Taffy Smith
@taffycats.bsky.social
Unpaid servant/person/amuser to cats & dogs. Currently Midwestern household.
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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I hope MTG reads the Epstein list on the floor of Congress
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I hope MTG reads the Epstein list on the floor of Congress
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This right here with the Nordic countries in Europe have the Democratic socialist that’s what a lot of Americans are asking for for our government to be run like them 💯🎯
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This right here with the Nordic countries in Europe have the Democratic socialist that’s what a lot of Americans are asking for for our government to be run like them 💯🎯
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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Mark Kelly: "The message he sent a couple days ago was he declared that loyalty to the Constitution is now punishable by death. Those are serious words coming from the president. He's trying to intimidate us. But I'm not going to be intimidated."
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mark Kelly: "The message he sent a couple days ago was he declared that loyalty to the Constitution is now punishable by death. Those are serious words coming from the president. He's trying to intimidate us. But I'm not going to be intimidated."
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Ultra rich in the Gilded Age were robber barons, who, on occasion would engage in acts of philanthropy. Any billionaires want to lift 42 million students up? Benefit would allow their earnings to flow more meaningfully into the economy, and then make education free for all. Tax oil and not learning
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Ultra rich in the Gilded Age were robber barons, who, on occasion would engage in acts of philanthropy. Any billionaires want to lift 42 million students up? Benefit would allow their earnings to flow more meaningfully into the economy, and then make education free for all. Tax oil and not learning
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.
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“every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles” is — this is the clearest cleanest best articulation of an idea.
if you want an idea adopted you need the simplest version of it. If you want public support for banking regulation, this is exactly how I’d sell it
if you want an idea adopted you need the simplest version of it. If you want public support for banking regulation, this is exactly how I’d sell it
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
“every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles” is — this is the clearest cleanest best articulation of an idea.
if you want an idea adopted you need the simplest version of it. If you want public support for banking regulation, this is exactly how I’d sell it
if you want an idea adopted you need the simplest version of it. If you want public support for banking regulation, this is exactly how I’d sell it
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Goodnight.
Dream of Beautiful Things.
Dream of Beautiful Things.
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Goodnight.
Dream of Beautiful Things.
Dream of Beautiful Things.
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Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
“The President’s appeasement plan to Russia is forcing our hand" - Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.)
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Congress Rebuked Trump On His Epstein Cover Up. Now It Must Rebuke Him On His Surrendering Of Ukraine To Putin
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
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PSA (unrelated to *all this*)
Take that turkey out the freezer babes.
Take that turkey out the freezer babes.
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
PSA (unrelated to *all this*)
Take that turkey out the freezer babes.
Take that turkey out the freezer babes.
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One more post re: Vaccines and Autism-gate.
CDC's webpages are a mixed bag. Some are maintained by programs -- people who follow science and evidence are updating.
But political cronies seem able to alter them without approvals.
So: check them against other reputable sources.
CDC's webpages are a mixed bag. Some are maintained by programs -- people who follow science and evidence are updating.
But political cronies seem able to alter them without approvals.
So: check them against other reputable sources.
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Here’s what the judge said in ordering Bolsonaro’s arrest.
A study in contrasts.
A study in contrasts.
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Here’s what the judge said in ordering Bolsonaro’s arrest.
A study in contrasts.
A study in contrasts.
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Bolsonaro was preemptively arrested to begins serving his jail sentence for the Brazilian coup attempt a la January 6th this morning, because on of his sons made a video calling for his supporters to basically riot.
apnews.com/article/braz...
apnews.com/article/braz...
Brazil's Supreme Court orders Bolsonaro's arrest ahead of prison sentence
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the preemptive arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro. This decision comes days before he was set to begin a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Bolsonaro was preemptively arrested to begins serving his jail sentence for the Brazilian coup attempt a la January 6th this morning, because on of his sons made a video calling for his supporters to basically riot.
apnews.com/article/braz...
apnews.com/article/braz...
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Wild times.
Huh — Marjorie Taylor Greene says she doesn't want "to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms. And in turn, be expected to defend the President against impeachment after he…tried to destroy me."
…Any reason she assumes Trump will soon be impeached?
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…Any reason she assumes Trump will soon be impeached?
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November 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Wild times.
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Trump’s threats led to this.
From a spokesperson for U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin:
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Trump’s threats led to this.
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He walked into the lion’s den yesterday and tamed the beast. 💙💙💙
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
He walked into the lion’s den yesterday and tamed the beast. 💙💙💙
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I do just want to note that in every single one of those pics from the Oval with Mamdani yesterday, Trump is actively covering up that continuously bruised spot on his right hand.
Still something very weird going on there.
Still something very weird going on there.
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I do just want to note that in every single one of those pics from the Oval with Mamdani yesterday, Trump is actively covering up that continuously bruised spot on his right hand.
Still something very weird going on there.
Still something very weird going on there.
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Yeah, as someone who for a window of time did accounting fraud cases as a part of the collapse of the first tech bubble, this is very very very bad.
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Yeah, as someone who for a window of time did accounting fraud cases as a part of the collapse of the first tech bubble, this is very very very bad.
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This train runs straight through Steve Bannon and until 2019 also ran straight through Jeffrey Epstein.
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This train runs straight through Steve Bannon and until 2019 also ran straight through Jeffrey Epstein.