Tickles La Rue
@tickleslarue.bsky.social
I have meandered over here from Elmo's Hellscape.
Sarcasm is my jam.
I like to use the f word a lot.
Uh... Why does this feel like a job interview?
Stop pressuring me.
See out there on the field, kids.
Sarcasm is my jam.
I like to use the f word a lot.
Uh... Why does this feel like a job interview?
Stop pressuring me.
See out there on the field, kids.
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Trump: "Anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman!"
December 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Trump: "Anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman!"
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Veterans fought for our freedom, now it's time for us to fight for their freedom to choose.
December 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Veterans fought for our freedom, now it's time for us to fight for their freedom to choose.
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Veterans are more likely to have high-risk pregnancies due to their service and need full access to healthcare.
December 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Veterans are more likely to have high-risk pregnancies due to their service and need full access to healthcare.
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Trump's VA just banned abortion care for veterans—even in cases of rape, incest, or threats to health.
This is cruel, and dangerous.
This is cruel, and dangerous.
December 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Trump's VA just banned abortion care for veterans—even in cases of rape, incest, or threats to health.
This is cruel, and dangerous.
This is cruel, and dangerous.
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NORAD tracks Santa but he's shot down with video posted by Hegseth for violating borders and harboring immigrant workers
December 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
NORAD tracks Santa but he's shot down with video posted by Hegseth for violating borders and harboring immigrant workers
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... activities, consumer debt requires different risk-modeling "muscles" while less amenable to their value
#economy #markets #privatecredit @financialtimes.com
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#economy #markets #privatecredit @financialtimes.com
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December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
... activities, consumer debt requires different risk-modeling "muscles" while less amenable to their value
#economy #markets #privatecredit @financialtimes.com
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#economy #markets #privatecredit @financialtimes.com
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... lower overall systemic risk—acting as a diversified "shock absorber" for the financial system.
The Skeptical View: Private credit is expanding into riskier areas that sit outside their traditional expertise and where they lack a comparative advantage. Unlike their bespoke corporate...
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The Skeptical View: Private credit is expanding into riskier areas that sit outside their traditional expertise and where they lack a comparative advantage. Unlike their bespoke corporate...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
... lower overall systemic risk—acting as a diversified "shock absorber" for the financial system.
The Skeptical View: Private credit is expanding into riskier areas that sit outside their traditional expertise and where they lack a comparative advantage. Unlike their bespoke corporate...
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The Skeptical View: Private credit is expanding into riskier areas that sit outside their traditional expertise and where they lack a comparative advantage. Unlike their bespoke corporate...
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... including two opposing views that, interestingly are not mutually exclusive!
The Optimistic View: These firms, who invest overwhelmingly in advanced countries, are increasingly substituting for traditional banks. By moving this debt off bank balance sheets, they could potentially ...
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The Optimistic View: These firms, who invest overwhelmingly in advanced countries, are increasingly substituting for traditional banks. By moving this debt off bank balance sheets, they could potentially ...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
... including two opposing views that, interestingly are not mutually exclusive!
The Optimistic View: These firms, who invest overwhelmingly in advanced countries, are increasingly substituting for traditional banks. By moving this debt off bank balance sheets, they could potentially ...
2 of 4
The Optimistic View: These firms, who invest overwhelmingly in advanced countries, are increasingly substituting for traditional banks. By moving this debt off bank balance sheets, they could potentially ...
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The private credit explosion continues:
According to the Financial Times, “private credit firms snapped up nearly 14 times as much consumer debt this year as in 2024, piling into riskier areas such as credit cards and buy now, pay later debt.”
This shift raises interesting questions, ...
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According to the Financial Times, “private credit firms snapped up nearly 14 times as much consumer debt this year as in 2024, piling into riskier areas such as credit cards and buy now, pay later debt.”
This shift raises interesting questions, ...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The private credit explosion continues:
According to the Financial Times, “private credit firms snapped up nearly 14 times as much consumer debt this year as in 2024, piling into riskier areas such as credit cards and buy now, pay later debt.”
This shift raises interesting questions, ...
1 of 4
According to the Financial Times, “private credit firms snapped up nearly 14 times as much consumer debt this year as in 2024, piling into riskier areas such as credit cards and buy now, pay later debt.”
This shift raises interesting questions, ...
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The Trump administration will begin seizing the pay of people in default on their student loans in the new year.
Starting January 7th, the Department of Education will start withholding a chunk of the wages from some student loan borrowers in default.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Starting January 7th, the Department of Education will start withholding a chunk of the wages from some student loan borrowers in default.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Wage garnishment for defaulted student loans to resume early next year
The Education Department had stopped collecting wages to repay defaulted loans during the coronavirus pandemic.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Trump administration will begin seizing the pay of people in default on their student loans in the new year.
Starting January 7th, the Department of Education will start withholding a chunk of the wages from some student loan borrowers in default.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Starting January 7th, the Department of Education will start withholding a chunk of the wages from some student loan borrowers in default.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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“.. Q3 #GDP of 4.3% was boosted over a percentage point by the weird trade situation. (See yellow boxes below). Artificially low imports and "high" exports did make GDP look better.
But keep in mind: Consumption was strong in Q3 at +3.5%. (see green box below)”
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
But keep in mind: Consumption was strong in Q3 at +3.5%. (see green box below)”
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“.. Q3 #GDP of 4.3% was boosted over a percentage point by the weird trade situation. (See yellow boxes below). Artificially low imports and "high" exports did make GDP look better.
But keep in mind: Consumption was strong in Q3 at +3.5%. (see green box below)”
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
But keep in mind: Consumption was strong in Q3 at +3.5%. (see green box below)”
@byheatherlong.bsky.social
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December 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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"Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death sentence," Sasse wrote on social media. "But I already had a death sentence before last week too — we all do."
Damn. 🙏
Damn. 🙏
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death sentence," Sasse wrote on social media. "But I already had a death sentence before last week too — we all do."
Damn. 🙏
Damn. 🙏
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1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
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MOM: We just got to the airport, but we can catch a later flight. Motion sensors say you’re in my bedroom.
KEVIN: I’m hiding under your bed.
MOM: Your Oura ring shows your heart rate is elevated. Don’t worry—I just turned on the radiant heat in the floors.
KEVIN: I’m hiding under your bed.
MOM: Your Oura ring shows your heart rate is elevated. Don’t worry—I just turned on the radiant heat in the floors.
Home Alone, Updated for the Age of Surveillance
Kate McCallister realizes that her son Kevin didn’t make it with them to the airport on their way to Paris for the holidays. She frantically pulls ...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
MOM: We just got to the airport, but we can catch a later flight. Motion sensors say you’re in my bedroom.
KEVIN: I’m hiding under your bed.
MOM: Your Oura ring shows your heart rate is elevated. Don’t worry—I just turned on the radiant heat in the floors.
KEVIN: I’m hiding under your bed.
MOM: Your Oura ring shows your heart rate is elevated. Don’t worry—I just turned on the radiant heat in the floors.
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Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
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This Christmas’ hottest stocking stuffer is a tiny screwdriver for the white collar worker in your life
Peter Navarro: "In an age of AI when all the white collar jobs are going away pretty damn quick, I think maybe it's a good time for people to think about having good blue collar jobs ... give tariffs a chance, because they're working"
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This Christmas’ hottest stocking stuffer is a tiny screwdriver for the white collar worker in your life
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“Get ready to work a harder and more dangerous job for less money” seems like a good message heading into the midterms
December 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“Get ready to work a harder and more dangerous job for less money” seems like a good message heading into the midterms
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I have seen DOJ do some strange redactions before, but this is up there:
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I have seen DOJ do some strange redactions before, but this is up there:
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Something very funny about de santis praising Coolidge for “immigration.” Coolidge’s immigration policy was that people named de santis shouldn’t be allowed to come here bsky.app/profile/anth...
There’s like a dozen things that are wrong about this statement.
December 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Something very funny about de santis praising Coolidge for “immigration.” Coolidge’s immigration policy was that people named de santis shouldn’t be allowed to come here bsky.app/profile/anth...