Invictus
@tbpinvictus.bsky.social
Econ. Markets. Politics. Fact-checker before it became fashionable (and necessary).
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@tbpinvictus.bsky.social
· Dec 10
"What I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for the people at Hoover (and other fonts of misinformation)." Now 4/4.
TL;DR With their money.
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
TL;DR With their money.
Got my new energy bill today. Have to say I'm starting to lose confidence that it'll be down 50% from last year within the next month or two. Think I might have been duped. 😱
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Got my new energy bill today. Have to say I'm starting to lose confidence that it'll be down 50% from last year within the next month or two. Think I might have been duped. 😱
Who can make a supercut of all the Bitcoin hyperventilating just weeks ago at $120k? Would so love that.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Who can make a supercut of all the Bitcoin hyperventilating just weeks ago at $120k? Would so love that.
I feel like we don't discuss the 70% YTD decline in $DJT enough.
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I feel like we don't discuss the 70% YTD decline in $DJT enough.
Your thoughts, @justinwolfers.bsky.social?
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Your thoughts, @justinwolfers.bsky.social?
While I never believed Scott Bessent was a serious person, I am a bit surprised at exactly how unserious he's turned out to be.
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
While I never believed Scott Bessent was a serious person, I am a bit surprised at exactly how unserious he's turned out to be.
Acceptable trade off?
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Acceptable trade off?
Trump just straight-up contradicting the assessment of the US intelligence community: “We assess that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.”
www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
www.dni.gov
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Trump just straight-up contradicting the assessment of the US intelligence community: “We assess that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.”
www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...
So, MBS knew nothing about Khashoggi's murder in much the same way Trump knew nothing about Epstein's sex trafficking. See how that works? 🤮
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
So, MBS knew nothing about Khashoggi's murder in much the same way Trump knew nothing about Epstein's sex trafficking. See how that works? 🤮
White House:
Tariffs are good for the economy.
Removal of tariffs is also good for the economy.
Win-win.
Tariffs are good for the economy.
Removal of tariffs is also good for the economy.
Win-win.
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
White House:
Tariffs are good for the economy.
Removal of tariffs is also good for the economy.
Win-win.
Tariffs are good for the economy.
Removal of tariffs is also good for the economy.
Win-win.
Also GOP: Affordability crisis is a Dem hoax.
Rep. Jason Smith: "Epstein had been dead for years. It's not something I hear from people when I travel back home in Missouri. They care about the affordability crisis."
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Also GOP: Affordability crisis is a Dem hoax.
What if Trump's signature policy were, say, supporting pedophilia.
Oh, wait.
Oh, wait.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
What if Trump's signature policy were, say, supporting pedophilia.
Oh, wait.
Oh, wait.
Vance on 30-something Young Republicans making vile racist, antisemitic comments: “Boys will be boys.”
Megyn Kelley on 15 yo girls being raped: “Come on, it’s not like they were 8. Or 5.”
Megyn Kelley on 15 yo girls being raped: “Come on, it’s not like they were 8. Or 5.”
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Vance on 30-something Young Republicans making vile racist, antisemitic comments: “Boys will be boys.”
Megyn Kelley on 15 yo girls being raped: “Come on, it’s not like they were 8. Or 5.”
Megyn Kelley on 15 yo girls being raped: “Come on, it’s not like they were 8. Or 5.”
Not only are they eating the dogs and the cats (and other pets), they’re coming here with their screwworm-infected cattle!!! 😱
November 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Not only are they eating the dogs and the cats (and other pets), they’re coming here with their screwworm-infected cattle!!! 😱
Remember when we thought we’d find out what happened to the $50k Tom Homan took from undercover agents? That was funny.
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Remember when we thought we’d find out what happened to the $50k Tom Homan took from undercover agents? That was funny.
JD Vance sets the bar at a new record high — 30 million illegal immigrants.
Do I hear 35? 35? Going once…
Do I hear 35? 35? Going once…
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
JD Vance sets the bar at a new record high — 30 million illegal immigrants.
Do I hear 35? 35? Going once…
Do I hear 35? 35? Going once…
So, this actually happened:
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
So, this actually happened:
Lowering prices by eliminating the tariffs we were told didn’t raise them in the first place. Genius.
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Lowering prices by eliminating the tariffs we were told didn’t raise them in the first place. Genius.
DATA! Nov 20 release of Sept employment. November 21 Real Earnings.
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
DATA! Nov 20 release of Sept employment. November 21 Real Earnings.
Speechless.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Speechless.
