EnchantedHickie
@enchantedhickie.bsky.social
Existentialist. World cinema. Current Events. Neuropsychiatry. Philosophy. Social Democracy. On the spectrum. 🏳️🌈
We don't need US national security biases in order to know independently that Putin is an active threat to the free world. #PutinPlaybook
We don't need US national security biases in order to know independently that Putin is an active threat to the free world. #PutinPlaybook
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Mitt Romney recently published a New York Times op-ed arguing for higher taxes on the rich.
When he was in a position to actually sculpt the GOP platform and the tax policy of the US, Romney was an ardent supporter of cutting taxes for the wealthy.
When he was in a position to actually sculpt the GOP platform and the tax policy of the US, Romney was an ardent supporter of cutting taxes for the wealthy.
Now That He Has No Power, Mitt Romney Says “Tax the Rich”
Mitt Romney recently published a New York Times op-ed arguing for higher taxes on the rich. When he was in a position to actually sculpt the GOP platform and the tax policy of the US, Romney was an ardent supporter of cutting taxes for the wealthy.
jacobin.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Mitt Romney recently published a New York Times op-ed arguing for higher taxes on the rich.
When he was in a position to actually sculpt the GOP platform and the tax policy of the US, Romney was an ardent supporter of cutting taxes for the wealthy.
When he was in a position to actually sculpt the GOP platform and the tax policy of the US, Romney was an ardent supporter of cutting taxes for the wealthy.
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From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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A combination of the breakdown of the Hollywood studio system, the decline of censorship, and the rise of wildly — and luridly — creative filmmakers across the world looking to cash in on sex and violence made 1960 the year of the modern horror film.
1960: The Year the Modern Horror Film Was Born
A combination of the breakdown of the Hollywood studio system, the decline of censorship, and the rise of wildly — and luridly — creative filmmakers across the world looking to cash in on sex and violence made 1960 the year of the modern horror film.
jacobin.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A combination of the breakdown of the Hollywood studio system, the decline of censorship, and the rise of wildly — and luridly — creative filmmakers across the world looking to cash in on sex and violence made 1960 the year of the modern horror film.
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Love how @deanbaker13.bsky.social
corrects lazy big media assumptions!⚡ @bcappelbaum.bsky.social
cepr.net/publications...
corrects lazy big media assumptions!⚡ @bcappelbaum.bsky.social
cepr.net/publications...
My Generation: Blame the Rich, Not the Boomers
Young people should blame the rich, not Boomers, for economic inequality as high healthcare costs, and housing issues stem from elite-driven policies.
cepr.net
October 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Love how @deanbaker13.bsky.social
corrects lazy big media assumptions!⚡ @bcappelbaum.bsky.social
cepr.net/publications...
corrects lazy big media assumptions!⚡ @bcappelbaum.bsky.social
cepr.net/publications...
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Trump crazy: There is no tariff shelf, is he demented or is Trump just lying? deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-craz...
Trump Crazy: There Is No Tariff Shelf, the Treasury Knows Exactly Where Its Taxes Come From
Donald Trump has made a political career by making absurd claims about the world.
deanbaker22.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Trump crazy: There is no tariff shelf, is he demented or is Trump just lying? deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-craz...
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Trump shows the world there is no free speech in the United States paydayreport.com/hundreds-of-...
Hundreds of Educators Suspended Over Charlie Kirk Assassination Comments As Feds Threaten Funds
Hundreds of teachers have been suspended from their jobs nationwide for comments about Charlie Kirk's death as Trump and his allies threaten to cut off federal funding for those districts that don't i...
paydayreport.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Trump shows the world there is no free speech in the United States paydayreport.com/hundreds-of-...
Thanks, @aidanwalker.bsky.social for sanity and detailed explanation on the recent craziness! youtu.be/qcMYjtFWE7U?...
the assassination was a s**tpost
YouTube video by Aidan Walker
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Thanks, @aidanwalker.bsky.social for sanity and detailed explanation on the recent craziness! youtu.be/qcMYjtFWE7U?...
"Don't fight forces -- use them." - Buckminster Fuller
youtu.be/HoW4qoV9OBU?...
youtu.be/HoW4qoV9OBU?...
Buckminster Fuller: Architects Of The Future
YouTube video by Literati
youtu.be
August 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"Don't fight forces -- use them." - Buckminster Fuller
youtu.be/HoW4qoV9OBU?...
youtu.be/HoW4qoV9OBU?...
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Mamdani has a nearly 20 point lead over the rest of the field, but his poor showing with gay ultraorthodox baby boomers hints at political weakness.
August 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Mamdani has a nearly 20 point lead over the rest of the field, but his poor showing with gay ultraorthodox baby boomers hints at political weakness.
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"PERSON: What does the data show?
ECONOMIST: What do you want it to show?"
ECONOMIST: What do you want it to show?"
My latest open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
Why Were We Told to Brace for a "Detox Period" if the White House Won't Allow the Data Confirm It?
The Trump administration is blaming everyone and everything that brought us to this point except the people and things that actually brought us to this point.
open.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"PERSON: What does the data show?
ECONOMIST: What do you want it to show?"
ECONOMIST: What do you want it to show?"
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How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? The inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
www.newyorker.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? The inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
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“I Called Everyone in Jeffrey Epstein’s Little Black Book”
That is an investigation we published in 2020. Watch our recap here and check back for part two later today!
That is an investigation we published in 2020. Watch our recap here and check back for part two later today!
I Called Everyone in Jeffrey Epstein’s Little Black Book…
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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August 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I Called Everyone in Jeffrey Epstein’s Little Black Book”
That is an investigation we published in 2020. Watch our recap here and check back for part two later today!
That is an investigation we published in 2020. Watch our recap here and check back for part two later today!
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As a reality TV show star, Trump doesn't know much economics. But his ability to win concessions by threatening tariffs will diminish quickly. Like the price-gouging restaurant that loses customers, countries can sell stuff elsewhere, including to themselves substack.com/home/post/p-...
Trump’s Tariffs and Price Gouging Restaurants
There is a simple problem professors sometimes challenge their intermediate econ students with on the first day of class.
substack.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
As a reality TV show star, Trump doesn't know much economics. But his ability to win concessions by threatening tariffs will diminish quickly. Like the price-gouging restaurant that loses customers, countries can sell stuff elsewhere, including to themselves substack.com/home/post/p-...
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I do, there is no crisis about declining populations. There are a lot of elite intellectual types who make good bucks promoting nonsense on this issue, but it is complete nonsense. If we have a gradual decline in population, it is no big deal.
July 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I do, there is no crisis about declining populations. There are a lot of elite intellectual types who make good bucks promoting nonsense on this issue, but it is complete nonsense. If we have a gradual decline in population, it is no big deal.
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The federal government spends 0.008% of its budget on public broadcasting cepr.net/publications...
The Federal Government Spends 0.008 Percent of Its Budget on Public Broadcasting
Trump’s rescission request is less than 0.008% of the budget, but media coverage fails to give that perspective.
cepr.net
July 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The federal government spends 0.008% of its budget on public broadcasting cepr.net/publications...
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Trump is pushing policies designed to wreck the U.S. auto industry substack.com/home/post/p-...
Investing in the Auto Industry: People Want Cheap Cars
Our reality TV star president seems to believe that his roulette wheel tariffs (spin the wheel, find out today’s tariffs) will somehow lead to a boom in manufacturing in the United States.
substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Trump is pushing policies designed to wreck the U.S. auto industry substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Trump's reality TV show tariff policy is destroying the auto industry's ability to compete cepr.net/publications...
Investing in the Auto Industry: People Want Cheap Cars
Trump’s unpredictable tariffs and rising input costs threaten US auto manufacturing, while global competitors surge ahead with affordable electric vehicles.
cepr.net
July 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Trump's reality TV show tariff policy is destroying the auto industry's ability to compete cepr.net/publications...
Thank you,
@deanbaker13.bsky.social
Inexpensive drugs would be great! #drugs #MedicareGov #pharmaceutical
@deanbaker13.bsky.social
Inexpensive drugs would be great! #drugs #MedicareGov #pharmaceutical
July 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thank you,
@deanbaker13.bsky.social
Inexpensive drugs would be great! #drugs #MedicareGov #pharmaceutical
@deanbaker13.bsky.social
Inexpensive drugs would be great! #drugs #MedicareGov #pharmaceutical
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This misunderstands how science works, it's cumulative. There are not failures, you get new knowledge from everything, especially when it's all open source.
Seems hard to imagine we have the political will for it - we'll get halfway, switch parties and trash it :(
Also, you're going to have to run ~20 projects in parallel to get ~1 success. (Deleted previous post - cost estimate was wrong)
Also, you're going to have to run ~20 projects in parallel to get ~1 success. (Deleted previous post - cost estimate was wrong)
July 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
This misunderstands how science works, it's cumulative. There are not failures, you get new knowledge from everything, especially when it's all open source.
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Trump's "populist" tax cuts weren't populist. Can we get the media to stop doing PR work for Trump? cepr.net/publications...
Can We Stop Calling Them Populist Tax Cuts?
Despite being labeled “populist,” Trump’s tax cuts offer little help to low-income workers or seniors. Real populism would raise wages, expand Social Security, and stop subsidizing long work hours—not...
cepr.net
July 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trump's "populist" tax cuts weren't populist. Can we get the media to stop doing PR work for Trump? cepr.net/publications...
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Few people have embodied the best of journalism—its ability to cut through BS, its capacity to uplift those who’ve been wronged, its burning appetite to tell the stories people need to know—like Bill Moyers.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
The Bill Moyers that obituaries missed
The “secular preacher” of TV journalism was also a ferocious critic of corrupt politicians and corporate titans—and the spineless media that enable them.
www.motherjones.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Few people have embodied the best of journalism—its ability to cut through BS, its capacity to uplift those who’ve been wronged, its burning appetite to tell the stories people need to know—like Bill Moyers.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.
