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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 13h

They cannot stand to be mocked and made fun of. It's our most powerful weapon.

Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 13h

What, me worry?

Stock markets futures at 9pm EDT suggest a rebound tomorrow. Dead cat bounce?

Trump knows he will TACO.

#TACO
#boywhocriedtariffs

Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 20h

There can be no Edward R. Murrows in the absence of full editorial and ownership support, which no longer exists in 2025. The ERMs of today are independent journalists who provide their investigative work on the internet.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 20h

There can be no Edward R. Murrows in the absence of full editorial and ownership support, which no longer exists in 2025. The ERMs of today are independent journalists who provide their investigative work on the internet.

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 20h

Was it this chart, shared by @carlquintanilla.bsky.social :

Nearly 50% of Total Consumer Spending is accounted for by the Top 10% Invome decile.

Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 20h

This time it's different.

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 1d

AI Bubble? More like MOAB: the Mother of All Bubbles. For the sunk costs of power generation, hardware, chips and software to pay off, AI needs to be generating $2 Trillion in annual revenue by 2030, more than the combined sales of major tech companies today.

open.substack.com/pub/memories...

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 2d

Only one question now remains: Will Trump TACO before November 1?

#TACO

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump announces he's putting a bajillion percent tariff on China

It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.

Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.

It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 2d

Only one question now remains: Will Trump TACO before November 1?

#TACO

Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 2d

Welp, that didn't take long.

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 2d

Trump in 2024: "I am your retribution."

He's taking care of his enemies list first, though.

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 2d

"Uncensored" - lol

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 2d

(Reach Up for the) Sunrise - Duran Duran
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Duran Duran (Reach Up For The) Sunrise (Official Music Video)

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking of which:
Your frequent reminder that Benjamin Franklin foresaw these days at the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787:

A time such as today when Despotic Government flourished, the people having become so corrupted as to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other.

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking of which:
Your frequent reminder that Benjamin Franklin foresaw these days at the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787:

A time such as today when Despotic Government flourished, the people having become so corrupted as to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other.

Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 2d

🤣🤣🤣

Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 2d

Most dangerous words on Wall Street: "But this time it's different. "

www.morningstar.com/news/marketw...

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 3d

🤣
Would've thought Charlie asked for an all-heaven, mandatory podcast instead of a horse ranch.

And what about the horses? Why would they have to keep working in heaven?

Maybe the horses got a Charlie ranch... 🤔

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 3d

Techbro: This is $Money!

Me: Looks like a Wall Street circle jerk. What could possibly go wrong?

Me also: Now I'm going to log in to MySpace with my AOL dial-up and landline. Looking for a good deal at UsedF*ckingShovels.com

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.

This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.

Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.

Be warned.

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 3d

I don't remember us being a third-world country a year ago, when effective average Import Tax rates were about 2.5%. Now Import Tax rates average >17.5%.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

Flawless argument, Mr. President. Thanks.

Trump: Tariffs are only good if you want your Country to be Rich, Influential, and Powerful. If you want your Country to be a Third World Country, you should Vote against Tariffs!
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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 3d

I don't remember us being a third-world country a year ago, when effective average Import Tax rates were about 2.5%. Now Import Tax rates average >17.5%.

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 3d

2/
"Dimon conceded that some of the money being invested in AI would 'probably be lost'."

"He added: 'The way I look at it is AI is real; AI in total will pay off – just like cars in total paid off, and TVs in total paid off, but most people involved in them didn’t do well.' ”

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 3d

"Jamie Dimon, who is the chair and chief executive of the giant Wall Street bank JPMorgan Chase, said he was “far more worried than others” about a serious market correction, which he predicted could come in the next six months to two years."

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Head of largest US bank warns of risk of American stock market crash

Jamie Dimon, chair of JPMorgan Chase, said he was ‘far more worried than others’ about serious market correction

www.theguardian.com

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Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 3d

This is the entire game plan of Stephen Miller, the ghoulish reincarnation of Heinrich Himler, ratcheted up to scale around the country. Please watch this Robert Reich message and share.

Zane Highlander @zlander.bsky.social · 3d

The real problem is that Herr Stephen Miller is wide awake, 24/7, thinking up ways to start a civil war that he can crush.

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