred Nobel."

"That's better."

Happy Nobel season, economists!

Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 7d

I mean, I know it's illegal and all, but it's kinda funny that they'd choose the $1 coin. Like, geez, thanks for giving me one more reason to pretend you don't exist.

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 8d

It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 8d

That's not the implication. Most Americans have less than $1000 in the bank for emergencies. The implication is that an undocumented person who has $5k (actually, at least 3x that, because they wouldn't go alone and pay for travel, etc.) is smart enough to know better than to walk into a trap.

Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 8d

So, ICE is going to be at the Super Bowl because of Bad Bunny.

I guess their accelerated training to get boots on the ground didn't involve any training on Game Theory.

If you were an undocumented immigrant that had an extra $5,000 to pay for a Super Bowl ticket, would you go?

#Waste/Fraud/Abuse

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Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 9d

Is this really the world you want to live in? A police state, where you can be abducted in the middle of the night by masked men with no accountability? That's what they're selling. Are you buying?

istanbulshiite.bsky.social @istanbulshiite.bsky.social · 9d

DHS posted a sizzle reel about it.

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Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 13d

I'm sorry for asking, but... why/when did we have Marine snipers in Haiti?

Michael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 13d

Where are the DOGE guys rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse? These are your tax dollars hard at work.

aaron adair @aaroninchicago.bsky.social · 14d

ICE boats trawling the Chicago River. This is the DUMBEST thing I've seen in my entire life. No exaggeration. What's next? Humvees loaded with armed, masked agents patrolling Disney's Main Street U.S.A.?

#Chicago