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Cullen Hendrix
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Senior Fellow at Peterson Institute. Sustainability, security, and political economy. Heart masquerading as head since 1977.

You may not believe in climate change, but your insurance company does.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 4d
Choking off the supply of student-grade instruments with tariffs means fewer players (and customers) for US instrument makers down the line.

This is eating an industry's seed corn. My latest for @piie.com.

www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
The trade war’s hidden victims: Beginner musicians and school music budgets
This holiday season, aspiring musicians may be priced out before they ever unwrap their first instrument—courtesy of US tariff policy. With eight months of trade data to assess, the effects of the Tru...
www.piie.com

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 1h
Some time soon, something bad will happen to the United States. It always does - natural disasters don't care about politics and don't care if you're prepared. And when it does, this will be the second-in-command of FEMA.

We deserve better.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.

My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 1h
Please tell me it's just me and that @noaa.gov @climate.noaa.gov has not discontinued hosting the Oceanic Niño Index, one of the most important tools for monitoring the most important source of year-to-year variability in global climate.

origin.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...
origin.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.

My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co

Reposted by Steve Peers, Mark D. White, Paul Goldstein , and 9 more

atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 2d
I mean I've probably seen this 10x that many times
a man with a red lip and the words jack burton
ALT: a man with a red lip and the words jack burton
media.tenor.com

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2d
Affordability concerns are real because:
- Tariffs raise import costs
- Deportations make it harder to harvest crops
- Attacking Obamacare hikes premiums
- Budget deficits raise mortgage payments
- Undermining the Fed risks inflation.

It's not a hoax; it's a policy choice.

cullenhendrix.bsky.social
Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 2d
His play is a weakened regulatory environment and that European countries will hang separately.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 2d
To be fair, it's not like Nebraska's economy depends on the weather.
stevebrusatte.bsky.social Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 3d
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.

One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.

When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
celestelabedz.bsky.social Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 3d
It's over.

Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.

www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...

Reposted by Juan Moreno, Scott L. Greer, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 3 more

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Nandita Sharma, Martin Paul Eve , and 13 more

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 3d
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.

One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.

When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
celestelabedz.bsky.social Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 3d
It's over.

Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.

www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com

cullenhendrix.bsky.social
Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 3d
Got mine as well.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 4d
Yeah, put a pin in this one.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 4d
We had to destroy limited government in order to save it

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 4d
This was a mind-bending read.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 4d
Same response. Jaw-dropping.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 4d
Love the Bronco-style body with the oversized humbucker. And the tortoise-shell pick guard over black is gorgeous!

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 4d
Y'all, this new National Security Strategy is WILD.

"Continental Europe has been losing share of global GDP—down from 25 percent in 1990 to 14 percent today ... But this economic decline is eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure."

Reposted by Cullen S. Hendrix

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 5d
In a new @gallup.com survey, 33% of Americans say it's a good time to find a quality job. That's the lowest percentage since the final days of Trump's first term, during the pandemic. news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...
Line chart from Gallup showing a decline in the percentage of Americans who say it's a good time to find a quality job.

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 5d
New from me at the @CatoInstitute blog: "For US Businesses, Tariff Complexity Is 'Death by a Thousand Papercuts'" www.cato.org/blog/us-busi...

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Shannon Vallor, Philip N. Cohen , and 6 more

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 5d
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.

Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 6d
Honest question: has anyone even bothered to sane wash the pardon in print? Is anyone carrying water for this?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Q: You outlined the dangers posed by drugs. So what explanation do you have for Trump pardoning the former president of Honduras?

SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it

Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it?

MARSHALL: I haven't researched it

Reposted by Cullen S. Hendrix

piie.com
Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 6d
Long term, this is how the music dies, writes @cullenhendrix.bsky.social: when trade policy chokes off supply of beginner-grade instruments, impoverishing not just budget-conscious aspiring music makers but also reducing demand for higher-end US instruments.

Read:
The trade war’s hidden victims: Beginner musicians and school music budgets
This holiday season, aspiring musicians may be priced out before they ever unwrap their first instrument—courtesy of US tariff policy. With eight months of trade data to assess, the effects of the Tru...
www.piie.com

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 6d
Tariffs and economic uncertainty are hurting US musical instrument imports that serve the beginner market. The beginner of today is the big spender of tomorrow. Cutting off access for starter instruments eats the US musical instrument industry's seed corn. Via @piie.com

www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
The figure shows year-over-year changes (2024 vs. 2025) in US musical instrument trade from January to August, highlighting a clear split between weakening imports and relatively stable exports. Overall imports of instruments and parts are down 9 percent, with sharp declines in student- and school-oriented categories such as pianos (HS 9201, -20.3 percent), violins and cellos (HS 9202, -10.8 percent), wind instruments (HS 9205, -27 percent), and percussion (HS 9206, -11.3 percent). Exports, by contrast, are only 1.8 percent lower overall. The one major import outlier is electric instruments (HS 9207, +2.6 percent), suggesting resilient demand for guitars, synths, and other creator-economy gear even as other segments soften. The data point to three dynamics shaping the market in 2025.

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atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Q: You outlined the dangers posed by drugs. So what explanation do you have for Trump pardoning the former president of Honduras?

SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it

Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it?

MARSHALL: I haven't researched it

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 6d
Good idea but will want to see the details on how they are compensated.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 8d
Bingo. It creates monsters on both sides.
opinionhaver.bsky.social William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 8d
there's a lot of dumb shit that you can pin on media and how Americans perceive the world but it is a little unfair that Sicario became the "cool badass operators taking out cartel guys" movie for morons because the very explicit text of both movies is that none of that shit works

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 8d
there's a lot of dumb shit that you can pin on media and how Americans perceive the world but it is a little unfair that Sicario became the "cool badass operators taking out cartel guys" movie for morons because the very explicit text of both movies is that none of that shit works

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 9d
At LSU? Subsidize the athletic program. Or at least it seems that way.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 9d
The champion of the common man strikes again!
jeisinger.bsky.social Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 9d
$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme

7: Years of his sentence

10,000: Victims of his fraud

1,000: Letters from victims to the court

13: Days he served

1: Pardon from Trump

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com