k1da1983
@k1da1983.bsky.social
Economist. History nut. Politophile.
I don't suffer fools or criminals, so if you are either, go away.
Fight on my men, I am hurt, but I am not slain; I'll lay me down and bleed a-while, And then I'll rise and fight again.
-Andrew Barton
I don't suffer fools or criminals, so if you are either, go away.
Fight on my men, I am hurt, but I am not slain; I'll lay me down and bleed a-while, And then I'll rise and fight again.
-Andrew Barton
Until we understand poverty and gross inequality to be the forms of slavery that they are, we will make very little progress on it, as we have in the last 30 years.
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Until we understand poverty and gross inequality to be the forms of slavery that they are, we will make very little progress on it, as we have in the last 30 years.
Trump is ramping up for an illegal war in Venezuela over cartel trafficking after he freed one of the largest cartel traffickers in global history.
Just in time for the Epstein files.
Guess Americans need to die and be shot in order for Trump to save his own pedophile ass.
Disgusting
Just in time for the Epstein files.
Guess Americans need to die and be shot in order for Trump to save his own pedophile ass.
Disgusting
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Trump is ramping up for an illegal war in Venezuela over cartel trafficking after he freed one of the largest cartel traffickers in global history.
Just in time for the Epstein files.
Guess Americans need to die and be shot in order for Trump to save his own pedophile ass.
Disgusting
Just in time for the Epstein files.
Guess Americans need to die and be shot in order for Trump to save his own pedophile ass.
Disgusting
My dog Bones looks just like this, and he is the sweetest, most empathetic dog you could meet. So I do hope this dog can find a good home and a loving family for christmas.
The girl of your dreams!
🎄 We just have to find MELIA a forever home by Christmas 🎄
Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞
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Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞
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24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My dog Bones looks just like this, and he is the sweetest, most empathetic dog you could meet. So I do hope this dog can find a good home and a loving family for christmas.
Wasn't there supposed to be some mass boycott of Black Friday?
Guess that went down the shitter.
Too many good deals at Walmart and Amazon for the mass of consumers to turn down.
I really hate holidays because of this consumerism obsession.
Capitalism ruined Christmas.
Guess that went down the shitter.
Too many good deals at Walmart and Amazon for the mass of consumers to turn down.
I really hate holidays because of this consumerism obsession.
Capitalism ruined Christmas.
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Wasn't there supposed to be some mass boycott of Black Friday?
Guess that went down the shitter.
Too many good deals at Walmart and Amazon for the mass of consumers to turn down.
I really hate holidays because of this consumerism obsession.
Capitalism ruined Christmas.
Guess that went down the shitter.
Too many good deals at Walmart and Amazon for the mass of consumers to turn down.
I really hate holidays because of this consumerism obsession.
Capitalism ruined Christmas.
With polling of the Democratic brand at record lows, the party must embrace candidates willing to challenge entrenched corporate interests, fiercely oppose the Trump administration, and defy their own party’s orthodoxy.
Economic populism must rule the day. Too many are underwater for us not to.
Economic populism must rule the day. Too many are underwater for us not to.
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
With polling of the Democratic brand at record lows, the party must embrace candidates willing to challenge entrenched corporate interests, fiercely oppose the Trump administration, and defy their own party’s orthodoxy.
Economic populism must rule the day. Too many are underwater for us not to.
Economic populism must rule the day. Too many are underwater for us not to.
No matter what Trump may think, performative politics has a cost.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
No matter what Trump may think, performative politics has a cost.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
I often hear that people in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. However, it's important to recognize that this sense of disagreement isn't new; we have never been a uniform country in thought and purpose, even when it may have seemed that way.
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I often hear that people in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. However, it's important to recognize that this sense of disagreement isn't new; we have never been a uniform country in thought and purpose, even when it may have seemed that way.
We should all give thanks today for having such a working-class-minded President.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Donald Trump’s War on Christmas
It’s a bad year for shoppers. It’s a terrible year for small-business owners.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We should all give thanks today for having such a working-class-minded President.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Yeah, no s^$t. My 9-year-old has a better sense of what inflation is. But don't worry, kids, Daddy Donny is to the rescue.
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Trump Doesn’t Understand Inflation
Having promised to lower living costs, the president seems keen to make American life more expensive.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Yeah, no s^$t. My 9-year-old has a better sense of what inflation is. But don't worry, kids, Daddy Donny is to the rescue.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
In the long and short of it we are the authors of our own destruction or salvation as a nation. Stop looking for a Knight in shining armor to come save us from the disastrous experiment we are currently living through. It will be the anonymous millions who bring us out of this.
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
In the long and short of it we are the authors of our own destruction or salvation as a nation. Stop looking for a Knight in shining armor to come save us from the disastrous experiment we are currently living through. It will be the anonymous millions who bring us out of this.
We most certainly should prosecute these two for the public statements and political warfare they committed against anyone who didn't bend the knee.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump and Hegseth’s Hysterical Reaction to an Ad
For the president and his minions, loyalty is more important than legality.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We most certainly should prosecute these two for the public statements and political warfare they committed against anyone who didn't bend the knee.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Many of our issues with elected officials stem from the fact that we tend to choose candidates who are skilled at delivering catchy one-liners for sound bites rather than those who are committed to the hard and tedious work of governance.
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Many of our issues with elected officials stem from the fact that we tend to choose candidates who are skilled at delivering catchy one-liners for sound bites rather than those who are committed to the hard and tedious work of governance.
A significant reason for our current debt situation is that Americans have established extensive programs that we have not been willing to fund adequately. This issue is also tied to the cost-of-living crisis that began in the late 1970s. Since then, tax revolts have become common for this reason.
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
A significant reason for our current debt situation is that Americans have established extensive programs that we have not been willing to fund adequately. This issue is also tied to the cost-of-living crisis that began in the late 1970s. Since then, tax revolts have become common for this reason.
We should understand that this is just more evidence that the perceived support for MAGA is just an illusion and that the election was won on the economy. Not ideological extremism. But the right-wing trolls would rather you think otherwise.
X is a cesspool.
X is a cesspool.
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
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November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We should understand that this is just more evidence that the perceived support for MAGA is just an illusion and that the election was won on the economy. Not ideological extremism. But the right-wing trolls would rather you think otherwise.
X is a cesspool.
X is a cesspool.
70 % of Americans polled thought the Dems were more concerned with social issues than economic issues. This has cost them elections. We must go full tilt into the arena of economic populism. We must also not let moral absolutism and purity tests get in the way of such things. Otherwise, we LOSE.
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
70 % of Americans polled thought the Dems were more concerned with social issues than economic issues. This has cost them elections. We must go full tilt into the arena of economic populism. We must also not let moral absolutism and purity tests get in the way of such things. Otherwise, we LOSE.
We have been trained to worry about inflation due to the cost-of-living increases. But this misses the bigger issue of monopolies, private equity, forced obsolescence in our general economy, lack of investment, and our pols' inability to deal with basic shit in our society in a cohesive manner.
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We have been trained to worry about inflation due to the cost-of-living increases. But this misses the bigger issue of monopolies, private equity, forced obsolescence in our general economy, lack of investment, and our pols' inability to deal with basic shit in our society in a cohesive manner.
I'd like our government to address the pressing problems in our society with the unanimity that they voted for in regards to the Epstein files. From our infrastructure, healthcare, education, affordability, being behind China in tech, and the dominance of AI in our economy, all need to be dealt with
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'd like our government to address the pressing problems in our society with the unanimity that they voted for in regards to the Epstein files. From our infrastructure, healthcare, education, affordability, being behind China in tech, and the dominance of AI in our economy, all need to be dealt with
By one measure, investments in computer equipment and software accounted for more than 90 percent of growth in gross domestic product in the first half of the year.
50% of consumer spending is accounted for by 10% of the population.
A downturn is most assuredly in the post.
50% of consumer spending is accounted for by 10% of the population.
A downturn is most assuredly in the post.
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
By one measure, investments in computer equipment and software accounted for more than 90 percent of growth in gross domestic product in the first half of the year.
50% of consumer spending is accounted for by 10% of the population.
A downturn is most assuredly in the post.
50% of consumer spending is accounted for by 10% of the population.
A downturn is most assuredly in the post.
The worst part about the Trump train is that most of us could see this coming, but the grinding daily minutiae of dealing with it are exhausting, to say the least.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Trump Steamroller Is Broken
Infighting. Bad polls. Party divisions. Midterm fears. It’s all back.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The worst part about the Trump train is that most of us could see this coming, but the grinding daily minutiae of dealing with it are exhausting, to say the least.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
When it comes to Epstein, no party will be clean from ties to him. It is because the Dems, like the GOP, have rich assholes in their party without a moral compass. The sooner we can get rid of those kinds of people, the sooner we can avoid being humiliated over a scandal.
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
When it comes to Epstein, no party will be clean from ties to him. It is because the Dems, like the GOP, have rich assholes in their party without a moral compass. The sooner we can get rid of those kinds of people, the sooner we can avoid being humiliated over a scandal.
Someone needs to call him out for being the obvious Pig that he is. Why do reporters let Trump talk to them this way? Because it isn't worth the humiliation. Maybe someday someone will tell him like it is in the Press pool.
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Trump Told a Woman, ‘Quiet, Piggy,’ When She Asked Him About Epstein
The comment continues the president’s long-standing pattern of denigrating female journalists.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Someone needs to call him out for being the obvious Pig that he is. Why do reporters let Trump talk to them this way? Because it isn't worth the humiliation. Maybe someday someone will tell him like it is in the Press pool.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
What I fear most from the breakup of the MAGA is the idea that we could go from fighting one fire to fighting a bunch of smaller fires that, while not as dramatic, have the same overall impact on our society and its general direction. We must remain vigilant always, as new bad actors replace old.
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
What I fear most from the breakup of the MAGA is the idea that we could go from fighting one fire to fighting a bunch of smaller fires that, while not as dramatic, have the same overall impact on our society and its general direction. We must remain vigilant always, as new bad actors replace old.
Trump 2.0 is what happens when he is allowed to be himself, and also when the guardrails and adults have been totally removed from the room. You keep being you, Donny. I couldn't have figured out a way to implode your approval ratings nearly as much as you.
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Trump’s Epstein-Files Punt
The president’s about-face shows how he’s a terrible ally—but he may be hurting himself too.
www.theatlantic.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Trump 2.0 is what happens when he is allowed to be himself, and also when the guardrails and adults have been totally removed from the room. You keep being you, Donny. I couldn't have figured out a way to implode your approval ratings nearly as much as you.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
When it comes to Trump/Epstein and that whole rich/elite douchebag predatory cohort, I am reminded of what Deep Throat said in ATPM:
"Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
"Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
When it comes to Trump/Epstein and that whole rich/elite douchebag predatory cohort, I am reminded of what Deep Throat said in ATPM:
"Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
"Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
Honestly surprised the whole Trump endorsing release of Epstein files isn't trending yet. Trying to understand what his play is here, and frankly, I am looking for further analysis on it from the community. But instead, we can all drool over the Zelda movie.
That is the important stuff.
That is the important stuff.
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Honestly surprised the whole Trump endorsing release of Epstein files isn't trending yet. Trying to understand what his play is here, and frankly, I am looking for further analysis on it from the community. But instead, we can all drool over the Zelda movie.
That is the important stuff.
That is the important stuff.