Holden Ostrin
@holdenostrin.bsky.social
Native New Yorker | Springsteen since Greetings | Basketball lover 🏀 | Former Co-Chair of Nasdaq-listed company | Investor | Beach Lover
So, of course, the United States of 🤡s turned the keys over to an incompetent buffoon.
More jobs have been created under Biden than during the full terms of Trump, Obama, or Bush 43. @danprimack.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/01/10/i...
Biden added more jobs to the economy than Trump, Obama, or Bush
The U.S. economy added 2.23 million jobs in 2024, including 256,000 in the final full month of Biden's presidency.
www.axios.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
So, of course, the United States of 🤡s turned the keys over to an incompetent buffoon.
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My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆
January 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My one wish for the inauguration is that there is a gift bag under the seats of Bezos, Zuck, Elon etc, with a single, embroidered , padded knee pad
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆
Need to protect themselves when they are on bended knee, kissing the ring 🤷😆
Pence decided to hang there….
Former Vice President Mike Pence is planning to attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration on Monday, according to people with knowledge of the planning.
Pence Is Said to Be Planning to Attend Trump’s Inauguration
The relationship between President-elect Trump and his former vice president, Mike Pence, was irreparably broken when Mr. Pence refused Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Pence decided to hang there….
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2009 Obama 28°F
1977 Carter 28°F
1961 Kennedy 22°F
It’s not about the cold… it’s about the small crowd size.
1977 Carter 28°F
1961 Kennedy 22°F
It’s not about the cold… it’s about the small crowd size.
January 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
2009 Obama 28°F
1977 Carter 28°F
1961 Kennedy 22°F
It’s not about the cold… it’s about the small crowd size.
1977 Carter 28°F
1961 Kennedy 22°F
It’s not about the cold… it’s about the small crowd size.
🎯🎯🎯
I'm a lady so I've been trying to think of a way to put this delicately and here's where I landed: fuck this merkin-topped boiled chicken skin to the depths of hell
January 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🎯🎯🎯
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I guess every tech titan decided spontaneously to give Trump’s inauguration committee a check for $1 million as opposed to this being some kind of protection racket or tribute. I think that’s it, the spontaneous thing.
December 14, 2024 at 2:59 AM
I guess every tech titan decided spontaneously to give Trump’s inauguration committee a check for $1 million as opposed to this being some kind of protection racket or tribute. I think that’s it, the spontaneous thing.
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If Kamala Harris had won she would not have invited Xi to her inauguration. BUT... if she had and Xi had declined there would have been at least three conservative news cycles braying about her looking "weak."
For Trump there won't be much beyond this story. www.cbsnews.com/news/chinas-...
For Trump there won't be much beyond this story. www.cbsnews.com/news/chinas-...
China's Xi not expected at Trump's inauguration
President-elect Trump invited Xi to the swearing-in ceremony shortly after winning the election.
www.cbsnews.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:12 PM
If Kamala Harris had won she would not have invited Xi to her inauguration. BUT... if she had and Xi had declined there would have been at least three conservative news cycles braying about her looking "weak."
For Trump there won't be much beyond this story. www.cbsnews.com/news/chinas-...
For Trump there won't be much beyond this story. www.cbsnews.com/news/chinas-...
Epic
My response for my client @oliviaoftroye.com to President Trump's nominee for Director of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (#FBI) #KashPatel's threat of a forthcoming defamation lawsuit.
#RightBackAtYa
#RightBackAtYa
December 6, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Epic
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Now Trump can pardon hundreds of thugs who beat cops in an attempt to storm the Capitol to stop the electoral count and Dems can’t criticize that because of Hunter is the world’s stupidest take.
December 2, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Now Trump can pardon hundreds of thugs who beat cops in an attempt to storm the Capitol to stop the electoral count and Dems can’t criticize that because of Hunter is the world’s stupidest take.
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A conversation last night with a Trump voter:
Him: "Joe, you gotta move on. Trump won."
Me: "Can't move on. We just elected a dictator."
Him: "Bullshit. Sure, he'll try to be a dictator, but he won't succeed.
Me: "But why would you vote for someone who'd TRY to be a dictator?"
He just shrugged.
Him: "Joe, you gotta move on. Trump won."
Me: "Can't move on. We just elected a dictator."
Him: "Bullshit. Sure, he'll try to be a dictator, but he won't succeed.
Me: "But why would you vote for someone who'd TRY to be a dictator?"
He just shrugged.
December 1, 2024 at 1:19 PM
A conversation last night with a Trump voter:
Him: "Joe, you gotta move on. Trump won."
Me: "Can't move on. We just elected a dictator."
Him: "Bullshit. Sure, he'll try to be a dictator, but he won't succeed.
Me: "But why would you vote for someone who'd TRY to be a dictator?"
He just shrugged.
Him: "Joe, you gotta move on. Trump won."
Me: "Can't move on. We just elected a dictator."
Him: "Bullshit. Sure, he'll try to be a dictator, but he won't succeed.
Me: "But why would you vote for someone who'd TRY to be a dictator?"
He just shrugged.
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Many of us thought Trump’s mass deportation promise would hit Latinos hard pre-election. But we missed that he managed to convince them he’d only target hardcore criminals, not their undocumented family or friends—because they are ‘good.’
Was this masterful trickery or an epic disconnect?
Was this masterful trickery or an epic disconnect?
November 30, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Many of us thought Trump’s mass deportation promise would hit Latinos hard pre-election. But we missed that he managed to convince them he’d only target hardcore criminals, not their undocumented family or friends—because they are ‘good.’
Was this masterful trickery or an epic disconnect?
Was this masterful trickery or an epic disconnect?
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What’s worse?
(1) having your mother call you out as a dirt bag in an email published in the New York Times
(2) having a porn star you paid $130K in hush money pick little plastic mushrooms depicting you off a tray on the Jimmy Kimmel show
(1) having your mother call you out as a dirt bag in an email published in the New York Times
(2) having a porn star you paid $130K in hush money pick little plastic mushrooms depicting you off a tray on the Jimmy Kimmel show
November 30, 2024 at 9:09 PM
What’s worse?
(1) having your mother call you out as a dirt bag in an email published in the New York Times
(2) having a porn star you paid $130K in hush money pick little plastic mushrooms depicting you off a tray on the Jimmy Kimmel show
(1) having your mother call you out as a dirt bag in an email published in the New York Times
(2) having a porn star you paid $130K in hush money pick little plastic mushrooms depicting you off a tray on the Jimmy Kimmel show
I know BlueSky is getting serious traction because I’m having to block the porn bots like crazy….
November 29, 2024 at 5:01 PM
I know BlueSky is getting serious traction because I’m having to block the porn bots like crazy….
Thanks, Joe…
November 29, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Thanks, Joe…
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The American Fuhrer wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, especially the people he intends to round up and put into Dachau.
November 28, 2024 at 4:55 PM
The American Fuhrer wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, especially the people he intends to round up and put into Dachau.
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This is getting overlooked, but the whole premise of Trump's threat of tariffs is based on a lie. He's claiming Mexico must be bullied into stopping migrants. But Mexico is *already* doing this. That's a big reason crossings have dropped. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
Mexican President’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Exposes an Ugly MAGA Scam
Claudia Sheinbaum’s response to Trump’s threat of tariffs revealed truths that the president-elect doesn’t want Americans to know.
newrepublic.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:08 PM
This is getting overlooked, but the whole premise of Trump's threat of tariffs is based on a lie. He's claiming Mexico must be bullied into stopping migrants. But Mexico is *already* doing this. That's a big reason crossings have dropped. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
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GOLDMAN: “.. We estimate the
proposed tariffs would boost the US effective tariff rate by 8.6pp and core PCE prices by 0.9% if implemented ..”
proposed tariffs would boost the US effective tariff rate by 8.6pp and core PCE prices by 0.9% if implemented ..”
November 26, 2024 at 3:28 PM
GOLDMAN: “.. We estimate the
proposed tariffs would boost the US effective tariff rate by 8.6pp and core PCE prices by 0.9% if implemented ..”
proposed tariffs would boost the US effective tariff rate by 8.6pp and core PCE prices by 0.9% if implemented ..”
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If the media hadn't spent every second leading up to the election normalizing an idiot conman and his nonsensical rhetoric, they wouldn't have to be spending as much time now explaining tariffs to America like it's a giant kindergarten class.
November 26, 2024 at 3:28 PM
If the media hadn't spent every second leading up to the election normalizing an idiot conman and his nonsensical rhetoric, they wouldn't have to be spending as much time now explaining tariffs to America like it's a giant kindergarten class.
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It’s a mistake to ask this question because it assumes Trump’s rationality.
He wants to do this because it makes him feel powerful. He doesn’t care if the effects are good or bad. Indeed, the more destruction he causes, or the more people fear destruction he may cause, the more powerful he feels.
He wants to do this because it makes him feel powerful. He doesn’t care if the effects are good or bad. Indeed, the more destruction he causes, or the more people fear destruction he may cause, the more powerful he feels.
A question I've been debating with economist friends is what Trump is trying to accomplish with his tariffs. I mean, he can't be demanding that Canada and Mexico — with whom we have a free trade agreement! — open their markets. Now he says it's about immigration and drugs 2/
November 26, 2024 at 1:04 PM
It’s a mistake to ask this question because it assumes Trump’s rationality.
He wants to do this because it makes him feel powerful. He doesn’t care if the effects are good or bad. Indeed, the more destruction he causes, or the more people fear destruction he may cause, the more powerful he feels.
He wants to do this because it makes him feel powerful. He doesn’t care if the effects are good or bad. Indeed, the more destruction he causes, or the more people fear destruction he may cause, the more powerful he feels.
Thanks, President Biden
PCE inflation has fallen to 2.1%—nearly at its 2% target—and incomes are up nearly $4,000.
The economy has grown 12.6% under President Biden—more than any presidential term this century.
16 million jobs created and the lowest unemployment in 50 years.
🚨 Do not let Trump take any credit for this.
The economy has grown 12.6% under President Biden—more than any presidential term this century.
16 million jobs created and the lowest unemployment in 50 years.
🚨 Do not let Trump take any credit for this.
November 21, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Thanks, President Biden
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Caption: Humiliation in Progress.
November 17, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Caption: Humiliation in Progress.
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making the new guy do drugs to make sure he isn't a cop
November 17, 2024 at 4:35 PM
making the new guy do drugs to make sure he isn't a cop
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If this MSNBC story about courts-martial is confirmed, I'm begging people - especially writers and reporters - do not fall for the Trump line that this is about Afghanistan. This is about Trump seeking revenge on the people who woudn't him do things like shoot American protesters.
November 17, 2024 at 12:44 AM
If this MSNBC story about courts-martial is confirmed, I'm begging people - especially writers and reporters - do not fall for the Trump line that this is about Afghanistan. This is about Trump seeking revenge on the people who woudn't him do things like shoot American protesters.