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deanbaker13.bsky.social
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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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
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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joolia.bsky.social
welp I sent an email
Hi Tripp, I'm a reporter with the Guardian US, based in New York. I hope this finds you well. I'm reaching out about your most recent article and its inclusion of the claim, "Young Chinese women have small fingers." What is the source of this information? The full sentence attributes the claim that such small fingers make them "nimble" and therefore "valuable" to iPhone manufacturing to unnamed "supply chain experts", but it's unclear whether those same experts are the source of the claim that young Chinese women have small fingers in the first place. Are they? How do they know? Is there a study you can cite? And are we talking length? Circumference? Is it question of muscle strength? Or bone density? What is the normative range for finger size, to what extent do young Chinese women fall outside of it, and how do you - or your sources - know this? Incidentally, how are you defining "Chinese" in this sentence? As I'm sure you and your supply chain experts know, China is a large country with dozens of ethnic minorities. It is hard to imagine that hand size is a trait linked to national identity, but the lack of specificity leaves the question open. Did hand size among Han Chinese living in Taiwan vs the PRC diverge after the civil war? Could this be a function of political economy rather than a genetic trait? So many questions. Relatedly, how are you defining "young"? Do Chinese women's fingers grow as they age? Or is size not actually the meaningful characteristic? It's hard to tell from the information you provided! I ask all these questions because unless you have answers to them, I am afraid that you may have portrayed racist pseudoscience as if it were fact in an article for the New York Times. If that wasn't your intent, I hope you will reflect upon the long history of certain forces using race science claims to attribute suitability for certain types of labor to certain types of people, and amend your article. Best, Julia Wong
May 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
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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conorsen.bsky.social
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May 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
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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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws” lasted about a week. 🤡
fintwitter.bsky.social FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · Apr 12
*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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rreynoldsjr1.bsky.social
Everyone needs to read all of this.
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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deanbaker13.bsky.social
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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ljconrad.bsky.social
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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radiofreetom.bsky.social
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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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
“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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barbarahershey.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 4:59 PM