jacetomlin.bsky.social
@jacetomlin.bsky.social
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That was a lot of words.

Here's why he downplays the market:

It's bad news for him. If it were up, it would be the most important thing ever.

And just like that, I know way more about what's going on than you do.
March 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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As it turns out, people respond to incentives:
Your regular reminder that the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics, from now back through Iran-Contra to 1865, is because there are never any actual legal, personal, or political consequences for all of the awful & illegal things happening in 🇺🇸 politics.
This is, quite literally, what Trump got impeached for the first time

(he illegally paused money for Ukraine and extorted Zelenskyy, trying to get him to conduct a sham investigation into Biden)
March 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Dems, every single time Trump does something bad: "Let's see how the public reacts to X before we react"

*public does not react*

*Dems do not react*

*nobody reacts*

Dems: "Ah, well, nevertheless! Surely his next overreach will be the one!"
January 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Here's the thing—I’m good with my taxes subsidizing welfare benefits for neighbors who cant afford food.

But I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare for billionaires who won’t pay living wages or their fair share of taxes.

You wanna cut waste? Pay workers. Tax billionaires. Period
December 4, 2024 at 12:36 PM