Lars Engen 🇳🇴🌐
@larsengen.bsky.social
Doing a phd in economics 🫡🌐
Social democrat/pragmatic socialism 🇳🇴
Social democrat/pragmatic socialism 🇳🇴
Pete Hegseth is the biggest stain on Norway, we un-own him and give him fully to the US
February 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Pete Hegseth is the biggest stain on Norway, we un-own him and give him fully to the US
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shame mcconnell didn't back impeachment and conviction
Cocaine Mitch has the most spine of any Republican senator (not that that's saying a whole lot). Can't make it up.
February 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
shame mcconnell didn't back impeachment and conviction
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Or maybe people have realised that income and wealth inequality are both at historic levels? Or that the housing crisis is hitting virtually everywhere? Or that inflation has damaged wage ratios? Or that we continue to measure economic success by measures that don’t give a shit about regular people?
February 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Or maybe people have realised that income and wealth inequality are both at historic levels? Or that the housing crisis is hitting virtually everywhere? Or that inflation has damaged wage ratios? Or that we continue to measure economic success by measures that don’t give a shit about regular people?
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So this is how it works: Trump gets to play the “great dealmaker,” claiming he secured Fogel’s release for nothing—only for the truth to come out the next day. Classic authoritarian tactics. Classic Trump.
February 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
So this is how it works: Trump gets to play the “great dealmaker,” claiming he secured Fogel’s release for nothing—only for the truth to come out the next day. Classic authoritarian tactics. Classic Trump.
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#Trump #Tariffs = purchase #tax = higher costs for goods = #inflation going from 3% towards 5%.
Simple.
Soon.
Simple.
Soon.
February 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#Trump #Tariffs = purchase #tax = higher costs for goods = #inflation going from 3% towards 5%.
Simple.
Soon.
Simple.
Soon.
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The fundamental flaw with the Democratic Party is that they do not recognize themselves as political leaders who drive and shape public opinion, but as especially powerful bureaucrats. It’s probably related to how many of them come urban machines where getting elected is basically getting promoted
February 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The fundamental flaw with the Democratic Party is that they do not recognize themselves as political leaders who drive and shape public opinion, but as especially powerful bureaucrats. It’s probably related to how many of them come urban machines where getting elected is basically getting promoted
Have we ever seen a more tame and submissive Democratic Party? I mean it’s like they have no energy, no momentum, no leadership. It’s a complete joke.
February 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Have we ever seen a more tame and submissive Democratic Party? I mean it’s like they have no energy, no momentum, no leadership. It’s a complete joke.
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He’s literally describing ethnic cleansing
February 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
He’s literally describing ethnic cleansing
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-- "The arguments being made by the administration boil down to this: if Trump wants to do it, he gets to. Their stance appears to literally be that laws are irrelevant in the face of Trump’s wishes and the courts can’t stop him." --
Trump and his lawyers embrace the logic of dictatorship
And they're not even trying to hide it at this point.
www.publicnotice.co
February 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
-- "The arguments being made by the administration boil down to this: if Trump wants to do it, he gets to. Their stance appears to literally be that laws are irrelevant in the face of Trump’s wishes and the courts can’t stop him." --
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At least $12 *trillion* from global oligarchs is hidden offshore in secret tax havens worldwide. And it is headquartered right here in the USA.
Instead of cutting lifesaving programs like the VA, Medicaid, and food stamps, we should be cracking down on tax havens for the ultra-rich.
Instead of cutting lifesaving programs like the VA, Medicaid, and food stamps, we should be cracking down on tax havens for the ultra-rich.
February 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
At least $12 *trillion* from global oligarchs is hidden offshore in secret tax havens worldwide. And it is headquartered right here in the USA.
Instead of cutting lifesaving programs like the VA, Medicaid, and food stamps, we should be cracking down on tax havens for the ultra-rich.
Instead of cutting lifesaving programs like the VA, Medicaid, and food stamps, we should be cracking down on tax havens for the ultra-rich.
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Re the ridiculous viral MAGA ‘USAID is funding Politico’ story:
1) a reminder of the power of the disinformation complex, enabled by Musk
2) a reminder to ‘neutral’ outlets like Politico that no matter how much ‘both sides’ journalism and knee-bending they offer, MAGA will always hate/attack them.
1) a reminder of the power of the disinformation complex, enabled by Musk
2) a reminder to ‘neutral’ outlets like Politico that no matter how much ‘both sides’ journalism and knee-bending they offer, MAGA will always hate/attack them.
February 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Re the ridiculous viral MAGA ‘USAID is funding Politico’ story:
1) a reminder of the power of the disinformation complex, enabled by Musk
2) a reminder to ‘neutral’ outlets like Politico that no matter how much ‘both sides’ journalism and knee-bending they offer, MAGA will always hate/attack them.
1) a reminder of the power of the disinformation complex, enabled by Musk
2) a reminder to ‘neutral’ outlets like Politico that no matter how much ‘both sides’ journalism and knee-bending they offer, MAGA will always hate/attack them.
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This is a great piece but, sorry, as much as I loathe Musk and his apartheid South African background, and hypocrisy over immigration, he’s not a ‘foreign billionaire.’ He’s a US citizen. Let’s not fall into the trap of demonizing naturalized Americans as foreign if they’re people we don’t like.
It is Elon Musk who is now running the United States. Not Donald Trump | Moira Donegan
It is Elon Musk who is now running the United States. Not Donald Trump | Moira Donegan
A foreign billionaire is running the state through a shadow government without formal checks – the constitutional order, now, is largely window dressing
It’s one of the humiliations of our historical moment that the constitutional order has been…
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This is a great piece but, sorry, as much as I loathe Musk and his apartheid South African background, and hypocrisy over immigration, he’s not a ‘foreign billionaire.’ He’s a US citizen. Let’s not fall into the trap of demonizing naturalized Americans as foreign if they’re people we don’t like.
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I made this to express my frustration;
MSM, especially NYT;
MSM, especially NYT;
February 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I made this to express my frustration;
MSM, especially NYT;
MSM, especially NYT;
If any Democrat did what Trump is currently doing, they would already be IMPEACHED
February 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If any Democrat did what Trump is currently doing, they would already be IMPEACHED
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To America’s 2.3 million federal employees:
Don’t accept a buyout.
Neither Musk nor even Trump has the legal authority to make such an offer.
And even if they did, would you trust them to follow through on it?
Sincerely,
Robert Reich
Former U.S.Secretary of Labor
Don’t accept a buyout.
Neither Musk nor even Trump has the legal authority to make such an offer.
And even if they did, would you trust them to follow through on it?
Sincerely,
Robert Reich
Former U.S.Secretary of Labor
February 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
To America’s 2.3 million federal employees:
Don’t accept a buyout.
Neither Musk nor even Trump has the legal authority to make such an offer.
And even if they did, would you trust them to follow through on it?
Sincerely,
Robert Reich
Former U.S.Secretary of Labor
Don’t accept a buyout.
Neither Musk nor even Trump has the legal authority to make such an offer.
And even if they did, would you trust them to follow through on it?
Sincerely,
Robert Reich
Former U.S.Secretary of Labor
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Yeah my concern is less about whether Trump and Musk Will escape this unscathed (lol) and more about whether the rest of us will
just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't
February 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Yeah my concern is less about whether Trump and Musk Will escape this unscathed (lol) and more about whether the rest of us will
I really wish Democrats and liberals would stop being so delusional and finally take the gloves off when dealing with right wingers.
February 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I really wish Democrats and liberals would stop being so delusional and finally take the gloves off when dealing with right wingers.
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“Audacious”? Truly disgusting.
February 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“Audacious”? Truly disgusting.
It’s really sad that leftists are the least compromising people, this is the consequence people, this is it.
February 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It’s really sad that leftists are the least compromising people, this is the consequence people, this is it.
So Trump is suggesting we ethnically cleanse Palestine? Crazy.
February 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
So Trump is suggesting we ethnically cleanse Palestine? Crazy.
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Our United Airlines pilot made sure to emphasize *Mexico* when he said we'd be flying over the Gulf of *Mexico* today.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.
February 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Our United Airlines pilot made sure to emphasize *Mexico* when he said we'd be flying over the Gulf of *Mexico* today.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.
It's the little things. Microdose hope.
Can we move to a society where we don’t pretend Republicans actually care about anyone other than themselves? I mean it’s getting ridiculous at this point.
February 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Can we move to a society where we don’t pretend Republicans actually care about anyone other than themselves? I mean it’s getting ridiculous at this point.
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So much for his Hippocratic oath.
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So much for his Hippocratic oath.
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Sadly Democrats are spineless and Republicans are shameless
February 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sadly Democrats are spineless and Republicans are shameless
Who is more evil, Elon Musk or Rupert Murdoch?
February 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Who is more evil, Elon Musk or Rupert Murdoch?