Josh Sack
@joshsack.bsky.social
Econ PhD Candidate at American University. Frequently an opposition researcher for democrats. Runner, and Liverpool fan. #julialang enthusiast. Enthusiastically Liberal
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I put together a little note on how I would solve gerrymandering. open.substack.com/pub/joshsack...
A Structural Solution to Gerrymandering
Beyond Independent Redistricting Commissions
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August 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I put together a little note on how I would solve gerrymandering. open.substack.com/pub/joshsack...
Two episodes of Odd Lots in a day? Things really are dire.
April 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Two episodes of Odd Lots in a day? Things really are dire.
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Yup. If you really want to play the "Oracle of Omaha" game, Buffett has been largely sitting out the entire market, preferring cash over any equities. The exact opposite of the lie Trump himself is pushing.
And Buffett has been right.
And Buffett has been right.
Also, Buffett went to 70% cash back in late 2024. Look at the ticker today and you can see why.
April 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Yup. If you really want to play the "Oracle of Omaha" game, Buffett has been largely sitting out the entire market, preferring cash over any equities. The exact opposite of the lie Trump himself is pushing.
And Buffett has been right.
And Buffett has been right.
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It continues! And it's bad! Yesterday was a 0.4th percentile event, and today's drop (so far) is a 1.4th percentile day!
April 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It continues! And it's bad! Yesterday was a 0.4th percentile event, and today's drop (so far) is a 1.4th percentile day!
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Did he say "the markets are going to boom" or "the markets are going to go boom" ?
April 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Did he say "the markets are going to boom" or "the markets are going to go boom" ?
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April 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
These would be dope, other than the $12 black coffee and occasional risk of being poisoned
starbucks speakeasies where you buy espresso made from beans brought over from canada by gangsters and roasted in the woods by moonshiners
April 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
These would be dope, other than the $12 black coffee and occasional risk of being poisoned
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Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
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As global markets melt down, Trump is turning to … pro golf.
The president is headed to a LIV Golf event hosted at one of his Florida clubs.
It’s another example of Trump prioritizing his relationships with the Saudis — they own LIV — and blending his personal business and presidential office.
The president is headed to a LIV Golf event hosted at one of his Florida clubs.
It’s another example of Trump prioritizing his relationships with the Saudis — they own LIV — and blending his personal business and presidential office.
LIV Golf, Saudi relationships pull Trump to Florida as markets rage
The president’s dinner with golfing leaders, hosted at his club, comes as the global economic order reels from Trump’s tariffs announcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
As global markets melt down, Trump is turning to … pro golf.
The president is headed to a LIV Golf event hosted at one of his Florida clubs.
It’s another example of Trump prioritizing his relationships with the Saudis — they own LIV — and blending his personal business and presidential office.
The president is headed to a LIV Golf event hosted at one of his Florida clubs.
It’s another example of Trump prioritizing his relationships with the Saudis — they own LIV — and blending his personal business and presidential office.
Looks like the market priced in economists’ reaction
April 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Looks like the market priced in economists’ reaction
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Take a simple example: I run a trade deficit with Trader Joe's buying their meals, while they buy none of mine. My trade deficit as a share of my imports is 100%.
By Trump's trade logic, this deficit is evidence they're imposing 100% tariffs on the meals I try to sell them. Obviously this is false.
By Trump's trade logic, this deficit is evidence they're imposing 100% tariffs on the meals I try to sell them. Obviously this is false.
April 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Take a simple example: I run a trade deficit with Trader Joe's buying their meals, while they buy none of mine. My trade deficit as a share of my imports is 100%.
By Trump's trade logic, this deficit is evidence they're imposing 100% tariffs on the meals I try to sell them. Obviously this is false.
By Trump's trade logic, this deficit is evidence they're imposing 100% tariffs on the meals I try to sell them. Obviously this is false.
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This chart, from Twitter user @nonagonono, is amazing.
It shows Trump's "reciprocal trade barriers" are no such thing as they ARE NOT RELATED TO ACTUAL TARIFF BARRIERS. Rather, his magic number is half of the bilateral trade deficit (as a share of imports), or 10%.
This is indescribably crazy.
It shows Trump's "reciprocal trade barriers" are no such thing as they ARE NOT RELATED TO ACTUAL TARIFF BARRIERS. Rather, his magic number is half of the bilateral trade deficit (as a share of imports), or 10%.
This is indescribably crazy.
April 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This chart, from Twitter user @nonagonono, is amazing.
It shows Trump's "reciprocal trade barriers" are no such thing as they ARE NOT RELATED TO ACTUAL TARIFF BARRIERS. Rather, his magic number is half of the bilateral trade deficit (as a share of imports), or 10%.
This is indescribably crazy.
It shows Trump's "reciprocal trade barriers" are no such thing as they ARE NOT RELATED TO ACTUAL TARIFF BARRIERS. Rather, his magic number is half of the bilateral trade deficit (as a share of imports), or 10%.
This is indescribably crazy.
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How it started
How it's going
How it's going
April 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
How it started
How it's going
How it's going
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You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.
I’m not forgetting about the people on our side who killed the TPP and pushed the last admin to keep a lot of the protectionism
April 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I’m not forgetting about the people on our side who killed the TPP and pushed the last admin to keep a lot of the protectionism
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"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
April 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
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Every single Republican stooge who claimed Trump truly meant it when he said he’d expand IVF coverage — despite his track record to the contrary — owes America an apology. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
CDC's IVF team gutted even as Trump calls himself the 'fertilization president'
The elimination of the CDC's Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance team shocked experts and advocates who felt encouraged by President Donald Trump’s support of IVF.
www.nbcnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Every single Republican stooge who claimed Trump truly meant it when he said he’d expand IVF coverage — despite his track record to the contrary — owes America an apology. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Dead people telling the President to pursue a trade war with an uninhabited island is real George III territory
April 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Dead people telling the President to pursue a trade war with an uninhabited island is real George III territory
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Trump is the most economically illiterate President of my lifetime. Which is particularly disturbing when you consider that his supporters love him because he’s, in their view, a business genius.
April 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Trump is the most economically illiterate President of my lifetime. Which is particularly disturbing when you consider that his supporters love him because he’s, in their view, a business genius.
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Monstrously destructive, incoherent, ill-informed tariffs based on fabrications, imagined wrongs, discredited theories and ignorance of decades of evidence. And the real tragedy is that they will hurt working Americans more than anyone else.
April 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Monstrously destructive, incoherent, ill-informed tariffs based on fabrications, imagined wrongs, discredited theories and ignorance of decades of evidence. And the real tragedy is that they will hurt working Americans more than anyone else.
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A reminder from my shirt
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A reminder from my shirt
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do any tech billionaires have a political agenda beyond "the government needs to find a bagholder for my shitcos"?
If Biden would have approached crypto this way, via regulation rather than litigation , young men would have seen their networths skyrocket , and voted for Harris. Garry Gensler is why Harris lost young men and the election
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Acting SEC Chair Rejects Enforcement—Demands Real Crypto Rules – Regulation Bitcoin News
The acting SEC chair urged rulemaking over enforcement to clarify crypto regulations and avoid courtroom confusion.
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April 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
do any tech billionaires have a political agenda beyond "the government needs to find a bagholder for my shitcos"?
I remember when Hillary’s schedules being on the server was the worst crime in American history. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I remember when Hillary’s schedules being on the server was the worst crime in American history. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...