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Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · 26d

The only "winners" from the whole Charlie Kirk incident are America's enemies who are getting exactly what they want to see - the US ripping itself apart politically.

Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · Sep 1

Say the word. Genocide scholars including Holocaust experts are.

www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel...

Leading genocide scholars organization says Israeli action in Gaza is genocide

The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide said Monday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

www.ctvnews.ca

Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · Sep 1

Breaking - International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) resoundingly agree that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

time.com/7313709/isra...

Israel’s Actions in Gaza Are 'Genocide,' Says Association

Israel has previously strongly denied that its actions in Gaza constitute genocide, citing its right to defend itself.

time.com

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Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · Aug 3

Wow, talk about overexplaining a lie.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 3

Kevin Hassett: "The data can't be propaganda. The data has to be something you can trust, bc decision-makers throughout the economy trust that these are the data that they can build a factory because they believe, or cut interest rates. If the data aren't that good, it's a real problem for the US."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 3

Kevin Hassett: "The data can't be propaganda. The data has to be something you can trust, bc decision-makers throughout the economy trust that these are the data that they can build a factory because they believe, or cut interest rates. If the data aren't that good, it's a real problem for the US."

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Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · Jul 23

What? Did you see the GM earnings?

Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · Jul 23

Only looking at the stock chart, do you think Trump's tariffs had a positive or negative effect on GM's vehicle sales when they announced earnings today?

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Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · Jul 22

Can someone explain why this is a good thing? #Ukraine

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · Jul 22

⚡️ BREAKING: Ukraine's parliament passes bill destroying independence of key anti-corruption bodies.

The bill was passed with the support of 263 lawmakers, while 13 voted against it and 13 abstained.

BREAKING: Ukraine's parliament passes bill destroying independence of key anti-corruption bodies

The legislation grants the prosecutor general new powers over investigations led by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and cases led by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's ...

kyivindependent.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Apr 11

Update: DOJ has missed its 11:30 a.m. deadline.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Apr 11

BREAKING: Xinis holds, criticizing DOJ’s filing, saying their claimed need for more time “blinks at reality,” and giving them until 11:30a to comply with the order for a declaration. The 1p hearing stays. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

ORDER
The Defendants ask this Court to extend the deadline to respond to its Order at ECF No.
51, arguing that the Defendants require several days to "meaningful[ly] review the Supreme Court's decision," issued last night at 7:00 PM, and that it is "impracticable for Defendants to
comply with the Court's 9:30 AM deadline only a few hours after the Supreme Court issued an order in this case." ECF No. 55. This, Defendants say, supports extension of the filing deadline until April 15, 2025. The Court largely rejects the Defendants' request.
First, the Defendants' act of sending Abrego Garcia to El Salvador was wholly illegal
from the moment it happened, and Defendants have been on notice of the same. Indeed, as the Supreme Court credits, "the United States acknowledges that Abrego Garcia was subject to a withholding order forbidding his removal to El Salvador, and that the removal to El Salvador was therefore illegal." Noem v. Abrego Garcia, 604 U.S.__ (2025), Slip Op. at 1. Second, the Defendants' suggestion that they need time to meaningfully review a four-page Order that
reaffirms this basic principle blinks at reality. Third, the Defendants misconstrue the Supreme
Court's Order stating that the original deadline at ECF No. 21 is "no longer effective," as

somehow suggesting that the Court's amended Order requiring prompt attention to this matter is
"inconsistent" with the Supreme Court's directive. Nothing could be further from the truth. As
the Supreme Court plainly stated, "the Government should be prepared to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken and the prospect of further steps," Slip Op. at 2 - all against the backdrop of this Court's needing to "ensure that the Government lives up to its obligations to
follow the law." Id. at 4 (Sotomayor, J., concurring).
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS in part the request and will extend the filing deadline
until 11:30 AM today. The hearing date and time will remain unchanged.
April 11, 2025
Date
IS/
Paula Xinis
United States District Judge

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Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · Apr 11

Polymarket betting on next PM of #Canada as of April 11th

Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · Apr 8

For those who missed it this weekend... Canada is rolling out the first SMR nuclear reactor.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Apr 6

As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.

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Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · Apr 5

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · Apr 2

This is true: The Trump administration said it has imposed a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory, whose only inhabitants are the U.S. and U.K. service members at the military base on Diego Garcia.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Apr 2

Incredibly, this appears to be true. We tariffed our own (jointly operated with the UK) military base.

STEMthebleeding @stemthebleeding.bsky.social · Apr 2

We tariffed BIOT, Mike.

BIOT. Diego fucking Garcia.

We tarrifed our own military base.

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Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · Apr 2

You saw this during the pandemic. Companies will take any excuse to raise prices. Remember when so many companies blamed supply chains? Guess what they're gonna blame again? This'll likely result in the US gov implementing a department just to combat price-push inflation AKA "bad policy"

Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Apr 2

It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.

Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.

Matt Austin @iammattaustin.bsky.social · Apr 2

Oh sh*t, James over on Twitter is correct. Trump arrived at the foreign tariff numbers by taking the trade deficit and dividing it by the total imports.

For Afghanistan in 2024 the deficit was $11.1M on $22.6M in trade. 11.1/22.6 = 49.11%. This is insane.

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