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Michael Hicks
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Father of three marvels, lucky husband, parent lottery winner. Retired infantry soldier, George & Frances Ball Professor of Economics at Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research. https://www.bsu.edu/cber

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Michael J. Hicks is the George & Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Economics and director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and Professor of Economics at Ball State University. .. more

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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 11h
My newest post on the local labor market effects of Data Centers . . .

#DataCenters @profweinstein.bsky.social

michaeljhicks.substack.com/p/data-cente...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 18h
GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill tax law will increase U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio from 154% three decades after without it to 183% with it, per Auerbach & @billgale.bsky.social.
www.nber.org/papers/w34455

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
A $2000 tariff “dividend” would be negative for bonds — if the bond market actually believed it would ever happen. 🤡

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Comer on why he thinks Biden's pardons were worse than Trump saying he knows nothing about people he's pardoning: "Nobody is accusing Donald Trump of not knowing what day it is, what year it is, the pardon process and things like that, so I think there's a big difference."

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 2d
Forget affordability, Republicans got shellacked on Tuesday because the labor market sucks deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-cult-o...
The Cult of Affordability and the Labor Market
The weakening labor market played a central role in the Republicans' shellacking
deanbaker22.substack.com

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 3d
I admire his honesty in this case but I do not love it when the president's closest economic adviser fails to predict the massive negative impact of the administration's policy choices
newsguy.bsky.social Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 3d
White House economic ‌adviser Kevin Hassett tells Fox Business that the impact of the government shutdown is far ​worse than expected.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 5d
Important read from @drmoore.bsky.social on the defense of corruption of the church:

www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/nazi...
The Church Better Start Taking Nazification Seriously - Christianity Today
Tucker Carlson hosted neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes on his podcast. The stakes are high for American Christians.
www.christianitytoday.com

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 7d
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US Manufacturing Shrinks for Eighth Month on Sluggish Demand
The group’s production index slid 2.8 points to 48.2, marking the second month in the last three that output has contracted. The ISM’s employment gauge shrank for a ninth straight month, albeit at a ...
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Brent Scales @boiler40.bsky.social · 14d
Nothing to see here, just a couple of B-1s passing within 20 miles of Venezuela’s coastline.
B-1 flight path near Venezuela

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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 16d
I wish there was at least the honesty for folks to simply say: "Daddy is gonna get what Daddy wants, and I'm a gonna give it to him. After all, this is prison, and he's my Daddy."

Just that much honesty would be refreshing.

Reposted by Alan Richardson, Michael J. Hicks, Henry Jones

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onion person @junlper.beer · 17d
every passing day, rightwingers are inventing new and unexpected ways to signal to the world they may be the dumbest iteration of humans so far

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21d
Raskin: I heard speaker Mike Johnson refer to a hate America rally, but that one already happened on January 6th, 2021

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d
Q: What does it say that president released a video of him pooping on the American people?

MIKE JOHNSON: You can argue he's probably the most effective person who has ever used social media. He's using satire to make a point. He's not calling for the murder of his political opponents.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 25d
Whether he jumped or was pushed, this seems like a big deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com

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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 25d
Marketing research at its finest.

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 27d
CEO of US steel giant Cleveland Cliffs: "I am very happy with 50 percent [tariffs]. And without giving any details, I have my fingerprints on that 50 percent. In other words, I influenced that."

Same as it ever was.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 28d
In the United States. Not another country. Happening right now.
nickkristof.bsky.social Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 28d
In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...
Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
www.wweek.com

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28d
I think tariffs hurt consumers, police shouldn't wear masks, and the President must obey the law - and shouldn't use his office to run personal profit-making schemes on the side.

This apparently makes me a radical Marxist.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 29d
Impressive work by Biden to control the FBI while Trump was President.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 29d
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Oct 12
Self-inflicted wound

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Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Oct 11
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · Oct 11
The criming never ends . . .

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · Oct 11
Trump is scared of arithmetic, but the rest of us aren't. China is winning his trade war, bigly cepr.net/publications...
In Trump’s Competition with China, China is Winning
China’s economy is growing over five times faster than the US, undercutting Trump’s Cold War rhetoric with hard numbers.
cepr.net

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Oct 11
in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Oct 9
If your research aligns with @upjohninstitute.bsky.social's mission, we would consider hosting. Lots of great folks here.
www.upjohn.org/about

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Oct 9
This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Oct 9
I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Oct 8
100% clean on OpSec. A perfect text message.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Oct 8
“.. On Sept. 20, Trump meant to send a private message to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging her to prosecute” Comey.

“.. Trump believed he had sent Bondi the message directly .. and was surprised to learn it was public, the officials said.” 🤡

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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The Onion @theonion.com · Oct 7
U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/
U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat Pentagon Claims Little Red Vessel Working With ‘Narco-Terrorists’