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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @www.thefinancenewsletter.com · 1d

How money works:

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 19h

But they *are* prepared to take down the Ol’ 96er down on Rush Street.

Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 1d

“Democratic strongholds”?

Democrats are not some faction engaged in stochastic terrorism.

Your reporting consistently neglects to mention that the only “chaos” happening is the chaos ICE and CBP bring with them.

“Getting around legal obstacles” is a weird way of saying “breaking the law.”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Hundreds of National Guard troops were expected soon in Chicago. The deployment is the latest in a series of military incursions in U.S. cities, particularly in Democratic strongholds. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles. Follow updates.

National Guard Troops Expected Soon in Chicago as Trump Considers Invoking Emergency Powers: Live Updates

The mobilization includes some 200 Guard troops from Texas. President Trump said he would consider invoking emergency powers to “get around” legal obstacles.

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 1d

TX Gov Abbott: Here are some migrants we don’t want to deal with, Chicago…

Also TX Gov Abbott: Here are some troops to deal with the migrants we didn’t want to deal with, Chicago…

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 2d

Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 3d

Your status will not protect you.

This flaccid and impotent Regime demands unquestioning loyalty.

In exchange, they only offer fear.

Fear and surprise.

Fear, surprise, and shambolic incompetence.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

"'They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van,' she said..."

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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Del Marra @delmarra.bsky.social · 3d

(For anyone needing a translation: “Especially all of the Latinos and Latinas in the world, here in the US, who have worked to open doors—it's not just a win for me, it's a win for all of us. Our footprints and our contribution to this country—no one will ever be able to take that or erase it.”)

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

Bad Bunny responds to his Super Bowl critics in Spanish, and then English: “And, if you didn’t understand know what I just said, you have four months to learn!”

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 3d

Had a great time at the live taping of the @strictscrutiny.bsky.social podcast. Thank you, Profs @profmmurray.bsky.social, @leahlitman.bsky.social, @kateshaw.bsky.social for recognizing putting respect back in the name “Thomas”!

Still image of gavel in the shape of microphone, with words “STRICT SCRUTINY Bad Decisions Tour 2025”

Five people standing. Four very smart and accomplished women, and a policy nerd standing between them.

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 5d

I’m sure @dieworkwear.bsky.social would recommend going with a Navy pea coat, as long as it has the right shape, drape, and cultural fit.

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 9d

Cardinal Robert McElroy at the Mass for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “We are witnessing an unprecedented assault on our nation…this assault is intended to make life miserable for undocumented migrants…our government is engaged in a comprehensive campaign of fear at its core.”

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 9d

Depends upon how fast you want the Knicks eliminated.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 9d

Forty Acres Fresh Market is now open in Austin, an area facing "food apartheid." blockclubchi.co/48cjOdr

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 11d

I remember reading stories in high school and college of Gorbachev’s fight against “technical alcohol” in the USSR—especially in the Red Army.

These “diseases of despair” are only going to get worse, so long as Putin continues to treat #RussiaAsATerroristState.

The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 11d

Incidents of mass deaths from cheap moonshine are not uncommon in Russia, which has been blighted by high levels of alcoholism for years, though they have rolled back from the records reached in the 1990s.

Alcohol Poisoning Death Toll Rises to 25 - The Moscow Times

The death toll from alcohol poisoning in western Russia this month rose to 25 after lethal methanol levels were confirmed in six more bodies, investigators said Saturday.

www.themoscowtimes.com

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 11d

That’s . . .

An interesting way to say that he “lied”.

Or, @kyledcheney.bsky.social could have gone with “prevaricated”.

prevaricate
verb [ Intransitive ] formal
US /prɪˈver.ə.keɪt/ UK /prɪˈvær.ɪ.keɪt/

To avoid telling the truth or saying exactly what you think.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Trump falsely suggested today that rank-and-file FBI agents fomented the Jan. 6 attack that a mob of his supporters unleashed on the Capitol, leaning into conspiracy theories as he accuses a second FBI director of committing crimes

w/ @iriesentner.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Trump falsely suggests FBI agents to blame for igniting Jan. 6 violence

The president’s baseless claim continued a yearslong effort to rewrite the history of the Capitol attack.

www.politico.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13d

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 13d

So, how’s that “Drill Baby Drill” going?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13d

The comments in this week's Dallas Fed survey have to be seen to be believed:

".. uncertainty from the administration’s policies has put a damper on all investment in the oil patch. Those who can are running for the exits."

".. drilling is going to disappear."

www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...

Oil and gas activity slips again on elevated uncertainty, higher costs

Activity in the oil and gas sector declined slightly in the third quarter of 2025, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey.

www.dallasfed.org

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 14d

When you’ve lost <checks notes> noted war-crime apologist John Yoo. . . .

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 15d

John Yoo op-ed:

"As an official in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel ... I advised that the U.S. could wage war against al-Qaeda without blurring the distinction between crime and war. ... The drug cartels alone do NOT present a similar challenge that rises to the level of war."

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Opinion | What’s wrong with a military campaign against the drug trade

Trump’s boat strikes against the cartels risk crossing the line between law enforcement and war.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 15d

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, as the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to minority students works to raise $1 billion to strengthen all 37 of its historically Black colleges and universities. apnews.com/article/mack...

MacKenzie Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, the largest private provider of scholarships to minority students.

apnews.com

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 16d

My son and I when Frasier is on…

two men in suits are sitting at a table holding cups of coffee

ALT: two men in suits are sitting at a table holding cups of coffee

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24d

Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.

It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.

This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 24d

People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · 28d

This has ever been the project to overthrow the Second American Revolution—to undo the making manifest the words “all men are created equal”.

Confederates are gonna confederate.

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Thomas Gary @thomasgary.bsky.social · Sep 8

“Colonel Lee.”

When he resigned his commission from the United States Army, he was a Colonel.

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