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James Markey
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Micah 6:8 - do justice, love kindness, walk humbly. No king but Christ. Finance dude, geriatric bboy, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes fan. I have friends everywhere. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇨🇴🇳🇱
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James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · Aug 29
I’ve got a wild idea here…

What if, now stay with me…

What if Christians were to check the wisdom of the scriptures for how to treat immigrants?
jamesmarkey7.bsky.social James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · Aug 29
““ ‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”
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Leviticus‬ ‭19‬:‭33‬-‭34‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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Leviticus 19:34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God. | New International Version (NIV)...
The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
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James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · 9m
One thing I was mentioning in a sub thread was the budget already had some growth built in from prior administration.

And like whole ACA fight involves changes starting in January.
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James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · 14m
This is a great summary.
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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 23m
1. Huge increases for ICE/DHS, increase for DOD
2. Many cut civil servants got pay until 9/30, or lump retirement incentives, or at least a few months severance, so salary savings not apparent yet
3. Ditto contract termination time / fees
3. USAID, NSF, NIH slashed but small vs total spending
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James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · 22m
The bulk of any actions taken this year will alter 2026 outlays.

We were on a trajectory put in place during the prior administration for higher spending. Would have been higher if not for some of the cuts we’ve seen.

But overall it’s fair to say people assume spending has collapsed immediately.
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Bill McBride @calculatedrisk.bsky.social · 30m
LA Ports: Imports and Exports Down YoY in September
www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/10/la-p...

This is the 10th consecutive month with exports down YoY.
LA Ports: Imports and Exports Down YoY in September
Container traffic gives us an idea about the volume of goods being exported and imported - and usually some hints about the trade report si...
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 45m
"greatest economy in the history of the world"

US OCT. PHILADELPHIA FED NON-MANUFACTURING INDEX -22.2

(Survey -2.4)
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Michael Santoli @michaelsantoli.bsky.social · 1h
JP Morgan's downgrade of Goldman Sachs (by a London-based analyst) serves as a kind of shadow downgrade of JPM itself based on the rationale behind the call.

For comparison, JPM trades at 13.3x 2027 forecast earnings and 2.8x tangible book value.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1h
The US military is bombing fishing boats to murder innocent people for sport and theater.
timobrien.bsky.social Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 1h
The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean was released by authorities in Ecuador after prosecutors said they had no evidence he committed a crime.
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Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of US strike in Caribbean committed any crime
He was released by authorities in the South American nation.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
Ways that companies plan to offset tariff-related cost increases:

1. Raise prices

2. Cut capital spending

3. Reduce hiring

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James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · 18h
“We don’t need to build more housing” some say.

Counterpoint👇
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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 18h
That was one beautiful bill.
bubsdad.bsky.social Bubba's Dad @bubsdad.bsky.social · 20h
Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d
Battery deflation not letting up one bit

*CATL 3Q NET INCOME 18.5B YUAN, EST. 18.58B YUAN
*CATL 3Q REV. 104.19B YUAN, EST. 120.9B YUAN
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 1d
22 arrests.
All Maga.
Including this armed terrorist with a gun who assaulted a woman.
I think we know who the violent ones are.
#NoKings
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 1d
“We are normal, well-adjusted, and sane” says member of the party that invented the “diarrhea plane.”
Tomi Lahren tweet The Libs are very proud of their protest crowd sizes. They say it was 7 million. President Trump won: *the electoral college *the popular vote *every swing state You are VASTLY outnumbered, we just don't spend our Saturdays with homemade signs and rage. We don't need to. We are normal, well-adjusted, and sane.
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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 1d
Trump's approval rating in Texas (-19%) is lower than it is in Virginia (-14%)

www.economist.com/interactive/...
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James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · 1d
AMEN
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d
At this point, if you're interviewing a Republican about the president's latest transgression and you *don't* have the video or post or whatever cued up and ready to show them when they pretend they haven't seen it yet -- I'm just going to assume you're in on the con yourself.
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James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · 1d
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d
Republicans say they like fascism and Democrats say that they are against it. The truth is more complicated.
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James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · 1d
Found a decent starting off point to try for rebuilding society:
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James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · 1d
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James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · 1d
We long for a return to the days of old…

When our leaders had a tinge of shame and self awareness.
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d
The Peace President threatens to invade a country he whose name he can’t spell.
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James Markey @jamesmarkey7.bsky.social · 1d
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Mixed Martial Mathers @seantg.bsky.social · 2d
Barack Obama the failed president held this office for 8 years and not once did he drop as much diarrhea as we did on one day. I came in and they said it couldn't be done. not since Woodrow Wilson have they even thought of it.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 2d
Per wiki, Raleigh County WV - which Beckley is the county seat of - went 76% for Trump in 2024 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh...
Election results chart showing what I mentioned in the tweet
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