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I sat down with Ed Elson to talk about Trump's new idea of a "tariff dividend," and we got to talking about the deeper issues this raises, like how seriously to take economic proposals from a White House that doesn't take its own proposals seriously.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdqd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdqd...
Trump’s $2,000 Tariff Dividend Doesn’t Add Up — Here’s Why | Prof G Markets
Ed Elson sits down with Justin Wolfers, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, to unpack President Trump’s proposed $2,000 tariff dividend. Then, Alex Heath, author…
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November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I sat down with Ed Elson to talk about Trump's new idea of a "tariff dividend," and we got to talking about the deeper issues this raises, like how seriously to take economic proposals from a White House that doesn't take its own proposals seriously.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdqd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdqd...
All sides frustratedly scream "bias" at the beeb. That's clear evidence of a lack of systemic bias. The right have now won by getting resignations. So, we now have systemic bias... and for me, Newsnight will remain fcuked.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
All sides frustratedly scream "bias" at the beeb. That's clear evidence of a lack of systemic bias. The right have now won by getting resignations. So, we now have systemic bias... and for me, Newsnight will remain fcuked.
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Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
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💀 Russia loses 1,020 soldiers over past day
Russia loses 1,020 soldiers over past day
Russia has lost 1,020 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.
www.pravda.com.ua
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
💀 Russia loses 1,020 soldiers over past day
Radicalisation happens by smothering shared values so only difference remains. Remind people you care for what they do.
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Radicalisation happens by smothering shared values so only difference remains. Remind people you care for what they do.
We have a language that equates both responsibility and flatulence with the word freedom ... and a society that let's people invoke the former while indulging in the latter. It's such a stupid tragi-comic blind spot, that it must be deliberate.
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We have a language that equates both responsibility and flatulence with the word freedom ... and a society that let's people invoke the former while indulging in the latter. It's such a stupid tragi-comic blind spot, that it must be deliberate.
If I took your phone away for a week you would be a rational normal person. They make you feel strongly while telling a story with 5% truth so it becomes a belief. EMOTION+STORY=BELIEF. Because people defend beliefs, not details.
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
If I took your phone away for a week you would be a rational normal person. They make you feel strongly while telling a story with 5% truth so it becomes a belief. EMOTION+STORY=BELIEF. Because people defend beliefs, not details.
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Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Pay attention to what Democratic candidates are saying right now. Find and support the fighters. Having a spine must be a litmus test issue in 2026 and beyond.
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Did you know: Congressmen and women have been paid twice (they’re paid monthly) since the govt shut down. $30,000 gross each. Meanwhile Trump trying to stop food stamp payments while he has parties. And @SpeakerJohnson still has everyone on vacay
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Did you know: Congressmen and women have been paid twice (they’re paid monthly) since the govt shut down. $30,000 gross each. Meanwhile Trump trying to stop food stamp payments while he has parties. And @SpeakerJohnson still has everyone on vacay
Seems ICE are now pushing for warrantless surveillance of immigrants and now "anti-ice protesters" using software that needs no interaction from you to infect your device. This is for domestic use. Who's the next target? How have they more power than the other three letter agencies?
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Seems ICE are now pushing for warrantless surveillance of immigrants and now "anti-ice protesters" using software that needs no interaction from you to infect your device. This is for domestic use. Who's the next target? How have they more power than the other three letter agencies?
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It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
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Politicians can get away with lying to people for quite a while about a lot of different subjects, but they have never been able to get away with lying to them about how much things cost.
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Politicians can get away with lying to people for quite a while about a lot of different subjects, but they have never been able to get away with lying to them about how much things cost.
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This is precisely why everyone must summon the courage and sense of responsibility to protect the vulnerable when confronted with injustice and violence. Michaela DePrins' story reminds us that even the smallest act can change someone's destiny.
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is precisely why everyone must summon the courage and sense of responsibility to protect the vulnerable when confronted with injustice and violence. Michaela DePrins' story reminds us that even the smallest act can change someone's destiny.
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So there’s a website called Deer Of St Nicholas which posts Christmas wish letters from Ukrainian children who had their childhood stolen by the war, anyone can pick a child and get them their present and it’s that time of the year again to achingly scroll it for hours again
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
So there’s a website called Deer Of St Nicholas which posts Christmas wish letters from Ukrainian children who had their childhood stolen by the war, anyone can pick a child and get them their present and it’s that time of the year again to achingly scroll it for hours again
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Polish president imitating JD
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Polish president imitating JD
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Incidentally, the exhumation of the victims of the Volhynia tragedy is already underway. We are curious to see what politicians will speculate about after the exhumation is complete.
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Incidentally, the exhumation of the victims of the Volhynia tragedy is already underway. We are curious to see what politicians will speculate about after the exhumation is complete.
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Polish president accuses Ukraine of "ingratitude" — Polityka
"The lack of gratitude towards the Polish people, the unresolved issues surrounding the exhumations in Volhynia, and the agricultural crisis that has engulfed Poland are issues that remain important," said Nawrocki.👇
"The lack of gratitude towards the Polish people, the unresolved issues surrounding the exhumations in Volhynia, and the agricultural crisis that has engulfed Poland are issues that remain important," said Nawrocki.👇
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Polish president accuses Ukraine of "ingratitude" — Polityka
"The lack of gratitude towards the Polish people, the unresolved issues surrounding the exhumations in Volhynia, and the agricultural crisis that has engulfed Poland are issues that remain important," said Nawrocki.👇
"The lack of gratitude towards the Polish people, the unresolved issues surrounding the exhumations in Volhynia, and the agricultural crisis that has engulfed Poland are issues that remain important," said Nawrocki.👇
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Ukraine isn't fighting just for itself.
It's fighting for spaces like this Czech Parliament, where people can still disagree, still protest, still hang flags defiantly on the wall.
That matters. 🇺🇦🇨🇿
It's fighting for spaces like this Czech Parliament, where people can still disagree, still protest, still hang flags defiantly on the wall.
That matters. 🇺🇦🇨🇿
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Ukraine isn't fighting just for itself.
It's fighting for spaces like this Czech Parliament, where people can still disagree, still protest, still hang flags defiantly on the wall.
That matters. 🇺🇦🇨🇿
It's fighting for spaces like this Czech Parliament, where people can still disagree, still protest, still hang flags defiantly on the wall.
That matters. 🇺🇦🇨🇿
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But a parliament where colleagues stand up and say: no. We choose differently.
The Czech people chose to let Okamura speak. But they also chose to respond. That conversation — that resistance — is freedom.👇
The Czech people chose to let Okamura speak. But they also chose to respond. That conversation — that resistance — is freedom.👇
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
But a parliament where colleagues stand up and say: no. We choose differently.
The Czech people chose to let Okamura speak. But they also chose to respond. That conversation — that resistance — is freedom.👇
The Czech people chose to let Okamura speak. But they also chose to respond. That conversation — that resistance — is freedom.👇
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He flip-flopped from criticizing Russia to siding with it. This is his vision for Czech politics.
But here's what happened next: Other deputies weren't having it. One flag came down. Three went up instead.
This is democracy in action. Not a dictatorship where one man's order silences the room.👇
But here's what happened next: Other deputies weren't having it. One flag came down. Three went up instead.
This is democracy in action. Not a dictatorship where one man's order silences the room.👇
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
He flip-flopped from criticizing Russia to siding with it. This is his vision for Czech politics.
But here's what happened next: Other deputies weren't having it. One flag came down. Three went up instead.
This is democracy in action. Not a dictatorship where one man's order silences the room.👇
But here's what happened next: Other deputies weren't having it. One flag came down. Three went up instead.
This is democracy in action. Not a dictatorship where one man's order silences the room.👇
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Everything will be fine for Ukraine 💪🏻💙💛
📸 Omega West
📸 Omega West
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Everything will be fine for Ukraine 💪🏻💙💛
📸 Omega West
📸 Omega West
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The GOP isn’t debating Reagan vs. Trump anymore. That battle is over. Now the divide is darker—between controlled authoritarian power and a party willing to welcome open fascists into the room. The GOP is still strong, but cracks are forming.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Nick Fuentes, Trump’s Failures, and the Moment the GOP Began to Crack
This isn’t Reagan vs. Trump anymore—the fight is between authoritarianism and openly embracing extremism.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The GOP isn’t debating Reagan vs. Trump anymore. That battle is over. Now the divide is darker—between controlled authoritarian power and a party willing to welcome open fascists into the room. The GOP is still strong, but cracks are forming.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Pokrovsk holds. Kupyansk holds. Ukraine holds.
The most capable fighting force on Earth proves it every single day.
Watch what happens when soldiers fight for their own soil, their families, their future. No retreat. No surrender. Just Ukrainian courage against all odds.👇
The most capable fighting force on Earth proves it every single day.
Watch what happens when soldiers fight for their own soil, their families, their future. No retreat. No surrender. Just Ukrainian courage against all odds.👇
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Pokrovsk holds. Kupyansk holds. Ukraine holds.
The most capable fighting force on Earth proves it every single day.
Watch what happens when soldiers fight for their own soil, their families, their future. No retreat. No surrender. Just Ukrainian courage against all odds.👇
The most capable fighting force on Earth proves it every single day.
Watch what happens when soldiers fight for their own soil, their families, their future. No retreat. No surrender. Just Ukrainian courage against all odds.👇
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⚡️NATO has reversed Russia’s edge in ammunition production, Rutte says.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states and their defense industries to “outgun, outproduce, and outsmart those that seek to harm or diminish us.”
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states and their defense industries to “outgun, outproduce, and outsmart those that seek to harm or diminish us.”
NATO has reversed Russia’s edge in ammunition production, Rutte says
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states and their defense industries to "outgun, outproduce, and outsmart those that seek to harm or diminish us."
kyivindependent.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
⚡️NATO has reversed Russia’s edge in ammunition production, Rutte says.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states and their defense industries to “outgun, outproduce, and outsmart those that seek to harm or diminish us.”
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states and their defense industries to “outgun, outproduce, and outsmart those that seek to harm or diminish us.”
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A troubled nation breathes a sigh of relief as the Hoagie Hurler case is finally adjudicated.
#NotAllHeroesWearCapes
#NotAllHeroesWearCapes
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A troubled nation breathes a sigh of relief as the Hoagie Hurler case is finally adjudicated.
#NotAllHeroesWearCapes
#NotAllHeroesWearCapes