WilD 〽️
@wildavies.bsky.social
Pro: Wolverines (GoBlue!), Kings, A’s in Sacramento, golf, science, rigorous economics.
Anti: Lies, ignorance, Trump’s authoritarianism, MAGA enablers.
Anti: Lies, ignorance, Trump’s authoritarianism, MAGA enablers.
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No self-respecting reporter or news organization should misinform the public by referring to government agencies and officials by their pretend names and titles to humor, placate or curry favor with those in power.
This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:
* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.
Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.
Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
No self-respecting reporter or news organization should misinform the public by referring to government agencies and officials by their pretend names and titles to humor, placate or curry favor with those in power.
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Appeasement never pays off, chapter four zillion.
In a major blow to Paul Weiss law firm, their 4 top partners are leaving in the wake of its decision to cut a deal with Trump.
They will form their own law firm.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...
They will form their own law firm.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...
Karen Dunn and Other Top Lawyers Depart Paul Weiss to Start Firm
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Appeasement never pays off, chapter four zillion.
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They really are vile people.
May 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
They really are vile people.
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It's kind of telling that Trump thought he was punishing China by making it prohibitively expensive for American manufacturers to buy critically important inputs, and China countered by making it impossible for American manufacturers to buy critically important inputs
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
China Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War Intensifies (Gift Article)
Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It's kind of telling that Trump thought he was punishing China by making it prohibitively expensive for American manufacturers to buy critically important inputs, and China countered by making it impossible for American manufacturers to buy critically important inputs
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
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Here we go. High tariffs for everyone except those who curry favor with the king.
Lesson: It's more important to compete at Mar-a-Lago than in the market.
Lesson: It's more important to compete at Mar-a-Lago than in the market.
JUST IN: Electronics imported to the US will be exempt from President Trump's sweeping tariffs, according to US Customs and Border Protection. Read more: cnn.it/3Giji1f
Smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump’s latest tariffs | CNN Business
Electronics imported to the United States will be exempt from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, according to a US Customs and Border Protection notice posted on Friday.
cnn.it
April 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Here we go. High tariffs for everyone except those who curry favor with the king.
Lesson: It's more important to compete at Mar-a-Lago than in the market.
Lesson: It's more important to compete at Mar-a-Lago than in the market.
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This is correct. Sorry for taking 3500 words to say it
tl;dr — is this correct?
1) Post 2008, hedge funds are the source of market liquidity
2) Hedge funds have to unwind their positions/mitigate risk quickly when things go badly; "badly" includes periods of high volatility
4) Trump = volatility = no way to escape a liquidity crisis
1) Post 2008, hedge funds are the source of market liquidity
2) Hedge funds have to unwind their positions/mitigate risk quickly when things go badly; "badly" includes periods of high volatility
4) Trump = volatility = no way to escape a liquidity crisis
April 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is correct. Sorry for taking 3500 words to say it
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April 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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He's wiping out your life savings, destroying the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid upon which you were promised you could depend, ending the medical research that would protect and prolong your life and that of your families & gutting your liberties...and he doesn't care about any of it.
April 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
He's wiping out your life savings, destroying the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid upon which you were promised you could depend, ending the medical research that would protect and prolong your life and that of your families & gutting your liberties...and he doesn't care about any of it.
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Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly
April 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump has done the same damage to our health, environment and security as to our markets, it's just that there isn't a stock ticker that measures the impact so clearly
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Main thing I've learned from a dozen+ years living outside the US:
*The* crucial American advantage is its ability to absorb and empower people from everywhere.
China/ India each have talents of billion-plus people to draw on. Euro much less.
US potentially has talent of the whole world.
*The* crucial American advantage is its ability to absorb and empower people from everywhere.
China/ India each have talents of billion-plus people to draw on. Euro much less.
US potentially has talent of the whole world.
When Trump, Vance and Musk argue that immigration is a threat to America's identity, it's important to remember that their problem is not the presence of foreigners in the country, but the presence of foreigners with rights and the ability to assimilate and integrate into American society.
March 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Main thing I've learned from a dozen+ years living outside the US:
*The* crucial American advantage is its ability to absorb and empower people from everywhere.
China/ India each have talents of billion-plus people to draw on. Euro much less.
US potentially has talent of the whole world.
*The* crucial American advantage is its ability to absorb and empower people from everywhere.
China/ India each have talents of billion-plus people to draw on. Euro much less.
US potentially has talent of the whole world.
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Yeah.
I wonder if Mark Milley, Jack Smith, Liz Cheney, Tanya Chutkin, CQ Brown, James Boasberg, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Stormy Daniels, E Jean Carroll, Juan Merchan, Mary Trump, etc etc can begin to appreciate the stressfulness and bravery of the head of a prosperous law firm when caving to Trump.
I wonder if Mark Milley, Jack Smith, Liz Cheney, Tanya Chutkin, CQ Brown, James Boasberg, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Stormy Daniels, E Jean Carroll, Juan Merchan, Mary Trump, etc etc can begin to appreciate the stressfulness and bravery of the head of a prosperous law firm when caving to Trump.
“But no one in the wider world can appreciate how stressful it is to confront an executive order like this until one is directed at you.” --Brad Karp.
Fuck you, you coward.
Fuck you, you coward.
This letter from Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp makes things worse. Basically offers rationale and justification for everyone else following in Paul Weiss’s footsteps and capitulating to Trump. BLUF: We capitulated and everyone else should as well.
open.substack.com/pub/davidlat...
open.substack.com/pub/davidlat...
March 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Yeah.
I wonder if Mark Milley, Jack Smith, Liz Cheney, Tanya Chutkin, CQ Brown, James Boasberg, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Stormy Daniels, E Jean Carroll, Juan Merchan, Mary Trump, etc etc can begin to appreciate the stressfulness and bravery of the head of a prosperous law firm when caving to Trump.
I wonder if Mark Milley, Jack Smith, Liz Cheney, Tanya Chutkin, CQ Brown, James Boasberg, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Stormy Daniels, E Jean Carroll, Juan Merchan, Mary Trump, etc etc can begin to appreciate the stressfulness and bravery of the head of a prosperous law firm when caving to Trump.
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the people who told you to calm down about Roe are the same people telling you to calm down about Social Security, in case you hadn't noticed
March 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
the people who told you to calm down about Roe are the same people telling you to calm down about Social Security, in case you hadn't noticed
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Holds the codes to… well, you know
Trump: "I invaded Los Angeles and we opened up the water and the water is now flowing down. They have so much water they don't know what to do ... we broke in to do it."
March 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Holds the codes to… well, you know
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The thing that was making America great was apparently lead.
Today EPA chief Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is rolling back 31 regulations.
He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.
The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.
The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
March 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The thing that was making America great was apparently lead.
Looks like our assumptions about transgender athletes could be completely wrong.
March 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Looks like our assumptions about transgender athletes could be completely wrong.
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Tariff Canada: Smart!
Tariff Mexico: Super smart!
Smaller tariffs on China: Super-duper smart!
Pause Canadian & Mexican tariffs: Smarter!
Tariffs back on Canada: Smartest!
Tariffs back on Mexico: Smartester!
Pause Mexican but not Canadian tariffs: Smartest-er-est!
Pause Canadian tariffs: F**g smart!
Tariff Mexico: Super smart!
Smaller tariffs on China: Super-duper smart!
Pause Canadian & Mexican tariffs: Smarter!
Tariffs back on Canada: Smartest!
Tariffs back on Mexico: Smartester!
Pause Mexican but not Canadian tariffs: Smartest-er-est!
Pause Canadian tariffs: F**g smart!
March 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Tariff Canada: Smart!
Tariff Mexico: Super smart!
Smaller tariffs on China: Super-duper smart!
Pause Canadian & Mexican tariffs: Smarter!
Tariffs back on Canada: Smartest!
Tariffs back on Mexico: Smartester!
Pause Mexican but not Canadian tariffs: Smartest-er-est!
Pause Canadian tariffs: F**g smart!
Tariff Mexico: Super smart!
Smaller tariffs on China: Super-duper smart!
Pause Canadian & Mexican tariffs: Smarter!
Tariffs back on Canada: Smartest!
Tariffs back on Mexico: Smartester!
Pause Mexican but not Canadian tariffs: Smartest-er-est!
Pause Canadian tariffs: F**g smart!
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One way to think about this administration is:
Trump's last full year in office was a global pandemic with no known cure that filled hospitals with dying patients and shut down the entire in-person economy.
And firms think the current business environment has *more* uncertainty.
Trump's last full year in office was a global pandemic with no known cure that filled hospitals with dying patients and shut down the entire in-person economy.
And firms think the current business environment has *more* uncertainty.
BESPOKE: Most Beige Book mentions of “uncertainty” in, like, ever. 🇺🇸
March 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
One way to think about this administration is:
Trump's last full year in office was a global pandemic with no known cure that filled hospitals with dying patients and shut down the entire in-person economy.
And firms think the current business environment has *more* uncertainty.
Trump's last full year in office was a global pandemic with no known cure that filled hospitals with dying patients and shut down the entire in-person economy.
And firms think the current business environment has *more* uncertainty.
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So reassuring to know that Elon's team is now in charge at the FAA.
Another of Elon Musk's SpaceX spacecraft explodes, disrupting air traffic in southern Florida due to debris. kchang.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/s...
SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports With Unsuccessful Test Flight
Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
So reassuring to know that Elon's team is now in charge at the FAA.
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“Don’t believe the career experts who showed their work. Believe the partisan idiots with an agenda who won’t show their ‘proof’”
WELKER: It's worth noting the Social Security administration's internal watchdog found that less than 1 percent of benefit payments were improper.
MIKE JOHNSON: Don't believe it. Hey, don't believe it.
MIKE JOHNSON: Don't believe it. Hey, don't believe it.
March 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“Don’t believe the career experts who showed their work. Believe the partisan idiots with an agenda who won’t show their ‘proof’”
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February 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Is Doge Taking Credit for President Carter's Death?: An Investigative Report by a data junkie with too much time on his hands 1/6
UPDATE: It’s 6:30 pm ET on Monday, February 17 and DOGE has updated the “Savings” page on its site.
The site’s “Wall of Receipts” includes a “subset” of contract and lease cancellations.
(I guess they meant to say “some receipts coming over the long weekend.”)
www.doge.gov/savings
The site’s “Wall of Receipts” includes a “subset” of contract and lease cancellations.
(I guess they meant to say “some receipts coming over the long weekend.”)
www.doge.gov/savings
February 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Is Doge Taking Credit for President Carter's Death?: An Investigative Report by a data junkie with too much time on his hands 1/6
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It's also not "saving" money if Congress passed a law determining what should be spent.
That is annulling the authority of the only actor allowed to tax and given power to determine how taxes are used.
That is annulling the authority of the only actor allowed to tax and given power to determine how taxes are used.
You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger.
Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.
Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.
February 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It's also not "saving" money if Congress passed a law determining what should be spent.
That is annulling the authority of the only actor allowed to tax and given power to determine how taxes are used.
That is annulling the authority of the only actor allowed to tax and given power to determine how taxes are used.
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So much for academic freedom at an accredited university
SCOOP: Naval Academy leaders sent an email to faculty this week that teaching about “divisive concepts” such as systemic racism + sexism is no longer permitted. Faculty also can’t talk about environmental justice or gender ideology. Our exclusive:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Naval Academy faculty to stop teaching on racism, sexism
After President Trump's recent DEI-focused executive order, Naval Academy faculty were told to stop teaching about systematic racism and sexism.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
So much for academic freedom at an accredited university
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president