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Scott Imberman

@imbernomics.bsky.social

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1h

Congrats. Guess I should’ve said you’re like the worst person in the world or something. Darn it.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1h

99% chance this is either made up or (more likely) AI.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1h

Welp, that’s one out of three lost.

Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 2h

Judge Nelson: do you disagree with any of the factual findings?

Chaffin: the facts as found by the district court judge were that the protests were small and mostly peaceful.

Nelson: that's clearly erroneous! (whoa)

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 2h

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 6h

Bingo

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 6h

If he gets a Nobel then I’m going to start pointing out that the Econ prize is not a real Nobel.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 7h

Trump’s desire for a Nobel Peace Prize has shaken up global diplomacy, as allies try to curry favor.

It may have even helped spur this week’s Hamas-Israel deal, one former Israeli negotiator said — a bid to help Trump cinch the Nobel before tomorrow’s announcement.

From @mbirnbaum.bsky.social + me

Trump wants a Nobel Prize. He’ll learn Friday if his campaign paid off.

President Donald Trump’s long quest for a Nobel Peace Prize has sparked an unusual global scramble.

www.washingtonpost.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

yeah, trump has made very clear that he doesn’t think black people deserve to be in jobs of influence! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 7h

describe your bluesky account with a single image

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 7h

Trump wants a Nobel Prize. He’ll learn Friday if his campaign paid off.

President Donald Trump’s long quest for a Nobel Peace Prize has sparked an unusual global scramble.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 15h

describe your bluesky account with a single image

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 15h

Me from 2000 to 2024: I think I could win Survivor.

Me in 2025: Survivor might be a nice break from the U.S.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 17h

That’s high praise for a president these days.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 19h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Chron.com @chron.com · 19h

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

4 dead in Houston-area shooting rampage starting in Sugar Land

Details surrounding the bloody string of shootings remain murky, police said.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 20h

Look, we need to see what Mr. Corpus did before deciding whether to suspend him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1d

While Newsome is our id, Pritzker is our ego and he is explaining the stakes better than anyone in a calm, collective, and firm manner.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · 1d

AEFP invites applications for the editorship of EFP, the association’s flagship journal. Applications are due Nov 1. Read more about it here: aefpweb.org/callfore...

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing but respect for my (future) president.

Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 1d

This is a good way to hit back at Trump's deranged statements and calls to jail Democrats.

Media needs to focus on his mental decline. Democrats must force media to do it.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

In a scathing critique of President Donald Trump, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday accused the Republican president of deploying National Guard troops to the Democratic cities of Chicago and Portland based...

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 1d

Gov. JB Pritzker says President Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’ and obsessive fixations

www.yahoo.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1d

I just presumed they are getting kickbacks.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1d

Constant mockery is how we win this.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1d

If you might be considered for a Nobel, why on Earth would you go on an off-grid hike in October? The announcement dates are known in advance! Schedule it a couple weeks later. Geez.