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Robert Steven
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Once and future thing
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Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Here are the just published findings of 2 years of basic income for artists in Ireland.

🎨 Recipients worked 11 hours more per week on their creations and worked 3.5 hours less per week outside the arts.

⚕️ Depression dropped by 15 percentage points and anxiety by 16.

assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
September 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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wheel, snipe, celly boys
americans you should watch letterkenny and trailer park boys so when comes time to defect yous knows what the hells we're talkings about
February 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Leopard: I will eat your face

Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating

Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
J.P. Morgan econs on Trump’s latest are “increasingly concerned that the policy mix may tilt into an unintentionally far less business-friendly stance. The sustained 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico set to start this weekend is materially different than the tariff increases built into our baseline.”
February 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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As I read it, this came very close to saying "I won't work for someone who bent the knee at Mar-a-Lago"
Powerful resignation letter from Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland . . .
Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's letter of resignation.
December 16, 2024 at 3:34 PM
when the world is too bright for your eyes and too cold for your nose, then you know how fortunate you are to have arms to wrap yourself in.
November 24, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Leonard and I rest when we can.
November 24, 2024 at 12:35 AM