@darcydraeger.bsky.social
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hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
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The problem with Democrats in the Biden era wasn’t the content of the domestic policies, it was the total failure to sell them and to understand, manage, and master the media environment, especially social media.
This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The problem with Democrats in the Biden era wasn’t the content of the domestic policies, it was the total failure to sell them and to understand, manage, and master the media environment, especially social media.
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This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
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really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people
October 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people
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"New" trade deal just dropped: US businesses get tariff-free access to the Vietnamese market, just as they were offered 8 years ago in the TPP, but Trump refused to sign.
In addition, Trump's imposing a 20% tax on Americans who import goods from Vietnam. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
In addition, Trump's imposing a 20% tax on Americans who import goods from Vietnam. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
Trump Announces Preliminary Trade Pact With Vietnam
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"New" trade deal just dropped: US businesses get tariff-free access to the Vietnamese market, just as they were offered 8 years ago in the TPP, but Trump refused to sign.
In addition, Trump's imposing a 20% tax on Americans who import goods from Vietnam. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
In addition, Trump's imposing a 20% tax on Americans who import goods from Vietnam. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
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It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Tim Walz eulogizes slain lawmaker as a historic Minnesotan — and friend
After a hug with Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz eulogized slain state Rep. Melissa Hortman as “the most consequential speaker in Minnesota history.”
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It's incredible that neither the president nor VP was here. The politicization of all facets of American life is coming from the White House. No other American president would have failed to pay their respects. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Sen @jeffyarbro.bsky.social shares an article sounding the🚨about “constitutional failure”
“constitutional crisis no longer describes our collapsing system- we live in an era of constitutional failure..relevant institutions can’t fulfill their responsibilities.” washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
“constitutional crisis no longer describes our collapsing system- we live in an era of constitutional failure..relevant institutions can’t fulfill their responsibilities.” washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
June 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Sen @jeffyarbro.bsky.social shares an article sounding the🚨about “constitutional failure”
“constitutional crisis no longer describes our collapsing system- we live in an era of constitutional failure..relevant institutions can’t fulfill their responsibilities.” washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
“constitutional crisis no longer describes our collapsing system- we live in an era of constitutional failure..relevant institutions can’t fulfill their responsibilities.” washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
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It's interesting because despite Hungary's much-touted Orbanist pro-family and supposedly fertility-inducing policies, such as exempting families with 3+ kids from all income taxation, the Hungarian fertility rate has plummeted right into the toilet in the last few years
June 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It's interesting because despite Hungary's much-touted Orbanist pro-family and supposedly fertility-inducing policies, such as exempting families with 3+ kids from all income taxation, the Hungarian fertility rate has plummeted right into the toilet in the last few years
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So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
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This is what a chilling effect looks like. An individually rational decision (I’m sure the president thought he did what’s best for the univ) that adds up to massive speech repression
So this broke almost immediately after I posted. We are in a very, very bad place. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is what a chilling effect looks like. An individually rational decision (I’m sure the president thought he did what’s best for the univ) that adds up to massive speech repression
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It’s Brexit Britain day, the anniversary of the referendum that was the greatest act of self-harm ever inflicted on the country.
Key players: a small number of disaster-capitalist vultures and a large number who were happy to burn everyone’s house down because they weren’t getting what they wanted.
Key players: a small number of disaster-capitalist vultures and a large number who were happy to burn everyone’s house down because they weren’t getting what they wanted.
Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape…
(VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)
(VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)
June 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It’s Brexit Britain day, the anniversary of the referendum that was the greatest act of self-harm ever inflicted on the country.
Key players: a small number of disaster-capitalist vultures and a large number who were happy to burn everyone’s house down because they weren’t getting what they wanted.
Key players: a small number of disaster-capitalist vultures and a large number who were happy to burn everyone’s house down because they weren’t getting what they wanted.
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NYTimes has a long history of holding conservatives—including its paid columnists, like Stephens here—to absolutely no standards whatsoever, but still worth noting the complete lack of ethics required to not mention how 99.99% of Iran's uranium stockpile was due to Trump withdrawing from JCPOA.
June 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
NYTimes has a long history of holding conservatives—including its paid columnists, like Stephens here—to absolutely no standards whatsoever, but still worth noting the complete lack of ethics required to not mention how 99.99% of Iran's uranium stockpile was due to Trump withdrawing from JCPOA.
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I wonder what Bill Clinton and Andrew Cuomo have in common. 🤔
June 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I wonder what Bill Clinton and Andrew Cuomo have in common. 🤔
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Rep Sean Casten: “This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.”
June 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Rep Sean Casten: “This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.”
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Trump has been walling us off from foreign-made goods, ideas, and most significantly, humans. This month, Trump banned entry from most or all nationals from 21 countries; leaked memo suggests another 36 to be added.
Trump is finally building his wall, and Americans will pay for it.
Trump is finally building his wall, and Americans will pay for it.
Opinion | Trump is finally building his wall. We’ll all suffer the consequences.
The president’s travel ban is just his latest economic barbarism.
wapo.st
June 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump has been walling us off from foreign-made goods, ideas, and most significantly, humans. This month, Trump banned entry from most or all nationals from 21 countries; leaked memo suggests another 36 to be added.
Trump is finally building his wall, and Americans will pay for it.
Trump is finally building his wall, and Americans will pay for it.
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Coleman: ICE is out of control. ICE thinks it can intimidate all of us. And it cannot intimidate any of us.
May 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Coleman: ICE is out of control. ICE thinks it can intimidate all of us. And it cannot intimidate any of us.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
May 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
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we lost two Super Hornets to the waves and I haven’t seen any discussion of the race or gender of anyone who might be at fault, which means I have a pretty good guess as to the race and gender of everyone who might be at fault
May 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
we lost two Super Hornets to the waves and I haven’t seen any discussion of the race or gender of anyone who might be at fault, which means I have a pretty good guess as to the race and gender of everyone who might be at fault
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Russia keeps killing civilians, and our official policy, sadly, is to blame the Ukrainian victims. The US could act to stop this, but we seem to lack both empathy and strategy. Good reporting here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...
A Russian Missile Blew Apart These Kyiv Apartments, and a Decades-Old Community
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Russia keeps killing civilians, and our official policy, sadly, is to blame the Ukrainian victims. The US could act to stop this, but we seem to lack both empathy and strategy. Good reporting here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...
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Boom.
"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?"
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
May 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Boom.
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Exactly, calls to empathize with and debate conspiracists is a major reason why so many conspiracies have crept back into public discourse. We should treat election truthers and anti-vaxx freaks the way we treat ISIS.
You could argue that conspiracy theories have ballooned in recent decades is precisely *because* these people now have safe spaces online where their delusions are nurtured and shared. In the past, these people would have been told "no" and laughed out of the room before the nonsense could spread.
May 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Exactly, calls to empathize with and debate conspiracists is a major reason why so many conspiracies have crept back into public discourse. We should treat election truthers and anti-vaxx freaks the way we treat ISIS.
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*posse comitatus has entered the chat* www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
April 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
*posse comitatus has entered the chat* www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...