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Very good >> open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
The Old World Order is Dead
Unipolarity was given, not taken
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Very good >> open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
What’s Trump’s tell? “I don’t know anything about it,”
"I don’t know anything about it," Trump tells @NBCNews about the Justice Department's investigation into Fed chair Powell. Added that it had nothing to do with interest rates.
"I wouldn’t even think of doing it that way."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
"I wouldn’t even think of doing it that way."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
'I don't know anything about it': Trump denies involvement in DOJ's Fed subpoenas
In a brief interview with NBC News Sunday, Trump said he didn't know about the Justice Department subpoenaing the Federal Reserve but said chair Jerome Powell is "not very good."
www.nbcnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:53 AM
What’s Trump’s tell? “I don’t know anything about it,”
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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“There is nothing an authoritarian fears more than peaceful, organized people power. Our organizing, rooted in our First Amendment constitutional rights, threatens this regime’s grip on power…Our answer is courage, solidarity, and nonviolent resistance. That’s our strength—and that’s how we’ll win.”
Trump & Miller are smearing Indivisible to silence dissent. It won’t work.
A quick response to some batshit reporting on America's authoritarian regime
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
“There is nothing an authoritarian fears more than peaceful, organized people power. Our organizing, rooted in our First Amendment constitutional rights, threatens this regime’s grip on power…Our answer is courage, solidarity, and nonviolent resistance. That’s our strength—and that’s how we’ll win.”
For the love of god, please resign now.
The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
September 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
For the love of god, please resign now.
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.
Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit
Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
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I'm out of here for the night, but I'll end with this.
GOVERNOR LISA COOK IS AN EXCEPTIONAL ECONOMIST, EDUCATOR, POLICY LEADER, AND HUMAN BEING. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT HER LEGACY WILL OUT LIVE THEIRS. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
GOVERNOR LISA COOK IS AN EXCEPTIONAL ECONOMIST, EDUCATOR, POLICY LEADER, AND HUMAN BEING. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT HER LEGACY WILL OUT LIVE THEIRS. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
August 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I'm out of here for the night, but I'll end with this.
GOVERNOR LISA COOK IS AN EXCEPTIONAL ECONOMIST, EDUCATOR, POLICY LEADER, AND HUMAN BEING. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT HER LEGACY WILL OUT LIVE THEIRS. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
GOVERNOR LISA COOK IS AN EXCEPTIONAL ECONOMIST, EDUCATOR, POLICY LEADER, AND HUMAN BEING. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT HER LEGACY WILL OUT LIVE THEIRS. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
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All the ppl pretending this is about data quality need to be asked two questions, relentlessly:
1) Would Trump have fired the BLS Director if the numbers were good or the revisions were upwards?
2) How can you make the BLS data more accurate and trusted by politicizing it like this?
1) Would Trump have fired the BLS Director if the numbers were good or the revisions were upwards?
2) How can you make the BLS data more accurate and trusted by politicizing it like this?
August 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
All the ppl pretending this is about data quality need to be asked two questions, relentlessly:
1) Would Trump have fired the BLS Director if the numbers were good or the revisions were upwards?
2) How can you make the BLS data more accurate and trusted by politicizing it like this?
1) Would Trump have fired the BLS Director if the numbers were good or the revisions were upwards?
2) How can you make the BLS data more accurate and trusted by politicizing it like this?
You don’t say…
Three months after “Liberation Day,” the trade transformation that President Donald Trump promised is proving harder and slower to execute than advertised
Latest Tariff Pause Shows Limits of Trump’s Frenzied Dealmaking
On “Liberation Day” on April 2, Donald Trump gushed about how trade was finally going to tilt in America’s favor after decades of its workers and companies being “plundered.” For the president, unfettered tariffs would soon make the US “an entirely different country.”
bloom.bg
July 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
You don’t say…
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This is a defensive, 10-post thread from an NYT boss, and the only thing it truly illuminates is the need for the Times to bring an independent journalist back into the role of public editor.
Our assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust, Patrick Healy, posted on X today in response to feedback on our recent reporting on Zohran Mamdani.
July 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is a defensive, 10-post thread from an NYT boss, and the only thing it truly illuminates is the need for the Times to bring an independent journalist back into the role of public editor.
Evergreen
Wildly destructive and irresponsible
June 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Evergreen
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Wildly destructive and irresponsible
June 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wildly destructive and irresponsible
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Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.
June 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.
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MERKLEY: How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of kids dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs?
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
June 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
MERKLEY: How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of kids dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs?
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
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"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history to help cut taxes for the richest people in the country....all without hearings, debate or public input." wilderness.org/articles/med...
250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
wilderness.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history to help cut taxes for the richest people in the country....all without hearings, debate or public input." wilderness.org/articles/med...
The I
Pbest marches happen in Oakland
Pbest marches happen in Oakland
June 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The I
Pbest marches happen in Oakland
Pbest marches happen in Oakland
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“The president’s solutions-focused approach to legal roadblocks necessitated thinking outside the constitutional box.”
New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution”
“The president remained steadfast in his novel interpretation of constitutional law.” “Faced with the choice between clinging to the letter of the ...
buff.ly
June 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“The president’s solutions-focused approach to legal roadblocks necessitated thinking outside the constitutional box.”
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
May 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
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My take on the economic landscape, challenges facing the Fed.
This month inspired by Fleetwood Mac, a viral video during the pandemic and Adam Smith. Yep - it all seems to fit the moment.
This month inspired by Fleetwood Mac, a viral video during the pandemic and Adam Smith. Yep - it all seems to fit the moment.
A little weekend reading: Analysis of the economy's prospects in three different scenarios, positive, negative and baseline (which includes a recession). Read this from KPMG chief economist Diane Swonk. kpmg.com/us/en/articl...
Recession watch: Decoupling, de-escalation and the storm that follows
Business investment is expected to decline.
kpmg.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My take on the economic landscape, challenges facing the Fed.
This month inspired by Fleetwood Mac, a viral video during the pandemic and Adam Smith. Yep - it all seems to fit the moment.
This month inspired by Fleetwood Mac, a viral video during the pandemic and Adam Smith. Yep - it all seems to fit the moment.
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One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.