Paul Avey
@paulcavey.bsky.social
Associate professor of political science at Virginia Tech. IR, foreign policy, nuclear politics. Views are my own & reposts ≠ endorsements.
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So Trump has been mortgage price fixing to hurt consumers. Cherry on the cake this week!!
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
So Trump has been mortgage price fixing to hurt consumers. Cherry on the cake this week!!
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Trump tariffs are helping drive U.S. beef prices to new highs
Trump tariffs are helping drive U.S. beef prices to new highs
President Trump's tariffs are adding to higher beef prices, along with drought and parasites in a stressed U.S. beef supply chain.
cnb.cx
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Trump tariffs are helping drive U.S. beef prices to new highs
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One caution I'd offer as everyone goes through these emails is that *Jeffrey Epstein* (of all people) saying something in an email does not automatically make it true!
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
One caution I'd offer as everyone goes through these emails is that *Jeffrey Epstein* (of all people) saying something in an email does not automatically make it true!
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Lots of wildly incriminating stuff in here but also seeing a lot of people taking whatever he says as gospel, when he was, among other things, a world-class bullshit artist.
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of wildly incriminating stuff in here but also seeing a lot of people taking whatever he says as gospel, when he was, among other things, a world-class bullshit artist.
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Our nation is in an economic crisis from Trump’s own decisions, but he’s focused on parties and home renovations.
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Our nation is in an economic crisis from Trump’s own decisions, but he’s focused on parties and home renovations.
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Firing and forcing out our public lands stewards has real world consequences that none of us want.
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Firing and forcing out our public lands stewards has real world consequences that none of us want.
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
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Opinion | One of the Founders’ Worst Fears Has Been Realized
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
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Kind of wonder how much the manosphere, AI, and Trump conflated various trades in markets over the past year. Did people believe in the $META AI vision or was it Zuck’s gold chain and ties to Trump?
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Kind of wonder how much the manosphere, AI, and Trump conflated various trades in markets over the past year. Did people believe in the $META AI vision or was it Zuck’s gold chain and ties to Trump?
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This, perhaps unprecedented, video would never have happened without 12 years of appointments of many moderate, pastoral bishops by Popes Francis and Leo. The tide is starting to turn in the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has put out a video denouncing the Trump-Vance administration's immigration policies.
youtu.be/nsMQ8V4pNCI?...
youtu.be/nsMQ8V4pNCI?...
Special Pastoral Message on Immigration by the Bishops of the United States
YouTube video by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This, perhaps unprecedented, video would never have happened without 12 years of appointments of many moderate, pastoral bishops by Popes Francis and Leo. The tide is starting to turn in the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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The NYT Trump approval rating is based on an average, as it should be. But if you scroll down and look at the most recent polls, it seems that Trump's already-bad numbers are finally taking a nosedive. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
President Trump’s Approval Rating: Latest Polls
Track the latest approval rating and polls on Americans’ approval of President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The NYT Trump approval rating is based on an average, as it should be. But if you scroll down and look at the most recent polls, it seems that Trump's already-bad numbers are finally taking a nosedive. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Disgraceful. Should never, ever have happened in this country.👇
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Disgraceful. Should never, ever have happened in this country.👇
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Oh, it's gonna happen.
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Oh, it's gonna happen.
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This comes as part of an extended chat between Epstein and Larry Summers, in which Summers is defending Trump, and notorious pedophile ring leader Jeffrey Epstein says no, Trump is a very bad person.
Still working our way through approx. 23,000 pages of Epstein related documents released by House Oversight Cmte.
In another email.. this one from Feb. 2017.. Epstein references Trump
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In another email.. this one from Feb. 2017.. Epstein references Trump
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November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This comes as part of an extended chat between Epstein and Larry Summers, in which Summers is defending Trump, and notorious pedophile ring leader Jeffrey Epstein says no, Trump is a very bad person.
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best example I've seen so far: Elisa New (Larry Summers's wife) emails Epstein seemingly asking for help in getting an invitation to Serena Williams; he immediately tells her it needs edits, offers a useless suggestion, and in doing so reveals he hasn't actually read it
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
best example I've seen so far: Elisa New (Larry Summers's wife) emails Epstein seemingly asking for help in getting an invitation to Serena Williams; he immediately tells her it needs edits, offers a useless suggestion, and in doing so reveals he hasn't actually read it
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It's the fees that were holding me back
Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It's the fees that were holding me back
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The government shutdown might’ve killed the December rate cut.
FED'S DALY: REALLY THINK THERE IS A PREMIUM ON WAITING TO DECIDE ON RATES UNTIL YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION
FED'S DALY: REALLY THINK THERE IS A PREMIUM ON WAITING TO DECIDE ON RATES UNTIL YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The government shutdown might’ve killed the December rate cut.
FED'S DALY: REALLY THINK THERE IS A PREMIUM ON WAITING TO DECIDE ON RATES UNTIL YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION
FED'S DALY: REALLY THINK THERE IS A PREMIUM ON WAITING TO DECIDE ON RATES UNTIL YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION
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A bipartisan effort to force the House to vote on a measure that would compel the Justice Department to release the Epstein files advanced to the next stage after it received a 218th signature on Wednesday.
Here's how the process will work.
Here's how the process will work.
What’s Behind the Coming House Vote on Releasing the Epstein Files
Proponents of fuller transparency used an arcane rule to prod their leaders to act. When it became clear they had succeeded, the speaker agreed to hold a vote.
nyti.ms
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A bipartisan effort to force the House to vote on a measure that would compel the Justice Department to release the Epstein files advanced to the next stage after it received a 218th signature on Wednesday.
Here's how the process will work.
Here's how the process will work.
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Still working our way through approx. 23,000 pages of Epstein related documents released by House Oversight Cmte.
In another email.. this one from Feb. 2017.. Epstein references Trump
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In another email.. this one from Feb. 2017.. Epstein references Trump
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November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Still working our way through approx. 23,000 pages of Epstein related documents released by House Oversight Cmte.
In another email.. this one from Feb. 2017.. Epstein references Trump
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In another email.. this one from Feb. 2017.. Epstein references Trump
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Another thing that resonates with the average American worker. These guys are on a roll.
Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Another thing that resonates with the average American worker. These guys are on a roll.
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Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
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As one does.
Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As one does.
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uh, holy shit? apnews.com/article/trum...
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
uh, holy shit? apnews.com/article/trum...