M. Haytham Matthews
@haythamm.bsky.social
Twitter/X handle: @HaythamMatthews
Retired.
Always seeking terra firma & a path toward the good.
Fidelitas ad Veritatis
Retired.
Always seeking terra firma & a path toward the good.
Fidelitas ad Veritatis
"Climate change = huge pocketbook issue" for homeowners... who should expect local taxes to increase in addition to home insurance rates on account of impacts on infrastructure.
On the ground in Mississippi today seeing firsthand how climate change is driving up home insurance costs by making severe weather more extreme and more frequent. Climate change = huge pocketbook issue here and across the country. Big Oil is to blame.
December 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"Climate change = huge pocketbook issue" for homeowners... who should expect local taxes to increase in addition to home insurance rates on account of impacts on infrastructure.
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🗞️ NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, running for Congress in NY's 10th District, is facing scrutiny over the city’s pension investments in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
The New York Daily News reports that under Lander’s tenure, NYC pension funds not only retained but increased...
The New York Daily News reports that under Lander’s tenure, NYC pension funds not only retained but increased...
December 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🗞️ NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, running for Congress in NY's 10th District, is facing scrutiny over the city’s pension investments in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
The New York Daily News reports that under Lander’s tenure, NYC pension funds not only retained but increased...
The New York Daily News reports that under Lander’s tenure, NYC pension funds not only retained but increased...
"100 women — including 17 newcomers — who command a collective $37 trillion in economic power and influence more than 1 billion people":
For all the setbacks for the world’s women in 2025, the leaders and vanguards on the 2025 Forbes Power Women list stood as examples of resilience in turbulent times.
Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women of 2025
Here are the most powerful and influential women in the world. These remarkable leaders are shaping industries, economies, and communities--across commerce, education, and artificial intelligence.
www.forbes.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"100 women — including 17 newcomers — who command a collective $37 trillion in economic power and influence more than 1 billion people":
#EmpathyFirst when making policy that impacts the hardworking seasonal workers who tend the crops that feed us.
"Rafa" says it was a bit over 40° and damp and foggy when he began pruning grapevines this morning in Madera CA. "I earn minimum wage. This cold damp weather makes our bones ache, but I'm grateful for the work, since there is very little work at this time of year." #WeFeedYou
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#EmpathyFirst when making policy that impacts the hardworking seasonal workers who tend the crops that feed us.
"The Israel-based geoengineering startup has said it expects nations will soon pay it more than a billion dollars a year to launch specially equipped aircraft into the stratosphere."
#SolarGeoengineering
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#SolarGeoengineering
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How one controversial startup hopes to cool the planet
And why many scientists are freaked out about the first serious for-profit company moving into the solar geoengineering field.
www.technologyreview.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"The Israel-based geoengineering startup has said it expects nations will soon pay it more than a billion dollars a year to launch specially equipped aircraft into the stratosphere."
#SolarGeoengineering
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#SolarGeoengineering
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"Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say.
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[But] elections in democracies determine who administers the government; they do not alter whom the government is for.
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Americans are not as easily divided as Trump might think."
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[But] elections in democracies determine who administers the government; they do not alter whom the government is for.
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Americans are not as easily divided as Trump might think."
America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
December 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say.
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[But] elections in democracies determine who administers the government; they do not alter whom the government is for.
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Americans are not as easily divided as Trump might think."
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[But] elections in democracies determine who administers the government; they do not alter whom the government is for.
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Americans are not as easily divided as Trump might think."
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Donald Trump and David Sacks aren't making policy – they're running a con. This executive order does little to protect innovation or the interests of Americans.
California will continue building a nation-leading innovation economy while implementing common sense safeguards.
California will continue building a nation-leading innovation economy while implementing common sense safeguards.
Trump signs order to fight state AI laws
President Trump signed Thursday night an executive order to impose a national AI standard, a move that would limit states’ efforts to enact their own AI laws. “We have to be unified. Chin…
thehill.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Donald Trump and David Sacks aren't making policy – they're running a con. This executive order does little to protect innovation or the interests of Americans.
California will continue building a nation-leading innovation economy while implementing common sense safeguards.
California will continue building a nation-leading innovation economy while implementing common sense safeguards.
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
Bye bye, foreign tourists...
bsky.app/profile/anne...
bsky.app/profile/anne...
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Bye bye, foreign tourists...
bsky.app/profile/anne...
bsky.app/profile/anne...
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Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. (Hank Van Ess)
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. (Hank Van Ess)
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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This is huge, right? They just Trump-proofed the Fed.
@federalreserve.gov announces reappointment of Federal Reserve Bank presidents and first vice presidents after a comprehensive review by the boards of directors of each Reserve Bank, along with unanimous support by Federal Reserve Board members: www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...
Federal Reserve Board announces reappointment of Reserve Bank presidents and first vice presidents
Following a comprehensive review by the boards of directors of the regional Reserve Banks, and the unanimous concurrence of Federal Reserve Board members, the
www.federalreserve.gov
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is huge, right? They just Trump-proofed the Fed.
"'Russia is already escalating its covert campaign against our societies,' Mark Rutte said in a speech in Germany.
'We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured.'"
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'We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured.'"
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Russia could attack Nato within five years, says alliance chief in stark new warning. www.bbc.com/news/article...
We must prepare for war with Russia, says Nato chief in stark new warning
Russian could attack Nato within five years, Mark Rutte said, warning allies to start ramping up preparations "now".
www.bbc.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"'Russia is already escalating its covert campaign against our societies,' Mark Rutte said in a speech in Germany.
'We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured.'"
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'We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents endured.'"
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"[T]he US pivot [towards Russia] 'leaves the United Kingdom especially vulnerable'.
— "Matt Western, a Labour MP and chair of parliament’s joint committee on the UK government’s national security strategy"
— "Matt Western, a Labour MP and chair of parliament’s joint committee on the UK government’s national security strategy"
US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn
US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn
House of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politics
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Europe live – latest updates
The US is engaging in “extreme rightwing tropes” with echoes of the 1930s and threatening “chilling” interference in European democracies, British MPs warned ministers on Thursday.
The House of Commons rounded on Donald Trump’s national security strategy, which stated that Europe was facing “civilisational erasure” and vowed to help the continent “correct its current trajectory and promote patriotic European parties”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"[T]he US pivot [towards Russia] 'leaves the United Kingdom especially vulnerable'.
— "Matt Western, a Labour MP and chair of parliament’s joint committee on the UK government’s national security strategy"
— "Matt Western, a Labour MP and chair of parliament’s joint committee on the UK government’s national security strategy"
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Yesterday, in just one day, I am told that the Ukrainians killed or critically wounded 900 Russians. In one day. All for the imperial dreams of a tyrant
December 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Yesterday, in just one day, I am told that the Ukrainians killed or critically wounded 900 Russians. In one day. All for the imperial dreams of a tyrant
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Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what Repro Uncensored call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what Repro Uncensored call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
"Now we have a further press on the numbers via the Treasury Bill purchases that start tomorrow. We do not know the exact scale but I would suggest we think of broad money growth as being of the order of 7%.
This is inflationary..."
This is inflationary..."
To QE or not to QE that is the question
Last night there was a rather significant move by the US Federal Reserve and it was not the change in interest-rates via a 0.25% cut. In some ways it in fact shows the impotence of interest-rate cuts in these times and takes us back in time to around 2009.…
Last night there was a rather significant move by the US Federal Reserve and it was not the change in interest-rates via a 0.25% cut. In some ways it in fact shows the impotence of interest-rate cuts in these times and takes us back in time to around 2009.…
To QE or not to QE that is the question
Last night there was a rather significant move by the US Federal Reserve and it was not the change in interest-rates via a 0.25% cut. In some ways it in fact shows the impotence of interest-rate cuts in these times and takes us back in time to around 2009. As so often with really significant things you had to look for it as it was not in the initial statement so here is Chair Jerome Powell.
notayesmanseconomics.wordpress.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Now we have a further press on the numbers via the Treasury Bill purchases that start tomorrow. We do not know the exact scale but I would suggest we think of broad money growth as being of the order of 7%.
This is inflationary..."
This is inflationary..."
While democracy dies in media darkness, the weeds of cruelty grow unrestrained.
December 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
While democracy dies in media darkness, the weeds of cruelty grow unrestrained.
My take on ways businesses respond to cost increases due to tariffs:
* pass tariff cost on to purchasers
* take some or all of the added cost out of profits to maintain price points and not endanger market share
* downscale production of price-sensitive offerings
* look for less tariffed inputs
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* pass tariff cost on to purchasers
* take some or all of the added cost out of profits to maintain price points and not endanger market share
* downscale production of price-sensitive offerings
* look for less tariffed inputs
...
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
My take on ways businesses respond to cost increases due to tariffs:
* pass tariff cost on to purchasers
* take some or all of the added cost out of profits to maintain price points and not endanger market share
* downscale production of price-sensitive offerings
* look for less tariffed inputs
...
* pass tariff cost on to purchasers
* take some or all of the added cost out of profits to maintain price points and not endanger market share
* downscale production of price-sensitive offerings
* look for less tariffed inputs
...
Public complacency, these days, can have devastating — even lethal — downstream consequences...
Ask anyone who was denied reproductive healthcare when a pregnancy went sour or who is about to be unable to afford health insurance or who is facing the prospect of medical bankruptcy ...
Ask anyone who was denied reproductive healthcare when a pregnancy went sour or who is about to be unable to afford health insurance or who is facing the prospect of medical bankruptcy ...
We have a broken healthcare system that must be fixed, but the solution in the short-term isn't to deny people the ACA tax credits that they rely on.
We must extend the subsidies so people aren't kicked off their healthcare next month, *and* we need Medicare for All.
We must extend the subsidies so people aren't kicked off their healthcare next month, *and* we need Medicare for All.
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Public complacency, these days, can have devastating — even lethal — downstream consequences...
Ask anyone who was denied reproductive healthcare when a pregnancy went sour or who is about to be unable to afford health insurance or who is facing the prospect of medical bankruptcy ...
Ask anyone who was denied reproductive healthcare when a pregnancy went sour or who is about to be unable to afford health insurance or who is facing the prospect of medical bankruptcy ...
It's never been more crucial to support companies that share your values.
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's never been more crucial to support companies that share your values.
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In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM