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Tim

@thunderkc.bsky.social

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Interests so random, probably not worth following unless you’re me. Markets, democracy, music, sports. Blue dot. Diehard #Chiefs / #Royals fan. Fair-weather #Nuggets fan. Husband, father of kids growing up too quickly

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Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · May 1

A thread of the most devastating responses to the Dallas Fed's April Business Outlook survey. They asked TX-based businesses how tariffs are impacting them. Responses are from a range of sectors (manufacturing, services, retail). Keep in mind these are business executives in a red state:

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Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 9h

Came to say literally this!

Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 15h

Very surprising. Guess it’s central bank driven after all (only safe haven left as US becomes banana republic)

Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 15h

a man in a purple jacket is standing next to another man who says you said it man

ALT: a man in a purple jacket is standing next to another man who says you said it man

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Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 1d

In any other timeline, #NSPM-7 would be the biggest news in decades #NSPM7

Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 1d

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 8d

If a SINGLE major media org could do a story on NSPM-7, that’d be great !!!

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Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 1d

Insane how low this is flying under the radar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #NSPM7

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 7d

Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 1d

Insane how low this is flying under the radar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #NSPM7

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 2d

There's been a 300 PERCENT increase in FBI domestic terrorism investigations this year
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/secretive-...

Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7

“We’re expanding the watchlist,” FBI director says amid 300% increase in domestic terror investigations.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”

New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 11d

Trump's NSPM-7 slips through like a sly dagger, arming feds to preempt "pre-crime" dissent via vast nets snaring anti-capitalist thoughts and protests, ignoring right-wing lethality stats twice as deadly, all while dodging oversight. #NSPM7

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Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 1d

@hcrichardson.bsky.social can u discuss hist. sig. of NSPM-7 more? Shocked how below the radar it is flying. Almost zero media (b/c of the other sh!t flooding the zone constantly)

Perhaps you could find some historical parallels or context (reminds me of McCarthyism but obvs very different) #NSPM7

Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 1d

Early reports are saying she's from Oklahoma, and doing some modeling right now

Napoleon Dynamite's obviously fictitious girlfriend who he says is "his old girlfriend from Oklahoma." She was going to fly out for the dance but is doing some modeling right now.

Pedro states that he likes her bangs.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

no they're LITERALLY exaggerating this issue. there is absolutely no data backing up their claims. ffs just say that!!

NBC news: The discussions come as Trump has sought to deploy National Guard troops in several major cities — including Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland, Oregon — saying they’re needed to reduce crime and protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from protesters. Critics have said that the Trump administration is exaggerating issues in those cities.

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Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 1d

"We're eradicating woke species fluidity from this country, one chicken person at a time."

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

If you had written this as a fake news headline a year ago, you would be called hysterical.

Reuters today. Fascism.

Reuters story headlines:

Trunp calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment

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Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite Lee Greenwood trivia is that he was so patriotic and loved America so much, that he made a Canadian version of his one song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf3e...

God Bless You Canada - Lee Greenwood

YouTube video by Canadian Blue Jay

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Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes, the rube anti-trust discourse

(just being pedantic, rubes to me are RURAL idiots who believe in Trump & woudn't care about this topic...but I suppose it can apply to the gullible in general...it just codes as "bumpkin" to me)

TL:DR: I agree w/OP yet have added nothing to the conversation

Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 1d

I just hope gold (no accounting fraud required!) continues its generational tear after the equity mechanics break…

Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 2d

Good, but also stupid

Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know why I read this, b/c I knew it was going to be a maddening read!

a cartoon character is standing in front of a tow truck .

Alt: a cartoon character is standing in front of a tow truck .

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Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 2d

What is MPG, and is that model quick enough for highway driving? Or just around-the-town errands/killings?

Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 2d

“…We’re not reporters, just bad memers.”

I think FNC just found its new tagline

Tim @thunderkc.bsky.social · 5d

No time for BB&B?!

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 6d

more than a whiff of self-censorship in markets at the moment. No-one wants to call BS on, ya know, everything, for fear of angering the president

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