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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · 9d

Dictators and monarchs have always put themselves on coins while alive, going back to the Roman Empire. This is literally and figuratively Un-American.

#NoKings

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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · 18d

Regardless of your position on the government shutdown, can we all agree that members of Congress should NOT get paid so long as the government is shutdown—along with other federal workers on furlough? They caused this mess and they are the ones getting paid without interruption?
#shutdown #Congress

pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · 29d

#escalator

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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Sep 24

The (unambiguous) 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution:

“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice…”

#thirdterm #Constitution #RuleofLaw #TwentySecondAmendment

pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Sep 19

#Tariffs are NOT paid by exporting countries but by importers: US companies, from the largest multinationals to smallest mom-and-pop businesses. Every dollar of revenue added via tariffs is a dollar spent by a US employer or consumer. My ibj.com column, online & print: www.ibj.com/articles/pie...

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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Sep 16

To all those people who, all of a sudden, have discovered “hate speech,” and want to ban, persecute, or prosecute those who say things they don’t like or find offensive: in addition to re-reading the First Amendment, you should re-read Charlie Kirk.

#CharlieKirk #freespeech #censorship #hatespeech

pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Sep 13

#CharlieKirk #politicalviolence #radicalization

pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Sep 11

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is sadly the latest in a long line of recent acts of political violence across the political spectrum. Political violence has become a pathology of the American polity.

#CharlieKirk #politicalviolence

pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Sep 11

Remembering and thinking of the victims and survivors on this 24th anniversary of 9/11.

#September11

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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Sep 10

I was not a fan of #CharlieKirk or many of the ideas he stood for, but unlike many, he was always willing to engage in civil debate. Political violence should NEVER be a response to disagreement in a democracy. Americans across the political spectrum should denounce his assassination, as do I.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Sep 5

Sen. John Kennedy wants the National Guard in New Orleans because there aren't enough cops. "He's not a commentator on Fox. He's a senator. What they could do is pass a bill that gives funding to local jurisdictions to hire more police."

@timmiller.bsky.social joined by @markhertling.bsky.social

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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Sep 5

The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?

I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.

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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Sep 5

The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?

I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.

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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Sep 5

The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?

I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.

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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Sep 5

The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?

I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.

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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · Aug 30

“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.”

My latest in @thebulwark.com

www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...

Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military

If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.

www.thebulwark.com

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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Aug 30

As an American, and as a comparative political scientist, I NEVER thought I would see this in my own country.

#CultofPersonality #totalitarian #authoritarian

pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Aug 13

President Harry S. Truman, Special Message to the Congress on the Internal Security of the United States, August 8, 1950:

#Authoritarianism #dictatorship #freespeech #dissent #democracy

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 3

Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Aug 4

Shooting the messenger so he can then create “alternative facts.”

#ErikaMcEntarfer #jobsnumbers #BLS #statistics #alternativefacts

pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Jul 17

Look at all the fake pictures made up by Obama, Hillary and Biden as part of the “Epstein Hoax.”

#EpsteinFiles

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · Jul 14

many trump supporters blame the “deep state” for covering up for jeffrey epstein.

trump got elected on being the deep-state killer.

so what now?

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Jul 9

Wonder why we're not getting that list... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzwE...

The List

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

www.youtube.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Jul 14

Stay on Epstein. Trump wants to distract you any way he can, because he knows the Epstein files can bury him. Don’t get off topic. Epstein is the story.

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pierreatlas.bsky.social @pierreatlas.bsky.social · Jul 14

Who will Trump bomb next to distract everyone from EpsteinGate?