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On one hand, "bully pulpit industrial policy" is totally on-brand for this admin.
On the other hand, I can't dismiss the idea that there's insider trading/short plays at hand here.
On the other hand, I can't dismiss the idea that there's insider trading/short plays at hand here.
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
On one hand, "bully pulpit industrial policy" is totally on-brand for this admin.
On the other hand, I can't dismiss the idea that there's insider trading/short plays at hand here.
On the other hand, I can't dismiss the idea that there's insider trading/short plays at hand here.
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New, from me: The Trump administration isn’t just using social media to shape a narrative. They view the world through a social media lens in a way that is plausibly corrupting their judgment and undermining their performance.
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
Life Under a Clicktatorship
What happens to government when everything is content?
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:40 PM
New, from me: The Trump administration isn’t just using social media to shape a narrative. They view the world through a social media lens in a way that is plausibly corrupting their judgment and undermining their performance.
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
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How one mafia state threatens another
The president told @theatlantic.com that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump: Delcy Rodríguez Might Be Next
The president told The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
How one mafia state threatens another
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"Trump is supporting the Arts" - my man is literally gutting the National Endowment for the Arts, which they cannot conceive of as anything beyond Les Mis or the Beach Boys performing at Mar A Lago
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"Trump is supporting the Arts" - my man is literally gutting the National Endowment for the Arts, which they cannot conceive of as anything beyond Les Mis or the Beach Boys performing at Mar A Lago
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Yes. You read that headline correctly.
This musician taught an octopus to play the piano
The task required hundreds of hours of problem-solving and patience. Musician Mattias Krantz said it was worth it.
wapo.st
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Yes. You read that headline correctly.
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Watch out for the 2026 Kennedy Peace Prize
REPORTER: Could you imagine receiving a Kennedy Center honor next year?
TRUMP: Yeah, I think I'm going to nominate myself for next year
TRUMP: Yeah, I think I'm going to nominate myself for next year
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Watch out for the 2026 Kennedy Peace Prize
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Cassidy channeling the classic Simpsons episode where Homer accidentally invents tomacco and gets people addicted to it, and when Lisa confronts him about the harm he's causing he responds with "I know honey, but what can *I* do as an individual?"
Bill Cassidy has done infinitely more for the antivaccine movement than he can ever claim he has done to promote vaccination. He is one of the worst antivaxxers to ever live.
With all my heart, fuck this guy.
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Cassidy channeling the classic Simpsons episode where Homer accidentally invents tomacco and gets people addicted to it, and when Lisa confronts him about the harm he's causing he responds with "I know honey, but what can *I* do as an individual?"
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Still incredible how "the economy" was the top priority for voters in 2024 and so they voted in someone who in January 2025 started doing what he said he'd do and they immediately recognized that was terrible for the economy and their personal finances. 🤷♂️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Still incredible how "the economy" was the top priority for voters in 2024 and so they voted in someone who in January 2025 started doing what he said he'd do and they immediately recognized that was terrible for the economy and their personal finances. 🤷♂️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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He’s on a mission from God.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
He’s on a mission from God.
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Who wants to use a credit card / go to a store when you can't tell if the form of payment you brought is accepted until you try it?
The best explanation here is: they know much of the American economy is more collusive than competitive, so consumers generally won't have a choice anyway.
The best explanation here is: they know much of the American economy is more collusive than competitive, so consumers generally won't have a choice anyway.
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Who wants to use a credit card / go to a store when you can't tell if the form of payment you brought is accepted until you try it?
The best explanation here is: they know much of the American economy is more collusive than competitive, so consumers generally won't have a choice anyway.
The best explanation here is: they know much of the American economy is more collusive than competitive, so consumers generally won't have a choice anyway.
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This explanation is ridiculous yet likely true. Millions of people did not conceptualize Trump the way we do (e.g., "bad person who did a bad job and wants to do bad things like X, Y, Z") but rather as a TV character, an avatar of prosperity who would somehow bless them economically.
"... the best explanation for 2025 is that voters didn’t know what they were getting with Trump 2.0 last November, but now they do — and they don’t like it."
@gelliottmorris.com
@gelliottmorris.com
This is a very informative read: Seven data-driven lessons from the 2025 elections
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This explanation is ridiculous yet likely true. Millions of people did not conceptualize Trump the way we do (e.g., "bad person who did a bad job and wants to do bad things like X, Y, Z") but rather as a TV character, an avatar of prosperity who would somehow bless them economically.
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I want to live in an America where nobody does public displays of their Nazism because it will ruin their whole goddamn life, as it should.
Evidently there was an Auschwitz-themed float in a Halloween parade in Pennsylvania.
The float was for a Catholic school, and to their credit the church immediately disavowed it.
Thing is, I don’t think high school kids did this entirely on their own. I’m guessing parents had to be involved.
The float was for a Catholic school, and to their credit the church immediately disavowed it.
Thing is, I don’t think high school kids did this entirely on their own. I’m guessing parents had to be involved.
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I want to live in an America where nobody does public displays of their Nazism because it will ruin their whole goddamn life, as it should.
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Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
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They are trying to normalize cruelty and violence. We cannot allow it.
October 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
They are trying to normalize cruelty and violence. We cannot allow it.
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If we make it through this it’s because the other side is dumb as rocks.
October 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If we make it through this it’s because the other side is dumb as rocks.
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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This is the digital stasi. Social media influencers utilizing tips from followers for content that they monetize while working with state actors to target the people they want.
It's all a spectacle packaged as content. Destroying people's lives for profitable ideological bloodsport.
It's all a spectacle packaged as content. Destroying people's lives for profitable ideological bloodsport.
September 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This is the digital stasi. Social media influencers utilizing tips from followers for content that they monetize while working with state actors to target the people they want.
It's all a spectacle packaged as content. Destroying people's lives for profitable ideological bloodsport.
It's all a spectacle packaged as content. Destroying people's lives for profitable ideological bloodsport.
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At some point in the not too distant future the conventional wisdom will be that this was a period where the US focused on dumb shit while China took the lead in multiple domains
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
August 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
At some point in the not too distant future the conventional wisdom will be that this was a period where the US focused on dumb shit while China took the lead in multiple domains
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What about murdering the constitution?
Trump: "Anybody murders something in the capital -- capital punishment. Capital, capital punishment. If somebody kills somebody in the capital -- Washington DC -- we're going to be seeking the death penalty."
August 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
What about murdering the constitution?
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President Trump wants to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.
Doing so could help tilt the balance of power among Fed governors and Federal Open Market Committee members in favor of the Trump administration.
Here’s what to know:
Doing so could help tilt the balance of power among Fed governors and Federal Open Market Committee members in favor of the Trump administration.
Here’s what to know:
Who is Fed governor Lisa Cook, and can Trump really fire her?
Cook is the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve board. She was appointed by President Joe Biden.
wapo.st
August 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
President Trump wants to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.
Doing so could help tilt the balance of power among Fed governors and Federal Open Market Committee members in favor of the Trump administration.
Here’s what to know:
Doing so could help tilt the balance of power among Fed governors and Federal Open Market Committee members in favor of the Trump administration.
Here’s what to know:
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On markets pricing through Trump's lawlessness—so far:
Markets discount cash flows; republics discount norms. When legal norms fail, contractual cash flows collapse into unenforceable claims. The rule of law is the true risk-free rate: erode it toward 0 and discount-rate duration tends to infinity.
Markets discount cash flows; republics discount norms. When legal norms fail, contractual cash flows collapse into unenforceable claims. The rule of law is the true risk-free rate: erode it toward 0 and discount-rate duration tends to infinity.
I wrote about the manifestly illegal attempt to fire Lisa Cook 1/
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/in-the-mat...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/in-the-mat...
In the Matter of Lisa Cook
Trump’s attempt to fire a Fed governor is illegal. Now we find out whether that matters.
paulkrugman.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
On markets pricing through Trump's lawlessness—so far:
Markets discount cash flows; republics discount norms. When legal norms fail, contractual cash flows collapse into unenforceable claims. The rule of law is the true risk-free rate: erode it toward 0 and discount-rate duration tends to infinity.
Markets discount cash flows; republics discount norms. When legal norms fail, contractual cash flows collapse into unenforceable claims. The rule of law is the true risk-free rate: erode it toward 0 and discount-rate duration tends to infinity.
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Gov. Walz is 100% correct.
Tim Walz's Viral Reaction To Trump's Planned Audit Of Smithsonian Museum Exhibitions Is Spot On
www.comicsands.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Gov. Walz is 100% correct.
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President Petty is orange with envy.
Newsom Expertly Rips Trump For Hiding Obama Portrait In Hidden Staircase At White House
www.comicsands.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
President Petty is orange with envy.