@der-fluss.bsky.social
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Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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From the 2008 financial crisis and the rise of populism to the planetary emergency of climate change and misaligned AI, what further evidence do we need that our economy is unmoored from ethics?, Antara Haldar asks. bit.ly/47FFj4c
Adam Smith and the Moral Economy We Have Lost
Antara Haldar reflects on an age-old misunderstanding about what the great Enlightenment thinker actually argued.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
From the 2008 financial crisis and the rise of populism to the planetary emergency of climate change and misaligned AI, what further evidence do we need that our economy is unmoored from ethics?, Antara Haldar asks. bit.ly/47FFj4c
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“Last 40 yrs adopted neoliberal economic ideology that focused on assumed advantages of private sector and alleged inability of public sector to match its entrepreneurial and efficiency advantages. That ideology deliberately ignored the role of the public sector.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
The West’s crucial strategic failures
The Earth is littered with the ruins of empires that once believed they were eternal. Camille Paglia.
johnmenadue.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“Last 40 yrs adopted neoliberal economic ideology that focused on assumed advantages of private sector and alleged inability of public sector to match its entrepreneurial and efficiency advantages. That ideology deliberately ignored the role of the public sector.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
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Good review. I particularly like the opening paragraphs.
September 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Good review. I particularly like the opening paragraphs.
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Every time you hear Donald J. Trump, or any of his minions, say the word "Communist" - please remember this 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
insights.som.yale.edu/insights/mag...
insights.som.yale.edu/insights/mag...
![Unlike any leader of any free-market economy around the world, President Trump has seized control of private enterprise’s strategic decision-making and investment policies while invading corporate board rooms so that he may dictate leadership staffing, punish corporate critics, and demand public compliance with his political agenda. This is far more dangerous to capitalism than a city-run grocery store.
Many free-market economists and business leaders who have long worshipped the free-market ideals of Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, Ayn Rand, and Milton Friedman should be aware that their idols would be rolling in their graves right now, as rather than pursue standard laissez-faire conservative economic policies, MAGA has gone Marxist and even, increasingly, Maoist.
As Greg Ip warned this week in The Wall Street Journal, “The US marches toward state capitalism with American characteristics … President Trump is imitating [the] Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy.” Ip pointed out that in the past, crisis-driven government bailouts of the banking and automotive sectors, such as TARP, were acute, targeted assistance, with brief and bipartisan rescue aims. Similarly, government incentives to drive investments in chips manufacturing, oil exploration, space exploration, internet development, agricultural vitality, cancer detection, disease treatment, and clean energy were not ownership deals with preferred companies or corporate cronies.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4pgk5dylatrdicodqpdq5yg/bafkreihvqn7mlqgf3t5ebrnsaimf3643oguomke3essa3z7ojafm4et5am@jpeg)
October 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Every time you hear Donald J. Trump, or any of his minions, say the word "Communist" - please remember this 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
insights.som.yale.edu/insights/mag...
insights.som.yale.edu/insights/mag...
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This is what they do.
October 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is what they do.
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The Supreme Court is about to take up a redistricting case that could rewrite voting rights law – and shift the balance of power in Congress.
Louisiana v. Callais asks: can states use race to ensure fair representation, or is that unconstitutional?
buff.ly/KhcNodt
#polisky
Louisiana v. Callais asks: can states use race to ensure fair representation, or is that unconstitutional?
buff.ly/KhcNodt
#polisky
Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington
A case being argued at the US Supreme Court could undo one of the last remaining protections for minority voters in a Civil Rights-era voting law.
buff.ly
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Supreme Court is about to take up a redistricting case that could rewrite voting rights law – and shift the balance of power in Congress.
Louisiana v. Callais asks: can states use race to ensure fair representation, or is that unconstitutional?
buff.ly/KhcNodt
#polisky
Louisiana v. Callais asks: can states use race to ensure fair representation, or is that unconstitutional?
buff.ly/KhcNodt
#polisky
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Watch this politician tell an Israeli ambassador straight to her lying face what virtually the whole world now feels. At least anyone with a conscience.
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
“How dare you justify a genocide on the Palestinians?”
This is the moment Belgian politician and member of the Flemish Parliament, Jos D'Haese, slammed Israel’s ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, Idit Rosenzweig-Abu, over the war on Gaza.
This is the moment Belgian politician and member of the Flemish Parliament, Jos D'Haese, slammed Israel’s ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, Idit Rosenzweig-Abu, over the war on Gaza.
August 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Watch this politician tell an Israeli ambassador straight to her lying face what virtually the whole world now feels. At least anyone with a conscience.
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
A beautiful song - solo by Vadym Yatsenko with LvivOpera Chamber Choir
youtube.com/shorts/hRAOL...
youtube.com/shorts/hRAOL...
"Hutsulka Ksenia" is a Ukrainian folk song originating from the Carpathian region 🇺🇦
YouTube video by VISIT UKRAINE
youtube.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A beautiful song - solo by Vadym Yatsenko with LvivOpera Chamber Choir
youtube.com/shorts/hRAOL...
youtube.com/shorts/hRAOL...
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This a-cappella rendition of a popular Ukrainian love song became an instant hit.
In all my years on this earth I haven’t seen 🇺🇦 culture as vibrant as it is now.
#StandWithUkraine
In all my years on this earth I haven’t seen 🇺🇦 culture as vibrant as it is now.
#StandWithUkraine
July 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This a-cappella rendition of a popular Ukrainian love song became an instant hit.
In all my years on this earth I haven’t seen 🇺🇦 culture as vibrant as it is now.
#StandWithUkraine
In all my years on this earth I haven’t seen 🇺🇦 culture as vibrant as it is now.
#StandWithUkraine
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Re-reading Frederick Douglass's words following the Dred Scott decision:
"You will readily ask me how I am affected by this devilish decision-this judicial incarnation of wolfishness? My answer is, and no thanks to the slaveholding wing of the Supreme Court, my hopes were never brighter than now.
"You will readily ask me how I am affected by this devilish decision-this judicial incarnation of wolfishness? My answer is, and no thanks to the slaveholding wing of the Supreme Court, my hopes were never brighter than now.
July 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Re-reading Frederick Douglass's words following the Dred Scott decision:
"You will readily ask me how I am affected by this devilish decision-this judicial incarnation of wolfishness? My answer is, and no thanks to the slaveholding wing of the Supreme Court, my hopes were never brighter than now.
"You will readily ask me how I am affected by this devilish decision-this judicial incarnation of wolfishness? My answer is, and no thanks to the slaveholding wing of the Supreme Court, my hopes were never brighter than now.
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Tolkien’s palantir fell under the control of Sauron. Peter Thiel’s Palantir is falling under the control of Trump.
How this story ends is up to all of us. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate
How this story ends is up to all of us. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate
June 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tolkien’s palantir fell under the control of Sauron. Peter Thiel’s Palantir is falling under the control of Trump.
How this story ends is up to all of us. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate
How this story ends is up to all of us. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate
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This Tom Friedman piece is really worth a read. The consequences of being run by an unconstrained, thoughtless leader will be profound, and very hard to reverse. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
Opinion | We Are Being Governed by the Trump Organization Inc.
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This Tom Friedman piece is really worth a read. The consequences of being run by an unconstrained, thoughtless leader will be profound, and very hard to reverse. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
You have a point @leebee4life.bsky.social that the impeachment resolution has zero chance of getting out of a the House Committee on the Judiciary with 25 Republicans and 19 Democrats. But just filing the articles and getting them in front of the public via committee hearings is a big step forward.
April 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
You have a point @leebee4life.bsky.social that the impeachment resolution has zero chance of getting out of a the House Committee on the Judiciary with 25 Republicans and 19 Democrats. But just filing the articles and getting them in front of the public via committee hearings is a big step forward.
Thank you, @rephaleystevens.bsky.social, for doing the right thing and introducing articles of impeachment against President Trump
April 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Thank you, @rephaleystevens.bsky.social, for doing the right thing and introducing articles of impeachment against President Trump
Congressional Democrats are acting! Impeachment needs a simple majority of 218 votes. It can be done. All House Democrats must vote on U.S. Congressman Shri Thanedar seven articles of impeachment. Start small, Think Big, Scale Fast!
April 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Congressional Democrats are acting! Impeachment needs a simple majority of 218 votes. It can be done. All House Democrats must vote on U.S. Congressman Shri Thanedar seven articles of impeachment. Start small, Think Big, Scale Fast!
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This is cool. Bookmark it!
@fieldteam6.bsky.social is an extraordinary force for democracy. Their main gig is registering voters, but now they've created a one-click site to help you pressure your congressional representatives to grow a spine!
It doesn't get any easier, or more powerful, than this!
www.pleasegrowaspine.org
It doesn't get any easier, or more powerful, than this!
www.pleasegrowaspine.org
Please Grow A Spine
www.pleasegrowaspine.org
April 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is cool. Bookmark it!
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The US administration's current tariff strategy won't achieve its intended goals, warn Karen Mathiasen & Nico Martinez.
Instead, they argue for the admin to prioritize negotiations based on the latest analysis by the US Trade Representative. More:
bit.ly/44xMGuw
Instead, they argue for the admin to prioritize negotiations based on the latest analysis by the US Trade Representative. More:
bit.ly/44xMGuw
The US Administration’s Tariff Regime: A Case for Moving from Reprieve to Relief
This trade agenda could result in lasting harm to the world’s poorest countries while providing no discernible benefit to the US. Here's a more practical and effective approach.
bit.ly
April 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The US administration's current tariff strategy won't achieve its intended goals, warn Karen Mathiasen & Nico Martinez.
Instead, they argue for the admin to prioritize negotiations based on the latest analysis by the US Trade Representative. More:
bit.ly/44xMGuw
Instead, they argue for the admin to prioritize negotiations based on the latest analysis by the US Trade Representative. More:
bit.ly/44xMGuw
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I don’t think people have fully grasped the damage that Trump has done.
In a nutshell: our longest & closest allies see us as an existential threat to their sovereignty & way of life.
Ask yourself: if our closest allies see as an existential threat, how does China see us?
In a nutshell: our longest & closest allies see us as an existential threat to their sovereignty & way of life.
Ask yourself: if our closest allies see as an existential threat, how does China see us?
Just a reminder: Mark Carney was Governor of the Bank of England & Governor of the Bank of Canada. He is as moderate & mainstream as they come
“In this crisis we have to prepare for America’s threats to our very sovereignty”
Why is he talking like this? Bc America has gone totally apeshit crazy
“In this crisis we have to prepare for America’s threats to our very sovereignty”
Why is he talking like this? Bc America has gone totally apeshit crazy
Mark Carney unveils a plan to Trump-proof Canada
Liberals pledge offense with defense, a new NATO commitment and plans to bolster Canada’s North
www.politico.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I don’t think people have fully grasped the damage that Trump has done.
In a nutshell: our longest & closest allies see us as an existential threat to their sovereignty & way of life.
Ask yourself: if our closest allies see as an existential threat, how does China see us?
In a nutshell: our longest & closest allies see us as an existential threat to their sovereignty & way of life.
Ask yourself: if our closest allies see as an existential threat, how does China see us?
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THIS. We have no future if our only goal is to make everything reset to January 2013. It's not possible or desirable.
We need a complete rebuild and reinforcement of our constitutional system, and we need to inflict the severest possible consequences on anyone doing this administration's bidding.
We need a complete rebuild and reinforcement of our constitutional system, and we need to inflict the severest possible consequences on anyone doing this administration's bidding.
I would be willing to consider a "tack to the center so we can put them in the ground" pitch. but everyone who wants to tack to the center wants to do it so they can go back to Normal Politics. Biden tried that and it did not work.
I won't speak for others but I want candidates who won't just win the next election but aggressively, unapologetically destroy trumpism and rebuild everything he's broken. If you're too afraid of a 51-49 poll to even talk about an issue I have no faith that will be you
April 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
THIS. We have no future if our only goal is to make everything reset to January 2013. It's not possible or desirable.
We need a complete rebuild and reinforcement of our constitutional system, and we need to inflict the severest possible consequences on anyone doing this administration's bidding.
We need a complete rebuild and reinforcement of our constitutional system, and we need to inflict the severest possible consequences on anyone doing this administration's bidding.
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New newsletter. I'm back. And of course it's about masculinity. open.substack.com/pub/danielle...
Of course tariffs are about masculinity
In part, at least.
open.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New newsletter. I'm back. And of course it's about masculinity. open.substack.com/pub/danielle...
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This is a list of actions endorsed by Bernice King, daughter of MLK, that I try to use for guidance
April 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is a list of actions endorsed by Bernice King, daughter of MLK, that I try to use for guidance
"So the U.S. is in the business of selling financial security to foreigners. That’s why they are willing to hold U.S. dollars. If the security we sell to foreigners were counted as a service, we’d have no deficit."
www.wsj.com/opinion/fina...
www.wsj.com/opinion/fina...
Opinion | The Trade Deficit Is a Sign of Wealth
The best way to keep America great is to ensure it remains the world’s most important economy.
www.wsj.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"So the U.S. is in the business of selling financial security to foreigners. That’s why they are willing to hold U.S. dollars. If the security we sell to foreigners were counted as a service, we’d have no deficit."
www.wsj.com/opinion/fina...
www.wsj.com/opinion/fina...