Henry Burke
@henryburke.bsky.social
Senior Researcher @RevolvingDoorDC.bsky.social Opinions my own. Writing on Economic Hacks, Climate Finance, Crypto and corporate capture of the Executive Branch.
C’mon man this is too on the nose
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
C’mon man this is too on the nose
For those unaware, Summers was forced to resign from the presidency of Harvard because of, among other things, comments he made about women being innately bad at science. Under his leadership, hiring of female faculty reportedly dropped precipitously
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
For those unaware, Summers was forced to resign from the presidency of Harvard because of, among other things, comments he made about women being innately bad at science. Under his leadership, hiring of female faculty reportedly dropped precipitously
I saw a lot of people pretend that Summers’ sexism was taken out of context but here he is emailing pedophile Jeffrey Epstein 10 years after the scandal, explaining that he thinks women have lower average IQs than men. I think he’s just a misogynist, nothing more to it
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I saw a lot of people pretend that Summers’ sexism was taken out of context but here he is emailing pedophile Jeffrey Epstein 10 years after the scandal, explaining that he thinks women have lower average IQs than men. I think he’s just a misogynist, nothing more to it
Demsas is back on her bullshit. She’s revised the incorrect justification she used before (Social Security) and replaced it with a new reason to punish immigrants: they dare to have children.
No mention of this penalty applies to US born kids of immigrants (also known as citizens)
No mention of this penalty applies to US born kids of immigrants (also known as citizens)
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Demsas is back on her bullshit. She’s revised the incorrect justification she used before (Social Security) and replaced it with a new reason to punish immigrants: they dare to have children.
No mention of this penalty applies to US born kids of immigrants (also known as citizens)
No mention of this penalty applies to US born kids of immigrants (also known as citizens)
Former Congressman Tim Ryan is waging a PR campaign on behalf of the cryptocurrency industry’s SuperPAC this morning. He somehow forgot the crucial role Fairshake played in helping defeat Sherrod Brown in Ryan’s home state of Ohio. Completely embarassing to sell out like this
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Former Congressman Tim Ryan is waging a PR campaign on behalf of the cryptocurrency industry’s SuperPAC this morning. He somehow forgot the crucial role Fairshake played in helping defeat Sherrod Brown in Ryan’s home state of Ohio. Completely embarassing to sell out like this
Volunteer of the year at the Center for New Liberalism (lol) is looking for a job at a center right OR a center left think tank, it doesn't really matter
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Volunteer of the year at the Center for New Liberalism (lol) is looking for a job at a center right OR a center left think tank, it doesn't really matter
Tim Ryan's analysis of what ails the Democratic Party is that it has become corrupted by big business. Fair enough. But what he forgets to mention is that he's been an advisor to crypto giant Coinbase since 2023, the same company that's threatening anyone that questions its corporate agenda. Whoops!
October 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Tim Ryan's analysis of what ails the Democratic Party is that it has become corrupted by big business. Fair enough. But what he forgets to mention is that he's been an advisor to crypto giant Coinbase since 2023, the same company that's threatening anyone that questions its corporate agenda. Whoops!
Really glad to correct this post and see Newsom threaten to withhold state funding from schools that comply with Trump’s dictates
October 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Really glad to correct this post and see Newsom threaten to withhold state funding from schools that comply with Trump’s dictates
Guy looking at feudal lords living in castles, wearing fancy plate armor and concluding that it’s the peasants living in small huts in the fields, wearing hairshirts who must be the real oppressors in this situation
September 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Guy looking at feudal lords living in castles, wearing fancy plate armor and concluding that it’s the peasants living in small huts in the fields, wearing hairshirts who must be the real oppressors in this situation
Finally decided to give the book you all have been talking about a read. I feel like all the reviews have been really misleading, I’m not getting the same vibe at all
September 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Finally decided to give the book you all have been talking about a read. I feel like all the reviews have been really misleading, I’m not getting the same vibe at all
Tough break for Alex Trembath and all the other abundists who insisted this is a "bottom-up" movement. Looks the speech delivered at the Abundance Conference just three weeks ago is hilariously out of touch with reality.
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Tough break for Alex Trembath and all the other abundists who insisted this is a "bottom-up" movement. Looks the speech delivered at the Abundance Conference just three weeks ago is hilariously out of touch with reality.
They've erected a 12 foot tall statue of the President of the United States of America requesting, and receiving a payoff. They aren't just okay with the corruption, they're celebrating it.
September 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
They've erected a 12 foot tall statue of the President of the United States of America requesting, and receiving a payoff. They aren't just okay with the corruption, they're celebrating it.
Launching a new think tank where we celebrate corporate sellouts advising our candidates. The proof is in the pudding. (I am unaware of who actually won the 2024 election, can someone inform me?)
September 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Launching a new think tank where we celebrate corporate sellouts advising our candidates. The proof is in the pudding. (I am unaware of who actually won the 2024 election, can someone inform me?)
Bean was also once floated as a the conservative, pro-bank alternative to an Elizabeth Warren-headed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Not really building confidence that she's devoted to raising taxes on billionaires and cracking down on corporate malfeasance
September 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Bean was also once floated as a the conservative, pro-bank alternative to an Elizabeth Warren-headed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Not really building confidence that she's devoted to raising taxes on billionaires and cracking down on corporate malfeasance
When in Congress, Bean fought against Dodd-Frank, the post-2008 regulation of banks, and tried to limit state consumer protection laws, to protect the bottom line of financial institutions
In 2014 she was rewarded by JP Morgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, who made her head of their Midwest business
In 2014 she was rewarded by JP Morgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, who made her head of their Midwest business
September 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
When in Congress, Bean fought against Dodd-Frank, the post-2008 regulation of banks, and tried to limit state consumer protection laws, to protect the bottom line of financial institutions
In 2014 she was rewarded by JP Morgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, who made her head of their Midwest business
In 2014 she was rewarded by JP Morgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, who made her head of their Midwest business
Bean is running in a D+19 district, and says she "can no longer sit on the sidelines as Trump and Republicans decimate health care, give billionaires tax breaks"
Her post-Congressional career (after losing in 2011) included running the "executives club of Chicago" and the largest bank in the US...
Her post-Congressional career (after losing in 2011) included running the "executives club of Chicago" and the largest bank in the US...
September 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Bean is running in a D+19 district, and says she "can no longer sit on the sidelines as Trump and Republicans decimate health care, give billionaires tax breaks"
Her post-Congressional career (after losing in 2011) included running the "executives club of Chicago" and the largest bank in the US...
Her post-Congressional career (after losing in 2011) included running the "executives club of Chicago" and the largest bank in the US...
Demsas happily spoke at the abundance conference last week, knowing that Charles Lehman of "Deportation abundance" fame, Samuel Hammond of "The EA case for Trump" and Thomas Hochman of "the YIMBY case for alligator Alcatraz" would be there.
Now that she got pushback she's trying to backpedal
Now that she got pushback she's trying to backpedal
September 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Demsas happily spoke at the abundance conference last week, knowing that Charles Lehman of "Deportation abundance" fame, Samuel Hammond of "The EA case for Trump" and Thomas Hochman of "the YIMBY case for alligator Alcatraz" would be there.
Now that she got pushback she's trying to backpedal
Now that she got pushback she's trying to backpedal
April of this year: Matt Yglesias Tweets his support for a national ID system that allows the government to demand you prove your citizenship at any given time.
Yesterday: Matt Yglesias finally realizes the downside of this fascist policy when he realizes this could apply to him too
Yesterday: Matt Yglesias finally realizes the downside of this fascist policy when he realizes this could apply to him too
September 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
April of this year: Matt Yglesias Tweets his support for a national ID system that allows the government to demand you prove your citizenship at any given time.
Yesterday: Matt Yglesias finally realizes the downside of this fascist policy when he realizes this could apply to him too
Yesterday: Matt Yglesias finally realizes the downside of this fascist policy when he realizes this could apply to him too
Chris Wright, Trump's Secretary of Energy has declared solar and wind energy to be "essentially useless." Guess who backed his confirmation? Prominent abundists like Alex Trembath from the Breakthrough Institute and Derek Kaufman, CEO of the Inclusive Abundance Institute
![Secretary of Energy Chris Wright
Oil and gas magnate Chris Wright is perhaps the single most popular Trump appointee among the Abundance crowd. Politico described his nomination as having brought together “unlikely friends” to support “Chris Wright’s ‘energy abundance’ future” and as being backed by “the loose coalition of analysts and writers pushing for an ‘abundance agenda.’”
Inclusive Abundance’s Derek Kaufman has praised Wright’s appointment as a win for abundance and helpfully pointed out that “The word ‘abundance’ appears 11 times in the confirmation hearing transcript for President Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Energy, Chris Wright. It was invoked by Senators across the political spectrum, ranging from Mike Lee (R-UT) to Bill Cassidy (R-LA) to Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to Martin Heinrich (D-NM).”
In their $120 million abundance grant announcement, Open Philanthropy celebrated the conservative embrace of abundist ideas, citing Wright’s appointment as evidence. “On the right, President Trump has issued an executive order focused on reducing energy costs […] and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright has argued for the removal of burdensome regulations on nuclear power.”
Institute for Progress’ Aidan Mackenzie also praised Chris Wright’s nomination, saying “Both Burgum and Chris Wright seem committed to an all-of-the-above approach to energy; they’re very pro-oil and gas, but they’re also excited about forms of clean energy, especially nuclear and geothermal.”
The Breakthrough Institute’s Alex Trembath even defended Wright’s assertion that climate change is not a crisis, saying “Chris Wright’s claim that climate change is not a “crisis” is, while not the last word on the subject, much more scientifically defensible than the claims of his environmentalist critics.” Trembath later posted “Chris Wright: smart choice.”
Thomas Hochman summed up his opinion of the appointment simply: “Wright pursuing an all-of-the-above approach to energy production… pret…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:meefxwkhh6kzrpf2573w7me2/bafkreif3iizj2e3bl5nvnmxclv6egpsbgwnobaeatobtufb3kstz7cerba@jpeg)
September 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Chris Wright, Trump's Secretary of Energy has declared solar and wind energy to be "essentially useless." Guess who backed his confirmation? Prominent abundists like Alex Trembath from the Breakthrough Institute and Derek Kaufman, CEO of the Inclusive Abundance Institute
Nazi trash Richard Hanania is mocking my follower count as a means of downplaying the importance of my report on abundance funders and orgs. It makes sense that a guy who’s career as a “respectable thinker” is dependent on us forgetting he’s a Nazi would be one to defend orgs with a shady past
September 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Nazi trash Richard Hanania is mocking my follower count as a means of downplaying the importance of my report on abundance funders and orgs. It makes sense that a guy who’s career as a “respectable thinker” is dependent on us forgetting he’s a Nazi would be one to defend orgs with a shady past
Trying to win over anti-immigrant voters with stuff like this is so dumb.
Immigrants already pay more into social security than they collect, but voters don’t believe it. Immigrants are already limited on federal benefits, voters don’t believe it. This isn’t going to change anything but help Trump!
Immigrants already pay more into social security than they collect, but voters don’t believe it. Immigrants are already limited on federal benefits, voters don’t believe it. This isn’t going to change anything but help Trump!
September 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Trying to win over anti-immigrant voters with stuff like this is so dumb.
Immigrants already pay more into social security than they collect, but voters don’t believe it. Immigrants are already limited on federal benefits, voters don’t believe it. This isn’t going to change anything but help Trump!
Immigrants already pay more into social security than they collect, but voters don’t believe it. Immigrants are already limited on federal benefits, voters don’t believe it. This isn’t going to change anything but help Trump!
I spent way too long reading up on the organizations funding the abundance conference, and the connections between the biggest abundists, abundance groups and wealthy funders. Turns out, there's some real evil people involved with this. Give it a read!
September 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I spent way too long reading up on the organizations funding the abundance conference, and the connections between the biggest abundists, abundance groups and wealthy funders. Turns out, there's some real evil people involved with this. Give it a read!
Wow. Who could have seen this one coming. Anyways, who is this guys' brother again?
August 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Wow. Who could have seen this one coming. Anyways, who is this guys' brother again?
The reason why national reporters are pretending Pirro’s press conference raised “legitimate” issues is because so-called respectable liberals like Yglesias have promoted these same lies for years. They made this a bipartisan complaint in the eyes of the media class
August 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The reason why national reporters are pretending Pirro’s press conference raised “legitimate” issues is because so-called respectable liberals like Yglesias have promoted these same lies for years. They made this a bipartisan complaint in the eyes of the media class
Chris Cuomo posted (and then deleted) a deepfake video of AOC and is now claiming "it really does sounds like" her.
This is what the "AOC" in the video said:
"I mean fuck, watching that sultry little temptress squeeze into a Canadian tuxedo three sizes too small with her bouncy little fun bags...
This is what the "AOC" in the video said:
"I mean fuck, watching that sultry little temptress squeeze into a Canadian tuxedo three sizes too small with her bouncy little fun bags...
August 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Chris Cuomo posted (and then deleted) a deepfake video of AOC and is now claiming "it really does sounds like" her.
This is what the "AOC" in the video said:
"I mean fuck, watching that sultry little temptress squeeze into a Canadian tuxedo three sizes too small with her bouncy little fun bags...
This is what the "AOC" in the video said:
"I mean fuck, watching that sultry little temptress squeeze into a Canadian tuxedo three sizes too small with her bouncy little fun bags...