Jeff Goliver
@jeffgoliver.bsky.social
I get more liberal capitalist as I get older. Favorite painting is Picasso’s Guernica. Favorite biography which I waited too long to read is FDR by Jean Edward Smith. Other favorites are Eisenhower and The Last Lion.
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Americans are spending more but getting less.
Although overall US online shopping increased 3% on Black Friday, it was driven by a 7% jump in the average selling price, according to Salesforce. https://cnn.it/48cFAND
Although overall US online shopping increased 3% on Black Friday, it was driven by a 7% jump in the average selling price, according to Salesforce. https://cnn.it/48cFAND
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Americans are spending more but getting less.
Although overall US online shopping increased 3% on Black Friday, it was driven by a 7% jump in the average selling price, according to Salesforce. https://cnn.it/48cFAND
Although overall US online shopping increased 3% on Black Friday, it was driven by a 7% jump in the average selling price, according to Salesforce. https://cnn.it/48cFAND
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Exhibit 926 in criminal contempt proceedings. Noem’s declaration is due Friday to Judge Boasberg.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Exhibit 926 in criminal contempt proceedings. Noem’s declaration is due Friday to Judge Boasberg.
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Joni Ernst must be so proud.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Joni Ernst must be so proud.
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The Trump administration's continued focus on immigration enforcement is letting gun crime off the hook.
The number of weapons seized by DHS dropped 73% compared to last year.
Keep in mind, immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans. These shifts make us all less safe.
The number of weapons seized by DHS dropped 73% compared to last year.
Keep in mind, immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans. These shifts make us all less safe.
Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Trump administration's continued focus on immigration enforcement is letting gun crime off the hook.
The number of weapons seized by DHS dropped 73% compared to last year.
Keep in mind, immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans. These shifts make us all less safe.
The number of weapons seized by DHS dropped 73% compared to last year.
Keep in mind, immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans. These shifts make us all less safe.
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Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
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You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
I follower a few defense experts.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
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Honestly, no officer should need advice to decide if "kill these guys flailing around in the water" is a legal order
My understanding is that, at the height of the "drone war on terror" that when the military officer thought the legality of a particular strike was legally dubious, they'd have a CIA guy actually "pull the trigger". I wonder if that is happening in our current "War on Fishing Boats"?
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Honestly, no officer should need advice to decide if "kill these guys flailing around in the water" is a legal order
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The Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House this week underwent thorough vetting by counterterrorism authorities before entering the U.S., according to people with direct knowledge of the case.
Counterterrorism officials vetted Guard shooting suspect before he entered U.S.
Individuals with knowledge of the process that Rahmanullah Lakanwal went through contradicted senior Trump officials’ claim that he was not scrutinized.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House this week underwent thorough vetting by counterterrorism authorities before entering the U.S., according to people with direct knowledge of the case.
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Straight up war crime
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Straight up war crime
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November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Listen, Trump. Your continued threats will not intimidate me or keep me from doing my job, which includes oversight of the executive branch.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
New threats from Trump:
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Listen, Trump. Your continued threats will not intimidate me or keep me from doing my job, which includes oversight of the executive branch.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
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European leaders have rejected the 28 points presented to Ukraine by the US.
Talks in Geneva Sunday with US, Ukraine (Yermak), E3: Germany, France, UK, and Italy on top adviser level.
Talks in Geneva Sunday with US, Ukraine (Yermak), E3: Germany, France, UK, and Italy on top adviser level.
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
European leaders have rejected the 28 points presented to Ukraine by the US.
Talks in Geneva Sunday with US, Ukraine (Yermak), E3: Germany, France, UK, and Italy on top adviser level.
Talks in Geneva Sunday with US, Ukraine (Yermak), E3: Germany, France, UK, and Italy on top adviser level.
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"From Texas to Pennsylvania to Ohio, Democrat-backed candidates ran successful campaigns in some of the nation’s largest school systems. The trend was enabled by voters’ increasing weariness with the culture wars that helped MAGA..."
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politi.co/3JXnWnP
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
politi.co
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"From Texas to Pennsylvania to Ohio, Democrat-backed candidates ran successful campaigns in some of the nation’s largest school systems. The trend was enabled by voters’ increasing weariness with the culture wars that helped MAGA..."
politi.co/3JXnWnP
politi.co/3JXnWnP
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It has been unusual how much the Fed has discussed inequality due to how blunt and poorly designed their tools are in dealing with it.
The reason is due to outsized role affluent consumers play in supporting economic gains and inflation, notably among luxury goods and services.
The reason is due to outsized role affluent consumers play in supporting economic gains and inflation, notably among luxury goods and services.
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It has been unusual how much the Fed has discussed inequality due to how blunt and poorly designed their tools are in dealing with it.
The reason is due to outsized role affluent consumers play in supporting economic gains and inflation, notably among luxury goods and services.
The reason is due to outsized role affluent consumers play in supporting economic gains and inflation, notably among luxury goods and services.
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A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump tried to silence a child he's accused of molesting by allegedly promising money from a reparations payment he claims was coming his way, according to a report.
Jan. 6 rioter offered Trump reparations to silence girl he's accused of molesting: report
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump tried to silence a child he's accused of molesting by allegedly promising money from a reparations payment he claims was coming his way, according to a report.Andrew Paul Johnson was arraigned last month in a Florida court on multiple charges, inclu...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump tried to silence a child he's accused of molesting by allegedly promising money from a reparations payment he claims was coming his way, according to a report.
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South Dakota farmer: For Trump, the welfare of the American farmer is not in his best interests. And he's compounded that lately now with the beef issue. When we look back to what the slogan was a year ago, America first, well, it's Argentina first. It's all about protecting billionaires' pockets
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
South Dakota farmer: For Trump, the welfare of the American farmer is not in his best interests. And he's compounded that lately now with the beef issue. When we look back to what the slogan was a year ago, America first, well, it's Argentina first. It's all about protecting billionaires' pockets
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The information contradicts the Trump administration's narrative that it is targeting the "worst of the worst" when conducting immigration enforcement. and seems to violate a 2022 federal consent decree that puts strong conditions on warrantless arrests. n.pr/4i6rNLX
DOJ records show hundreds of immigrants arrested in Chicago had no criminal records
The information contradicts the Trump administration's narrative that it is targeting the "worst of the worst" when conducting immigration enforcement. and seems to violate a 2022 federal consent decree that puts strong conditions on warrantless arrests.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The information contradicts the Trump administration's narrative that it is targeting the "worst of the worst" when conducting immigration enforcement. and seems to violate a 2022 federal consent decree that puts strong conditions on warrantless arrests. n.pr/4i6rNLX
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How much we've collected in tariff revenue vs. cost of Trump's $2,000-for-almost-everyone "tariff dividend" plan, via @pbump.com
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
How much we've collected in tariff revenue vs. cost of Trump's $2,000-for-almost-everyone "tariff dividend" plan, via @pbump.com
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
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When President Trump proposed the introduction of a 50-year mortgage, he challenged a bedrock of the U.S. housing market and financial system. He also revealed how desperate his administration is to lower prices for consumers.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
Unpacking Trump’s 50-Year Mortgage Proposal
The Trump administration is recasting its economic messaging to try to show that it is serious about the nation’s affordability crisis.
nyti.ms
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When President Trump proposed the introduction of a 50-year mortgage, he challenged a bedrock of the U.S. housing market and financial system. He also revealed how desperate his administration is to lower prices for consumers.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
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They interfered with Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion during his reelection campaign.
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 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
They interfered with Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion during his reelection campaign.
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What once seemed destined to become a Republican rout has been fought closer to a stalemate. A bitter pill for the House’s California Republicans, who appear to have lost their careers for basically nothing.
The latest Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-kick...
The latest Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-kick...
Trump Kicks California Republicans Into the Abyss
As their districts disappear and their careers in Congress end, few admit their own party is to blame.
www.thebulwark.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What once seemed destined to become a Republican rout has been fought closer to a stalemate. A bitter pill for the House’s California Republicans, who appear to have lost their careers for basically nothing.
The latest Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-kick...
The latest Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-kick...
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The steep tariffs imposed by President Trump have magnified the economic strain of an already volatile coffee market, leaving shop owners with the question: Can they absorb some of those increased costs without putting themselves out of business?
Tariffs are testing your neighborhood coffee shop
Coffee shops across the country are wrestling with how to remain affordable “third spaces” under the weight of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The steep tariffs imposed by President Trump have magnified the economic strain of an already volatile coffee market, leaving shop owners with the question: Can they absorb some of those increased costs without putting themselves out of business?
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"don't worry, he's just into 15-year-olds" perhaps not as exculpatory as you think
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
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 5:21 PM
"don't worry, he's just into 15-year-olds" perhaps not as exculpatory as you think
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.
Also 15-year-olds are not "barely legal." They are minors.