Erik Myxteriino
@emyxteriino.bsky.social
Former China-researcher, co-host of the Belt and Road Podcast, father of 4 rescue doggies. Figuring out how to stay informed without doom-scrolling.
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Deborah Brautigam’s 2024 data challenges claims that US FDI to Africa beats China’s, revealing volatile flows and the difficulty of tracking real investment.
Chinese versus U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in Africa
Deborah Brautigam, a prominent expert on Chinese global financing flows, responded to recent discussions about comparisons in Chinese and U.S. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Africa. It was spark...
chinaglobalsouth.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Deborah Brautigam’s 2024 data challenges claims that US FDI to Africa beats China’s, revealing volatile flows and the difficulty of tracking real investment.
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
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The New York Times is bothsidesing the illegal destruction of half of the White House
beyond parody
beyond parody
October 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The New York Times is bothsidesing the illegal destruction of half of the White House
beyond parody
beyond parody
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the suffering caused by these cuts, relayed to us by people on the ground, is hard to fathom. makes the Musk chainsaw wielding on stage that much more unconscionable
June 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
the suffering caused by these cuts, relayed to us by people on the ground, is hard to fathom. makes the Musk chainsaw wielding on stage that much more unconscionable
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So dangerous to create a personalist regime where no coherent policy is ever made and anyone who contradicts the leader is forced out. The governance of modern societies depends on planning and information flow.
🚨 "Tulsi Gabbard fires two top intelligence officials who oversaw a memo that contradicted Trump's claims about the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Gabbard fires intel officials who oversaw memo contradicting White House claims on Venezuelan gang
Democratic lawmakers criticized the firings, suggesting they were punishment for providing information that didn’t support the administration’s agenda.
www.nbcnews.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
So dangerous to create a personalist regime where no coherent policy is ever made and anyone who contradicts the leader is forced out. The governance of modern societies depends on planning and information flow.
i’ll never understand how we got here
REPORTER: But we're seeing as a result that ports here in the US, the traffic has really slowed and now thousands of dockworkers are truck drivers are worried about their jobs
TRUMP: That means we lose less money ... when you say it slowed down, that's a good thing, not a bad thing
TRUMP: That means we lose less money ... when you say it slowed down, that's a good thing, not a bad thing
May 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i’ll never understand how we got here
alpha males are finally back in charge!
April 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
alpha males are finally back in charge!
Deportations conducted by the trump admin are anti-constitutional and an affront to american ideals. fuck off gorka.
Trump's counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka says Americans critical of deportations like Abrego Garcia's are providing "material support" to terrorists — a felony crime.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-cou...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-cou...
Trump's Counterterror Czar Proposes Terror Charges for Democrats
Either you love America or you don’t, he says
www.kenklippenstein.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Deportations conducted by the trump admin are anti-constitutional and an affront to american ideals. fuck off gorka.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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the Trump administration is dropping enforcement action against a plant that's exposing a mostly-Black community to cancer-causing levels of chloroprene because it's "wasteful" and "DEI," while RFK flaps his arms vaguely about food coloring www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration to drop case against plant polluting Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Biden-era suit sought to curb emissions of the carcinogen chloroprene at Denka plant formerly owned by DuPont
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the Trump administration is dropping enforcement action against a plant that's exposing a mostly-Black community to cancer-causing levels of chloroprene because it's "wasteful" and "DEI," while RFK flaps his arms vaguely about food coloring www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Again would like to remind everyone that if NC had fair districts republicans wouldn’t be in control of the house.
This just passed, party line vote with all Dems voting no and Republican Thomas Massie joining them.
I will explain the details below, for those who want cliff notes version it's in the bottom of this press release:
beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
I will explain the details below, for those who want cliff notes version it's in the bottom of this press release:
beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
March 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Again would like to remind everyone that if NC had fair districts republicans wouldn’t be in control of the house.
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this program funded local farms by giving food banks and schools money to purchase from them. it props up small local farms and businesses. this is so fucking stupid
So much for making school lunches healthier?
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
this program funded local farms by giving food banks and schools money to purchase from them. it props up small local farms and businesses. this is so fucking stupid
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Great news for money launderers!
March 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Great news for money launderers!
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BREAKING
The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
BREAKING: SEC halts fraud prosecution of Chinese national who sent Trump millions
In December, Popular Information reported that Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun purchased $30 million in crypto tokens from World Liberty Financial (WLF), a new venture backed by President Donal...
popular.info
February 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
BREAKING
The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
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Also would note responsibility for this goes to the U.S. Supreme Court and the North Carolina Supreme Court - for greenlighting gerrymandering.
The three extra seats that Rs picked up in NC after a fair 7R-7D map was replaced with a gerrymandered 10R-4D map are, by themselves, the difference.
The three extra seats that Rs picked up in NC after a fair 7R-7D map was replaced with a gerrymandered 10R-4D map are, by themselves, the difference.
Every Democrat who is in DC returned in time to vote against the bill (the lone NV is Rep. Grijalva, who is fighting cancer). The vote shenanigans did not make the difference in the end, Dems made sure they all got to vote.
Your anger is best direct at the people who actually do the bad things!
Your anger is best direct at the people who actually do the bad things!
February 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Also would note responsibility for this goes to the U.S. Supreme Court and the North Carolina Supreme Court - for greenlighting gerrymandering.
The three extra seats that Rs picked up in NC after a fair 7R-7D map was replaced with a gerrymandered 10R-4D map are, by themselves, the difference.
The three extra seats that Rs picked up in NC after a fair 7R-7D map was replaced with a gerrymandered 10R-4D map are, by themselves, the difference.
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“The government is corrupt! Let’s make it unaccountable” is in fact a stupid argument
February 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“The government is corrupt! Let’s make it unaccountable” is in fact a stupid argument
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this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to
February 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to
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This is repulsive. If you’re friends with Trump, you are above the law, unprosecutable by the Feds. Extreme corruption. Everyone involved should rot in jail.
And just a few hours later, the justice department tells prosecutors the trial of Eric Adam's has "unduly restricted [his] ability to devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that escalated under the policies of the prior Administration.”
Trump DOJ Orders Prosecutors to Drop Corruption Charges Against Eric Adams
Mayor Adams — faced with five charges of bribery, fraud and soliciting donations from foreign nationals — has frequently met with Trump and ordered his commissioners to refrain from criticizing the pr...
www.thecity.nyc
February 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is repulsive. If you’re friends with Trump, you are above the law, unprosecutable by the Feds. Extreme corruption. Everyone involved should rot in jail.
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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
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for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
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This is why @chuckschumer.com's "strategy" of only opposing "the worst" Trump nominees is a total capitulation. Every single one of them will gladly follow any order, no matter how outrageous or illegal. 16 Democrats voted to confirm Bessent. We are enabling a dictatorial takeover.
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
February 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is why @chuckschumer.com's "strategy" of only opposing "the worst" Trump nominees is a total capitulation. Every single one of them will gladly follow any order, no matter how outrageous or illegal. 16 Democrats voted to confirm Bessent. We are enabling a dictatorial takeover.
did people not see this coming??
This sounds like an attempt to shut down government operations altogether, subject every federal government function to the president’s approval, and then allow the president to use funds deemed not consistent with his desires for whatever he wants—even if appropriated.
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
did people not see this coming??