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Adding billions to the debt to feed hungry kids and allow people to sometimes see a doctor is not OK. Adding trillions to the debt so a billionaire can afford a sixth mega-yacht is fine, even recommended. The constitution is clear on this.
May 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Adding billions to the debt to feed hungry kids and allow people to sometimes see a doctor is not OK. Adding trillions to the debt so a billionaire can afford a sixth mega-yacht is fine, even recommended. The constitution is clear on this.
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WYDEN: Did you promise any tax promoter you would help them if you got confirmed?
LONG: I can answer that with an affirmative no
W: So you didn't meet w/ anybody when you were in town for the inauguration & promise help?
L: Not that I can think of. And I had food poisoning
W: We have it on tape
LONG: I can answer that with an affirmative no
W: So you didn't meet w/ anybody when you were in town for the inauguration & promise help?
L: Not that I can think of. And I had food poisoning
W: We have it on tape
May 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
WYDEN: Did you promise any tax promoter you would help them if you got confirmed?
LONG: I can answer that with an affirmative no
W: So you didn't meet w/ anybody when you were in town for the inauguration & promise help?
L: Not that I can think of. And I had food poisoning
W: We have it on tape
LONG: I can answer that with an affirmative no
W: So you didn't meet w/ anybody when you were in town for the inauguration & promise help?
L: Not that I can think of. And I had food poisoning
W: We have it on tape
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You know what else reports a net loss every quarter? Every single police department in the country.
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service posted a net loss of $3.3 billion in this fiscal year’s second quarter mainly due to “significant challenges out of our control,” including workers’ compensation costs, Luke Grossmann, USPS chief financial officer, said at the open session of the governing board meeting
May 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
You know what else reports a net loss every quarter? Every single police department in the country.
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Remarkable how tariff supporters embrace what I call “immaculate taxation” —-that one of the biggest tax increases in decades could be enacted with no effect on jobs, growth or inflation. I believe many of those same folks forecast Armegeddon if the top 39% tax rate was restored.
May 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Remarkable how tariff supporters embrace what I call “immaculate taxation” —-that one of the biggest tax increases in decades could be enacted with no effect on jobs, growth or inflation. I believe many of those same folks forecast Armegeddon if the top 39% tax rate was restored.
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Why is it up to @rollingstone.com to write the most honest and direct headlines?
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Why is it up to @rollingstone.com to write the most honest and direct headlines?
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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A highlight from the (excellent) new Ben Affleck Criterion Closet vid.
April 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A highlight from the (excellent) new Ben Affleck Criterion Closet vid.
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The Secretary of Agriculture announced yesterday that the Admin is about to ask Congress for hundreds of billions to bail out farmers because of Trump’s tariffs.
April 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Secretary of Agriculture announced yesterday that the Admin is about to ask Congress for hundreds of billions to bail out farmers because of Trump’s tariffs.
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From the Dallas Fed manufacturing survey
"If we want to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., can we try not to kill the companies that can actually help do that before we get the chance?"
"If we want to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., can we try not to kill the companies that can actually help do that before we get the chance?"
April 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
From the Dallas Fed manufacturing survey
"If we want to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., can we try not to kill the companies that can actually help do that before we get the chance?"
"If we want to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., can we try not to kill the companies that can actually help do that before we get the chance?"
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THE SOCIAL NETWORK was not harsh enough toward zuck
“‘Mommy, the guy who’s been giving money to our school doesn’t want to give it to us anymore,’” he told her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They’re Closing.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
THE SOCIAL NETWORK was not harsh enough toward zuck
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Gasparino's been right a lot and wrong a lot, but if he's right, he's unwittingly saying that the White House leaks information to friendly investors who can front-run the markets
April 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Gasparino's been right a lot and wrong a lot, but if he's right, he's unwittingly saying that the White House leaks information to friendly investors who can front-run the markets
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loser month?
NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month.
He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵
He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵
Mississippi Governor Declares April Confederate Heritage Month
Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 32-year-old tradition that began in 1993.
www.mississippifreepress.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
loser month?
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APOLLO: “It normally takes 18 months on average for the US to negotiate a trade deal. .. While markets wait for trade negotiations with 90 countries at the same time, global trade is grinding to a standstill .. if current policies do not change, then the probability of a US recession in 2025 is 90%”
April 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
APOLLO: “It normally takes 18 months on average for the US to negotiate a trade deal. .. While markets wait for trade negotiations with 90 countries at the same time, global trade is grinding to a standstill .. if current policies do not change, then the probability of a US recession in 2025 is 90%”
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This is an enormous theft—not just privatizing a government function with a worse and more expensive for-profit substitute, but also a massive government financial data heist—and on the other side of it everyone needs to end up broke and imprisoned to deter them and others from doing it again.
Reported earlier today that a new DOGEr, Roland Tenglong Shen, who works at Thiel-backed payments company Ramp, is now at Treasury's central payments hub. A request for comment through LinkedIn went unanswered and now Shen's LinkedIn profile has disappeared. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rampi...
Rampin’ Up, Baby! That Thiel Start Up Hunting the Motherlode Contract is Inside Treasury
One of the most important stories in some time came out two...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is an enormous theft—not just privatizing a government function with a worse and more expensive for-profit substitute, but also a massive government financial data heist—and on the other side of it everyone needs to end up broke and imprisoned to deter them and others from doing it again.
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April 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
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There was a long strain of hope for an eventual utopia in the United States for basically all years from 2008 to 2024, there was always some reason to be ridiculously optimistic that deep down, most Americans were good people who could be reached.
It’s dead now and people need to bury their dreams
It’s dead now and people need to bury their dreams
April 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
There was a long strain of hope for an eventual utopia in the United States for basically all years from 2008 to 2024, there was always some reason to be ridiculously optimistic that deep down, most Americans were good people who could be reached.
It’s dead now and people need to bury their dreams
It’s dead now and people need to bury their dreams
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How it started // How it’s going
April 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
How it started // How it’s going
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I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.
April 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.
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A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:
April 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:
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The 10% tariff alone is a $2500 per household annual tax hike!
April 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The 10% tariff alone is a $2500 per household annual tax hike!
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1. White House, Monday, on a 90-day pause: “Fake news.”
2. Bessent, today: a 90-day pause was discussed on Sunday. “This was his strategy all along.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2. Bessent, today: a 90-day pause was discussed on Sunday. “This was his strategy all along.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
1. White House, Monday, on a 90-day pause: “Fake news.”
2. Bessent, today: a 90-day pause was discussed on Sunday. “This was his strategy all along.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2. Bessent, today: a 90-day pause was discussed on Sunday. “This was his strategy all along.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx
— Karl Marx
April 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx
— Karl Marx
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DIMON on tariffs, Jan 22: “Get over it.”
DIMON this am:
DIMON this am:
April 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
DIMON on tariffs, Jan 22: “Get over it.”
DIMON this am:
DIMON this am:
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One of the biggest market stories right now has to be the admin's failure to really get meaningfully lower rates. 10-year still just a bit below 4%, even with a market crash
April 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
One of the biggest market stories right now has to be the admin's failure to really get meaningfully lower rates. 10-year still just a bit below 4%, even with a market crash