disparity is surely evidence of discrimination. that’s their thing, right?

i watched the whole thing…

This must not happen. ht @faineg.bsky.social @doriantaylor.com www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

this administration just DGAF about derelictions of commitments the United States had previously taken on, even when such derelictions are literally and quite immediately deadly. USAID stop-works, ending intelligence sharing with Ukraine including air defense assistance, all have body counts.

cc @steveroth.bsky.social by @jwmason.bsky.social jwmason.org/slackwire/ne...

i’ve had my issues with ActBlue, but debilitating Democratic fundraising infrastructure would be an obvious “competitive authoritarian” play. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u...

i feel like if they fire me and then decide they want me back they should beg my forgiveness and lure me with a nice raise.

gives me a headache too!

i have no confidence this administration will do anything useful with a SWF. but as a general, political economy matter, i do think it quite useful that they’re means by which a state can hoover up capital income at an accelerating rate without having to continually increase capital tax rates.

truth social could totally win the social media game if they formatted “truths” as notes with each letter cut out from a magazine and pasted in place, like ransom notes or a serial killer’s taunt in old movies.

it's all i ever do.

“The reality we're seeing unfold is policy that's likely to hurt…workers while primarily benefiting those with enough money to weather the storm and capitalize on distressed assets afterward.“ @kyla.bsky.social kyla.substack.com/p/an-orchest...

would establishing a sovereign wealth fund to which some federal revenue streams will be diverted require an act of Congress?

“we’re gonna annex Greenland and Canada is gonna pay for it.”

could be a niche small business.

you could get it very professionally done, to distinguish it from mere vandalism.

if you don’t want to be shunned for your cybertruck, just write FUCK ELON in maximal block letters on its rump hood and gigantic backside.

from @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o... ht @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social

Oh, I don’t think it’s any great quantity. I’m no fan of human sacrifice. But while we’re here, we’re destabilizing, we’re here to destabilize this equilibrium. And history in general is not quiescent.