Steve Metz
@stevemetz.bsky.social
Writing on national security policy and strategy. Working on a book about the future of insurgency. An unknown unknown. A plumber's son from Elk Hills WV.
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Steve Metz
@stevemetz.bsky.social
· Jul 15
There has never been a greater ethical asymmetry between the two major parties in American history.
So 35% of people with graduate degrees don't consider character, competence or respect for the Constitution important. It's sickening.
Just going to uhh...post this here before anyone says Asians voted for this and are FAFOing
August 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So 35% of people with graduate degrees don't consider character, competence or respect for the Constitution important. It's sickening.
My Carolina BBQ pilgrimage begins. This is Wilber's in Goldsboro NC. Big after church crowd.
August 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My Carolina BBQ pilgrimage begins. This is Wilber's in Goldsboro NC. Big after church crowd.
I deeply regret that I began contributing to the Fetterman campaign the day he declared. What a tragic disappointment.
John Fetterman: Trump is absolutely winning the trade war. I'm a huge fan of Bill Maher, he's one of the oracles for the Democratic Party. He thought that the tariffs we're going to tank the economy, and he acknowledged that they didn't.
August 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I deeply regret that I began contributing to the Fetterman campaign the day he declared. What a tragic disappointment.
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Trump's trade war probably qualifies as the greatest madness in economic policy in a developed country after WWII:
1. All decisions are made by one single person (Trump).
2. No principles are applied.
3. No economic rationale or theory.
4. All is based on Trump's emotions. /1
1. All decisions are made by one single person (Trump).
2. No principles are applied.
3. No economic rationale or theory.
4. All is based on Trump's emotions. /1
August 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Trump's trade war probably qualifies as the greatest madness in economic policy in a developed country after WWII:
1. All decisions are made by one single person (Trump).
2. No principles are applied.
3. No economic rationale or theory.
4. All is based on Trump's emotions. /1
1. All decisions are made by one single person (Trump).
2. No principles are applied.
3. No economic rationale or theory.
4. All is based on Trump's emotions. /1
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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
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Republicans thought they were getting people who would expose the Deep State pedophiles with Trump, Bongino and Patel. Instead, they got their protectors. Maxwell just got rewarded with a nicer prison, and in exchange, the pedophiles stay concealed. Hell of a legacy, fellas.
August 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Republicans thought they were getting people who would expose the Deep State pedophiles with Trump, Bongino and Patel. Instead, they got their protectors. Maxwell just got rewarded with a nicer prison, and in exchange, the pedophiles stay concealed. Hell of a legacy, fellas.
Newsmax becomes the pro-pedophilia network to demonstrate fealty to Trump.
Newsmax's Greg Kelly on Ghislaine Maxwell: "There's something else going on here. It's an injustice ... people are horrified when I say that this individual just might be innocent. But think about it. Who told us about her? The most reviled institutions in America. The media and the Biden DOJ."
August 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Newsmax becomes the pro-pedophilia network to demonstrate fealty to Trump.
Kewl! Pharmaceutical firms will pay consumers to take the drugs off their hands.
Trump: "I think we're gonna be very successful fairly soon. We'll have drug prices coming down by 500, 600, 800, even 1,200 percent."
August 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Kewl! Pharmaceutical firms will pay consumers to take the drugs off their hands.
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We are pleased to report from the new MAGA Patriotic Bureau of Labor Statistics that thanks to Leader Trump employment is up 10 million jobs for the month of August.”
August 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
We are pleased to report from the new MAGA Patriotic Bureau of Labor Statistics that thanks to Leader Trump employment is up 10 million jobs for the month of August.”
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This is how democracies die.
Step 1: Dislike the facts.
Step 2: Attack the fact-finders.
Step 3: Replace them with loyalists.
Step 4: Control the "truth."
Step 1: Dislike the facts.
Step 2: Attack the fact-finders.
Step 3: Replace them with loyalists.
Step 4: Control the "truth."
August 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is how democracies die.
Step 1: Dislike the facts.
Step 2: Attack the fact-finders.
Step 3: Replace them with loyalists.
Step 4: Control the "truth."
Step 1: Dislike the facts.
Step 2: Attack the fact-finders.
Step 3: Replace them with loyalists.
Step 4: Control the "truth."
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Fox has a monopoly on the gullible demographic.
Kevin Hassett dismisses today's bad jobs report: "I don't think anybody can trust that the numbers are right whichever way they are going."
August 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Fox has a monopoly on the gullible demographic.
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Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.
#econsky
#econsky
August 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.
#econsky
#econsky
Like the inflation statistics. And the flying monkeys in the congressional GOP are probably filled with glee.
As virtually everyone else has now said, the jobs data going forward will be more or less meaningless
August 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Like the inflation statistics. And the flying monkeys in the congressional GOP are probably filled with glee.
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the entire republican party is currently involved in a cover up involving the worlds most notorious underage sex trafficking ring
Breaking Bloomberg:
The FBI redacted Trump's name in the Epstein files.
"An FBI [Freedom of Information Act] team redacted Trump's name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the documents, according to three people familiar with the matter."
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The FBI redacted Trump's name in the Epstein files.
"An FBI [Freedom of Information Act] team redacted Trump's name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the documents, according to three people familiar with the matter."
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....
www.bloomberg.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
the entire republican party is currently involved in a cover up involving the worlds most notorious underage sex trafficking ring
Trump and his toadies like Patel and Gabbard are about a week away from claiming Durham was a "extreme leftist
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August 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Trump and his toadies like Patel and Gabbard are about a week away from claiming Durham was a "extreme leftist
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Bartiromo will lead with the "Russia hoax" today.
The US economy added 73,000 jobs in July, trailing the consensus estimate of 110,000 reut.rs/3UDVFUO
US job growth slows sharply in July; unemployment rate rises to 4.2%
U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July while the prior month's data was revised sharply lower, pointing to a sharp moderation in the labor market.
reut.rs
August 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bartiromo will lead with the "Russia hoax" today.
Preparing an alibi for when his bumbling incompetence causes the economy to crash. In typical juvenile fashion.
August 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Preparing an alibi for when his bumbling incompetence causes the economy to crash. In typical juvenile fashion.
He'll probably blame Obama.
MAGA senator shrugs after being caught violating stock trade laws for years
www.rawstory.com/markwayne-mu...
www.rawstory.com/markwayne-mu...
MAGA senator shrugs after being caught violating stock trade laws for years
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) violated federal law by dodging reporting requirements for lawmakers to reveal their stock trades, according to a new report.Mullin waited over 2 1/2 years before revealin...
www.rawstory.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
He'll probably blame Obama.
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live your life so the pierogi guy doesn't hate you
July 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
live your life so the pierogi guy doesn't hate you