Zaxxon Galaxian
@zaxxongalaxian.bsky.social
Ohio lawyer. Posts on politics, law, international affairs, urbanism, and environment. #Democrat #Climate #Ukraine
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Terrific piece from @davidoatkins.bsky.social on the real purposes behind Trump's economic agenda:
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...
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Trump's Tariffs Aren't Economics. They're a Cultural Purge | Washington Monthly
Trump's blunderbuss tariff policies are a declaration of war on the half of America that didn’t vote for him.
washingtonmonthly.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Terrific piece from @davidoatkins.bsky.social on the real purposes behind Trump's economic agenda:
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/08/t...
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Trump is trying to create an imperialist self-sufficient manufacturing autarky that invades its neighbors for natural resources. What he will get instead is a Great Depression on steroids.
From WH pool: Trump is considering tariffs on pharmaceuticals
April 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Trump is trying to create an imperialist self-sufficient manufacturing autarky that invades its neighbors for natural resources. What he will get instead is a Great Depression on steroids.
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I can't think of any country that has ever committed suicide like this outside of waging a foolish war. It's unprecedented.
April 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I can't think of any country that has ever committed suicide like this outside of waging a foolish war. It's unprecedented.
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What is happening right now — and adding the bond market crash to the list of issues — is solely a creation of the President of the United States and everyone who enabled him in this foolish endeavor.
April 9, 2025 at 6:29 AM
What is happening right now — and adding the bond market crash to the list of issues — is solely a creation of the President of the United States and everyone who enabled him in this foolish endeavor.
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Fox News kept telling its viewers that Kamala was the dumb one.
April 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Fox News kept telling its viewers that Kamala was the dumb one.
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wow the three month orgy of breaking long-standing agreements, abrogating contracts and shredding the constitution has damaged the full faith and credit of the united states that the entire global financial system rests on?
might've been a bigger deal that Tim Walz' national guard retirement idk
might've been a bigger deal that Tim Walz' national guard retirement idk
April 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
wow the three month orgy of breaking long-standing agreements, abrogating contracts and shredding the constitution has damaged the full faith and credit of the united states that the entire global financial system rests on?
might've been a bigger deal that Tim Walz' national guard retirement idk
might've been a bigger deal that Tim Walz' national guard retirement idk
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So from my uniquely weird perspective after living in the UK through Brexit, being in India during Modi's demonetization, and living in Brazil when the real tanked during the Bolsonaro administration, I can confidentally say that Americans do not and can not understand how bad this is going to be.
Every damned word of this 4-graf brief, except “By WSJ Staff,” should scare the bejeesus out of you this morning.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
April 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
So from my uniquely weird perspective after living in the UK through Brexit, being in India during Modi's demonetization, and living in Brazil when the real tanked during the Bolsonaro administration, I can confidentally say that Americans do not and can not understand how bad this is going to be.
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Every damned word of this 4-graf brief, except “By WSJ Staff,” should scare the bejeesus out of you this morning.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
April 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Every damned word of this 4-graf brief, except “By WSJ Staff,” should scare the bejeesus out of you this morning.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Exactly. He’s a malignant narcissist, a narcissistic sociopath, a megalomaniac.
It’s all about this.
Some of us tried to warn everyone.
It’s all about this.
Some of us tried to warn everyone.
Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior.
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
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But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
April 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Exactly. He’s a malignant narcissist, a narcissistic sociopath, a megalomaniac.
It’s all about this.
Some of us tried to warn everyone.
It’s all about this.
Some of us tried to warn everyone.
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I didn't want this. I said something like it would happen, and implored America to take a different path.
But a plurality of voters wanted this.
Finance and business wanted this, and backed it with money.
SCOTUS wanted this, so badly they twisted the Constitution to get it.
This all was a choice.
But a plurality of voters wanted this.
Finance and business wanted this, and backed it with money.
SCOTUS wanted this, so badly they twisted the Constitution to get it.
This all was a choice.
April 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I didn't want this. I said something like it would happen, and implored America to take a different path.
But a plurality of voters wanted this.
Finance and business wanted this, and backed it with money.
SCOTUS wanted this, so badly they twisted the Constitution to get it.
This all was a choice.
But a plurality of voters wanted this.
Finance and business wanted this, and backed it with money.
SCOTUS wanted this, so badly they twisted the Constitution to get it.
This all was a choice.
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If you believe this, have I got a Bible to sell you.
April 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If you believe this, have I got a Bible to sell you.
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In any other administration, the president would already be huddled with advisors trying to stave off collapse
April 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
In any other administration, the president would already be huddled with advisors trying to stave off collapse
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All of this could have been avoided if enough people had just decided to vote for a competent Black Indian woman.
Racism...the downfall of America.
Racism...the downfall of America.
April 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
All of this could have been avoided if enough people had just decided to vote for a competent Black Indian woman.
Racism...the downfall of America.
Racism...the downfall of America.
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#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
This is going to devastate our climate & our national environment. It would take centuries to recover our forests.
This is going to devastate our climate & our national environment. It would take centuries to recover our forests.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
This is going to devastate our climate & our national environment. It would take centuries to recover our forests.
This is going to devastate our climate & our national environment. It would take centuries to recover our forests.
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China just announced 84% tariffs on the US.
There is no winner in a global trade war.
This isn’t a negotiation, it’s an economic pissing contest that is going to ruin the economies of several nations if people don’t get their shit together.
There is no winner in a global trade war.
This isn’t a negotiation, it’s an economic pissing contest that is going to ruin the economies of several nations if people don’t get their shit together.
April 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
China just announced 84% tariffs on the US.
There is no winner in a global trade war.
This isn’t a negotiation, it’s an economic pissing contest that is going to ruin the economies of several nations if people don’t get their shit together.
There is no winner in a global trade war.
This isn’t a negotiation, it’s an economic pissing contest that is going to ruin the economies of several nations if people don’t get their shit together.
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The Fed didn’t come to his rescue. China didn’t cave. Now he’s begging Congress to bail him out.
April 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Fed didn’t come to his rescue. China didn’t cave. Now he’s begging Congress to bail him out.
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The bond market shows capital flight from the United States, with people selling off US debt.
It’s the opposite of what usually happens during economic turmoil, when people buy US debt because they think it’s the safest asset in the world.
The US-led global economic system is dead. By suicide.
It’s the opposite of what usually happens during economic turmoil, when people buy US debt because they think it’s the safest asset in the world.
The US-led global economic system is dead. By suicide.
April 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The bond market shows capital flight from the United States, with people selling off US debt.
It’s the opposite of what usually happens during economic turmoil, when people buy US debt because they think it’s the safest asset in the world.
The US-led global economic system is dead. By suicide.
It’s the opposite of what usually happens during economic turmoil, when people buy US debt because they think it’s the safest asset in the world.
The US-led global economic system is dead. By suicide.
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This isn’t a trade war against China and the rest of the world.
It’s an economic war against working class America.
It’s an economic war against working class America.
April 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This isn’t a trade war against China and the rest of the world.
It’s an economic war against working class America.
It’s an economic war against working class America.
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"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
(April 8, 2025)
(April 8, 2025)
April 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
(April 8, 2025)
(April 8, 2025)
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The President has chosen to intentionally crash the U.S. economy and financial system by doing things which have been ridiculed in every intro macroeconomics class for the past 80+ years. Those with the power to stop him refuse to do so because they hate minorities.
April 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The President has chosen to intentionally crash the U.S. economy and financial system by doing things which have been ridiculed in every intro macroeconomics class for the past 80+ years. Those with the power to stop him refuse to do so because they hate minorities.
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Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
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Wildfires out west, the Ohio valley getting record breaking rainfall after getting 64+ tornados the previous day, but the convicted felon is pushing COAL mining and reversing course on environmental protection because climate change is just a hoax in his overinflated empty skull.
April 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Wildfires out west, the Ohio valley getting record breaking rainfall after getting 64+ tornados the previous day, but the convicted felon is pushing COAL mining and reversing course on environmental protection because climate change is just a hoax in his overinflated empty skull.
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Expect less and pricier salmon www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
NOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Years of Salmon Harvests
In Washington, where salmon is a multibillion dollar industry, government staff terminations and budget freezes may put salmon production at risk.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Expect less and pricier salmon www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
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“This does not just affect North Carolina,” Riggs said. “This is like dropping a match in a really dry forest. And if we let this kind of anti-democratic effort take hold, we will not be able to contain it. So this is a fight for the very soul of democracy. Today’s decision was deeply misinformed.”
Allison Riggs: 'This is a fight for the very soul of democracy'
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“This does not just affect North Carolina,” Riggs said. “This is like dropping a match in a really dry forest. And if we let this kind of anti-democratic effort take hold, we will not be able to contain it. So this is a fight for the very soul of democracy. Today’s decision was deeply misinformed.”
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Again, worth at the last considering the possibility that he’s a malevolent idiot who has no idea what he’s doing.
April 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Again, worth at the last considering the possibility that he’s a malevolent idiot who has no idea what he’s doing.