Chase Hulderman
@chase.hulderman.me
Husband, father, and forever curious. Follower of urbanists, policy wonks, economists, military/foreign policy experts, and technologists.
Work in technology with a background in biomedical research.
Work in technology with a background in biomedical research.
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There is no Congress anymore. RIP
I can’t overstate how entirely untethered to the constitution and past practice this unilateral move to repurpose funds to pay for military pay is. The commander-in-chief clause has precisely 0 bearing on the ability to expend funds. Here’s a list of authorities that do:
National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-8
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF WAR THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SUBJECT: Use of
www.whitehouse.gov
October 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
There is no Congress anymore. RIP
It's time @govevers.wisconsin.gov
Newsom says he’s on the verge of quitting the National Govs Association: “should not be difficult … regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states’ Natl Guard and deploying… over the objections of the home-state Governor,harms the interests of states”
October 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It's time @govevers.wisconsin.gov
Is this why democrats always lose?
EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY. LIKE COME ON MAN.
September 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Is this why democrats always lose?
What happened to #SCOTUS?
They have to know what they’re doing. I think they want us to become an autocracy. What’s the alternative rationale?
They have to know what they’re doing. I think they want us to become an autocracy. What’s the alternative rationale?
Six Justices shockingly conclude that it's likely the Impoundment Control precludes an otherwise valid APA claim to require expenditure of obligated funds. This argument, which turns the ICA on its head, is so absurd that the Trump DOJ itself wisely disclaimed it a month ago. Utterly lawless.
September 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
What happened to #SCOTUS?
They have to know what they’re doing. I think they want us to become an autocracy. What’s the alternative rationale?
They have to know what they’re doing. I think they want us to become an autocracy. What’s the alternative rationale?
We did another extrajudicial killing. So that’s cool.
September 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We did another extrajudicial killing. So that’s cool.
Kleptocracy.
Charitable interpretation: I think Trump thinks that the USG is its best when it acts like the mob. And that he’s doing great things for America.
Charitable interpretation: I think Trump thinks that the USG is its best when it acts like the mob. And that he’s doing great things for America.
September 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Kleptocracy.
Charitable interpretation: I think Trump thinks that the USG is its best when it acts like the mob. And that he’s doing great things for America.
Charitable interpretation: I think Trump thinks that the USG is its best when it acts like the mob. And that he’s doing great things for America.
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Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Just so I'm clear:
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal
TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft.
TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism.
Free speech, everyone.
There was a bit in this episode about who is adopting AI, and who is resisting.
Personally, there's been so much smoke and mirrors from tech the last decade we've got a name for it -- the grift shift.
Many of these tech are intrinsically interesting, but way over hyped.
1/2
Personally, there's been so much smoke and mirrors from tech the last decade we've got a name for it -- the grift shift.
Many of these tech are intrinsically interesting, but way over hyped.
1/2
New pod: Something very strange is happening to the labor market for college graduates. Their unemployment is rising much faster than the overall economy—in a way that's unprecedented in the last 40 yrs.
Why?
Harvard's David Deming and I talk thru the evidence.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Feh...
Why?
Harvard's David Deming and I talk thru the evidence.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Feh...
May 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
There was a bit in this episode about who is adopting AI, and who is resisting.
Personally, there's been so much smoke and mirrors from tech the last decade we've got a name for it -- the grift shift.
Many of these tech are intrinsically interesting, but way over hyped.
1/2
Personally, there's been so much smoke and mirrors from tech the last decade we've got a name for it -- the grift shift.
Many of these tech are intrinsically interesting, but way over hyped.
1/2
Dems are the party of "we know better than you", "it's not your turn", and "rules for thee not for me"
Voters arent buying Dem policies b/c they dont have any
The closest they've come is "abundance" from EK/DT; or "fight the olig" from AOC and BS.
How do we fix this? cc: @benwikler.bsky.social
Voters arent buying Dem policies b/c they dont have any
The closest they've come is "abundance" from EK/DT; or "fight the olig" from AOC and BS.
How do we fix this? cc: @benwikler.bsky.social
Feel bad for Rep Connolly and his family, but I think this take holds up well.
www.slowboring.com/p/aoc-deserv...
www.slowboring.com/p/aoc-deserv...
April 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Dems are the party of "we know better than you", "it's not your turn", and "rules for thee not for me"
Voters arent buying Dem policies b/c they dont have any
The closest they've come is "abundance" from EK/DT; or "fight the olig" from AOC and BS.
How do we fix this? cc: @benwikler.bsky.social
Voters arent buying Dem policies b/c they dont have any
The closest they've come is "abundance" from EK/DT; or "fight the olig" from AOC and BS.
How do we fix this? cc: @benwikler.bsky.social
Would be really cool to see a series on supply chain focused on small business stories. @kairyssdal.bsky.social @marketplace.org
I was thinking about this Joe and Tracy anecdote from the supply chain crisis on gummy bears. Things are probably going to get really weird in a few weeks in unexpected ways:
April 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Would be really cool to see a series on supply chain focused on small business stories. @kairyssdal.bsky.social @marketplace.org
See, this is why throwing out maximalist language totally erodes the meaning of these words.
Channeling my inner @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Channeling my inner @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Buckle up, folks. This is a constitutional crisis unfolding before our eyes.
Trump now saying — contrary to his previous statements and those of federal officials — that people removed from the U.S. to El Salvador are in the “sole custody” of El Salvador
April 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
See, this is why throwing out maximalist language totally erodes the meaning of these words.
Channeling my inner @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Channeling my inner @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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“.. Carney didn’t need to shout. .. He lined up the free world—Japan, the EU, Canada in lockstep—and showed Trump the cliff’s edge. ..
“.. Little triggers and strategies you get when the world’s most respected economist is your PM.”
@deanblundell.bsky.social 🇨🇦
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
“.. Little triggers and strategies you get when the world’s most respected economist is your PM.”
@deanblundell.bsky.social 🇨🇦
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
April 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“.. Carney didn’t need to shout. .. He lined up the free world—Japan, the EU, Canada in lockstep—and showed Trump the cliff’s edge. ..
“.. Little triggers and strategies you get when the world’s most respected economist is your PM.”
@deanblundell.bsky.social 🇨🇦
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
“.. Little triggers and strategies you get when the world’s most respected economist is your PM.”
@deanblundell.bsky.social 🇨🇦
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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the us flirting with crashing the financial markets and also gutting the fdic is uh not a good idea
FDIC HUNTING FOR EXTRA 20% STAFF CUT AS DOGE DESCENDS ON AGENCY
April 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
the us flirting with crashing the financial markets and also gutting the fdic is uh not a good idea
How does one have time to run five companies, vandalize the government, purchase domestic elections, promote the Eur far right, sh*tpost on xitter, and still has time to... livestream... A video game?
I can barely handle one job, one house, and kids.
I can barely handle one job, one house, and kids.
The Tesla owner was livestreaming himself playing Path of Exile 2 when a torrent of abuse flooded the game's chat feature
Now poor Elon Musk is bullied off his favourite video game
The Tesla owner was livestreaming himself playing Path of Exile 2 when a torrent of abuse flooded the game's chat feature
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
How does one have time to run five companies, vandalize the government, purchase domestic elections, promote the Eur far right, sh*tpost on xitter, and still has time to... livestream... A video game?
I can barely handle one job, one house, and kids.
I can barely handle one job, one house, and kids.
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weirdly, looking at my phone for hours has not staved off economic collapse. sorry I tried my best
April 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
weirdly, looking at my phone for hours has not staved off economic collapse. sorry I tried my best
But why? I thought we already established we're done doing Europe favors
...and screw global trade in particular?
...and screw global trade in particular?
NEW | CENTCOM is conducting a military operation in Yemen that aims to render the Houthis unable or unwilling to continue attacks that threaten US ships and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. Read today's update from CTP and @thestudyofwar.bsky.social
www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ira...
www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ira...
April 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
But why? I thought we already established we're done doing Europe favors
...and screw global trade in particular?
...and screw global trade in particular?
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One way of looking at yesterday is that Trump forgot the lesson of the law firms and universities. Go after one country at a time and that country is in a jam. Go after literally every country in the world at once, including the penguin countries, and you’re in the jam.
April 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
One way of looking at yesterday is that Trump forgot the lesson of the law firms and universities. Go after one country at a time and that country is in a jam. Go after literally every country in the world at once, including the penguin countries, and you’re in the jam.
"...the US has a large current account deficit, and the currency is reliant on capital inflows for stability. A drop in the dollar[...] US equities and a rise in term premium in US treasuries would be the strongest market signal that a process of US disinvestment is accelerating"
@alphaville.ft.com
@alphaville.ft.com
‘Beware a dollar confidence crisis’ — DB
Taking another look at the puzzling greenback puke
www.ft.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"...the US has a large current account deficit, and the currency is reliant on capital inflows for stability. A drop in the dollar[...] US equities and a rise in term premium in US treasuries would be the strongest market signal that a process of US disinvestment is accelerating"
@alphaville.ft.com
@alphaville.ft.com
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"We can't do what we've been doing for 50 years."
Yes, a half-century of prosperity, victory in the Cold War, and massive military supremacy needs to be unspooled pronto
Yes, a half-century of prosperity, victory in the Cold War, and massive military supremacy needs to be unspooled pronto
April 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"We can't do what we've been doing for 50 years."
Yes, a half-century of prosperity, victory in the Cold War, and massive military supremacy needs to be unspooled pronto
Yes, a half-century of prosperity, victory in the Cold War, and massive military supremacy needs to be unspooled pronto
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I, for one, welcome the “abundance” fight. It shows the left can fight Trumpism while wrestling with how we can be better than we’ve been.
I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.
I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.
March 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I, for one, welcome the “abundance” fight. It shows the left can fight Trumpism while wrestling with how we can be better than we’ve been.
I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.
I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.
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CNN put together a collection of clips of various Trump officials who were on the signal chat criticizing Hillary Clinton’s email server
March 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
CNN put together a collection of clips of various Trump officials who were on the signal chat criticizing Hillary Clinton’s email server
Or, I don't know... Address the root cause(s) instead of doubling down on the grift.
The opposition party should champion a new worker-friendly kind of governance.
You don't have to adopt grim-realism as the status quo. Provide [young men] an actual ticket out. Memes and grifts aren't it.
The opposition party should champion a new worker-friendly kind of governance.
You don't have to adopt grim-realism as the status quo. Provide [young men] an actual ticket out. Memes and grifts aren't it.
For someone who works a low paid job but has amassed $5000 in crypto, it’s not just an investment. It’s their ticket out. You do NOT want to threaten that if you want them to vote for you.
March 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Or, I don't know... Address the root cause(s) instead of doubling down on the grift.
The opposition party should champion a new worker-friendly kind of governance.
You don't have to adopt grim-realism as the status quo. Provide [young men] an actual ticket out. Memes and grifts aren't it.
The opposition party should champion a new worker-friendly kind of governance.
You don't have to adopt grim-realism as the status quo. Provide [young men] an actual ticket out. Memes and grifts aren't it.
Today, I am calling on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other top officials in the Trump administration to resign immediately due to their reckless and unlawful disclosure of national security secrets. Their actions have put our country at risk, and immediate accountability is necessary
March 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM