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BA Economics, MBA, CRE Finance (u/w, due diligence, CMBS) Advocate for EBM & Vaccines, Interests: Finance, Law, Economics,
I am using Bluesky to document for myself the disturbing govt and economic trends of 2025.
I am using Bluesky to document for myself the disturbing govt and economic trends of 2025.
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This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
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Trump's ICE thugs are targeting veterans of the U.S. armed forces who lack citizenship.
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Trump's ICE thugs are targeting veterans of the U.S. armed forces who lack citizenship.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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One important result of the Dems' surrender on the shutdown: It is already producing a rebellion from the party's base.
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Cue the rebellion
The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.
www.publicnotice.co
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
One important result of the Dems' surrender on the shutdown: It is already producing a rebellion from the party's base.
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
Which is a good thing! Anger is the most powerful force in politics.
I explore in my latest for Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Draft dodger saying this
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Draft dodger saying this
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HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
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One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
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I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
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Kash Patel did what anybody would do when taking heat for overusing their taxpayer-funded private jet: fly his private jet to Florida for a little break from it all. www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...
Kash Patel’s Private Jet Problem Is Even Worse Than It Looks
This dude can’t stop flying to Nashville.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Kash Patel did what anybody would do when taking heat for overusing their taxpayer-funded private jet: fly his private jet to Florida for a little break from it all. www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...
Truth
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Truth
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Billionaire ballroom builder crypto grifter and Gatsby party thrower Trump dismisses affordability concerns as “a con job by the Dems” and lies that “costs are way down”
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Billionaire ballroom builder crypto grifter and Gatsby party thrower Trump dismisses affordability concerns as “a con job by the Dems” and lies that “costs are way down”
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INGRAHAM: “Your housing director proposed a 50 year mortgage. It has enraged MAGA - a giveaway to the banks.”
OUT OF TOUCH BILLIONAIRE TRUMP: “It’s not even a big deal… You go from 40 to 50.”
INGRAHAM: “It’s 30.”
(Everything is a grift)
OUT OF TOUCH BILLIONAIRE TRUMP: “It’s not even a big deal… You go from 40 to 50.”
INGRAHAM: “It’s 30.”
(Everything is a grift)
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
INGRAHAM: “Your housing director proposed a 50 year mortgage. It has enraged MAGA - a giveaway to the banks.”
OUT OF TOUCH BILLIONAIRE TRUMP: “It’s not even a big deal… You go from 40 to 50.”
INGRAHAM: “It’s 30.”
(Everything is a grift)
OUT OF TOUCH BILLIONAIRE TRUMP: “It’s not even a big deal… You go from 40 to 50.”
INGRAHAM: “It’s 30.”
(Everything is a grift)
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot (HD w/ Lyrics)
YouTube video by Zeezy
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Children are always leaving their jobs, as are seniors, disabled folks, and um people who continue to work for places like Walmart and McDonald’s but can’t afford to feed their families
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Children are always leaving their jobs, as are seniors, disabled folks, and um people who continue to work for places like Walmart and McDonald’s but can’t afford to feed their families
I bet Ilhan knows more about the constitution than Melania
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I bet Ilhan knows more about the constitution than Melania
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Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them. | Fact check
Fact check: Trump’s lying spree about inflation
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them. | Fact check
The founding fathers gave Congress the power of the purse. I’m guessing all those constitutional conservatives are screaming their heads off.
TRUMP: The ones who stayed, I'm sending them a $10,000 bonus
INGRAHAM: Where's that money coming from?
TRUMP: I don't know. I'll get it from someplace.
INGRAHAM: Where's that money coming from?
TRUMP: I don't know. I'll get it from someplace.
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The founding fathers gave Congress the power of the purse. I’m guessing all those constitutional conservatives are screaming their heads off.
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Oh that sounds fun. I’m always looking for *more opportunities to talk to insurance providers.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Oh that sounds fun. I’m always looking for *more opportunities to talk to insurance providers.
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
There is a lesson here about doing boots on the ground due diligence. Companies now are not as willing to fly a team to a location and put them up in a hotel to do the in person due diligence
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There is a lesson here about doing boots on the ground due diligence. Companies now are not as willing to fly a team to a location and put them up in a hotel to do the in person due diligence
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This is such a bizarre talking point; I've thankfully never had to use most of the types of insurance that I have for me and my family
This is a good excuse to share my WSJ letter to the editor explaining that "not filing a claim doesn’t mean you didn’t need insurance" www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
This is a good excuse to share my WSJ letter to the editor explaining that "not filing a claim doesn’t mean you didn’t need insurance" www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is such a bizarre talking point; I've thankfully never had to use most of the types of insurance that I have for me and my family
This is a good excuse to share my WSJ letter to the editor explaining that "not filing a claim doesn’t mean you didn’t need insurance" www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
This is a good excuse to share my WSJ letter to the editor explaining that "not filing a claim doesn’t mean you didn’t need insurance" www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
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“COP will showcase the inroads Beijing’s clean-tech industry has made in Latin America:
Brazil chose Chinese EVs to shuttle attendees, a signal that “the world is moving on, even without US political and technological leadership,” an expert said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Brazil chose Chinese EVs to shuttle attendees, a signal that “the world is moving on, even without US political and technological leadership,” an expert said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Chinese E.V.s Deliver a Message at the Global Climate Summit
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
“COP will showcase the inroads Beijing’s clean-tech industry has made in Latin America:
Brazil chose Chinese EVs to shuttle attendees, a signal that “the world is moving on, even without US political and technological leadership,” an expert said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Brazil chose Chinese EVs to shuttle attendees, a signal that “the world is moving on, even without US political and technological leadership,” an expert said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...