andrew
@americanzoomer.bsky.social
Computer knower. Urbanism advocate. Hobbyist economics nerd. Accused Volcker shill.
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andrew
@americanzoomer.bsky.social
· Feb 2
Hi Bluesky! I’m a 26-year-old Democrat and programmer. I spent over two years at Twitter leaving when Dorsey left.
I’m now focused on getting good people elected down the ballot and building tech for positive change. Excited to be here!
I’m now focused on getting good people elected down the ballot and building tech for positive change. Excited to be here!
Those of us on the ground with constant air traffic flying low over us
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Those of us on the ground with constant air traffic flying low over us
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.
Faith-forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors, escorts online
James Talarico has become a sensation in Texas politics by talking about how his Christianity is the basis for his progressive politics.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
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Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
Speaker Mike hasn’t been into work in 3-plus weeks, and hasn’t spent a full week at the office since July.
“Been a little busy” he says, with what? Keeping cucumbers over his eyes so he can pretend not to see anything?
“Been a little busy” he says, with what? Keeping cucumbers over his eyes so he can pretend not to see anything?
Mike Johnson says he's open to meeting with Adelita Grijalva but he's "been a little busy"
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Speaker Mike hasn’t been into work in 3-plus weeks, and hasn’t spent a full week at the office since July.
“Been a little busy” he says, with what? Keeping cucumbers over his eyes so he can pretend not to see anything?
“Been a little busy” he says, with what? Keeping cucumbers over his eyes so he can pretend not to see anything?
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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...
dan bongino and kash patel unconscious on the ground after bonking their heads together as they both bent down to examine what is later determined to be their own footprints. with a coconut sound and a flash of light.
The aging, latent police reporter in me can't help put pause to remark on the unforced error of the SAC in Salt Lake's FBI field office making the unforced error of announcing they have recovered a “footwear impression.” A shout-out to toss or destroy those shoes, ASAP.
That's a detail you keep.
That's a detail you keep.
September 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
dan bongino and kash patel unconscious on the ground after bonking their heads together as they both bent down to examine what is later determined to be their own footprints. with a coconut sound and a flash of light.
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over time I believe this will end up being one of the most unpopular things the administration ever does
a death sentence for many hobbies and all the average consumer sees is that you’re taking away all their bargains
one of the few policies that has a direct negative effect on almost everyone
a death sentence for many hobbies and all the average consumer sees is that you’re taking away all their bargains
one of the few policies that has a direct negative effect on almost everyone
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
over time I believe this will end up being one of the most unpopular things the administration ever does
a death sentence for many hobbies and all the average consumer sees is that you’re taking away all their bargains
one of the few policies that has a direct negative effect on almost everyone
a death sentence for many hobbies and all the average consumer sees is that you’re taking away all their bargains
one of the few policies that has a direct negative effect on almost everyone
~80 percent~ drop in mail to the US because Trump is taxing every single small package anyone might want to send someone here.
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
~80 percent~ drop in mail to the US because Trump is taxing every single small package anyone might want to send someone here.
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AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.
September 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.
I'm still surprised there is basically no mainstream reporting on what repealing the de minimis exception is going to do to the US. International shipping will either be cost prohibitive or stopped totally. No more US orders really ruins small businesses in the EU and Asia.
Trump order ends global tariff exemption for low-cost goods
The de minimis exemption had allowed goods valued at $800 or less to enter the US without paying any tariffs.
www.bbc.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm still surprised there is basically no mainstream reporting on what repealing the de minimis exception is going to do to the US. International shipping will either be cost prohibitive or stopped totally. No more US orders really ruins small businesses in the EU and Asia.
Federal takeover of DC isn't about crime
Shaking down Harvard isn't about antisemitism
Tariffs aren't about reinvigorating U.S. manufacturing
Sacking the head of BLS isn't about getting the numbers right
DOGE wasn’t about government efficiency
It’s all about gaining and keeping power
Shaking down Harvard isn't about antisemitism
Tariffs aren't about reinvigorating U.S. manufacturing
Sacking the head of BLS isn't about getting the numbers right
DOGE wasn’t about government efficiency
It’s all about gaining and keeping power
“.. DOGE increasingly looks like a giant joke as the initiative winds up saving essentially zero dollars for US taxpayers .”
- Vital Knowledge
@politico.com 🇺🇸
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
- Vital Knowledge
@politico.com 🇺🇸
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Federal takeover of DC isn't about crime
Shaking down Harvard isn't about antisemitism
Tariffs aren't about reinvigorating U.S. manufacturing
Sacking the head of BLS isn't about getting the numbers right
DOGE wasn’t about government efficiency
It’s all about gaining and keeping power
Shaking down Harvard isn't about antisemitism
Tariffs aren't about reinvigorating U.S. manufacturing
Sacking the head of BLS isn't about getting the numbers right
DOGE wasn’t about government efficiency
It’s all about gaining and keeping power
Can’t have bad monthly job reports if there is no monthly job reports. Can’t have bad economic data if there is no economic data.
August 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Can’t have bad monthly job reports if there is no monthly job reports. Can’t have bad economic data if there is no economic data.
Public data is the foundation of economic research & analysis. Transparent revisions are a normal part of that process. Attacking BLS for political reasons like this will have immense costs in terms of public trust even if, as likely, Trump can't get the manipulated data he wants.
There is no covid without testing
There is no bad economy if we cook the books
Electing Trump in a free and fair election is one of the greatest own goals in human history
There is no bad economy if we cook the books
Electing Trump in a free and fair election is one of the greatest own goals in human history
August 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Public data is the foundation of economic research & analysis. Transparent revisions are a normal part of that process. Attacking BLS for political reasons like this will have immense costs in terms of public trust even if, as likely, Trump can't get the manipulated data he wants.
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Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
MAGA economics consists of jumping off a very high cliff and shouting "Gravity isn't real!" for the 8 seconds it takes for the body to smack into the earth below.
DUN-DUN-DUN -- Maria Bartiromo and company react with stunned silence to a "disappointing" jobs report showing only 73,000 jobs were created in July
August 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
MAGA economics consists of jumping off a very high cliff and shouting "Gravity isn't real!" for the 8 seconds it takes for the body to smack into the earth below.
A weak jobs report. The US economy added only 73,000 jobs in July.
That's way below expectations. May and June revised down by -258,000 (!)
That's way below expectations. May and June revised down by -258,000 (!)
August 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A weak jobs report. The US economy added only 73,000 jobs in July.
That's way below expectations. May and June revised down by -258,000 (!)
That's way below expectations. May and June revised down by -258,000 (!)
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How it started. How it's going.
August 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
How it started. How it's going.
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* REUTERS POLL -- NEARLY 90% ECONOMISTS, 89 OF 100, SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OFFICIAL U.S. ECONOMIC DATA, INCLUDING 41 SAYING VERY CONCERNED
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
* REUTERS POLL -- NEARLY 90% ECONOMISTS, 89 OF 100, SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OFFICIAL U.S. ECONOMIC DATA, INCLUDING 41 SAYING VERY CONCERNED
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
Where Congress is gridlocked, fiscal policy is a circus, and Wall Street is addicted to sugar — Powell at least tries to be the grown-up:
🔹 He’s pragmatic, not dogmatic
🔹 He’s calm in chaos
🔹 He’s not chasing legacy — just trying to hold the institution steady in a dysfunctional political era
🔹 He’s pragmatic, not dogmatic
🔹 He’s calm in chaos
🔹 He’s not chasing legacy — just trying to hold the institution steady in a dysfunctional political era
July 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Where Congress is gridlocked, fiscal policy is a circus, and Wall Street is addicted to sugar — Powell at least tries to be the grown-up:
🔹 He’s pragmatic, not dogmatic
🔹 He’s calm in chaos
🔹 He’s not chasing legacy — just trying to hold the institution steady in a dysfunctional political era
🔹 He’s pragmatic, not dogmatic
🔹 He’s calm in chaos
🔹 He’s not chasing legacy — just trying to hold the institution steady in a dysfunctional political era
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*whispers*
liberals and leftists making alliances to take power away from centrists is good, actually
liberals and leftists making alliances to take power away from centrists is good, actually
I love this! (gift link)
Mamdani and Lander Will Cross-Endorse Each Other in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
*whispers*
liberals and leftists making alliances to take power away from centrists is good, actually
liberals and leftists making alliances to take power away from centrists is good, actually
democrats in array
Last night, @bradlander.bsky.social and I exposed Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace on the debate stage.
With early voting starting tomorrow, we're cross-endorsing to defeat the ex-Gov. and win a city everyone can afford. Rank Brad #2!
With early voting starting tomorrow, we're cross-endorsing to defeat the ex-Gov. and win a city everyone can afford. Rank Brad #2!
Mamdani and Lander Will Cross-Endorse Each Other in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
democrats in array
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NYT found the “big beautiful bill” would be the largest transfer from the poor to the rich in a single law since at least 1990.
In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.*
Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.
In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.*
Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.
June 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NYT found the “big beautiful bill” would be the largest transfer from the poor to the rich in a single law since at least 1990.
In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.*
Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.
In fact, it would be the largest transfer *ever.*
Reagan’s low-income cuts were MUCH smaller - and his tax cuts were done separately. And before him, nothing comes close.
"Elon is leaving" was a propaganda campaign designed to fool the rubes. DOGE is embedded in the government and Elon's minions still answer to him.
SCOOP: The first wave of DOGE staffers was supposed to be gone after 130 days. Instead, core members of the team have signed on for the long haul. www.wired.com/story/big-ba...
‘Big Balls’ Is Officially a Full-Time Government Employee
The first wave of DOGE staffers was supposed to be gone after 130 days. Instead, core members of the team have signed on for the long haul.
www.wired.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Elon is leaving" was a propaganda campaign designed to fool the rubes. DOGE is embedded in the government and Elon's minions still answer to him.