Matthew Downhour
@matthewdownhour.bsky.social
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Georgism in a couple minutes
This is a bit of a shift from the typical format of this newsletter, but I’ve gotten numerous questions asking for a quick and accessible survey of Georgism, and this seems like the best platform to c...
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My quick Georgism explainer, originally on substack and now slightly expanded and added to my ghost newsletter!
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Saw someone repost this but, folks, this is literally the liberal position. It doesn't get more liberal.
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Saw someone repost this but, folks, this is literally the liberal position. It doesn't get more liberal.
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Beginning to understand why Mamdani's first move is to reform property taxes lmao what is going on
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Beginning to understand why Mamdani's first move is to reform property taxes lmao what is going on
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Either: “the earth, in its natural uncultivated state, was, and ever would have continued to be, the COMMON PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE.”
Or
“There are such things in the world as human rights…universal, and indestructible. Among these, is the right of locomotion; the right of migration”
Or
“There are such things in the world as human rights…universal, and indestructible. Among these, is the right of locomotion; the right of migration”
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Either: “the earth, in its natural uncultivated state, was, and ever would have continued to be, the COMMON PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE.”
Or
“There are such things in the world as human rights…universal, and indestructible. Among these, is the right of locomotion; the right of migration”
Or
“There are such things in the world as human rights…universal, and indestructible. Among these, is the right of locomotion; the right of migration”
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kind of incredibly funny how the us argentina trade agreement ended up being "free trade in cows" between two countries that have their own cows
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
kind of incredibly funny how the us argentina trade agreement ended up being "free trade in cows" between two countries that have their own cows
Greene & Massie were sharing a plane when they started playing with grenades in it and the rest is history
MTG's private plane eating a Buk in 3...2...
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Greene & Massie were sharing a plane when they started playing with grenades in it and the rest is history
The Trump/MTG split is reminiscent of Russia, where many of Putin’s most prominent opponents are in fact people who are mad that he’s a different kind of fascist than they are
November 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Trump/MTG split is reminiscent of Russia, where many of Putin’s most prominent opponents are in fact people who are mad that he’s a different kind of fascist than they are
“Putin’s War”
"Why do you like that people are dying?"
"Well, I don't even know. It's just funny. Hilarious."
Russian student says he has a positive attitude toward the war in Ukraine because he likes it when Ukrainian and Russian soldiers die, and he finds it "funny."
📹: mica_music
"Well, I don't even know. It's just funny. Hilarious."
Russian student says he has a positive attitude toward the war in Ukraine because he likes it when Ukrainian and Russian soldiers die, and he finds it "funny."
📹: mica_music
November 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Putin’s War”
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Does prison abolition necessarily mean abolishing jails? I think you need jail for acute situations but I’m open to alternatives to prison
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Does prison abolition necessarily mean abolishing jails? I think you need jail for acute situations but I’m open to alternatives to prison
Notably, 'save the children!' has been a sort of get out of free card. Trump doesn't have to outperform Democrats as long as you assume all Dems are pedophiles. The Epstein files are damaging even if they don't incriminate him, because he needs the possibility open that they incriminate others
The diff btwn Epstein any of the other six dozen things Trump has done this about is that Child Predation and CSAM in general -- and Epstein in particular -- have been the motivating issue for the most rabid elements of his base since before the escalator. This *pre-dates* Trump for them.
"When Donald Trump is guilty as sin on something he insists that whatever is out there that you might have thought was incriminating is actually the work of Obama, Hillary and James Comey. And that is literally what he is doing."
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Notably, 'save the children!' has been a sort of get out of free card. Trump doesn't have to outperform Democrats as long as you assume all Dems are pedophiles. The Epstein files are damaging even if they don't incriminate him, because he needs the possibility open that they incriminate others
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The diff btwn Epstein any of the other six dozen things Trump has done this about is that Child Predation and CSAM in general -- and Epstein in particular -- have been the motivating issue for the most rabid elements of his base since before the escalator. This *pre-dates* Trump for them.
"When Donald Trump is guilty as sin on something he insists that whatever is out there that you might have thought was incriminating is actually the work of Obama, Hillary and James Comey. And that is literally what he is doing."
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is why bsky.app/profile/ajax...
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No single thesis has ever been so vindicated as 'they like Trump and want him to win'
About the same time the NYT sat on a scoop tying Trump to Epstein, Maggie Haberman was downright giddy (y'all) about NYT promoting an anti-Hillary Clinton book.
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
No single thesis has ever been so vindicated as 'they like Trump and want him to win'
I'm not saying you have to hand it to Al Qaeda, right, but, choosing my words carefully - I don't think fighting with Al Qaeda following the illegal American invasion of Iraq is precisely the same thing, morally, as being a 9/11 hijacker
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I'm not saying you have to hand it to Al Qaeda, right, but, choosing my words carefully - I don't think fighting with Al Qaeda following the illegal American invasion of Iraq is precisely the same thing, morally, as being a 9/11 hijacker
Is there a razzies for journalism?
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Is there a razzies for journalism?
who wore it better
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
who wore it better
"Why don't women just go into the trades and manufacturing if they want pay equality?"
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Minnesota man kills co-worker with sledgehammer, saying he didn't like her, charges say
A man is accused of killing a co-worker with a sledgehammer at a food and dairy processing facility in central Minnesota.
www.cbsnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"Why don't women just go into the trades and manufacturing if they want pay equality?"
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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If the prez ain't Blue, the mess ain't news. 🤷♂️
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If the prez ain't Blue, the mess ain't news. 🤷♂️
Remember when that train derailed in Ohio and we heard about it for months?
Contrast - what have you seen about this since the week it happened?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/u...
Contrast - what have you seen about this since the week it happened?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/u...
The blast that killed 16 people at a Tennessee workplace set off 24,000 pounds of explosives, authorities say | CNN
The catastrophe at a Tennessee explosives plant started in a building that made devices used for mining and detonated more than 24,000 pounds of explosives, authorities said Friday.
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Remember when that train derailed in Ohio and we heard about it for months?
Contrast - what have you seen about this since the week it happened?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/u...
Contrast - what have you seen about this since the week it happened?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/u...
Aves do Brasil was one of my very earliest follows on this site and still has yet to disappoint
🇧🇷Jacu-estalo
🌎Neomorphus geoffroyi
Conservação: Vulnerável
O jacu-estalo é uma ave da família Cuculidae, ordem Cuculiformes
📷 Gustavo Soares de Oliveira
🌎Neomorphus geoffroyi
Conservação: Vulnerável
O jacu-estalo é uma ave da família Cuculidae, ordem Cuculiformes
📷 Gustavo Soares de Oliveira
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Aves do Brasil was one of my very earliest follows on this site and still has yet to disappoint
BRB putting together a diary of roughly 2200 pages with VICTORY! written on each page
He writes poetry for everyone he wants to fuck, you dunce.
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
BRB putting together a diary of roughly 2200 pages with VICTORY! written on each page
Remember when sanctioning Russia was gonna send oil prices through the roof
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Remember when sanctioning Russia was gonna send oil prices through the roof
I'd say there's a 1/3 chance Larry Summers crashes out and retires from public life after these emails, a 1/3 chance he is investigated and convicted of money laundering or something, and a 1/3 chance he weathers it with no worse a reputation than he has today
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'd say there's a 1/3 chance Larry Summers crashes out and retires from public life after these emails, a 1/3 chance he is investigated and convicted of money laundering or something, and a 1/3 chance he weathers it with no worse a reputation than he has today
It’s been a rough November so far. Everyone gets to crash out a little, as a treat
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It’s been a rough November so far. Everyone gets to crash out a little, as a treat
Honestly a 72 hour suspension might fix me
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Honestly a 72 hour suspension might fix me