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Credit Default Swaps are back en vogue? Party like it's early 2008, I suppose.
FT: Morgan Stanley "previously recommended investors buy credit-default swaps on Oracle, but hedging the exposure with long positions in its bonds.
".. They’re now recommending that investors ditch the bonds and simply go long Oracle CDS .."
@financialtimes.com $ORCL
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".. They’re now recommending that investors ditch the bonds and simply go long Oracle CDS .."
@financialtimes.com $ORCL
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Morgan Stanley thinks you should short Oracle
Single-name CDS are so hot right now
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November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Credit Default Swaps are back en vogue? Party like it's early 2008, I suppose.
Maybe I've lost my mind or at least my sense of nuance, but "strikes on land" inside of #Venezuela sounds like war. Is #Trump calling it war?
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Trump says US land action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela will start ‘very soon’ - NewsBreak
President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that the United States is preparing to take new action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela, te
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November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Maybe I've lost my mind or at least my sense of nuance, but "strikes on land" inside of #Venezuela sounds like war. Is #Trump calling it war?
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Cannot emphasize this enough.
If you shop on Black Friday, shop only at small biz, minority owned biz, women owned biz, or support independent media.
Do not give Big Box Retailers your money! #WeAintBuyingIt
If you shop on Black Friday, shop only at small biz, minority owned biz, women owned biz, or support independent media.
Do not give Big Box Retailers your money! #WeAintBuyingIt
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Cannot emphasize this enough.
If you shop on Black Friday, shop only at small biz, minority owned biz, women owned biz, or support independent media.
Do not give Big Box Retailers your money! #WeAintBuyingIt
If you shop on Black Friday, shop only at small biz, minority owned biz, women owned biz, or support independent media.
Do not give Big Box Retailers your money! #WeAintBuyingIt
What a movie. Lost its way a little toward the end, when things became crazy unrealistic, but overall, brilliant. A towering, era-defining, landmark film.
“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
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“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
What a movie. Lost its way a little toward the end, when things became crazy unrealistic, but overall, brilliant. A towering, era-defining, landmark film.
Agreed
They took the fucking oath. They created this environment. They were OK entering Congress when Dems were being attacked by rightwingers, now they’re afraid even though the attacks have been against Dems _who continue to do their jobs_
Fuck them, they’re hypocrites & cowards & they’re not patriots
Fuck them, they’re hypocrites & cowards & they’re not patriots
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Agreed
Well, at least #Trump called us the "Great City of Miami." See? He's not all bad. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Trump Rages Against South Africa for ‘Killing White People,’ Rescinds Invite to G20 Next Year in Miami - NewsBreak
President Donald Trump lashed out against South Africa in a Truth Social post Wednesday, writing that the U.S. did not attend the Group of 20 (G20) there t
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November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Well, at least #Trump called us the "Great City of Miami." See? He's not all bad. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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#Trump calling it the "Russia Russia Russia Hoax" is the dumbest f--king name. "Asked to comment on the scathing sanctions order from Judge Middlebrooks, Trump's spokesman said, 'We continue to fight Democrat Witch Hunts like the Russia Russia Russia Hoax.'" Clowns.
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Appeals court upholds $1M penalty against Trump over 'frivolous' Hillary Clinton lawsuit
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that Trump and his attorneys had engaged in "sanctionable conduct" with their suit against Clinton and others.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#Trump calling it the "Russia Russia Russia Hoax" is the dumbest f--king name. "Asked to comment on the scathing sanctions order from Judge Middlebrooks, Trump's spokesman said, 'We continue to fight Democrat Witch Hunts like the Russia Russia Russia Hoax.'" Clowns.
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Jimmy Cliff, who died on Monday at 81, was a giant of Jamaican music. Here's a sampling of his greatest work. nyti.ms/4rjAczN
Jimmy Cliff: 8 Essential Songs
A giant of Jamaican music, he gained international renown through the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” and helped establish reggae’s themes of struggle, resistance and uplift.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Jimmy Cliff, who died on Monday at 81, was a giant of Jamaican music. Here's a sampling of his greatest work. nyti.ms/4rjAczN
My based-on-nothing assessment of Trump's endgame here: he thinks this show of fleece will scare Maduro into some kind of deal, which Trump can claim constitutes total "victory!," and that will end it. Just seems consistent with how Trump approaches things, see, e.g., the single bomb drop on Iran.
Something something Donald the Dove.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My based-on-nothing assessment of Trump's endgame here: he thinks this show of fleece will scare Maduro into some kind of deal, which Trump can claim constitutes total "victory!," and that will end it. Just seems consistent with how Trump approaches things, see, e.g., the single bomb drop on Iran.
I try to avoid sports posts here but ... are the #MiamiHeat suddenly good? I'm stunned at an 11-6 record
a man in a miami 13 jersey stands in front of a crowd of people
ALT: a man in a miami 13 jersey stands in front of a crowd of people
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November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I try to avoid sports posts here but ... are the #MiamiHeat suddenly good? I'm stunned at an 11-6 record
"I know this is not 'breaking news!' Alex, but I think sometimes they're not telling the truth." Haha, indeed!
"I've got a lot of empathy for J.D. Vance here asking for patience...I was talking to my partner last night and I asked her for patience. I'm trying to work on having a better personality...I'm not all the way there yet right now." And maybe that's how we should interpret JD's views on the economy.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"I know this is not 'breaking news!' Alex, but I think sometimes they're not telling the truth." Haha, indeed!
I've got a Pynchon novel somewhere (I think it's a 9/11-themed book). Every time I glance over and consider starting it, I think, "ehhhhh, nah, another time."
Unpopular opinion: Light, later Pynchon is better because his forced zaniness is just fucking intolerable for 700 pages at a clip.
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I've got a Pynchon novel somewhere (I think it's a 9/11-themed book). Every time I glance over and consider starting it, I think, "ehhhhh, nah, another time."
"We see this in the transition from Trump 1.0 to 2.0. White Christian Nat'lism shifted from a general idolatry of America to an idol that was increasingly gendered, tied to the idea of a dictator explicitly linked to violence/weapons." Yes. The '24 election was a referendum on toxic masculinity.
"The idol of white Christian Nationalism itself shifted from a general idolatry of America to an idol that became increasingly gendered, tied to the idea of an authoritarian strongman and explicitly connected to violence and weapons."
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INTERVIEW: ‘Disciples of White Jesus,’ Disciples of Trump - Bucks County Beacon
Pastor and author Angela Denker discusses what’s happening to white men and boys in Trump’s America.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"We see this in the transition from Trump 1.0 to 2.0. White Christian Nat'lism shifted from a general idolatry of America to an idol that was increasingly gendered, tied to the idea of a dictator explicitly linked to violence/weapons." Yes. The '24 election was a referendum on toxic masculinity.
Right. I mean, if DOGE *didn't* save the gov't money, then what purpose did it serve? Because the program came at a significant cost (explained below). Seems like a huge net negative program.
DOGE was a failure if the goal was saving money. It was a huge success if the goal was giving a bunch of techbro adjacent people unfettered access to govt data in ways that, thus far, are evading the Privacy Act.
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Right. I mean, if DOGE *didn't* save the gov't money, then what purpose did it serve? Because the program came at a significant cost (explained below). Seems like a huge net negative program.
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Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Did Mamdani "butter up" / flatter Trump? I'm confused about what happened to prompt Trump's behavior in that weird presser.
I’m not even saying flattering Trump to butter him up is a bad tactic. It obviously works a lot of the time. We also know it’s obviously not an available tactic for most Democrats, because you’d nuke them from space. Yes, you.
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Did Mamdani "butter up" / flatter Trump? I'm confused about what happened to prompt Trump's behavior in that weird presser.
I do think Obama's election—far more than the Clinton era, when the militias started up—is the "big bang" event for the #MAGA movement. I remember a @nytimes.com article on the eve of the 2008 election, where a white southerner kicked the ground and said, "Aw, we're never gonna elect a black man."
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I do think Obama's election—far more than the Clinton era, when the militias started up—is the "big bang" event for the #MAGA movement. I remember a @nytimes.com article on the eve of the 2008 election, where a white southerner kicked the ground and said, "Aw, we're never gonna elect a black man."
Maybe that's it, but wow, that'd say something profound about Donald Trump's genuineness (or lack thereof) and how political wins have shifted. Just a year ago, #Democrats were supposedly in the early stages of a looooong era wandering in the wilderness, directionless and leaderless and rudderless.
Whatever’s convenient — at any particular moment.
What a difference 9 months makes
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Maybe that's it, but wow, that'd say something profound about Donald Trump's genuineness (or lack thereof) and how political wins have shifted. Just a year ago, #Democrats were supposedly in the early stages of a looooong era wandering in the wilderness, directionless and leaderless and rudderless.
It's an Elon Musk-like approach.
Blowing things up is not a plan and the laziest ready-fire-aim management move in trying to make important and necessary changes to any org trying to resestablish relevance.
Bari Weiss’s approach to leading CBS News in her first weeks on the job is "I wanna blow this up."
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It's an Elon Musk-like approach.
Oh, for f--k's sake, you're kidding me. This Admin, yikes.
Excuse me?
This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Oh, for f--k's sake, you're kidding me. This Admin, yikes.
Wait, *waht*?
The Trump administration has declared that swastikas and nooses are no longer classified as hate symbols.
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Wait, *waht*?
"With significant exceptions." Devil's in the details or, in this case, the redactions.
Breaking News: President Trump signed a bill calling on the Justice Department to release files tied to Jeffrey Epstein, but with significant exceptions. Follow live updates: nyti.ms/484IDWJ
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"With significant exceptions." Devil's in the details or, in this case, the redactions.
Interesting article, but:
● @pkrugman.bsky.social is brilliant, but he isn't a political pundit. I'm not as convinced as he is about Trump's political demise;
● I doubt "Quiet, Piggy" is a Joseph McCarthy moment for Trump. This isn't the 50s. #Trump isn't McCarthy.
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● @pkrugman.bsky.social is brilliant, but he isn't a political pundit. I'm not as convinced as he is about Trump's political demise;
● I doubt "Quiet, Piggy" is a Joseph McCarthy moment for Trump. This isn't the 50s. #Trump isn't McCarthy.
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Trump is 'collapsing on multiple fronts': Nobel Prize-winning economist makes prediction - NewsBreak
Donald Trump is "collapsing on multiple fronts" according to a veteran economist. Paul Krugman believes the president will struggle in the coming weeks, es
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November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Interesting article, but:
● @pkrugman.bsky.social is brilliant, but he isn't a political pundit. I'm not as convinced as he is about Trump's political demise;
● I doubt "Quiet, Piggy" is a Joseph McCarthy moment for Trump. This isn't the 50s. #Trump isn't McCarthy.
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● @pkrugman.bsky.social is brilliant, but he isn't a political pundit. I'm not as convinced as he is about Trump's political demise;
● I doubt "Quiet, Piggy" is a Joseph McCarthy moment for Trump. This isn't the 50s. #Trump isn't McCarthy.
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"Redacting" and "scrubbing" are two different things. The former is covering, with black reaction marker, names and info. If #Trump does this, it's fairly routine, tho, in this case, highly inappropriate, and folks would see thru it. The latter means doctoring records.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Claims He Heard ‘from a Pretty Good Source’ That Epstein Files Are Being Scrubbed of Republican Names - NewsBreak
Mark Epstein has alleged that records related to his late brother, convicted s** offender Jeffrey Epstein, are being altered to remove the names of Republi
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November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Redacting" and "scrubbing" are two different things. The former is covering, with black reaction marker, names and info. If #Trump does this, it's fairly routine, tho, in this case, highly inappropriate, and folks would see thru it. The latter means doctoring records.
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This press conference was a telling episode about Trump's authoritarian disposition. Reporters shouldn't ask "insubordinate" questions and they should make sure a certain % of coverage is favorable to a given politician. If they violate these rules, the network should lose its license. Good grief.
"Insubordinate."
In a democracy, a journalist doesn't act as a subordinate to the head of state. The job is to hold power accountable. deadline.com/2025/11/trum...
In a democracy, a journalist doesn't act as a subordinate to the head of state. The job is to hold power accountable. deadline.com/2025/11/trum...
Donald Trump Says ABC Should Lose Its Broadcast License After Getting Irate Over Reporter’s Questions About Jamal Khashoggi Murder, Jeffrey Epstein Files
Donald Trump called for ABC to lose its broadcast license over a reporter's questions about the Khashoggi murder and the Epstein files.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This press conference was a telling episode about Trump's authoritarian disposition. Reporters shouldn't ask "insubordinate" questions and they should make sure a certain % of coverage is favorable to a given politician. If they violate these rules, the network should lose its license. Good grief.