Alexander Marquardt
@alexandermarquardt.bsky.social
Politicians and political commentators were previously able to take positions on gun violence without fear that they or their families would be a victim of gun violence. That has changed over the past few years with politicians from both parties and political commentators being directly targeted.
September 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Politicians and political commentators were previously able to take positions on gun violence without fear that they or their families would be a victim of gun violence. That has changed over the past few years with politicians from both parties and political commentators being directly targeted.
This clearly quantifies the problem with the Democratic party as communication failure, not policy failure.
Credit for chart to @justinwolfers.bsky.social
Credit for chart to @justinwolfers.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This clearly quantifies the problem with the Democratic party as communication failure, not policy failure.
Credit for chart to @justinwolfers.bsky.social
Credit for chart to @justinwolfers.bsky.social
This threat actor is pathetic. Why would you go after a county library system? There is no money or notoriety in this. Leave essential services and educational institutions alone.
The library system is working with cybersecurity experts and law enforcement.
The Pierce County libraries system was hacked, information stolen. What we know
The library system is working with cybersecurity experts and law enforcement.
bit.ly
May 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This threat actor is pathetic. Why would you go after a county library system? There is no money or notoriety in this. Leave essential services and educational institutions alone.
This threat actor is pathetic. Why would you go after a county library system? There is no money or notoriety in this. Leave essential services and educational institutions alone.
The Pierce County Library System has suffered a cyber attack, forcing the library shut down its computer network.
Here's what's affected after cyber attack hits Pierce County libraries
The Pierce County Library System has suffered a cyber attack, forcing the library shut down its computer network.
www.seattletimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This threat actor is pathetic. Why would you go after a county library system? There is no money or notoriety in this. Leave essential services and educational institutions alone.
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NEW: Minnesota’s graduation rate just reached the highest level on record.
Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history.
Today, we’re seeing the results.
Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history.
Today, we’re seeing the results.
May 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NEW: Minnesota’s graduation rate just reached the highest level on record.
Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history.
Today, we’re seeing the results.
Two years ago, we made the single-largest investment in public schools in state history.
Today, we’re seeing the results.
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The year is 2026. The tariff light in Central Park is red. I am relieved. My toaster and coffee beans aren’t tariffed today. I speak too soon. The light turns green. I owe $100,000.
April 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The year is 2026. The tariff light in Central Park is red. I am relieved. My toaster and coffee beans aren’t tariffed today. I speak too soon. The light turns green. I owe $100,000.
For those who think the market dropping is not a big deal because it will go back up, you might want to consider the trajectory and timeline on which that will happen.
If you bought a stock at $100 and it goes down 10% to $90 it takes a 11.2% gain to get it back to $100, not just 10%.
If you bought a stock at $100 and it goes down 10% to $90 it takes a 11.2% gain to get it back to $100, not just 10%.
April 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
For those who think the market dropping is not a big deal because it will go back up, you might want to consider the trajectory and timeline on which that will happen.
If you bought a stock at $100 and it goes down 10% to $90 it takes a 11.2% gain to get it back to $100, not just 10%.
If you bought a stock at $100 and it goes down 10% to $90 it takes a 11.2% gain to get it back to $100, not just 10%.
Nations normally cooperate to stabilize trading partners in a market crash because they are tightly coupled. The Trump tariffs effectively forced a decoupling by making trade prohibitively expensive and in turn removed the incentive to provide assistance to the U.S. The worst is yet to come.
April 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nations normally cooperate to stabilize trading partners in a market crash because they are tightly coupled. The Trump tariffs effectively forced a decoupling by making trade prohibitively expensive and in turn removed the incentive to provide assistance to the U.S. The worst is yet to come.
The economic havoc about to be wrecked by these Trump tariffs is really going to test the elasticity of the Republican base.
April 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The economic havoc about to be wrecked by these Trump tariffs is really going to test the elasticity of the Republican base.
The tariffs will not spur companies to manufacture in the U.S. At best companies that need to be in North America will build their factories in Canada and Mexico to take advantage of reasonable and stable policies while selling their products worldwide and waiting for the U.S. to return to sanity.
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The tariffs will not spur companies to manufacture in the U.S. At best companies that need to be in North America will build their factories in Canada and Mexico to take advantage of reasonable and stable policies while selling their products worldwide and waiting for the U.S. to return to sanity.
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In what sort of functional policy process does the President's chief economic advisor have no idea what economic policy the President will announce?
LOL -- White House econ adviser Kevin Hassett admits on Fox News Sunday that on tariffs "I can't give you any forward-looking guidance on what's gonna happen this week. The president has got a heck of a lot of analysis before him, and he's gonna make the right choice I'm sure."
March 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In what sort of functional policy process does the President's chief economic advisor have no idea what economic policy the President will announce?
Reminder for those in the administration: You are not 80 years old. You will live long enough to see consequences.
For those who think they can escape consequences through the installation of a dictatorship: This group is too incompetent to manage and protect a dictatorship. You will be deposed.
For those who think they can escape consequences through the installation of a dictatorship: This group is too incompetent to manage and protect a dictatorship. You will be deposed.
March 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Reminder for those in the administration: You are not 80 years old. You will live long enough to see consequences.
For those who think they can escape consequences through the installation of a dictatorship: This group is too incompetent to manage and protect a dictatorship. You will be deposed.
For those who think they can escape consequences through the installation of a dictatorship: This group is too incompetent to manage and protect a dictatorship. You will be deposed.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe is subtly stating that he did not share classified information while avoiding testifying under oath whether it was shared by others. This distinction does not matter. He had a duty to stop the conversation and sharing when he saw it. They compromised national security.
March 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
CIA Director John Ratcliffe is subtly stating that he did not share classified information while avoiding testifying under oath whether it was shared by others. This distinction does not matter. He had a duty to stop the conversation and sharing when he saw it. They compromised national security.
An incredibly important topic that the president needed to answer for and this reporter cannot even formulate a coherent question. 1/2
Trump on his cabinet members using Signal to text war plans to a reporter: "I don't know anything about it. I'm not a big fan of The Atlantic. To be it's a magazine that's going out of business. But I know nothing about it. You're saying that they had what?"
March 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
An incredibly important topic that the president needed to answer for and this reporter cannot even formulate a coherent question. 1/2
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I feel confident in predicting history will judge this decade or so as the absolutely stupidest time in American history.
Honestly our kids and grandkids will read about this time and be shocked that adults existed.
Honestly our kids and grandkids will read about this time and be shocked that adults existed.
March 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I feel confident in predicting history will judge this decade or so as the absolutely stupidest time in American history.
Honestly our kids and grandkids will read about this time and be shocked that adults existed.
Honestly our kids and grandkids will read about this time and be shocked that adults existed.
Paul, Weiss? More like Small, Price considering how little it took for them to capitulate. The firm should be renamed to Pathetic, Wuss.
If you are not willing to stand up for the rule of law you should not practice law.
#PaulWeiss @gtconway.bsky.social
If you are not willing to stand up for the rule of law you should not practice law.
#PaulWeiss @gtconway.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Paul, Weiss? More like Small, Price considering how little it took for them to capitulate. The firm should be renamed to Pathetic, Wuss.
If you are not willing to stand up for the rule of law you should not practice law.
#PaulWeiss @gtconway.bsky.social
If you are not willing to stand up for the rule of law you should not practice law.
#PaulWeiss @gtconway.bsky.social
Considering nearly every American will be the victim of multiple property crimes in their lives and it will never be taken seriously or solved by the police, why is every available resource in the U.S. federal government being mustered to protect the brand and product of the world's richest person?
March 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Considering nearly every American will be the victim of multiple property crimes in their lives and it will never be taken seriously or solved by the police, why is every available resource in the U.S. federal government being mustered to protect the brand and product of the world's richest person?
Clear as a summer day this is public corruption by Trump.
The legal definition from Cornell: a government official violates federal law when he/she asks, demands, solicits, accepts, or agrees to receive anything of value in return for being influenced in the performance of their official duties.
The legal definition from Cornell: a government official violates federal law when he/she asks, demands, solicits, accepts, or agrees to receive anything of value in return for being influenced in the performance of their official duties.
March 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Clear as a summer day this is public corruption by Trump.
The legal definition from Cornell: a government official violates federal law when he/she asks, demands, solicits, accepts, or agrees to receive anything of value in return for being influenced in the performance of their official duties.
The legal definition from Cornell: a government official violates federal law when he/she asks, demands, solicits, accepts, or agrees to receive anything of value in return for being influenced in the performance of their official duties.
An incredibly succinct demonstration on how to deal with Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The leaders of this administration put zero thought or planning into anything they do and have no idea how to respond when challenged.
Original video by FND Films on YT. #Trump #Tariffs #ElonMusk
Original video by FND Films on YT. #Trump #Tariffs #ElonMusk
March 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I absolutely support this. DST is more useful for children playing outside after school and adults going to restaurants, outdoor events, and other activities after work than standard time. This is beneficial for public safety and stimulating the economy.
This weekend when you lose an hour of sleep and your families' schedules are off because of Daylight Saving Time, remember that it doesn't have to be this way—and I have a bill that would make DST permanent.
March 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I absolutely support this. DST is more useful for children playing outside after school and adults going to restaurants, outdoor events, and other activities after work than standard time. This is beneficial for public safety and stimulating the economy.
This is definitely indicative of a cavalier attitude from executive leadership towards safety critical processes and systems. Human space flight requires perfection (or sufficient margins) and that comes with a cost.
"Starship" is now 0-8 in achieving Low Earth Orbit.
NASA's SLS, in its only flight to date, sent a crew-rated capsule from Earth, further past the Moon than any Apollo mission, and back down safely to Earth again.
NASA considers that mission only a partial success.
NASA's SLS, in its only flight to date, sent a crew-rated capsule from Earth, further past the Moon than any Apollo mission, and back down safely to Earth again.
NASA considers that mission only a partial success.
March 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This is definitely indicative of a cavalier attitude from executive leadership towards safety critical processes and systems. Human space flight requires perfection (or sufficient margins) and that comes with a cost.
The Democratic party's perceived prioritization of DEI over economic issues may have hurt them in the last election. Ironically the Republican party's laser focus on eradicating DEI at the expense of economic issues may cost them the next election.
March 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The Democratic party's perceived prioritization of DEI over economic issues may have hurt them in the last election. Ironically the Republican party's laser focus on eradicating DEI at the expense of economic issues may cost them the next election.
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Worth tracking these data closely.
March 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Worth tracking these data closely.
Antagonizing a group of people already hostile to us while injecting incompetence into and outright dismantling our security services is catastrophically stupid.
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Antagonizing a group of people already hostile to us while injecting incompetence into and outright dismantling our security services is catastrophically stupid.
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James Bond’s next assignment: protect an Amazon fulfillment center from the evils of high corporate taxes and regional zoning laws.
Amazon MGM Studios Shelled Out An Extra $1 Billion-Plus To Take Control Of James Bond: What’s Next For The Franchise
It's taking around $1 billion to have James Bond stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson cede oversight to Amazon MGM Studios, sources say.
deadline.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
James Bond’s next assignment: protect an Amazon fulfillment center from the evils of high corporate taxes and regional zoning laws.