Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability 512308837
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It was so bad that Psacki did it too. 000
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.social🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 05/10/2026You see, the benevolent dictator is more efficient, but only if he acts in my interests. What happens then, when there is a benevolent dictator who acts on behalf of others and brings harm to me? How do we prevent that? Oh, I guess you haven't read that far yet. 818933
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This analysis, which absolves all responsibility of voters, is something we have been doing for way too long and should stop doing. Many people in Brazil like the fascist-lite! Just like many Americans and several other populations do. 190
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ya it's been cooked for a while. Political scientists were so irrationally confident in it too. Wait for the next UK election to stick the nail in it. 010
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 02/10/20262006 was the bonkers one! They stopped the Pats on 4th down to almost assuredly win it, but instead of knocking the ball down, the DB intercepted it and then fumbled back to Pats. An underrated all time mind-losing loss. 000
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Also, wtf is the relevance of that date? The conspiracy was some sort of clean up control for her bungling a prosecution with an affair? Jack Smith was going to conspire with her to do exactly what...retract her admission and declare Trump guilty? Clown show. 1121
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It would be a monumental improvement for America, but especially for the Republican Party, if we elected the President through a plurality vote. 16814
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What's funny is Manning didn't really turn it around and they won the Bowl anyway. 000
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t. 7833161108
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Instead of respecting the law, those in power invoke it when it serves their interests and disregard it when it restrains them, treating even justice itself as though it were a commodity to be bought and sold.” — Pope Leo XIV 14387164
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialDowntown Josh Brown @downtownjoshbrown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The post pandemic period has produced a surging amount of millionaire households. Our collective net worth has gone from $109 trillion to $174 trillion. People don't like to hear this because it adds nuance to the wealth inequality debate. 7263
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@vermontgmg.bsky.social pushes for "a long, long, long series of consequences" when Democrats take charge: "We need to return to punishing people who do obvious crimes. Make Crimes Criminal Again." His list of such crimes is devastating (and only partial). www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...doomsdayscenario.coIt's the accountability, stupid.Doing crime 913336
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Would help to read the category list I suppose lol. 010
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Great list. Sopranos, Wire, Seinfeld, and Simpsons would be my subs. 100
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Lol none of these replies make any sense. Never change Bluesky. 000
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What if lots of Dems actually believe trans female athletes in men's sports is unfair and oppose it on the merits? 501
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 20/09/2026The war in Ukraine was once split between fighting at the front and safer cities farther back. But drone innovations have made it much harder to know where the battle areas start and stopbit.lyRussia has entered a new phase of total warUkrainians are feeling the heat 3145
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 18/09/2026doctor collections says your pocketbook doesn't matter 811715
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Glad you can post this in your safe space, but this is just obviously true. You literally laughed and picked fights with other modelers who were less confident than you on the 2020 election and then had a bugged out/broken model for 2024 that had to be taken down. Seems pretty sloppy. 000
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Well maybe speaks to your social circle! And many times people are just ideologically incoherent as the OP implies, but moderates exist in small numbers. Small numbers can matter! 000
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 18/09/2026True a lot fewer moderates a lot fewer swing voters than they used to be. But fewer is not 0. 111
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance. Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke. The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not. 12247241140
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Now do Sands. Look, I love Ossoff and want him to be POTUS, but this stupid war on moderates is so fucking dumb. 130
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Read only the first and last sentence of this paragraph 251972244
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is actually the platonic ideal of a Bret Stephens take 926216
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I used to teach Mozi in my intro to philosophy course. Was such a a nice change up from trolly problem stuff, challenging people to actually consider Western principles (equality of all) in contexts that are realistic and uncomfortable (favoring your family over strangers). 000
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE. As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.nytimes.comFederal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE EffortAs part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent. 8019701013
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 15/09/2026OK, but GDP growth is what is cited in that Economist article! 000
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ok...but tbf US global outperformance in GDP terms has held up. Americans have never thought about this in relative terms. Americans themselves weren't happy with it in Nov 2024, even if they are even less happy now. 110
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ya got that. Just where is that data from? 110
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 15/09/2026What's our best measure/data source for P/FCF that you are using here? 100
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026For these guys, it was never about illegal immigration, it was never about cultural assimilation. You can be born in America, drinking beer as you cheer on the Longhorns, but its not enough if you are not white. 48787213
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A major development in US politics since, well, Elon Musk took over Twitter is that Republican politicians are now more racist than their base when it used to be the opposite. 833544
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 12/09/2026Political parties are not armies; their members’ duty is not merely to obey. They should debate, adapt and attract talent. We explain how, without arguments, they become stagnantbit.lyIn praise of the Democrats’ disarrayRepublicans are proving that party unity is overrated 0102
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 11/09/2026Savannah Bananas Commemorate 9/11 With Solemn ‘Macarena’ Performance theonion.com/savannah-bananas-comme… 81557218
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ahh yes the prescience and prominence of Marx is so under-taught in academia. 000
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Still just a young kid trying to navigate hormones, experimentation, and posting as he comes of age. In Hunter years, his dalliance with Hallie was about the time he learned to drive and was thinking about thinking about taking an SAT prep course. 000
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I don't think either of those findings...while admittedly massive...answer that question at all. 0100
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This thread is just Marxist derp making very normal business practices sound evil. 000
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 02/09/2026What lesson can you draw from this other than that Republican voters are soft headed swine 371077179
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialJim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Statement from Gov. Mike DeWine: "I think we have to ask ourselves: is this really good? Is it what we want done to people like this being picked up and facing deportation? Do we want that being done in our name?" 1301495403
Reposted by @dirtywork16.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026I would like ask JD Vance about Pierre Damas Bel. 8843781010
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I mean if you are right, fine. But we don't know that you are until November. Seems really stupid to me to give any daylight to a story that you could have just opted out of and waived it off. Guess we will see if the idiocy contributes to a loss in a few weeks. 110
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Well now you are just saying really wrong things. "It's only dumb if he lost the primary." Actually it's pretty fucking dumb if he loses the general, which id say is a tad more important. 100
dirtywork16.bsky.social @dirtywork16.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Agree. I believe it is a correct assessment. But that is in no way a refutation of my point which is that it is *dumb* to do what AES did one day before the primary. Very easy to make Piker "not a story." Fail. 100
