Ben HUR DUR
@benhurdur.bsky.social
All my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success
Prediction markets? You mean bucket shops?
NYSE parent to invest up to $2bn in prediction platform Polymarket on.ft.com/437a94a
NYSE parent to invest up to $2bn in prediction platform Polymarket
Intercontinental Exchange will distribute ‘event-driven data’ of site, which became popular during 2024 US election
on.ft.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Prediction markets? You mean bucket shops?
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CHOTINER: You recently wrote “It’s So OVer.” Can you elaborate?
ME: Yes. Of course. By writing that, I sought to diagnose and provoke a conversation about the current moment.
CHOTINER: But a few days later you wrote “We’re So Back.” Can you explain the contradiction?
ME: Yeah well uhh you see—
ME: Yes. Of course. By writing that, I sought to diagnose and provoke a conversation about the current moment.
CHOTINER: But a few days later you wrote “We’re So Back.” Can you explain the contradiction?
ME: Yeah well uhh you see—
September 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
CHOTINER: You recently wrote “It’s So OVer.” Can you elaborate?
ME: Yes. Of course. By writing that, I sought to diagnose and provoke a conversation about the current moment.
CHOTINER: But a few days later you wrote “We’re So Back.” Can you explain the contradiction?
ME: Yeah well uhh you see—
ME: Yes. Of course. By writing that, I sought to diagnose and provoke a conversation about the current moment.
CHOTINER: But a few days later you wrote “We’re So Back.” Can you explain the contradiction?
ME: Yeah well uhh you see—
Even the best writers on the planet couldn’t think of this…
Bessent, Like Fed Governor, Made Contradictory Mortgage Pledges
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that Pres...
www.bloomberg.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Even the best writers on the planet couldn’t think of this…
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My Weekend FT big read. www.ft.com/content/f5df...
America’s dangerous descent into mutual loathing
The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a new cycle of political violence with echoes of the 1960s. But this time, leading figures on the right are inciting revenge
www.ft.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My Weekend FT big read. www.ft.com/content/f5df...
These people are so unserious
“Why the fuck are you talking to the president about me? Fuck you. I’m gonna punch you in your fucking face... I’m going to fucking beat your ass."
-- Our Treasury Secretary, speaking to our Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
-- Our Treasury Secretary, speaking to our Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘I’m Gonna Punch You in Your F---ing Face’: Scott Bessent Threatens an Administration Rival
The Treasury secretary's quiet tensions with housing finance chief Bill Pulte exploded at a private dinner last week.
www.politico.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
These people are so unserious
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The last 100 years of US politics
September 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The last 100 years of US politics
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This will break you
August 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This will break you
So let me get this straight. We, as a country, just give intel $10bn that was contingent on them building the fab in Ohio without the contingency.
Tax payers getting fleeced left and right. I’m really tired of all of the winning, sir.
Tax payers getting fleeced left and right. I’m really tired of all of the winning, sir.
August 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So let me get this straight. We, as a country, just give intel $10bn that was contingent on them building the fab in Ohio without the contingency.
Tax payers getting fleeced left and right. I’m really tired of all of the winning, sir.
Tax payers getting fleeced left and right. I’m really tired of all of the winning, sir.
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Three different Intel CEOs have tried everything to compete with TSMC and I promise you government control of the company is not going to work any better
August 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Three different Intel CEOs have tried everything to compete with TSMC and I promise you government control of the company is not going to work any better
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Today in autocracy:
*TRUMP SAYS HE'LL FIRE FED'S COOK IF SHE DOESN'T RESIGN
*TRUMP: WILLING TO BRING IN REGULAR MILITARY IF NEEDED INTO DC
*TRUMP: CHICAGO WILL BE 'OUR NEXT ONE AFTER THIS'
*TRUMP ON FIFA: SOME COUNTRIES WILL HAVE EASY PROCESS GETTING IN
*TRUMP: NOT A FAN OF JOHN BOLTON
*TRUMP SAYS HE'LL FIRE FED'S COOK IF SHE DOESN'T RESIGN
*TRUMP: WILLING TO BRING IN REGULAR MILITARY IF NEEDED INTO DC
*TRUMP: CHICAGO WILL BE 'OUR NEXT ONE AFTER THIS'
*TRUMP ON FIFA: SOME COUNTRIES WILL HAVE EASY PROCESS GETTING IN
*TRUMP: NOT A FAN OF JOHN BOLTON
August 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Today in autocracy:
*TRUMP SAYS HE'LL FIRE FED'S COOK IF SHE DOESN'T RESIGN
*TRUMP: WILLING TO BRING IN REGULAR MILITARY IF NEEDED INTO DC
*TRUMP: CHICAGO WILL BE 'OUR NEXT ONE AFTER THIS'
*TRUMP ON FIFA: SOME COUNTRIES WILL HAVE EASY PROCESS GETTING IN
*TRUMP: NOT A FAN OF JOHN BOLTON
*TRUMP SAYS HE'LL FIRE FED'S COOK IF SHE DOESN'T RESIGN
*TRUMP: WILLING TO BRING IN REGULAR MILITARY IF NEEDED INTO DC
*TRUMP: CHICAGO WILL BE 'OUR NEXT ONE AFTER THIS'
*TRUMP ON FIFA: SOME COUNTRIES WILL HAVE EASY PROCESS GETTING IN
*TRUMP: NOT A FAN OF JOHN BOLTON
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This is your champion lol
Candidate steps into fried chicken fight - Evanston Now
Kat Abughazaleh, running for U.S. House, shows up at Popeyes protest.
evanstonnow.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is your champion lol
I honestly can’t believe we made Bill fucking Kristol into a lib hahahaha
Centrists should understand progressives aren’t going away, nor will all be convinced of the errors of their ways.
Progressives should understand centrists aren’t going away, nor will all be convinced of the errors of their ways.
The anti-fascist common front needs each wing to tolerate the other.
Progressives should understand centrists aren’t going away, nor will all be convinced of the errors of their ways.
The anti-fascist common front needs each wing to tolerate the other.
August 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I honestly can’t believe we made Bill fucking Kristol into a lib hahahaha
Is he running?
Jamie Dimon wants JPMorgan Chase to become the biggest bank in the American South. So he summoned his top executives, chartered a bus and set out to explore Dixie.
Jamie Dimon Took a Bus Tour Down South. We Rode Along.
Top executives traveled through states including Mississippi and Alabama, where the bank is expanding its reach.
on.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Is he running?
More things change more they stay the same… lol
(Oliver Sacks writing to his parents and Aunt in 1960)
(Oliver Sacks writing to his parents and Aunt in 1960)
August 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
More things change more they stay the same… lol
(Oliver Sacks writing to his parents and Aunt in 1960)
(Oliver Sacks writing to his parents and Aunt in 1960)
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Yes. Game theory 101 is that a tit-for-tat strategy is best to disincentivize your partner from defecting.
whereas capitulation just empowers them and encourages them to keep pushing the envelope
whereas capitulation just empowers them and encourages them to keep pushing the envelope
Some questions for D's:
Should the next Democratic president fire FBI Director Kash Patel, even if there is no immediate pretext? Why or why not?
Should a Democratic Congress attempt to remove Bove from the bench since he apparently perjured himself during his confirmation hearing? 1/
Should the next Democratic president fire FBI Director Kash Patel, even if there is no immediate pretext? Why or why not?
Should a Democratic Congress attempt to remove Bove from the bench since he apparently perjured himself during his confirmation hearing? 1/
July 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Yes. Game theory 101 is that a tit-for-tat strategy is best to disincentivize your partner from defecting.
whereas capitulation just empowers them and encourages them to keep pushing the envelope
whereas capitulation just empowers them and encourages them to keep pushing the envelope
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OPINION: "Failing to fund semi-open primaries during this budget cycle will leave voters feeling disenfranchised and disaffected when our democracy is most fragile," writes Lisa Rice. 51st.news/opinion-resp...
Opinion: Respect the will of voters, fund semi-open primaries
The D.C. Council has voted to fund one part of Initiative 83. But another crucial aspect of the law is still in limbo.
51st.news
July 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
OPINION: "Failing to fund semi-open primaries during this budget cycle will leave voters feeling disenfranchised and disaffected when our democracy is most fragile," writes Lisa Rice. 51st.news/opinion-resp...
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The Supreme Court derives its power from its legitimacy. It earns its legitimacy by explaining its decisions. The endless stream of wholly unexplained orders in favor of the Trump administration is not just indefensible—it's a threat to the court's own long-term power. This reeks of illegitimacy.
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
July 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Supreme Court derives its power from its legitimacy. It earns its legitimacy by explaining its decisions. The endless stream of wholly unexplained orders in favor of the Trump administration is not just indefensible—it's a threat to the court's own long-term power. This reeks of illegitimacy.
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The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
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“The months since April 2 have clarified the multiple contradictory desires of the Trump administration vis-a-vis its position in the global economic hierarchy.”
@rajakorman.bsky.social on Trumponomics, dollar diplomacy, and multipolarity
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mon...
@rajakorman.bsky.social on Trumponomics, dollar diplomacy, and multipolarity
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mon...
Monetizing Primacy | Karthik Sankaran
Trumponomics, dollar diplomacy, and multipolarity
www.phenomenalworld.org
July 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“The months since April 2 have clarified the multiple contradictory desires of the Trump administration vis-a-vis its position in the global economic hierarchy.”
@rajakorman.bsky.social on Trumponomics, dollar diplomacy, and multipolarity
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mon...
@rajakorman.bsky.social on Trumponomics, dollar diplomacy, and multipolarity
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mon...
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Why a Musk-Cheney ticket is Democrats’ best bet in 2028
June 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Why a Musk-Cheney ticket is Democrats’ best bet in 2028
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I’m at the Sickos meme
I’m at the Hollup Let Him Cook meme
I’m at the Worst Person You Know meme
I’m at the Let Them Fight meme
I’m at the combinatio
I’m at the Hollup Let Him Cook meme
I’m at the Worst Person You Know meme
I’m at the Let Them Fight meme
I’m at the combinatio
June 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I’m at the Sickos meme
I’m at the Hollup Let Him Cook meme
I’m at the Worst Person You Know meme
I’m at the Let Them Fight meme
I’m at the combinatio
I’m at the Hollup Let Him Cook meme
I’m at the Worst Person You Know meme
I’m at the Let Them Fight meme
I’m at the combinatio
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They attacked, traumatized and fired the competent public servants, and now want your sympathy for being out of their depth.
Dan Bongino has a nice cry on Fox & Friends: "I gave up everything for this. I mean, my wife is struggling... I stare at these 4 walls all day in DC, you know, by myself, divorced from my wife. Not divorced, but I mean, separated. And it's hard."
(Note that Brian Kilmeade has to encourage him lol)
(Note that Brian Kilmeade has to encourage him lol)
May 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
They attacked, traumatized and fired the competent public servants, and now want your sympathy for being out of their depth.
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Every day I am more and more convinced that populism is the ultimate loser ideology.
May 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Every day I am more and more convinced that populism is the ultimate loser ideology.
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a regulatory failure of once-unthinkable proportions
Tesla FSD 13.2.9 will still run a kid down while illegally blowing past a stopped school bus with red lights flashing and stop sign extended.
Elon Musk how many kids does FSD need to run over before you fix this?
I warned about this danger at the 2023 Super Bowl!
Elon Musk how many kids does FSD need to run over before you fix this?
I warned about this danger at the 2023 Super Bowl!
May 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
a regulatory failure of once-unthinkable proportions
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The public didn’t “tell us this” because the public isn’t some giant hivemind with a single opinion. Voters who shifted to Trump were extremely low-info, low-propensity voters who demonstrably h believed all kinds of incoherent nonsense
"inflation doesn't matter" just seems like an absolutely insane thing to post barely 6 months after voters told us inflation is why they voted out the incumbent party. like i don't even know what these guys are arguing anymore
Okay, but isn’t “the public’s sensitivity to inflation and interest rates changed since the 1970s” almost exactly the same as saying “the public doesn’t have any kind of mechanical reaction to inflation and interest rates and absorbs them through a variable cultural context (i.e., vibes)”
May 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The public didn’t “tell us this” because the public isn’t some giant hivemind with a single opinion. Voters who shifted to Trump were extremely low-info, low-propensity voters who demonstrably h believed all kinds of incoherent nonsense