Econbert
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Happy to be here! Part-time deep-state economist....for now.
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Flashback: Secret Russian papers showed that Vladimir Putin and his underlings saw Donald Trump as "mentally unstable" and would foment American and global divisions while enabling Russia to have more geopolitical power.
This did not get enough play in 2021 when it was first reported.
This did not get enough play in 2021 when it was first reported.
Kremlin papers appear to show Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House
Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Flashback: Secret Russian papers showed that Vladimir Putin and his underlings saw Donald Trump as "mentally unstable" and would foment American and global divisions while enabling Russia to have more geopolitical power.
This did not get enough play in 2021 when it was first reported.
This did not get enough play in 2021 when it was first reported.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
FFS
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 2:25 PM
FFS
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Remember: if Ted Cruz is seen in Texas in January, it means spring is coming early. If he isn't seen in Texas in January, it means six more weeks of winter.
January 21, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Remember: if Ted Cruz is seen in Texas in January, it means spring is coming early. If he isn't seen in Texas in January, it means six more weeks of winter.
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Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
DHS ICE memo 1-21-26
www.documentcloud.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Sauer sounds like RFK. Are they both crack smokers?
January 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Sauer sounds like RFK. Are they both crack smokers?
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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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The tactical formation is mostly there to prevent him from being vacuumed into a Roomba.
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The tactical formation is mostly there to prevent him from being vacuumed into a Roomba.
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Tariffs popped America's manufacturing bubble. #econsky
Not one but TWO big pieces today on how America’s manufacturing boom went bust.
(Thanks, tariffs.) 🤡
@scottlincicome.bsky.social
@davidjlynch.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
(Thanks, tariffs.) 🤡
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@davidjlynch.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Tariffs popped America's manufacturing bubble. #econsky
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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Who honestly supports this shit?
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Who honestly supports this shit?
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
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"Argentina's done it. Russia's done it. Turkey's done it. Venezuela's done it. And Zimbabwe's done it. It's a thing that tin pot dictators do... right before starting a hyperinflation and destroying their own economies."
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
"Argentina's done it. Russia's done it. Turkey's done it. Venezuela's done it. And Zimbabwe's done it. It's a thing that tin pot dictators do... right before starting a hyperinflation and destroying their own economies."
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Sending jack-booted thugs to invade American cities.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
January 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Sending jack-booted thugs to invade American cities.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
Unilaterally launching wars and plundering foreign nations.
Suspending funding for states that voted against him.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare Republicans have always warned us about.
And yet they're silent.
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checking in on the president of the United States
January 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
checking in on the president of the United States
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lesson learned from this thread: never interact with any rando on bluesky when they are so culturally and politically illiterate and flat-brained that a satirical and precise visual reference to one of the most famous anti-authoritarian images in modern history confounds or infuriates them.
January 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
lesson learned from this thread: never interact with any rando on bluesky when they are so culturally and politically illiterate and flat-brained that a satirical and precise visual reference to one of the most famous anti-authoritarian images in modern history confounds or infuriates them.
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Is someone gonna tell him?
January 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Is someone gonna tell him?
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"I would love to go shopping tomorrow with my DOGE dividends. I'm going shopping with my tariff dividend... I love this new health care plan, which costs nothing."
Point is, there are two Trumps.
What he says: Populist giveaways
What he does: Tax cuts straight from the Republican country club.
Point is, there are two Trumps.
What he says: Populist giveaways
What he does: Tax cuts straight from the Republican country club.
January 10, 2026 at 1:51 PM
"I would love to go shopping tomorrow with my DOGE dividends. I'm going shopping with my tariff dividend... I love this new health care plan, which costs nothing."
Point is, there are two Trumps.
What he says: Populist giveaways
What he does: Tax cuts straight from the Republican country club.
Point is, there are two Trumps.
What he says: Populist giveaways
What he does: Tax cuts straight from the Republican country club.
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
An upside down pyramid is incredibly unstable. I guess I will have a stick of butter for lunch.
January 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
An upside down pyramid is incredibly unstable. I guess I will have a stick of butter for lunch.