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Martin Gaynor
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Economist at Carnegie Mellon focusing on organizations and incentives, markets, competition, and antitrust, and health care. Formerly at the Antitrust Division, DOJ and at the FTC. Daf Yomi learner. Antitrust, Economics, Talmud puns. .. more

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 4d
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diedrichbader.bsky.social Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 4d
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 4d
It’s a jungle out there - be prepared. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a roast beef on white is a good guy with a pastrami on rye. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 4d
“Socialism-any of various egalitarian economic and political theories or movements advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods”
Merriam-Webster www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/s...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."

Reposted by Erich Fromm, Martin Gaynor, Smith , and 3 more

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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 4d
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 4d
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault (and Recess for Lunch) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 4d
… Defend yourself. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a pita pocket is a good guy with a calzone.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 6d
Imagine the reaction you’d get if you walked into a police station and said “Someone assaulted me with a sandwich”…
jamieson.bsky.social Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 6d
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.

Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.

'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 6d
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.

Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.

'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 11d
Hate speech leads to hate crimes. Stop excusing it - it doesn’t matter if it’s your friends or allies- zero tolerance for hate. @heritagefdn.bsky.social

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The Times of Israel @timesofisrael.com · 11d
Head of US right-wing think tank defends Tucker Carlson after talk show with antisemite https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-us-right-wing-think-tank-defends-tucker-carlson-after-talk-show-with-antisemite/
Head of US right-wing think tank defends Tucker Carlson after talk show with antisemite
Heritage Foundation's Kevin Roberts disavows antisemitism, calls out 'globalist class' and 'their mouthpieces in Washington'; Carlson recently hosted Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes
www.timesofisrael.com

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 11d
Surely you can persuade some more to sign … 📏

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 11d
Hate speech leads to hate crimes. Public figures have to take responsibility for the consequences of their speech and social media for platforming hate speech. No more excuses and dodging responsibility. Enough - zero tolerance for hate. www.ynetnews.com/article/bylu...
FBI foils planned mass shooting at Alabama synagogues: suspect vowed ‘not to be taken alive’
Authorities arrested 33-year-old Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker after uncovering weapons and ammunition at his home; Officials say he planned attacks on synagogues and possibly public figures; 'A catastrophe ...
www.ynetnews.com

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 12d
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 13d
In America, every Senator swears to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic”.

Endless shame on those, whether Conservative or Liberal, who spit on the duty that they chose to accept.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d
Tuberville on Trump's third term: "He might be able to go around the Constitution, but that's up to him."

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 14d
Thanks Tim.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 14d
Thanks Al.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 14d
No turning a blind eye, no dismissing it as something less than it is - zero tolerance. Also combat hate by doing the opposite - be a good neighbor, be kind. Honor the memories of those we lost by committing to combating hate and spreading love.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 14d
🧵Words matter. We are experiencing a flood of unrestrained antisemitism and hate speech. As a survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack, I know where this leads. We have to stop tolerating and normalizing antisemitism and all forms of bigotry.
gabbygiffords.bsky.social Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social · 14d
Seven years later and my heart continues to ache for the 11 people killed and 6 others injured at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue. They were shot as they prayed for no other reason than because they were Jewish.

May their memories forever be a blessing.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 14d
Thank you.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 14d
Thank you Representative Balint.

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Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social · 14d
Seven years later and my heart continues to ache for the 11 people killed and 6 others injured at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue. They were shot as they prayed for no other reason than because they were Jewish.

May their memories forever be a blessing.

Reposted by Martin Gaynor

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Soccer_Rabbi, Mark Asher Goodman @rabbimarkasherg.bsky.social · 15d
This tweet is your reminder to donate to your local food pantry.

Right now.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 24d
Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico. Beautiful and peaceful.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 24d
What could go wrong…?

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 24d
seems fine www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Top nuclear weapons agency to furlough most staff amid shutdown
House Republicans pointed to the staff reductions as a national security consequence of the shutdown, pressing Senate Democrats to yield and vote to reopen the government.
www.politico.com

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 25d
The GOP staffers literally praised Nazis in their texts
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d
Dave McCormick: "I do think some of this horrible language on the extreme left -- 'fascism, Nazism, authoritarianism' -- I think that's a recipe, an introduction and encouragement to violence. It's gotta stop."

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 25d
“However, it is not clear that economics, rather than political considerations, will be guiding antitrust policy.” Insightful & important points from @avivnevo.bsky.social on the role of economics in antitrust enforcement in the Trump administration. www.promarket.org/2025/10/16/w...
What Is the Role of Economics in Conservative Antitrust? - ProMarket
The policies of conservative antitrust laid out by the new antitrust enforcers suggest a continued focus on the welfare of consumers and workers. This suggests a continued role for economics in shapin...
www.promarket.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d
Chris Murphy: "This is a country that's falling apart because Trump is in the middle of an authoritarian takeover. We're not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We're in the middle of it ... I have no moral obligation to vote for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy"

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 26d
Five alarm fire that's illegal and impeachable. Newsrooms and electeds should be yelling this.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26d
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
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