gignere.bsky.social
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NYT owes us a front-page apology. Biden may have been tone-deaf in his comments on the economy. That is HUGELY different from Trump telling outright lies cepr.net/publications...
Being Tone Deaf Is Not the Same as Telling Outright Lies: That Should be Obvious
Media are not doing a good job explaining the ways that Trump lies about the economy.
cepr.net
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Trump directs war planes to the Middle East. These are in transit.

This is confirmed by Germans. I am seeking more confirmations
June 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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welp I sent an email
May 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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CDC leadership just told staff on Monday that they could stop sending their "5 things I did last week" emails. Finally.

Per source, people were mostly just sending the same things every week. Many folks added read receipts and were able to see that no one at DOGE was actually reading the emails.
May 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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🚨🚨🚨
May 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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“.. millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws” lasted about a week. 🤡
*US PUBLISHES TARIFF EXCLUSIONS FOR SPECIFIED PRODUCTS *US TARIFF EXCLUSIONS APPLY TO COMPUTERS, SMARTPHONES *US TARIFF EXCLUSIONS ALSO APPLY TO CHIP-MAKING EQUIPMENT *TARIFF EXCLUSIONS APPLY TO SO-CALLED `RECIPROCAL' TARIFFS
April 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Everyone needs to read all of this.
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Free trade would be the most effective retaliation against Donald Trump's tariffs. Countries could stop respecting U.S. patent and copyright monopolies deanbaker22.substack.com/p/ignoring-p...
Ignoring Patent Monopolies: Free Trade Retaliation Against Trump
Most forms of retaliation that countries are planning in response to Donald Trump’s tariff-fest involved higher tariffs and import restrictions.
deanbaker22.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Morning Read: Ignoring Patent Monopolies: Free Trade Retaliation Against Trump > "... a great act of courage for foreign leaders to go the free trade route to combat Donald Trump’s loon tune tariff regime, ... be very effective in putting an end to his stupid stunt." h/t @deanbaker13.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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The defense of the United States is a serious business. Breaches of national security are especially dangerous. But the Trump team's excuses - especially those from Pete Hegseth - are laughable.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Trump Team’s Denials Are Laughable
The president’s officials must know that what they did in the Signal group chat was wrong—and dangerous.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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“Mr. Duffy [Transportation Secy] said the young staff of Mr. Musk’s team was trying to lay off air traffic controllers. What am I supposed to do? Mr. Duffy said. I have multiple plane crashes to deal with now, and your people want me to fire air traffic controllers?“

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk (Gift Article)
Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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December 3, 2024 at 4:59 PM