Adam S. Hersh, Ph.D.
@ahecon.bsky.social
Economist @EconomicPolicy. Frmr @PERIatUMass
@JECDems @Policy_Dialogue @CAPeconomy @rooseveltinst. #econsky #china #trade #industrialpolicy #manufacturing. 天下大乱，形势大好。
@JECDems @Policy_Dialogue @CAPeconomy @rooseveltinst. #econsky #china #trade #industrialpolicy #manufacturing. 天下大乱，形势大好。
No drinking water for Colorado until they bend the knee.
NEW: President Trump's first veto of his second term kills a unanimous bill to fund a major drinking water project in Colorado. Trump had threatened punishment for Colorado for imprisoning his ally Tina Peters. www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
www.9news.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
No drinking water for Colorado until they bend the knee.
Is Dr. Oz still licensed? This seems to violate the Hippocratic Oath.
Dr. Oz on the "super flu": "Every year there's a flu vaccine. It doesn't always work very well. That's why it's been controversial of late. But like many illnesses, the best news out there is if you can take care of yourself so that when you do end up running into the flu, you can overwhelm it."
December 31, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Is Dr. Oz still licensed? This seems to violate the Hippocratic Oath.
One time I asked Studs Terkel for directions to the bathroom.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One time I asked Studs Terkel for directions to the bathroom.
A lot of people are saying it's the greatest plan ever.
GOP Rep. Sheri Biggs on healthcare: "We have been working really hard to make sure that we've got a good plan, and I think you're gonna see, I think you're gonna see a change for sure, and the Americans are gonna be happy with the outcome."
December 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A lot of people are saying it's the greatest plan ever.
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#OtD 30 Dec 1936 the great GM sitdown strike in Flint, MI, began with a wildcat strike of 50 workers against transfer of 3 inspectors. Workers occupied the plant until February, winning union recognition and decisively changing the balance of power. More: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/str...
December 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#OtD 30 Dec 1936 the great GM sitdown strike in Flint, MI, began with a wildcat strike of 50 workers against transfer of 3 inspectors. Workers occupied the plant until February, winning union recognition and decisively changing the balance of power. More: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/str...
Freedom Plaza has been detained.
Fences Go Up Around Freedom Plaza and John Marshall Park – “PLAZA BEAUTIFICATION AND FOUNTAIN REHABILITATION” www.popville.com/2025/12/free...
Fences Go Up Around Freedom Plaza and John Marshall Park – “PLAZA BEAUTIFICATION AND FOUNTAIN REHABILITATION” - PoPville
1301 Pennsylvania Ave, NW "Dear PoPville, Do you have any info on the fencing going up around Freedom Plaza? Hard to photograph because of the change in grade on the peripheries of the plaza, but they...
www.popville.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Freedom Plaza has been detained.
Gee, I wonder who could be to blame for this?
December 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Gee, I wonder who could be to blame for this?
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As a grim year comes to an end, sharing the best of Can We Still Govern? These are the five nost read stories from the last year, ungated. Take a gander and read one! 🧵https://open.substack.com/pub/donmoynihan/p/best-of-can-we-still-govern-2025?r=slfke&utm_medium=ios
Best of Can We Still Govern 2025: Readers Picks
The most-read stories of the year
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
As a grim year comes to an end, sharing the best of Can We Still Govern? These are the five nost read stories from the last year, ungated. Take a gander and read one! 🧵https://open.substack.com/pub/donmoynihan/p/best-of-can-we-still-govern-2025?r=slfke&utm_medium=ios
War is Peace.
Ignorance is Strength.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
Freedom is Slavery.
Trump Needs to Carry Out ‘Regime Change’ in Iran If He Wants to Be ‘Known as the Peace President,’ Alan Dershowitz Says
Trump Needs to Carry Out ‘Regime Change’ in Iran If He Wants to Be ‘Known as the Peace President,’ Alan Dershowitz Says
Alan Dershowitz claimed that if President Donald Trump wanted "to be known as the peace president," he would need to carry out "regime change" in Iran.
The post Trump Needs to Carry Out ‘Regime Change’ in Iran If He Wants to Be ‘Known as the Peace President,’ Alan Dershowitz Says first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
December 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
War is Peace.
Ignorance is Strength.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.
Freedom is Slavery.
Everyone knows there's only one way for American men to wave their arms. Anything else is a sign of the antichrist.
December 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Everyone knows there's only one way for American men to wave their arms. Anything else is a sign of the antichrist.
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In case you need another reason to not drink bottled water…
People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who ...
www.wired.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In case you need another reason to not drink bottled water…
Too smart, too mature, too threatening to his snowflake ego.
…as if she’d ever.
…as if she’d ever.
Matt Gaetz says below that AOC isn’t his type.
I feel certain that AOC is relieved that she isn’t Matt Gaetz’s type.
I feel certain that AOC is relieved that she isn’t Matt Gaetz’s type.
Matt Gaetz complains to Tucker Carlson that prior to January 6, AOC was a friendly colleague to House Republicans, but that after January 6 she went cold.
Gaetz also refers to AOC as a performance artist, and Tucker calls her a “scared little girl.”
Gaetz also refers to AOC as a performance artist, and Tucker calls her a “scared little girl.”
December 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Too smart, too mature, too threatening to his snowflake ego.
…as if she’d ever.
…as if she’d ever.
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University of Tasmania and its Shanghai Oceans University JV Aien College visit the Shanghai office of US-sanctioned PRC AI company SenseTime to sign a partnership.
ien.shou.edu.cn/2025/1211/c2...
ien.shou.edu.cn/2025/1211/c2...
December 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
University of Tasmania and its Shanghai Oceans University JV Aien College visit the Shanghai office of US-sanctioned PRC AI company SenseTime to sign a partnership.
ien.shou.edu.cn/2025/1211/c2...
ien.shou.edu.cn/2025/1211/c2...
Said it before, these guys are gonna get us all killed:
FBI agents leak Keystone Kash’s absurd diva demands
www.msn.com/en-us/crime/...
FBI agents leak Keystone Kash’s absurd diva demands
www.msn.com/en-us/crime/...
December 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Said it before, these guys are gonna get us all killed:
FBI agents leak Keystone Kash’s absurd diva demands
www.msn.com/en-us/crime/...
FBI agents leak Keystone Kash’s absurd diva demands
www.msn.com/en-us/crime/...
By creeps, for creeps.
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
By creeps, for creeps.
Foaming the runway for a tactical nuclear strike against European allies.
Remind me how NATO Article 5 works if the attack comes from inside the house?
Remind me how NATO Article 5 works if the attack comes from inside the house?
The same person who told you that immigrants eat cats—and tripled down on that filthy, idiotic lie when challenged—regrets to inform you that immigrants also cause nuclear war.
December 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Foaming the runway for a tactical nuclear strike against European allies.
Remind me how NATO Article 5 works if the attack comes from inside the house?
Remind me how NATO Article 5 works if the attack comes from inside the house?
Aren't you glad the president has solved all the world's problems and now can focus on mundane things like picking marble? And all in less than 1 year, to boot!
December 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Aren't you glad the president has solved all the world's problems and now can focus on mundane things like picking marble? And all in less than 1 year, to boot!
Weird that Chinese officials acknowledge people from Taiwan have different citizenship.
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Weird that Chinese officials acknowledge people from Taiwan have different citizenship.
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DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
Reposted by Adam S. Hersh, Ph.D.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
Tracking Domestic Deployments of the U.S. Military
The upcoming main navigation can be gotten through utilizing the tab key. Any buttons that open a sub navigation can be triggered by the space or enter key.
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
A rejoinder to DHS youtu.be/eXx08QT-PXk?...
Jesus was a terrorist
Enemy of the state
That's what the Romans labeled him
So he was put to death
He died for his beliefs
What's changed today?
Today bible-thumping cannibals
Reap money from his name
Buy cable networks & power
With old ladies’ checks...
Jesus was a terrorist
Enemy of the state
That's what the Romans labeled him
So he was put to death
He died for his beliefs
What's changed today?
Today bible-thumping cannibals
Reap money from his name
Buy cable networks & power
With old ladies’ checks...
Jesus Was A Terrorist
YouTube video by Jello Biafra - Topic
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A rejoinder to DHS youtu.be/eXx08QT-PXk?...
Jesus was a terrorist
Enemy of the state
That's what the Romans labeled him
So he was put to death
He died for his beliefs
What's changed today?
Today bible-thumping cannibals
Reap money from his name
Buy cable networks & power
With old ladies’ checks...
Jesus was a terrorist
Enemy of the state
That's what the Romans labeled him
So he was put to death
He died for his beliefs
What's changed today?
Today bible-thumping cannibals
Reap money from his name
Buy cable networks & power
With old ladies’ checks...
Do people no longer teach “sticks and stones” to their kids?
Aaron Rodgers Comes to Defense of Teammate Suspended for Hitting Fan: They Think ‘You Can Say Whatever the Hell You Want’
Aaron Rodgers Comes to Defense of Teammate Suspended for Hitting Fan: They Think ‘You Can Say Whatever the Hell You Want’
Aaron Rodgers on Wednesday argued that fans should be held accountable after receiver DK Metcalf was suspended for his altercation with one.
The post Aaron Rodgers Comes to Defense of Teammate Suspended for Hitting Fan: They Think ‘You Can Say Whatever the Hell You Want’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
December 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Do people no longer teach “sticks and stones” to their kids?
AGI = Advertising’s General Infestation
"One of the options staff has discussed is giving sponsored information preferential treatment in responses to users’ ChatGPT queries, according to the person familiar with the discussions. For instance, AI models could prioritize sponsored content to ensure it shows up in ChatGPT responses"
December 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
AGI = Advertising’s General Infestation
Pride goes before the fall...
really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today
December 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Pride goes before the fall...