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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 15h

Ezra Klein should be really into Kat's candidacy right? Going on News Nation, doing politics the right way.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 16h

If you ever run into Elon Musk, please spit on him for me.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Anya Chalina @anyachalina.bsky.social · May 6

It's time for a new pinned post with some of my recent work.
Hi! I'm Anya! I draw fantasy illustrations like these. I am open for work and also accept private commissions.

📩: [email protected]
prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/anya...
portfolio: anyachalina.myportfolio.com

"Nuptial Rites". The illustration shows a wedding ceremony. There's a woman in the left side of the image. She wear a headpiece decorated with flowers and holds a large egg in her arms. There are stairs leading to an elevated stage with musicians playing lute on both sides of the stage. There's a skeleton in a festive clothes riding a white horse in the center of the image. There are festive robes behind them. The room is decorated with tiles and there are two roosters in front of the stage. There are some poppy flowers in the foreground. The artwork is colorful with much red, blue and beige.

"Angel's Whisper". The image shows a room decorated with tiles and murals with a pool in the foreground. There's a queen sitting in on the throne in the center of the image. There's an angel standing next to her closely. There are two white peacocks in the room and two swans swimming in the pool. The artwork is mostly grey-blue.

"The Dressing Room". The illustration shows a woman with long black hair sitting in front of the mirror. There are people behind her holding and brushing her hair. There are flowers around the woman and behind the wall in the middle ground. There's a statue of a man on the right and some flowers and herons near it. There are broken plates and vases in the foreground. There are eggs in some plates. In the background there are buildings that connect to each other. The artwork is mostly pastel with pinks, blues, turquoise and purples.

"Sojourn". This artwork is inspired by "Picnic at Hanging Rock". The artwork shows a ruin with young women sitting and standing around it. There are two teachers among them. They are skeletons. One is holding a chihuahua and another one is reading a book. The young women participate in different activities such as reading books, drawing, sharing secrets with each other, playing flute and admiring the surroundings. There are two dogs in the foreground and a bird that one of the characters is drawing. There are trees in the background and some rock formations. Two young women are walking towards the rocks. The artwork is mostly green and brown with some white and light blue accents.

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 7d

This coming Monday, October 6th, I'm doing a 1 hour event talking about @equitablegrowth.bsky.social's inequality tracker and new gov data on inequality. Anyone can join, come check it out! (registration link in the next skeet)

A stacked bar graph showing the evolution of income for bottom 50% households over the course of the last economic expansion (2009-2019). It shows that these households saw their income growth by a bit less than 30%, compared to about 41% for top 10% households.

The stacked bars show what components of income made up this growth. About half was from wages, with most of the rest from increased transfer payments.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 3d

NEW from me:

In his 2nd term, Trump has pursued the largest trade war in modern US history—with 1 glaring omission. Computer imports are almost entirely exempt from tariffs

It's a special carveout that AI companies are now reliant on for their data center buildout🧵
www.apricitas.io/p/the-tariff...

The Tariff Exemption Behind the AI Boom

Data Centers get Tariff-Free Imports. Why Shouldn't we All?

www.apricitas.io

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3d

There has been basically no (public) reckoning with the democratic strategists who said that "raising the salience" of immigration/deportations in ~March would help Trump, which was obviously wrong at the time and has been proved wrong over the last 6 months www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 5d

Incredible @perrybaconjr.bsky.social interview with Chris Van Hollen

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 4d

Trump has already implemented vast swaths of Project 2025 but Time had to wait for Trump to wear his “I love Project 2025!” t-shirt to write about it.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve been looking around for the most credulous mid-campaign piece about Trump’s obviously fatuous Project 2025 disavowal, and I think it might be this one from Politico. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 6d

Real embarrassing now that we know this doesn't even replicate

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 8d

On MONDAY the 6th, 2pm EST, join me to talk about @equitablegrowth.bsky.social's inequality tracker. I'll be talking about the data and answering questions. It will be fun! Anyone at all is welcome to join. Link to register in the next post!

A graph of the share of wealth held by the 50th to 90th percentile of households in the wealth distribution from 2000 to 2024. It has declined from around 34% to around 30%

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 6d

Republicans discovered that you can just say whatever the fuck you want and no one will call you on it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Bessent on China: "At the meeting in Geneva when I asked them, 'Why didn't you continue buying soybeans and the other products' then had one word, and guess what it was? Biden."

Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 7d

And make fun graphs, like the one above that shows income growth in the last economic expansion, at the inequality tracker, here

Equitable Growth - U.S. Inequality Tracker

inequalitytracker.equitablegrowth.org

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 7d

Register here

Summary - Introducing Equitable Growth’s U.S. Inequality Tracker

web.cvent.com

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 7d

This coming Monday, October 6th, I'm doing a 1 hour event talking about @equitablegrowth.bsky.social's inequality tracker and new gov data on inequality. Anyone can join, come check it out! (registration link in the next skeet)

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 8d

And check out the inequality tracker and make your own graphs like the one in my first post here! inequalitytracker.equitablegrowth.org

Equitable Growth - U.S. Inequality Tracker

inequalitytracker.equitablegrowth.org

Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 8d

Register right here!

Personal Information - Introducing Equitable Growth’s U.S. Inequality Tracker

web.cvent.com

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 8d

On MONDAY the 6th, 2pm EST, join me to talk about @equitablegrowth.bsky.social's inequality tracker. I'll be talking about the data and answering questions. It will be fun! Anyone at all is welcome to join. Link to register in the next post!

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 8d

I don't understand why Klein keeps circling that speech. Kirk talked like that all the time. Trump talks like that all the time. What R methods are Ds supposed to copy/not copy?

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 9d

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 9d

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 13d

On Monday, October 6th, I'll be doing an event with @equitablegrowth.bsky.social to debut the U.S. Inequality Tracker, give an intro to the data that goes into it, and talk a bit about inequality in the U.S. Anyone can come, please join us!

Personal Information - Introducing Equitable Growth’s U.S. Inequality Tracker

web.cvent.com

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 11d

Women be shoppin’ am I right?

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 12d

Would be so neat if we enforced statutes against nonprofits electioneering.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

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Austin Clemens @austinclemens2.bsky.social · 12d

lol imagine telling Taylor Swift that the exposure would be good for her

John W Clark @johnwclark.bsky.social · 13d

Apparently the NFL wanted her show for free, and thought the value of it for her was the exposure. The NFL has been getting free exposure from Taylor, just from her going to her fiancés games, and she is getting death threats for it.

www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

NFL ‘Flatly Refused’ to Meet Taylor Swift’s Demands About Super Bowl Performance, Source Says

The speculation about Taylor Swift’s possible performance at the Super Bowl has now reportedly come to an abrupt end. Industry insiders claimed that Swift made some demands to perform for the halftime...

www.yahoo.com

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