Shawn Putnam
@shawnputnam.bsky.social
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I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
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Brother Warnock lays it plain.
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Brother Warnock lays it plain.
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I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
If you’re going to a house in the US, please make sure the you arrive at the correct address. Your life depends on it.
House cleaner, mother of 4, fatally shot in Indiana after showing up at the wrong address
House cleaner, mother of 4, fatally shot in Indiana after showing up at the wrong address
November 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If you’re going to a house in the US, please make sure the you arrive at the correct address. Your life depends on it.
House cleaner, mother of 4, fatally shot in Indiana after showing up at the wrong address
House cleaner, mother of 4, fatally shot in Indiana after showing up at the wrong address
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This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
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I guess the plan to have Mike Johnson lie in shutdown press conferences every day for 3 weeks didn’t work out.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I guess the plan to have Mike Johnson lie in shutdown press conferences every day for 3 weeks didn’t work out.
If there is an election in your area, make sure to vote today!
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If there is an election in your area, make sure to vote today!
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"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes
“Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.
taskandpurpose.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
Could someone please check on the President?
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Could someone please check on the President?
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Tim and I agree: The Trump administration Department of Labor ads are super-creepy.
And very revealing about the vision of America they have and are seeking to effect.
youtu.be/yig2KSgKNe8?...
And very revealing about the vision of America they have and are seeking to effect.
youtu.be/yig2KSgKNe8?...
They’re Not Joking Anymore
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Tim and I agree: The Trump administration Department of Labor ads are super-creepy.
And very revealing about the vision of America they have and are seeking to effect.
youtu.be/yig2KSgKNe8?...
And very revealing about the vision of America they have and are seeking to effect.
youtu.be/yig2KSgKNe8?...
Kudos to this guy for his epic-level protest of national guard troops in DC. I hope he gets a nice check for being detained.
D.C. man sues after being detained for following National Guard around while playing 'Darth Vader's Theme' www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
D.C. man sues after being detained for following National Guard around while playing 'Darth Vader's Theme' www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
D.C. man sues after being detained for following National Guard around while playing 'Darth Vader's Theme'
Attorneys for Sam O'Hara said law enforcement violated his constitutional rights.
www.nbcnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Kudos to this guy for his epic-level protest of national guard troops in DC. I hope he gets a nice check for being detained.
D.C. man sues after being detained for following National Guard around while playing 'Darth Vader's Theme' www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
D.C. man sues after being detained for following National Guard around while playing 'Darth Vader's Theme' www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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WOW. A third of ICE recruits can’t pass a fitness test that I do multiple times a week, and I’m a 51 year old woke cat lady with a nose ring who loves a soy latte.
Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
WOW. A third of ICE recruits can’t pass a fitness test that I do multiple times a week, and I’m a 51 year old woke cat lady with a nose ring who loves a soy latte.
Based on my experience dealing with historic preservation requirements, this is quite shocking. No way this passed a Section 106 review. The next democrat to be president should make their first act in office demolishing the ballroom and restoring the East Wing back as it looked before today.
omg!
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Based on my experience dealing with historic preservation requirements, this is quite shocking. No way this passed a Section 106 review. The next democrat to be president should make their first act in office demolishing the ballroom and restoring the East Wing back as it looked before today.
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Breathtaking incompetence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
October 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Breathtaking incompetence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
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After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
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That @JoeBiden put out this magnanimous & gracious statement AFTER all the horrible, dishonest things Trump said about Biden today, says so much about who Joe Biden is as a person. And reminds us all once again of what an utterly horrible, small, bad, & insecure person Trump is.
October 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
That @JoeBiden put out this magnanimous & gracious statement AFTER all the horrible, dishonest things Trump said about Biden today, says so much about who Joe Biden is as a person. And reminds us all once again of what an utterly horrible, small, bad, & insecure person Trump is.
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⚠️ STATES, LOCALS, TRIBAL NATIONS, TERRITORIES ⚠️
HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.
Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.
HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.
Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.
October 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
⚠️ STATES, LOCALS, TRIBAL NATIONS, TERRITORIES ⚠️
HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.
Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.
HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.
Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.