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Jim Chen

@chenx064.bsky.social
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Law. Economics. Finance. Regulation. Data science. Not necessarily in that order.

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Lecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A pretty pop of color.❤️ #birds #indigobunting #photography #birdsofbluesky
Indigo bunting with teal-blue feathers perched in profile in a bare tree.
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Catincognito skeeting since 07/3/2023 @catincognito.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Perfection
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A gold statue of Donald Trump fully naked stands in the European Parliament 🍊🤡 "The Orange Plague," covered entirely in 23-karat gold leaf, shows Trump holding a golf club and a globe in one hand and scales in the other as he sits on the shoulders of a frail man www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Nude gold statue of Trump 'Orange Plague' unveiled
Titled "The Orange Plague," the eight-foot installation covered entirely in 23-karat gold leaf, is designed by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We'll see in another nine innings
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Not yet checkmate 😜
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Cortisol-Infused Jeremy @jabooby.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Gosh, wonder why.
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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Because Trump actually, as we’ve said here before, believes that men should be able to abuse women—that that’s the natural order of things. He believes that people in power should be able to take whatever they want.”
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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just like Trump will always defend brutal and corrupt dictators, invaders, the murderer of Jamal Khashoggi, etc.
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Governor McCheese @bathysphered.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I have said this so many times; there is no group that Trump comes to the aid of more than sexual abusers. He thinks he was unjustly accused and got a raw deal, therefore the same thing must have happened to all of them and he's going to take care of them.
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roslynn.bsky.social @roslynn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Because that is his constituency www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Republican Sexual Predators, Abusers, and Enablers Pt. 61
This is the 61st installment in the list of Republican sexual predators, abusers, and enablers who contribute to rape culture. These are people who abused their…
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🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social @sophialarkrose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The United States of Epstein.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The unmanly truth about Trump’s jobs record 🍊🤡 There are fewer manufacturing jobs under Trump. Among the few sectors seeing job growth have been home healthcare and social services, professions that don't "involve manly men pounding raw materials into finished products." www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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The unmanly truth about Trump’s jobs record
There is a yawning gap between what the president promised and what he has delivered — especially for young men who hoped he would improve their lives.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Donald Trump is the most dependably pro-sexual-abuse president America has ever had 🍊🤡 Every single time he has the opportunity to speak out on behalf of people accused of sexual abuse, he does." www.thedailybeast.com/why-donald-t...
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Why Trump’s Worst Scandal Is About to Haunt Him: Political Guru
The president can’t escape his past, political guru David Rothkopf says.
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Pablo @un5toppabl0.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is the great Brown replacement theory in action 😢 🤎
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Rick H @lfeatfan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The only history recognized by the current administration is Trump's disremembering and his idea of history. It doesn't include anything that involves references to minorities or their contributions to chronicled history.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Border Wall Just “Decapitated” a 7,000-Year-Old Carving Older Than Stonehenge 🪚 "Nothing is sacred at the border. The only thing that's sacred is the wall itself. The victims are not just people and wildlife, but also history and our connection to the past." www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
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The Border Wall Just “Decapitated” a 7,000-Year-Old Arizona Carving Created Before Stonehenge and Egypt’s Pyramids
A newly dated 272-foot rock carving in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge was severely damaged by border contractors, exposing a growing threat to public lands, outdoor access, and sacred Indigeno...
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Military superiority cannot overcome unclear objectives, corrupt partners, inadequate strategy, or an enemy who has more reason to fight ⚔️ The lesson from Vietnam and Afghanistan: Know why we are fighting, know what winning means, and know how the war ends www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/47486...
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Don't send young Americans to die until you can answer these eight questions
Unclear political objectives and rampant corruption guarantee military failure. America must define victory before entering a war.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Netflix’s East of Eden has done something extraordinary 🎬 Seven decades after her grandfather adapted John Steinbeck’s classic novel for the screen, Zoe Kazan has remade ‘East of Eden’ as a streaming miniseries. She has had to overcome considerable scrutiny. www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
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Doubters be damned, Netflix’s East of Eden has done something extraordinary
Seven decades after her grandfather adapted John Steinbeck’s classic novel for the screen, Zoe Kazan has remade ‘East of Eden’ as a streaming miniseries. It’s an undertaking that’s had to overcome a f...
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Five percent is a reasonable lower-bound estimate of support among white adults for white nationalism. Whether 1 in 20 is a high or low number is a matter of interpretation. For context, it’s roughly the same as the share of American adults who are vegetarian or vegan. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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White Nationalism’s Appeal Runs Deeper Than Partisan Politics
As Americans prepared to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday on the morning of July 4, sobering images flashed across their phones and TV screens.
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Donate Krappe 🦒 @dkrappe.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
"The upshot is that the giant transaction, involving assets as varied as oil fields in Cameroon, refineries in Europe and gas stations in New Jersey, comes down to Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump." 👇 Comment: the avarice of Trump & his (so-called) envoys knows no boundaries @drhaup.bsky.social
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Never-married men without a college degree show more anti-feminist attitudes than college-educated men, a trend associated with support for Republicans and Trump. This reaction reflects romantic and economic insecurity, rather than a desire for traditional gender roles. app.ekkow.com/147869663248...
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“Mate-value backlash” may help explain anti-feminist attitudes among some Trump-era men, researchers say | PsyPost for Smartnews
New research suggests that never-married men without a college degree have recently shown more anti-feminist attitudes than their college-educated peers, a trend that is associated with support for th...
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Donate Krappe 🦒 @dkrappe.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
Thanks for sharing the article. As soon as read the headline my first thought was - them 👇 two of way too many others lives www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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Joseph Roth/Stefan Zweig: Jede Freundschaft: Seien Sie auf der Hut!
Der Briefwechsel zwischen Joseph Roth und Stefan Zweig gehört zu den eindringlichsten Dramen des deutschen Exils: „Jede Freundschaft mit mir ist verderblich."
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What Vienna Lost When the Nazis Made It a ‘City Without Jews’ 😔 The Holocaust destroyed not just Vienna’s Jews but something essential in the city itself www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/1...
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What Vienna Lost When It Lost Its Jews
Douglas Smith’s The City Without Jews revisits the decimation of a robust community—and the city that betrayed it.
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Catincognito skeeting since 07/3/2023 @catincognito.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Salmon??? Yeah dumbass That's a cheap alternative Let them eat cake!! Never forget!!
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🦗🐛🪲
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think that it has been _deliberate_ in both senses of that word: very slow and very purposefully plotted
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The arch is a manifestation of Trump’s conception of politics and his self-appointed role as America’s savior. The arch flows from his worldview of militarized autocracy that undermines democracy, as shown through his arrogation of economic, civil, and military power. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: What Trump’s 'triumphal arch' really means for America
Building the arch under the pretext of “national security” raises questions about just what sort of threat the president envisions.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We are being suffocated by a perversion of Christianity so terrible that its titular leader and de facto god can be credibly described as an antichrist 🍊🤡
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Republican allies hope they can channel different levels of frustration with mainstream medicine and keep those voters under the MAHA banner. The midterms will be, among other things, a test of how far that banner can be stretched. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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MAHA Gone Mild
This week’s summit featured J. D. Vance, electrolyte powder, and very few mentions of vaccination.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump’s agenda— ICE thugs snatching children, the killings of U.S. citizens, the overt white nationalism— has opened the door to a new pro-immigrant consensus. By delivering that message in a state Trump won overwhelmingly, Talarico is accomplishing something seismic. newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
History will look back on the Trump era. This nation is bankrupt — in the most fundamental of ways. This goes to the core of our humanity. Way more is at stake here than one’s business or personal life. This is about the core values that have defined our nation. www.alternet.org/amp/farmers-...
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'We had been conned': Heartland voters are having a change of heart
After generations of loyalty, lifelong agricultural producers open up about a deep sense of betrayal over shifting political values.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The other red meat 🥩 Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested Americans worried about high beef prices switch to another protein instead, as grocery costs continue to strain household budgets 🐔 "If it's too expensive, you can eat chicken, pork, salmon, eggs" www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-...
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US agriculture secretary tells Americans worried about beef prices that 'there are other sources' of protein
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested Americans worried about high beef prices switch to another protein instead, as grocery costs continue to strain household budgets.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The author, for what it's worth, is a woman and a self-professed feminist: Molly Jong-Fast
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our government is being run by a clique of middle-aged men. Marco and Pete don’t wear pink on Wednesdays, but the social-emotional engine in our government is the same as a popular girls’ clique. This dynamic (more than a war or cost of living crisis) will undo Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...
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Opinion | The Mean Girls Presidency (Gift Article)
Our government is being run by a clique of middle-aged guys.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I blame Donald Trump for this degradation of my sports news experience 🍊🤡 👁️ "You cannot remove UFC content or categories from the public CBS Sports website or app layout, as CBS Sports does not offer a user customization feature to filter out specific sports from their main navigation or news feeds"
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gad Saad’s "Suicidąl Empathy" offers a theoretical framework to soothe conservatives who struggle with a conflict between their politics and their conscience. Arguments about the harms of empathy justify policies that might otherwise feel cruel and selfish. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Why Empathy Is Now ‘Toxic,’ ‘Suicidal,’ and a ‘Sin’
According to Gad Saad and his powerful acolytes, compassion is a recipe for “the collective suicide of the West.”
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This orange POS flew all the way to Tennessee, wasting millions in security, making game day a total traffic and security disaster for fans (plus he wasted millions more on an Air Force Flyover), only to be BOOED the FUCK out of the stadium by halftime. And he sat with Natalie Harp... 🪉❤️
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Jacqueline Jacqui Jake Marmot @jstauf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A client/friend of ours was a thalidomide baby-he’s passed now he’d only be 72. He had issues all his life some of them as a result of growing up in a society that shunned deformities however he was a really good surfer & earned his place as top dog in the surf world in our little town. RIP Ray.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A persistent FDA medical reviewer, Frances Oldham Kelsey, kept thalidomide from being approved in the United States 💊 But doctors were already giving thalidomide to thousands of U.S. patients, including pregnant women. Some children were born with severely deformed limbs. www.npr.org/2026/09/26/n...
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The U.S. has more thalidomide survivors than the government admits
In the 1950s and 1960s, doctors gave the drug thalidomide to pregnant patients without telling them — and without FDA approval. Now those patients' children want recognition.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I couldn't find a graceful way to include the perpetrators and beneficiaries of South African apartheid 😜
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's been clear how Trump truly feels about immigrants from any part of the world besides Europe. But he convinced many voters with immigrant roots that people like them were special. 🍊🤡 Immigrants finally understand Trump's disdain for nearly all immigrants amp.miamiherald.com/opinion/arti...
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Republicans are losing Hispanics and, in Miami, Latino voters may learn a lesson | Opinion
From one immigrant to another: Did we really think Trump wouldn’t come for people like us? | Opinion
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
By my calculations, the Philadelphia Phillies face a nearly 11 percent probability of missing the playoffs ⚾ That prospect brings me joy in the wicked guise of Schadenfreude
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The political question of our time is not whether monsters have returned. It is what kind of society produces them, what forms of power need them, and what pedagogical machinery teaches people to follow them. The monster is not the end of the analysis but its beginning. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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When Monsters Walk Among Us
We have many monsters to destroy. –George Seferis But how can anyone tell the truth about Fascism, unless he is willing to speak out against capitalism,
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump is the imperfect figurehead of a corrupt cabal of plutocrats and fanatics, who have used him to foment a revolution: Replace global democracy with great power spheres and subservient courtier states. Collapse domestic democracy with a rightwing autocracy. www.offmessage.net/p/donald-tru...
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The Revolution Has Been Televised—It’s About To Fail
The task for Democrats now is to keep the wounded, zombie version of it from encroaching further or clawing its way back to power.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Republican who backs Trump’s immigration crackdown begs for his relative to not be deported 🍊🤡 Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage says that federal immigration authorities were seeking to deport his son’s father-in-law. He has called on officials to stop the removal www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Republican backing Trump immigration crackdown asks for relative to avoid deportation
Former Maine Governor Paul LePage says his son’s father-in-law holds a valid work authorization permit and resides in the US legally
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Affordability Politics Breed Economic Illiteracy 📉📊 America is settling into a persistent politics of affordability, in which the arguments are always the same but the positions of accuser and accused are swapped depending on who holds power www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The ‘New Word’ Trump Hates
Affordability is the Democrats’ unifying theme. It may be enough to carry them to victory in the midterms.
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wikipedia: "In Greek mythology, Tartarus (Τάρταρος) is the deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked. In Tartarus, souls are judged after death, and the wicked receive divine punishment." 🍊🤡🥔 That is where Trump will be pelted for all eternity with small potatoes.
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Donate Krappe 🦒 @dkrappe.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026
The eternal flame for the wannabe eternal president is the icing on the arch for this man. President bone-spurs' self-praise, narcissism & egotism really make me sick
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Er ist wohl ekelhaft 🤮
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Jim Chen @chenx064.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Veterans who claim that the Arc de Trump will ruin the solemnity of Arlington National Cemetery can look forward to Sam Alito lawsplaining why the baby gets to build his triumphal arch over the nation’s war dead, and load it up like it’s an outpost in the Hindu Kush www.wonkette.com/p/toddler-pr...
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Toddler President’s Arch To Double As Super-Cool GI Joe Play Fort
Almost literally, sharks with frickin’ laser beams on their heads/.
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