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Democrats @democrats.org · 19/03/2025

“Elon Musk is not above the law.” —Rep. John Larson

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

“government gangsters” speaks volumes about this administration. It’s like they see Nicky Barnes as a role model.

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Steve Johnson @brianzul.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Citizen feedback is the ONLY guardrails on Trump’s administration. It’s wise to keep your Representative’s and Senators’ phone numbers saved in your phone so you can share your feedback as he tests the limits of the law and the moral fabric (What is left of it) of our country.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

New Tesla logo just dropped.

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Steve Johnson @brianzul.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

When a gesture like the Nazi salute is used, it carries an immense historical and cultural weight that cannot be separated from its meaning, regardless of the intent or accompanying words. Even if done accidentally, the gesture itself evokes deep offense and pain for many, making it inexcusable.

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Steve Johnson @brianzul.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

This was going to be our attorney general. This is nuts ethics.house.gov/wp-content/u...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/12/2024

More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination

Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

trump REFUSES to accept the reality of how tariffs work, and refuses to take responsibility for how prices will soar as a result of his boneheaded plan. Infinite "I told you so's" are locked and loaded.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Trump's margin of victory—in a country of 342 million—is down to 2.2 million and 1.47%. His vote share is <50%. Republicans for now have only a 1-vote majority in the House. Things are so bad for Trump in the Senate that he's floating illegally dismissing the entire body. This is his "mandate."

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

A few more thoughts on Trump and the dollar. Probably this is sound and fury, signifying nothing except Trump's ignorance. But to the extent it matters, it's utterly counterproductive 1/

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Oh, and once upon a time many countries pegged their currencies to the dollar. Hardly anyone does these days — but dollar dominance remains intact 10/

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Governments holding foreign-currency reserves do have a choice about which currencies to hold, and have in fact diversified a bit. But people often conflate reserve holdings with the broader role of the dollar, when they're arguably the least important piece of that role 9/

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The point is that all these private-sector roles are mutually reinforcing, making it very difficult to dislodge the dollar from its special position. What about public-sector roles? Well, governments trying to move their currencies often buy or sell dollars, because that's where the markets are 8/

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

A disproportionate share of world exports are also invoiced in dollars. That's partly because widespread demand for dollar assets makes borrowing in dollars slightly cheaper than alternatives — and invoicing increases the demand for those assets 7/

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The superior liquidity of dollars also helps explain their dominance in international banking 6/

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Vehicle: If a Brazilian bank wants to convert reais into rupees, it will probably sell the reais for dollars, then use the dollars to buy rupees, rather than look for a direct match. (And they'll probably communicate in English). That's why the dollar dominates international transactions 5/

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Getting a bit more specific: Money fills three roles: medium of exchange, store of value, unit of account. The dollar is to other moneys as money is to goods, with the added dimension that these roles involve both private-sector decisions and those of governments. I use the following table 4/

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Imagine Trump threatening to impose punitive tariffs on foreigners if they speak to each other in some other language, and the absurdity is obvious. Or maybe not: it's amazing what the cult is willing to believe 3/

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The best simple explanation of the dollar's role is still Charles Kindleberger's old analogy with the role of English as the language of international business. Foreigners learn English partly because we're such a big market, but also because so many others speak English 2/

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

It goes without saying that this is stupid, and I wonder what set it off. Was there a segment on Fox News? But I thought it might be worth a thread explaining what Trump (and, to be fair, some other international leaders) don't get about international money 1/

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Oh nothing, just a person deeply integrated into the incoming administration’s center of power calling for the execution of one of his critics.

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Steve Johnson @brianzul.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I contend that WWIII is already underway, a war of ideas and reality. The current ideological divide feels like a messaging war that is being waged across multiple avenues: radio, TV news, the internet, religion, and education. This coordinated effort is effective at promoting conservative agendas

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

20 November 1921 | A Dutch Jew, Isaac Groenewoudt, was born in Amsterdam. In February 1943 he was deported to Auschwitz. He did not survive.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me. I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

19 November 1943 | A selection took place in the female camp in Auschwitz II-Birkenau. 394 Jewish prisoners were selected. During the transport to the gas chambers, two women tried to escape: Bina Braun and Rosa Theberger. They were shot. The remaining women were murdered in the gas chambers.

Image of a worn document with typed text and some handwritten notes. It's a historical document related to Auschwitz.

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Folks, do me a HUGE favor: Please re-post this and follow @reallyamerican.bsky.social so that we're at full strength as we enter the next crucial phase in pushing back on trump's fascist agenda. Please and thank you! 🙏💪

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We should talk more about how abnormal it is for a special counsel's office to be shuttered by a change in administrations. Hunter Biden's SC stayed in place as did others. Jack Smith has to discontinue Trump's cases while he's in office but he has other defendants. Trump breaks norms & it's ignored

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Why do Trumpers want to abolish the Department of Education? Because it’s in charge of prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race and sex in schools that get federal funding, a policy Congress set in 1975 through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Personal counterexamples: In at least two cases — home market effect and liquidity trap — I built little models to confirm my intuitions (didn't believe in either) and the models refuted those intuitions, in ways that now seem totally ... intuitive

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

This cuts both ways. Trump would probably have won in 2020 if Covid had waited a year to strike. America got Obamacare because the global financial crisis struck on Bush's watch; Britain got austerity because it struck on Brown's watch 2/

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I am very much not joining in the "what Democrats must do" conversation; I don't have illusions of being a brilliant political strategist. Also, I have a strong appreciation for the role of sheer luck in political affairs. 1/

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Steve Johnson @brianzul.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

#MAGAffirmativeaction: Putting the least qualified people in positions, because they are loyal to your cult.

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Steve Johnson @brianzul.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Democrats also need to stick to promoting traditional candidates (White/Male/Christian-Protestants). These common attributes have historically appealed to voting public (mob). It would be great to break down barriers, but at what cost? Principles of equality and kindness outweigh individuals

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

If you live in a red state, call your senator. Find their number here and tell them to vote no on these nominations. www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

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