Joe Romance
@joero.bsky.social
Part time political scientist, part time political theorist, full time democracy enthusiast, and lover of music. What music you say?
A typical day might start with Szell conducting Beethoven, followed by Lee Morgan, then Wilco and close with Sinatra.
A typical day might start with Szell conducting Beethoven, followed by Lee Morgan, then Wilco and close with Sinatra.
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Kevin Hassett is right. Dow 36k is totally possible.
April 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Kevin Hassett is right. Dow 36k is totally possible.
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It's not just the biggest peacetime tax increase in US history. It's also the most regressive tax increase in US history.
April 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
It's not just the biggest peacetime tax increase in US history. It's also the most regressive tax increase in US history.
We all know why.
Why did Trump hit Ukraine with a 10% tariff on all imports to the US, but not Russia? 🤨
April 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We all know why.
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For a long time I doubted the business case for cryptocurrency. I see it now: it's the money we will use to pay the smugglers and black marketeers who bootleg bananas past Trump's border guards.
April 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
For a long time I doubted the business case for cryptocurrency. I see it now: it's the money we will use to pay the smugglers and black marketeers who bootleg bananas past Trump's border guards.
I live in a very Trump/Republican district. But I am calling today.
Again, if you've got a Republican representing you in Congress -- and I don't care who it is -- call them to complain about the tariffs. They're panicking.
Heard Ron Johnson - extremely Trumpy senator - on NPR this morning and even he couldn't defend the tariffs. The most generous thing he could bring himself to say was "I have concerns" and "we'll see what happens." You can bet that privately Republicans are freaking out.
April 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I live in a very Trump/Republican district. But I am calling today.
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"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
April 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
Well, I am sure tomorrow will set things right.
Trump's first 50 days mark one of the worst starts for the S&P 500 under any presidency...
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Trump's first 50 days mark one of the worst starts for the S&P 500 under any presidency
The Trump stock market is off to one of the shakiest starts when stacked up against other presidencies.
www.aol.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Well, I am sure tomorrow will set things right.
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absolutely humiliating that the people destroying america are this fucking stupid
The Trump administration also imposed retaliatory tariffs on two sets of uninhabited islands: Svalbard and Jan Mayen; and Heard and McDonald Islands.
April 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
absolutely humiliating that the people destroying america are this fucking stupid
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Love to say you’re running government like a business and then immediately gut the accounts receivable team
BREAKING: The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say.
The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say
The IRS is drafting plans to try to cut its workforce of roughly 90,000 people in half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation...
apnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Love to say you’re running government like a business and then immediately gut the accounts receivable team
This is an important essay.
Today @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com and I sound the alarm on how the institutional ecology that enables America to be innovative, wealthy, and powerful, are being destroyed *right now*
"Cut these institutions at the knees and you cut down the core of America’s prosperity and strength." www.liberalcurrents.com/elon-musk-is...
February 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is an important essay.
Did Trump really appoint himself head of the Kennedy Center!?
Ok…not the biggest problem we face but really a great example of the farcical nature of his second administration.
Ok…not the biggest problem we face but really a great example of the farcical nature of his second administration.
February 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Did Trump really appoint himself head of the Kennedy Center!?
Ok…not the biggest problem we face but really a great example of the farcical nature of his second administration.
Ok…not the biggest problem we face but really a great example of the farcical nature of his second administration.
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Putin and Xi are having a great great week.
February 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Putin and Xi are having a great great week.
My family came here in 1664 to the Massachusetts colony. Everyone born in this country is my fellow citizen. Anyone who says otherwise can go to hell.
December 10, 2024 at 2:00 AM
My family came here in 1664 to the Massachusetts colony. Everyone born in this country is my fellow citizen. Anyone who says otherwise can go to hell.
For all the real threats that Trump represents, he did relatively little permanent damage in his first term. He weakened norms, but no structural destruction. My worry is that he will move beyond norm destruction in his 2nd term.
November 29, 2024 at 7:22 PM
For all the real threats that Trump represents, he did relatively little permanent damage in his first term. He weakened norms, but no structural destruction. My worry is that he will move beyond norm destruction in his 2nd term.
Okay, not the worst thing that will happen over the next four years -- but, we have to deal with idiot journalists saying, at various moments, "this is when Trump really grew into the presidency". Or, some variation of that. Pretty much every SOTU, I bet.
November 28, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Okay, not the worst thing that will happen over the next four years -- but, we have to deal with idiot journalists saying, at various moments, "this is when Trump really grew into the presidency". Or, some variation of that. Pretty much every SOTU, I bet.
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For the first time in a while overdose deaths are declining - seven straight months of declines. The cause is complicated but appears to be the culmination of a number of different Biden admin policy initiatives coming to fruition. And yet it meant absolutely nothing politically.
What’s the TLDR?
November 28, 2024 at 12:35 AM
For the first time in a while overdose deaths are declining - seven straight months of declines. The cause is complicated but appears to be the culmination of a number of different Biden admin policy initiatives coming to fruition. And yet it meant absolutely nothing politically.
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Absolute classic
November 27, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Absolute classic
November 27, 2024 at 7:28 PM
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social says what needs to be said. My God the argument of letting Trump off is risible.
Are you kidding me with this?
“A central pillar of American democracy is that no man is above the law. But Mr. Trump isn’t an ordinary man.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
“A central pillar of American democracy is that no man is above the law. But Mr. Trump isn’t an ordinary man.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
Opinion | End the Criminal Cases Against Trump
Democracy’s ultimate verdict has been delivered.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:45 AM
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social says what needs to be said. My God the argument of letting Trump off is risible.
So I am depressed about our world. The logical thing to do is watch Tinker, Tailor Soldier Spy. Would you agree @tamsinshaw.bsky.social?
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 AM
So I am depressed about our world. The logical thing to do is watch Tinker, Tailor Soldier Spy. Would you agree @tamsinshaw.bsky.social?
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My mom had to go to the hospital last night. I am stressed.
November 17, 2024 at 12:57 PM
My mom had to go to the hospital last night. I am stressed.
My mom had to go to the hospital last night. I am stressed.
November 17, 2024 at 12:57 PM
My mom had to go to the hospital last night. I am stressed.