Matt Roberts
@youreconprof.bsky.social
Grains Economist, Professional Speaker, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Miata owner, Swiftie.
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OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice
January 25, 2026 at 7:11 PM
OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice
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Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act
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Hi there!
I do not, in fact, think they will be swayed by exposing their hypocrisy or shamed into changing course.
This is always about exposing their bullshit to the folks on the sidelines, especially in the media.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I do not, in fact, think they will be swayed by exposing their hypocrisy or shamed into changing course.
This is always about exposing their bullshit to the folks on the sidelines, especially in the media.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
January 11, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Hi there!
I do not, in fact, think they will be swayed by exposing their hypocrisy or shamed into changing course.
This is always about exposing their bullshit to the folks on the sidelines, especially in the media.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I do not, in fact, think they will be swayed by exposing their hypocrisy or shamed into changing course.
This is always about exposing their bullshit to the folks on the sidelines, especially in the media.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Think I'm going to start a social media campaign arguing that Trump shouldn't be allowed to fire handguns during his Cabinet meetings and see where his reflexive spite takes us.
December 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Think I'm going to start a social media campaign arguing that Trump shouldn't be allowed to fire handguns during his Cabinet meetings and see where his reflexive spite takes us.
FFS, anyone who’s ever been in academia knows that you are lucky to even be told that you didn’t get the job.
No dean in the history of academia has ever told a job applicant they were being blocked be side they were white because (a) that never actually happens and (b) if it did there would be a massive lawsuit.
But thank you, Naomi Wolf, for confirming that this is something the Crazies believe.
But thank you, Naomi Wolf, for confirming that this is something the Crazies believe.
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
FFS, anyone who’s ever been in academia knows that you are lucky to even be told that you didn’t get the job.
If you want a nicer experience <waves hand at premium classes >
Ok, so airlines have no care other than profit. Take a bus? Got it. The Greenspan way to travel.
How about you take a bus
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you want a nicer experience <waves hand at premium classes >
Things were different then… She bop might lead young ladies to start pushing the Devils Doorbell…and who knows what might be unleashed
I don’t know all of these, but some of these are tame. She-bop, Dress You Up in My Love, and In My House? A tad bit suggestive, but that is all.
November 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Things were different then… She bop might lead young ladies to start pushing the Devils Doorbell…and who knows what might be unleashed
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
Papday
Change one letter. Ruin a candy.
I’ll go first. Death Bar.
I’ll go first. Death Bar.
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Papday
Subtly downgrade a band.
.32 Special
.32 Special
subtly downgrade a band...
"Steppenterrier"
"Steppenterrier"
Subtly downgrade a band
9,999 Maniacs
9,999 Maniacs
September 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Subtly downgrade a band.
.32 Special
.32 Special
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PSA: A "Major Terrorist Organization" (MTO) is not a thing. The Immigration and Nationality Act *delegates* power to the State Department to designate *FOREIGN* terrorist organizations (FTOs) based on certain criteria. It doesn't apply to domestic orgs.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
September 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
PSA: A "Major Terrorist Organization" (MTO) is not a thing. The Immigration and Nationality Act *delegates* power to the State Department to designate *FOREIGN* terrorist organizations (FTOs) based on certain criteria. It doesn't apply to domestic orgs.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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Your occasional reminder -- as arrivals on student visas decrease 28% -- that tuition from foreign students counts as an export, which means that every rejected student visa is going to contribute to the US trade deficit.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Student Arrivals to US Continue to Plummet, With Asia Hit Especially Hard
Visitors to the US arriving on student visas plunged in July, falling year-on-year for a fourth straight month.
www.bloomberg.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Your occasional reminder -- as arrivals on student visas decrease 28% -- that tuition from foreign students counts as an export, which means that every rejected student visa is going to contribute to the US trade deficit.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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"Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks--no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea." - Madison
August 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks--no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea." - Madison
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I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
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We were cleaning Chinas clock economically. Many predicted they would surpass us by now, and they haven’t.
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
April 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We were cleaning Chinas clock economically. Many predicted they would surpass us by now, and they haven’t.
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots
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The WSJ steadily becoming a more vitriolic opposition to Trump than actual democrats is kind of funny
March 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The WSJ steadily becoming a more vitriolic opposition to Trump than actual democrats is kind of funny
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My response to the Democratic response. This is not the time for normal politics.
"America does not need a 'resistance,' or stale slogans, or people putting those slogans on little paddles. It needs an opposition party that boldly defends the nation’s virtues, the rule of law, and the rights of its people," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social:
Democrats Are Acting Too Normal
In her response to Trump’s address, Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin failed to capture the hallucinatory nature of our national politics.
www.theatlantic.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
My response to the Democratic response. This is not the time for normal politics.
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MAGA: No, Biden can't wipe away student loans. That's hella illegal unless Congress acts.
Also MAGA: If Trump declares an entire federal agency "lunatics" he can do away with it and all the funding it distributes without bothering to inform Congress, let alone requiring any action.
Also MAGA: If Trump declares an entire federal agency "lunatics" he can do away with it and all the funding it distributes without bothering to inform Congress, let alone requiring any action.
REPORTER: Will it take an act of Congress to do away with USAID?
TRUMP: I don't think so. Not when it comes to fraud. If there's fraud. Those people are lunatics.
TRUMP: I don't think so. Not when it comes to fraud. If there's fraud. Those people are lunatics.
February 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
MAGA: No, Biden can't wipe away student loans. That's hella illegal unless Congress acts.
Also MAGA: If Trump declares an entire federal agency "lunatics" he can do away with it and all the funding it distributes without bothering to inform Congress, let alone requiring any action.
Also MAGA: If Trump declares an entire federal agency "lunatics" he can do away with it and all the funding it distributes without bothering to inform Congress, let alone requiring any action.
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Good time to see which people are genuine conservatives vs those who are happy to go along with destroying checks and balances for short-run goals
Conservative budget wonks (Manhattan Instiutte, Tax Foundation) confirming that this is a consittutional crisis. Not liberal hysteria. Happening right now.
February 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Good time to see which people are genuine conservatives vs those who are happy to go along with destroying checks and balances for short-run goals
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Wisdom from his many years.
January 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wisdom from his many years.