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Michael A. Goldstein

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Economics 56%
Business 24%
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Here’s a shout out to the US Coast Guard! The US Coast Guard are risking their lives to rescue people in the Texas floods. Incredibly brave well-trained pilots, rescue swimmers! Thank you Coasties!
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George Santos:
one year in the House
Now 7 years in “The Big House”
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It snowed last night! April 10-11, 2025
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WSJ Greg IP:
“…economic-policy uncertainty at levels seen in … 2001 terrorist attacks, the 2008-09 financial crisis and the onset of the Covid pandemic in 2020. Those were all driven by events beyond U.S. control. This one is man-made, and will wax and wane with that man’s word and actions.”
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From WSJ: Stock market performance since Trump election
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Future historians will mark yesterday as the beginning of the end of the American century
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I feel like we owe Dan Quayle an apology. Comparatively he looks like a not bad VP
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It’s 28 in Dallas? That’s colder than Boston!
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Ok. It’s cold everywhere in the US. It’s warmer in Boston (31F) than Dallas Texas (28F).

But Hettinger North Dakota wins(?) at -45F. Not the wind chill but the actual temperature
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What is TAD? Like you are a tad bit late?
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Peggy Noonan was Reagan’s speechwriter. She often says things well that should be said. She comments that many people in the US felt the government went too far, now and before.

www.wsj.com/opinion/gove...
Opinion | Government Keeps Going Too Far
The common thread that ties men on women’s sports teams and Musk’s indiscriminate cutting.
www.wsj.com
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And to think she didn’t see it coming
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AND SO IT BEGINS:“Trump Slaps Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China in Opening Salvo of Trade War
President Trump said he would impose 25% tariffs on nearly all imports from Canada and Mexico, a 10% tariff on energy products from Canada, and an additional 10% tariff on China, effective Tuesday.” —WSJ
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Leopard: I will eat your face

Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating

Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
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J.P. Morgan econs on Trump’s latest are “increasingly concerned that the policy mix may tilt into an unintentionally far less business-friendly stance. The sustained 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico set to start this weekend is materially different than the tariff increases built into our baseline.”
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Today is Trump Tariff Tax Day!

It’s convenient that it’s the beginning of the month; it makes measuring inflation that much easier.
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how much the Trump Tariff Taxes will increase SuperBowl Sunday costs? Guacamole inflation?

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cant blame AI for losing a job

OpenAI just lost half its valuation to another AI bro

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