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David Rosnick
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Fallen physicist. Avid bridge player. Longtime CEPR (DC)

Most likely to understand you if you refer to me with he/him; feel free to go with they if that helps; won’t be offended but if you pick she/her you’re likely adding noise to the signal .. more

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David Rosnick @rosnick.bsky.social · Apr 9
New from Francisco Rodríguez, myself, and Giancarlo Bravo:

That recent counter-intuitive @cgdev.org piece by Bahar and Hausmann suffers fatal flaws, starting with a Stata programming error. We fall back on the intuitive conclusion that U.S. economic conditions drive encounters at the border
Do Venezuelan Oil Revenues Drive Migration to the US? A Reappraisal of the Bahar and Hausmann Results
We show that their results are driven by a flawed empirical specification that appears to be the result of a coding error.
cepr.net

Reposted by Claudia Sahm, David Rosnick

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 14h
TRUMP: U.S. CAN GROW AT 15% IF WARSH DOES THE JOB HE’S CAPABLE OF

Reposted by David Rosnick

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 20h
Watching Eric Berger (historically a Musk fanboy) struggle with the revelation that Musk is a fake engineer conman white supremacist never loses its entertainment value
Why would Elon Musk pivot from Mars to the Moon all of a sudden?
SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon."
arstechnica.com

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Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 1d
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com

Reposted by David Rosnick

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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1d
Using Mr. Rogers in a Super Bowl commercial for mortgages should result in prison time

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David Rosnick @rosnick.bsky.social · 2d
Having lived in DC I feel this in my bones
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d
American star Alysa Liu overcame a delay en route to the Milano Skating Arena caused by Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade and finished second in the women’s short program at the Olympics team event.

“We almost didn’t make it,” her coach said.
Nothing could stop the U.S. figure skating team. Not even JD Vance’s motorcade.
Alysa Liu and world champion dance team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates have the Americans leading the team event after day one.
www.washingtonpost.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Daniel W. Drezner, Jacob T. Levy , and 2 more

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d
American star Alysa Liu overcame a delay en route to the Milano Skating Arena caused by Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade and finished second in the women’s short program at the Olympics team event.

“We almost didn’t make it,” her coach said.
Nothing could stop the U.S. figure skating team. Not even JD Vance’s motorcade.
Alysa Liu and world champion dance team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates have the Americans leading the team event after day one.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 4d
Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.

Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, David Rosnick, Daniel Kuehn , and 1 more

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 4d
@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad
No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
www.forever-wars.com

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David Rosnick @rosnick.bsky.social · 5d
(Yes I see it; no I’m not fixing it)

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David Rosnick @rosnick.bsky.social · 5d
And also why you can’t give ANY administration the tools because even if they use them the way you want then the tools are still there for an administration you do don’t like

Reposted by David Rosnick

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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 5d
Donald Graham didn't just sell the Washington Post to Jeff Bezos, who is merrily dismantling it today. Before that Graham let Mark Zuckerberg out of an agreement for the Post to buy 10 percent of Facebook for $6 million. Today that 10 percent would be worth $175 billion.

Reposted by McKenzie Wark, David Rosnick, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 5d
As an aside, Rachel is a legend. (From Fischer’s “African Founders”)
Hudson Valley 177 RACHEL'S REVOLUTION: THE CUMULATIVE POWER OF INDIVIDUAL ACTS As the long War of American Independence approached its end in Dutchess County, New York, a slave named Rachel resolved to free herself from bond-age. In 1781, she ran away from her master. He accused her of stealing his property by taking the clothing on her back. Rachel was outraged by the charge of theft. They were her clothes. Probably she had made them. A week later she came back, set fire to her master's house, and escaped to British lines in New York City. Then she disapeared and probably took a new identity. Rachel was not alone. Many slaves acted independently to free them…

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David Rosnick @rosnick.bsky.social · 5d
Thanks. It’s not good

I had flagged the dropped apostrophe as one sign that the passage was worthy of skepticism; that it seems to be JE’s edit makes more sense of that

Reposted by Anna O. Law, David Rosnick, Sharon Erickson Nepstad , and 1 more

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6d
Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, John Horgan, Simon Chapman , and 12 more

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West Seattle Bike Blog @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 6d
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
ICE agent wearing skull mask that is usually associated with the neo Nazi atomwaffen group

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David Rosnick @rosnick.bsky.social · 6d
It’s not magic. I understand, however, that counting votes might SEEM like magic after years of eating too much of that sweet, sweet lead paint
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Rs to "nationalize" elections: "We had 3 Republicans who were ahead on election day in last cycle & every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove it? No"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Rs to "nationalize" elections: "We had 3 Republicans who were ahead on election day in last cycle & every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove it? No"

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David Rosnick @rosnick.bsky.social · 6d
It's not a perfect metaphor but that's my view of "better training" and all that

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David Rosnick @rosnick.bsky.social · 6d
ICE is the SA but folks like @schumer.senate.gov prefer the SS

Reposted by Beatriz Gallardo Paúls, David Rosnick

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d
MAGA figures are now calling for an *escalation* in ICE's war on Americans. "Raise the temperature," says Steve Bannon. They want an authoritarian terror state and they see ICE as its vanguard.

On the pod @gbrockell.bsky.social is good on the sadism that defines ICE:
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump ICE Threats Take Darker Turn as MAGA Erupts in Demands for Blood
As Trump’s designs grow more unnerving and MAGA figures call for an escalation, a journalist who closely tracks ICE explains how the agency is effectively becoming an instrument of authoritarian state...
newrepublic.com

Reposted by David Rosnick

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6d
Therein lies the problem. ICE is terrorizing Los Angeles, and local police are choosing not to enforce the law banning masked federal agents.

This is how trust collapses.

Reposted by David Rosnick

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 7d
All bodycams are going to do is facilitate a surge in prosecutions for “assaulting agents” and improve data collection about protesters so good work everyone who pushed for that big reform.

Reposted by Christopher Wright, David Rosnick, Simon Lester , and 1 more

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 7d
Presented without comment. I just want everyone here to know.

I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.

1/8
Richard Hanania @RichardHanania • Feb 1 By obsessing over Epstein, they're attacking healthy heterosexuality.

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Alan Richardson, David Rosnick , and 5 more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"

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David Rosnick @rosnick.bsky.social · 7d
Please do not get carried away. Use of nominal exchange rates makes this highly misleading. Real GDP grew 57% from 1999-2013, or 3.3% per year.

Better than say, Mexico, which came in under 1.8% per year. But VZ growth not as stunning as suggested

Reposted by Anders Nilsson, David Rosnick, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 7d
Impeachment is the only Constitutional check Congress has against a lawless president and talking about it would be a good start to reasserting Congressional power in the future. Assuming of course Congress wants to do that
torgomatic.bsky.social torgomatic.bsky.social @torgomatic.bsky.social · 7d
Speaking out like this is all they can do now. Impeachment is a total and complete joke, and threatening to use it is akin to threatening to hit someone with a wet noodle. Impeachment is no longer a viable tool to use against Republican politicians.

Reposted by David Rosnick

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torgomatic.bsky.social @torgomatic.bsky.social · 7d
Speaking out like this is all they can do now. Impeachment is a total and complete joke, and threatening to use it is akin to threatening to hit someone with a wet noodle. Impeachment is no longer a viable tool to use against Republican politicians.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Mark D. White, James Goodwin , and 3 more

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d
like this is absurd, get over yourselves
The justices claim their papers belong to them, not the government or the public, and generally arrange to have them locked away until long after their deaths. The court releases no visitor logs to reveal who meets with the justices.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8d
Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.

Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.

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David Rosnick @rosnick.bsky.social · 9d
It’s ok they can just sell back