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Rick @rickwebb.net · 7h

First they start seizing industry and the means of production. Now they introduce price controls. Tennessee Valley Authority's got nothing on Trump.

Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 7h

Socialism .

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/t...

Trump administration will set price floors across range of industries to combat China, Bessent says

China has driven foreign competitors out of business over the past two decades by using its market dominance to slash prices, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 19h

Car line chaos, mood stabilization, what are young dudes into, loveliescrushing, Bari bitching

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1585

Car line chaos, mood stabilization, what are young dudes into, loveliescrushing, Bari bitching

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 1d

"Yet."

Even he knows.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

Rick @rickwebb.net · 1d

Political angst, Sananda Maitreya, a plea for helping my friend Annie, a theory of asphalt work, Jane school mystery

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1584

Political angst, Sananda Maitreya, a plea for helping my friend Annie, a theory of asphalt work, Jane school mystery

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 2d

A dream of Copenhagen, Band-Aid organization brilliance, studio construction work, they let us into the Gym.

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1583

A dream of Copenhagen, Band-Aid organization brilliance, studio construction work, they let us into the Gym.

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 3d

Real missed opportunity for Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer. RIP Phil.

Rick @rickwebb.net · 5d

Happy Abriction day. Winter Egg auction. Crappy school software. Mysterious asphalt.

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1582

Happy Abriction day. Winter Egg auction. Crappy school software. Mysterious asphalt.

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 6d

Nick Cave's "No more Shall We Part." Assorted reader updates. How fun would it be to monetize AI if you had no moral code. Even if it won't work.

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1581

Nick Cave's "No more Shall We Part." Assorted reader updates. How fun would it be to monetize AI if you had no moral code. Even if it won't work.

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 7d

Someone should just ask whether he would send the guard to Illinois if they were assisting with a flood, or landslide or something.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7d

Nobody in the blue states asked for your “help,” Greg.

Tweet from Greg Abbott showing members of the Texas National Guard boarding a large military cargo plane on a runway at sunrise. Text reads:
“The elite Texas National Guard.
Ever ready.
Deploying now.”

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 8d

Swans at the Paradise

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1579

Swans at the Paradise.

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 11d

Yo Economist your ownership is showing.

The Economist @economist.com · 11d

Economists are aware of the problems that wealth taxes face. A growing number support their reintroduction regardless. That is a mistake

Don’t tax wealth

Even the most sophisticated arguments in favour of doing so make no sense

econ.st

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 12d

It's time for Tim to go.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13d

Apple agreed with the Trump admin’s demands that they remove apps that helped people track ICE agents from the Apple Store: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

www.nytimes.com

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 12d

Thoughts on the new Taylor album. A rare single-topic issue.

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1577

Thoughts on the new Taylor album. A rare single-topic issue.

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 13d

A lot about of words about assorted music, an update on two book projects.

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1576

A lot about of words about assorted music, an update on two book projects.

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 14d

Fucking bread week no plaiting this is fucking bullshit

Rick @rickwebb.net · 14d

Fascism exhaustion, teachers with kids in school, roadside mysteries, Jane takes a fall, EA, Ek, an inappropriate baby corn story.

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1575

Fascism exhaustion, teachers with kids in school, roadside mysteries, Jane takes a fall, EA, Ek, an inappropriate baby corn story.

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 15d

How much longer can I get away with faking it whenever someone sends me a Tiktok link

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 15d

Sharon Van Etten at Cat's Cradle, Real Wild Child returns, post-op clapping is hard, parental photo scanning

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1574

Sharon Van Etten at Cat's Cradle, Real Wild Child returns, post-op clapping is hard, parental photo scanning

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 16d

A weekend of sorting through parental memories. The Google anti-trust decision. NIN back catalog. An ode to Vuescan and Hamrick software.

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1573

A weekend of sorting through parental memories. The Google anti-trust decision. NIN back catalog. An ode to Vuescan and Hamrick software.

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 18d

The constitution is kinda garbage, it's true. But designing an effective system is not impossible! It could probably even be done through amendments. Probably. Maybe.

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Rick @rickwebb.net · 18d

If you have a 70, 80% majority, sure. But with the numbers these guys have? Change those two things and they'd be in an impossible position. They'd not have the house; they'd not have the courts.

Rick @rickwebb.net · 18d

This is so fatalistic. A ban on gerrymandering, and a reformed Supreme Court more impervious to packing and a lot of what's happening would be impossible.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18d

TBH there is no way to design any system to counteract an executive declaring "I have all power and can exercise it arbitrarily" when a majority of the legislative and judicial branches responds with "that's right." Such a society is too primitive for modern governance and the rule of law.

Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 18d

Again, this is what I mean when I say the Constitution is broken

Which of the institutions it establishes, exactly, ISN'T broken?? Which is acting to maintain the constitutional order?