Ragnar Øygard
@ragnaroygard.bsky.social
Economist (agriculture development environment)
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This is horrible. Trump and his crew shut down USAID, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and they had no idea what they were doing or what would be the consequences. Completely immoral.
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
December 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is horrible. Trump and his crew shut down USAID, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and they had no idea what they were doing or what would be the consequences. Completely immoral.
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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Implications of this leak is huge;
Trump knows that Putin want all of #Ukraine, that a "deal" now is only temporary. T has known this even before the Alaska summit.
This means he has been helping Putin all year.
Whatever "guarantees" Trump is offering Ukraine now, is fake.
THIS IS TREASON!
Trump knows that Putin want all of #Ukraine, that a "deal" now is only temporary. T has known this even before the Alaska summit.
This means he has been helping Putin all year.
Whatever "guarantees" Trump is offering Ukraine now, is fake.
THIS IS TREASON!
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Implications of this leak is huge;
Trump knows that Putin want all of #Ukraine, that a "deal" now is only temporary. T has known this even before the Alaska summit.
This means he has been helping Putin all year.
Whatever "guarantees" Trump is offering Ukraine now, is fake.
THIS IS TREASON!
Trump knows that Putin want all of #Ukraine, that a "deal" now is only temporary. T has known this even before the Alaska summit.
This means he has been helping Putin all year.
Whatever "guarantees" Trump is offering Ukraine now, is fake.
THIS IS TREASON!
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In Ukraine the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In Ukraine the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
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BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.
The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.
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Gari Kasparov på Halifax Security Forum:
"NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not."
"NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not."
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Gari Kasparov på Halifax Security Forum:
"NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not."
"NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not."
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One Small Guardrail Finally Held Up Against Trump talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/linds...
One Small Guardrail Finally Held Up Against Trump
For almost a decade now, we’ve watched as Trump plowed through guardrails...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
One Small Guardrail Finally Held Up Against Trump talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/linds...
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Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
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We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War
Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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Vi gir alt, alt for Norge.
Unntatt skatt. Den gir vi til Sveits.
Unntatt skatt. Den gir vi til Sveits.
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Vi gir alt, alt for Norge.
Unntatt skatt. Den gir vi til Sveits.
Unntatt skatt. Den gir vi til Sveits.
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A gentle word of advice for friends throughout Europe who are praising Trump regularly thinking it will gain results. It won’t. Only corruption works. And right now the US is locked in a struggle to see if corruption will win out.
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A gentle word of advice for friends throughout Europe who are praising Trump regularly thinking it will gain results. It won’t. Only corruption works. And right now the US is locked in a struggle to see if corruption will win out.
… med hjelp av Thorbjørn Jagland …
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
… med hjelp av Thorbjørn Jagland …
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"Trump nyter godt av 'feilsitering' i 9 av 10 tilfeller. Skulle man sitere ham korrekt og utfyllende, måtte avisene trykke egne bilag hver dag bare for å få plass til alt, og folk ville sittet igjen med et enda verre inntrykk av den gale kongen i Washington DC" write.as/eivindtraeda...
Donald Trump nyter godt av feilsitering
Blir Donald Trump feilsitert i media? Svaret er utvilsomt ja, og der bør media ta selvkritikk. Trump kommuniserer i en uendelig strøm av ...
write.as
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"Trump nyter godt av 'feilsitering' i 9 av 10 tilfeller. Skulle man sitere ham korrekt og utfyllende, måtte avisene trykke egne bilag hver dag bare for å få plass til alt, og folk ville sittet igjen med et enda verre inntrykk av den gale kongen i Washington DC" write.as/eivindtraeda...
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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This is delusional. Does any serious economist believe this? The president is off his rocker, and the GOP is too scared to acknowledge that.
Trump: "If I didn't have tariffs, the entire would be in a depression."
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is delusional. Does any serious economist believe this? The president is off his rocker, and the GOP is too scared to acknowledge that.
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Custom made double breasted uniform great coat not alluding to any historical period in particular surely
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Custom made double breasted uniform great coat not alluding to any historical period in particular surely
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“.. Without the Musk partisan effect, Tesla sales between Oct 2022 and April 2025 would have been 67-83% higher, equivalent to 1-1.26 million more vehicles. Musk’s partisan activities also increased the sales of other automakers' electric and hybrid vehicles 17-22% ..”
www.nber.org/papers/w34413
www.nber.org/papers/w34413
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“.. Without the Musk partisan effect, Tesla sales between Oct 2022 and April 2025 would have been 67-83% higher, equivalent to 1-1.26 million more vehicles. Musk’s partisan activities also increased the sales of other automakers' electric and hybrid vehicles 17-22% ..”
www.nber.org/papers/w34413
www.nber.org/papers/w34413
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Hvilke partier var det som snakket om å ikke sløse med off midler? 🤔
www.aftenposten.no/norge/politi...
www.aftenposten.no/norge/politi...
Støre går på nederlag. Arbeidet med Stad-tunnelen fortsetter.
Hva tenker du om dette?
www.aftenposten.no
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hvilke partier var det som snakket om å ikke sløse med off midler? 🤔
www.aftenposten.no/norge/politi...
www.aftenposten.no/norge/politi...
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Hva koster det å nå klimamålet for 2035?
@angelsen.bsky.social, Ståle Navrud og jeg skriver om dette i @energiogklima.no, med utg.pkt i debatten siste uka.
Svært sprikende kostnadsanslag skyldes dels ulikt "nullalternativ" og dels ulike kostnader per tonn utslipp
www.energiogklima.no/meninger-og-...
@angelsen.bsky.social, Ståle Navrud og jeg skriver om dette i @energiogklima.no, med utg.pkt i debatten siste uka.
Svært sprikende kostnadsanslag skyldes dels ulikt "nullalternativ" og dels ulike kostnader per tonn utslipp
www.energiogklima.no/meninger-og-...
www.energiogklima.no
October 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hva koster det å nå klimamålet for 2035?
@angelsen.bsky.social, Ståle Navrud og jeg skriver om dette i @energiogklima.no, med utg.pkt i debatten siste uka.
Svært sprikende kostnadsanslag skyldes dels ulikt "nullalternativ" og dels ulike kostnader per tonn utslipp
www.energiogklima.no/meninger-og-...
@angelsen.bsky.social, Ståle Navrud og jeg skriver om dette i @energiogklima.no, med utg.pkt i debatten siste uka.
Svært sprikende kostnadsanslag skyldes dels ulikt "nullalternativ" og dels ulike kostnader per tonn utslipp
www.energiogklima.no/meninger-og-...
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If you showed this tweet to James Madison, he would be like, "yes, this is why I wrote the 2nd Amendment"
October 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
If you showed this tweet to James Madison, he would be like, "yes, this is why I wrote the 2nd Amendment"
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In a nutshell: Trump has slowly realized that Ru doesn't want a negotiated end of the war but wants all of Ukraine so he's shifting from trying to negotiate to trying to help Ru achieve its goals.
September 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In a nutshell: Trump has slowly realized that Ru doesn't want a negotiated end of the war but wants all of Ukraine so he's shifting from trying to negotiate to trying to help Ru achieve its goals.
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Kamala Harris to Trump during the debate:
Why don’t you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans in Pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor and what you think is a friendship with Putin who would eat you for lunch
Why don’t you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans in Pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor and what you think is a friendship with Putin who would eat you for lunch
September 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Kamala Harris to Trump during the debate:
Why don’t you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans in Pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor and what you think is a friendship with Putin who would eat you for lunch
Why don’t you tell the 800,000 Polish Americans in Pennsylvania how quickly you would give up for the sake of favor and what you think is a friendship with Putin who would eat you for lunch