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Holy Crap. Just straight up looting at this point. Or like was already looting. But just bringing in a semi to haul out the loot faster.
June 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Holy Crap. Just straight up looting at this point. Or like was already looting. But just bringing in a semi to haul out the loot faster.
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Does Columbia want to become the Tesla of universities? Paul Weiss the Tesla of law firms? It is not just up to them. It is also up to us.
March 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Does Columbia want to become the Tesla of universities? Paul Weiss the Tesla of law firms? It is not just up to them. It is also up to us.
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So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
To review what we from @washingtonpost.com are reporting out of the IRS today:
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
March 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
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The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of the country controls $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
The bottom 50% of the country controls $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
March 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of the country controls $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
The bottom 50% of the country controls $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
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The whole thing is important, but listen until the end: the US depends a lot on the flow of capital into the country because it is perceived as the safest port in a storm. Once that is no longer true, a lot of things Americans take for granted go away.
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
March 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The whole thing is important, but listen until the end: the US depends a lot on the flow of capital into the country because it is perceived as the safest port in a storm. Once that is no longer true, a lot of things Americans take for granted go away.
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Wait, this is the brutal free speech from American citizens that triggered Vance and caused him to use his child to whine and cry about it? What a snowflake crybaby.
March 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Wait, this is the brutal free speech from American citizens that triggered Vance and caused him to use his child to whine and cry about it? What a snowflake crybaby.
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Trump’s murderous freezing of aid that Congress enacted a law to send to Ukraine unconstitutionally usurps the power of the purse, violates the 1974 Impoundment Act, and is an impeachable “high crime and misdemeanor” akin to the extortion for which the Senate should have convicted Trump in 2020.
March 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Trump’s murderous freezing of aid that Congress enacted a law to send to Ukraine unconstitutionally usurps the power of the purse, violates the 1974 Impoundment Act, and is an impeachable “high crime and misdemeanor” akin to the extortion for which the Senate should have convicted Trump in 2020.
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When Trump and Vance speak of Zelensky not being ready for peace—expect a reference to this tonight in Trump’s speech—they really mean he and his people are unwilling to surrender to Russia, to completely capitulate to Putin as Trump would like to bully them into doing.
March 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
When Trump and Vance speak of Zelensky not being ready for peace—expect a reference to this tonight in Trump’s speech—they really mean he and his people are unwilling to surrender to Russia, to completely capitulate to Putin as Trump would like to bully them into doing.
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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
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BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Sen. Van Hollen has scathing criticism on Trump's Ukraine aid conditions, "Can you imagine FDR saying to Churchill, 'we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.'"
February 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Sen. Van Hollen has scathing criticism on Trump's Ukraine aid conditions, "Can you imagine FDR saying to Churchill, 'we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.'"
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This morning, JD Vance argued to rehire a young DOGE staffer who resigned after WSJ reported he had made racist posts.
What you didn't know: That staffer had been scheduled to meet with Vance along with Elon Musk and other DOGE staffers hours before he resigned.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
What you didn't know: That staffer had been scheduled to meet with Vance along with Elon Musk and other DOGE staffers hours before he resigned.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Young Aides Emerge as Enforcers in Musk’s Broadside Against Government
Much of the billionaire’s handiwork — gaining access to internal systems and asking employees to justify their jobs — is being driven by a group of engineers operating in secrecy.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This morning, JD Vance argued to rehire a young DOGE staffer who resigned after WSJ reported he had made racist posts.
What you didn't know: That staffer had been scheduled to meet with Vance along with Elon Musk and other DOGE staffers hours before he resigned.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
What you didn't know: That staffer had been scheduled to meet with Vance along with Elon Musk and other DOGE staffers hours before he resigned.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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Breaking from me and @mjsdc.bsky.social : Newly installed AG Pam Bondi sent out more than a dozen memos in a 15 minute period on Wednesday. One of them told staffers to come up with "proposals for criminal investigations" of large companies that have DEIA initiatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI
Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.
slate.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Breaking from me and @mjsdc.bsky.social : Newly installed AG Pam Bondi sent out more than a dozen memos in a 15 minute period on Wednesday. One of them told staffers to come up with "proposals for criminal investigations" of large companies that have DEIA initiatives. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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I do not know a single person in DC who has not been directly negatively impacted by the "sudden disassembly in flight" of the U.S. government. In most cases the impact is major and professional and pyschological as well as economical. You might shrug it off and say, "It's about time."
February 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I do not know a single person in DC who has not been directly negatively impacted by the "sudden disassembly in flight" of the U.S. government. In most cases the impact is major and professional and pyschological as well as economical. You might shrug it off and say, "It's about time."
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I spent a bunch of time in Milosevic's Serbia and even to a teenager, it was astounding to see how much misery, corruption and societal failure people would excuse for the vague promise that the government would hurt someone else on their behalf.
As someone from the Balkans I regret to inform you that the tolerance of the average public for being utterly brutalized by their government(s) for the most fantastical and asinine reasons is far greater than you may anticipate. Sectarianism is a hell of a drug, alas.
February 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I spent a bunch of time in Milosevic's Serbia and even to a teenager, it was astounding to see how much misery, corruption and societal failure people would excuse for the vague promise that the government would hurt someone else on their behalf.
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1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
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11/For an overview of the stakes in another context, see work w/ @himself.bsky.social on how states use centralized information systems to coerce other states. It lays out how key economic infrastructures can we used to pressure adversaries and allies.
www.amazon.com/Underground-...
www.amazon.com/Underground-...
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy [Farrell, Henry, Newman, Abraham] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
www.amazon.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
11/For an overview of the stakes in another context, see work w/ @himself.bsky.social on how states use centralized information systems to coerce other states. It lays out how key economic infrastructures can we used to pressure adversaries and allies.
www.amazon.com/Underground-...
www.amazon.com/Underground-...
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America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up.
Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting.
My latest for The Guardian. ⬇️
Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting.
My latest for The Guardian. ⬇️
Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist | Robert Reich
America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up.
Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting.
My latest for The Guardian. ⬇️
Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting.
My latest for The Guardian. ⬇️
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I've got scripts in here to call your lawmakers about Trump's illegal and cruel spending freeze. Please, please use them.
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
Chop Wood, Carry Water 1/28
Hi, all, and happy Tuesday.
open.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I've got scripts in here to call your lawmakers about Trump's illegal and cruel spending freeze. Please, please use them.
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
open.substack.com/pub/chopwood...
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Appalling cruelty beyond comprehension. Trump is ordering an immediate, unlawful shutdown of PEPFAR, potentially denying life-saving HIV medication to millions of people. This guarantees a lethal, global resurgence of the HIV epidemic. Just unfathomable sadism. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Appalling cruelty beyond comprehension. Trump is ordering an immediate, unlawful shutdown of PEPFAR, potentially denying life-saving HIV medication to millions of people. This guarantees a lethal, global resurgence of the HIV epidemic. Just unfathomable sadism. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
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Trump and his advisors are high on their own supply after getting away with so much in their first week. But they are going to regret this one. It’ll devastate red states that rely on this money for basic programs that keep people fed, clothed, alive. A huge unforced error politically and legally.
Trump is attempting to unilaterally freeze trillions of dollars in federal spending that’s been duly appropriated by Congress. This is completely insane and illegal. He’s seizing unlawful control over the constitutional spending power? Five alarm fire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Trump and his advisors are high on their own supply after getting away with so much in their first week. But they are going to regret this one. It’ll devastate red states that rely on this money for basic programs that keep people fed, clothed, alive. A huge unforced error politically and legally.
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An unqualified former Fox host, accused in an affidavit of being "abusive" toward his second wife, of being perpetually drunk, and allegedly screaming "Kill all Muslims! Kill all Muslims!" just got confirmed as the US Defense Secretary (!) by a tie-break vote in the Senate.
January 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
An unqualified former Fox host, accused in an affidavit of being "abusive" toward his second wife, of being perpetually drunk, and allegedly screaming "Kill all Muslims! Kill all Muslims!" just got confirmed as the US Defense Secretary (!) by a tie-break vote in the Senate.
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.