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A good 🧵 about turning everything into something to gamble on.
I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.
1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.
January 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
A good 🧵 about turning everything into something to gamble on.
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We have Justin Amash and Bill Kristol saying ABOLISH ICE before most Democrats.
What does that say about the Democratic establishment?
Primary season is on right now, folks.
We all deserve better.
What does that say about the Democratic establishment?
Primary season is on right now, folks.
We all deserve better.
January 14, 2026 at 3:49 AM
We have Justin Amash and Bill Kristol saying ABOLISH ICE before most Democrats.
What does that say about the Democratic establishment?
Primary season is on right now, folks.
We all deserve better.
What does that say about the Democratic establishment?
Primary season is on right now, folks.
We all deserve better.
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Mass, relentless public protest is all there is. Every other mechanism for stopping despotism has failed. There's a reason that so many state constitutions include the phrase "All political power is inherent in the people"
The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.
April 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Mass, relentless public protest is all there is. Every other mechanism for stopping despotism has failed. There's a reason that so many state constitutions include the phrase "All political power is inherent in the people"
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Wild reporting from Bloomberg. Jeanine Pirro apparently freelanced the subpoenas and criminal investigation of Jerome Powell.
January 13, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Wild reporting from Bloomberg. Jeanine Pirro apparently freelanced the subpoenas and criminal investigation of Jerome Powell.
Good thing this is all priced into the US market valuations…. Oh wait.
EM market characteristics and DM valuations.
We are all emerging markets now….
EM market characteristics and DM valuations.
We are all emerging markets now….
Wild reporting from Bloomberg. Jeanine Pirro apparently freelanced the subpoenas and criminal investigation of Jerome Powell.
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Good thing this is all priced into the US market valuations…. Oh wait.
EM market characteristics and DM valuations.
We are all emerging markets now….
EM market characteristics and DM valuations.
We are all emerging markets now….
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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EM Characteristics. DM Valuations.
It'll change soon.
It'll change soon.
January 12, 2026 at 5:26 AM
EM Characteristics. DM Valuations.
It'll change soon.
It'll change soon.
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I know Jay Powell and have a lot of respect for him. Even when we disagree on policy, he (a) understands that his voice has the power to move markets and (b) zealously defends the independence of the Fed. He is not a person who would make a statement like this lightly. Will say more shortly.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:32 AM
I know Jay Powell and have a lot of respect for him. Even when we disagree on policy, he (a) understands that his voice has the power to move markets and (b) zealously defends the independence of the Fed. He is not a person who would make a statement like this lightly. Will say more shortly.
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In extraordinary message, Fed chair announces that he’s being extorted/coerced by the US government under color of law.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM
In extraordinary message, Fed chair announces that he’s being extorted/coerced by the US government under color of law.
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Portland Mayor Keith Wilson: "There was a time that we could take [the federal government] at their word. That time has long passed. That is why we are calling on ICE to halt all operations in Portland until a full and independent investigation can take place."
January 9, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson: "There was a time that we could take [the federal government] at their word. That time has long passed. That is why we are calling on ICE to halt all operations in Portland until a full and independent investigation can take place."
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Trump, in a sit down interview on Fox News aired just now, said the US will be conducting land strikes against the cartels.
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
January 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Trump, in a sit down interview on Fox News aired just now, said the US will be conducting land strikes against the cartels.
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
"We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico."
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y’all this is *wild*
Well, this is weird. Maduro's actual lawyer tells the court they have no idea what Bruce Fein is doing and neither Maduro nor any of his lawyers have ever spoken to him. The court had already granted his pro hac vice, too, before being informed of this.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
y’all this is *wild*
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"This is rather dramatic but lost in the general media turmoil over everything else - 🇺🇸 is withdrawing from 66 international organizations and treaties, most notably everything connected with climate change, democracy and rule of law."
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Withdraws the United States from International Organizations that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
WITHDRAWING FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the withdrawal of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"This is rather dramatic but lost in the general media turmoil over everything else - 🇺🇸 is withdrawing from 66 international organizations and treaties, most notably everything connected with climate change, democracy and rule of law."
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
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Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.
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I think what gets me about the Galeano thing is that the left is once again imputing the imperial designs and strategy of midcentury America to a gang of illiterate drunks and pedophiles who neither know nor care about anything but the next content cycle
January 4, 2026 at 7:06 AM
I think what gets me about the Galeano thing is that the left is once again imputing the imperial designs and strategy of midcentury America to a gang of illiterate drunks and pedophiles who neither know nor care about anything but the next content cycle
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why are you giving concessions to zuckerberg, musk and altman? the reason they know they can get away w making CSAM using AI or have LLMs tell your kids to kill themselves is the exact same as why they know they can take every spare drop of water capacity in a desert and tell you to suck their dick
January 2, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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The US has a budget deficit near 6% of GDP, a trade deficit despite tariffs, a massively negative NIIP, we’re cutting rates despite inflation running above target, and the dollar just fell 10% in a year. We are flirting dangerously close to the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Memorial Neo-Fischerian Fun Zone.
December 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The US has a budget deficit near 6% of GDP, a trade deficit despite tariffs, a massively negative NIIP, we’re cutting rates despite inflation running above target, and the dollar just fell 10% in a year. We are flirting dangerously close to the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Memorial Neo-Fischerian Fun Zone.
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Holy hell….
There is now a K-shaped trend in tech where AI engineers & researchers are living their best lives while everyone else is facing layoffs and is unable to find a role.
An L5 (5 to 8 years of experience) at Anthropic is a $920K role as described by the candidate in the post below.
An L5 (5 to 8 years of experience) at Anthropic is a $920K role as described by the candidate in the post below.
How I Got Hired at Anthropic as a STAFF Engineer
TLDR -- landed a offer at Anthropic, after previously failing a year ago. Smooth process, but insanely high bar. ~920k comp for SWE.
##### About me
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www.hellointerview.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Holy hell….
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Of all the ETF slop, I can’t believe this is the one that can’t get listed.
!['Grift' ETF Tied to Washington Access in Trump Era
Hits a Wall
Summary by Bloomberg Al
• Wall Street's ETF machine has been creating riskier products, but the Tuttle Capital Government Grift ETF has been rejected by major exchanges.
• The ETF, which targets firms with ties to Washington powerbrokers, has not received a formal explanation for the rejection from the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, or Cboe.
• Tuttle Capital's CEO, Matt Tuttle, plans to keep the ETF's name and thesis unchanged, and is hoping to list it on the Texas Stock Exchange, which is set to begin trading next year.
By Isabelle Lee
12/29/2025 13:14:31 [BN]
(Bloomberg) -- Wall Street's $13 trillion ETF machine pushed boundaries this year, cranking out ever-riskier products to feed retail traders hooked on yield, leverage and novelty.
But when Connecticut-based Tuttle Capital Management proposed an exchange-traded fund tracking the perceived value of political access, the machine ran into a wall.
The Tuttle Capital Government Grift ETF - ticker GRFT - is designed to target firms with apparent ties to Washington powerbrokers, from cabinet officials to stock-trading lawmakers. Yet no major exchange has agreed to list it, according to Matt Tuttle, chief executive of Tuttle Capital.
Tuttle said the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Inc. and Cboe Global Markets Inc. offered no formal explanation. He received cursory phone calls, he said, that conveyed little more than a no.
GRFT's registration became effective with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in the fourth quarter - according to a filing. While that status should allow the fund to proceed, it reflects a procedural milestone rather than an active regulatory endorsement, according to Bloomberg Intelligence's James Seyffart.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kdgcvfaickr7turpo6suzbqp/bafkreifl7uuylenw34vovic6q7w6lulqdz4zjubdmn4jr7zlfhnneniyfa@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Of all the ETF slop, I can’t believe this is the one that can’t get listed.