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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 11h
Bullshit. Nobody is going to voluntarily pay you to do nothing. Nobody is going to pay you the same salary to work 40% fewer hours. These billionaires/trillionaires are just lying so people will stop hating on AI and data centers. fortune.com/2026/10/09/a...
fortune.com
Jeff Bezos says a 3-day workweek and more single-income households are on the way thanks to AI: ‘It’s going to be difficult to hire people’ | Fortune
Even after Amazon cut 30,000 jobs, Jeff Bezos predicts AI will boost productivity so much that fewer people will need to work, creating a labor shortage.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 14h
"Justice Department has lost 26 voter-roll lawsuits" They just won't stop doing illegal things. www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
reuters.com
US judge rules Justice Department use of voter rolls unlawful
A ​US judge ruled on Friday that the Justice Department's push to obtain state voter rolls and check them ‌against a federal immigration database to demand that states remove voters it deemed ineligib...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 17h
"More households surveyed reported they were in a worse financial situation than a year ago and expected to be in a weaker financial state in the coming year, the New York Fed found." Welcome to Trump's Golden Age. Everything is worse now. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/07/n...
cnbc.com
Americans grow more pessimistic about their finances, New York Fed finds — expert warns of ‘tough choices’ ahead
As affordability pressures mount, Americans are increasingly concerned about their financial future, the New York Fed's data shows.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"was another glaring example of how, time after time, Mr. Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have been forced into retreat, pulling back military forces that had been deployed to the Middle East and Britain as a deterrent." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
nytimes.com
From Iran to the U.K., Trump Is Being Forced Into Retreat
A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"The cost of many everyday items would have declined without President Donald Trump’s legally fraught tariff policy, according to a report from the New York Federal Reserve." In other words, exactly what the Dems said and the opposite of what the liar said. As usual. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/i...
cnbc.com
Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says
Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"There’s one more lesson to be taken from this series of events: Everything Republicans tell you about the economy is a lie." paulwaldman.substack.com/p/hows-drill...
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How’s “Drill Baby Drill” Working Out For You?
Trump delivered exactly the energy policy the fossil fuel industry and conservatives wanted, yet we didn’t get the “energy independence” they promised.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE! (of pollution) www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
US will rescind policy targeting oil and gas industry methane leaks
The US Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it would soon propose ​scrapping a Biden-era rule aimed at curbing large leaks ‌of methane from oil and gas operations.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Of course. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
nbcnews.com
FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Obviously. "The license reviews were ordered a day after Trump urged ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
Disney lawyer says US seeks to censor, control ABC broadcasts
A lawyer for Walt Disney urged a US judge on Tuesday to ​block the Federal Communications Commission's early review of licenses for its eight company-owned ABC TV stations, saying President Donald Tru...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Incredible drop-off in non-AI construction spending starting in early 2025. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-versus-...
paulkrugman.substack.com
AI Versus Everything Else
The hyperscaler boom is crowding out other investment
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
She's a lying wacko so this makes sense. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Karoline Leavitt to join Fox News as contributor
Leavitt will join the Rupert Murdoch-owned television network in November.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No way! paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
paulkrugman.substack.com
The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of Corruption
And fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He's a cancer. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
reuters.com
How Trump’s obsession with ‘rigged’ voting machines spread across US government
The effort to prove the 2020 election "stolen" failed. Diehards remain undeterred.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
More crimes by the Trump admin. www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Krugman's discussion of the 2026 election is below. I like this line about how the system is rigged: "the Senate is sort of inherently gerrymandered. States that have about the population of some neighborhoods in the Bronx have as many seats as California." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-midterms
paulkrugman.substack.com
The Midterms!
Talking with G. Ellliott Morris and David Nir
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Since the NSF was founded over 75 years ago, the agency has spent nearly all of its budget on so-called basic research...which has led to major advances in technology such as MRIs, semiconductors & the internet." Not anymore! More illegal moves by the Trump admin. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It might be more efficient with the doors on.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jesus, this country is stupid.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Same thing that Michael Flynn did (among other crimes).
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Same thing that Michael Flynn did (among other crimes).
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE! electrek.co/2026/10/01/h...
electrek.co
Here are all the jobs and investment lost from republican attacks on manufacturing
A new tool shows all the projects affected by republican attacks on US manufacturing, with millions in investment and jobs lost.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You didn't have to read it to know it was Republicans. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
nbcnews.com
Congressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election
The weeklong staff trip, including stops at a Ferrari factory and Champagne, was to be led by an aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson and was canceled after NBC News asked about the itinerary.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"A series of events almost got us to armageddon, not caused by “rogue, superintelligent AI”, but by government reliance on error-prone systems that are marketed by their manufacturers as being close to superintelligent." I'm guessing it was Grok. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"How did the Kennedy Center’s finances collapse?" It's a mystery! www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
washingtonpost.com
The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Given the circumstances, it seems awfully likely that America.gov will soon be “fixed” to provide answers more in line with the president’s agenda, reality be damned."
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"America.gov said that Mr. Trump’s signature domestic policy bill, signed into law last year, is estimated to add trillions of dollars to the national debt and cause more than 10 million people to lose their health insurance.” It's telling the truth (for now). www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
ms.now
On its first day, the White House’s new AI chatbot causes embarrassing troubles for Trump
America.gov, which the president described as “damn good,” presented the public with facts that were wholly at odds with Trump’s alternate reality.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a bad sign: "The S&P 500 posted 10 new 52-week highs and 20 new lows while the Nasdaq Composite ​recorded 44 new highs and 165 new lows." www.reuters.com/business/us-...
reuters.com
S&P 500, Nasdaq climb as soft inflation dampens Fed rate hike expectations
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq climbed on Wednesday, putting both on track to close out September with ​monthly gains, as a softer-than-anticipated inflation reading cooled expectations that Federal Reserve p...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Lawmakers tried to pass a bill aiming to ban the demolition of presidential memorials" It's completely insane that this is necessary. It's also insane that it did not pass.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"This is a technology of, by and for oligarchs, with hardly any of the benefits trickling down to regular Americans...never before in history have corporations spent so much money — playing a major role in soaring interest rates — to create so few jobs." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/one-more-r...
paulkrugman.substack.com
One More Reason Americans Hate AI: It Does Nothing for Them
Trillions of dollars in spending, higher interest rates, hardly any jobs
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Lawmakers tried to pass a bill aiming to ban the demolition of presidential memorials" It's completely insane that this is necessary. It's also insane that it did not pass.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Elon Musk has assured me that work will be optional by then.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
OK, now I know why Trump likes AI.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Also, inflation was high due to supply chain disruptions which had nothing to do with Biden. Trump is on his third or fourth round of tariffs that are making just about every import (and domestic goods made with imported materials) more expensive.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It doesn't matter if it's legal. It's an insane and cruel thing to do. That's the Trump admin--cruel, stupid, racist lunatics. www.reuters.com/world/suprem...
reuters.com
Supreme Court lets Trump resume deporting migrants to countries not their own
The US Supreme Court let President Donald Trump's administration resume deporting ​migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to show the harms they may face.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The lies never end.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Long-term unemployment hits level unprecedented outside recessions" Welcome to The Golden Age! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
It’s Taking Longer for Unemployed to Find a Job Even as US Economy Grows
Beneath the surface of a low unemployment rate in the US, the ranks of people facing prolonged periods of joblessness are increasing.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Go ahead and hit yourself in the nuts even harder.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Go ahead and hit yourself in the nuts even harder.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wonder if a global trade war and an actual war leading to a global energy crisis helped or hurt.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is horrifying that U.S. Senators continue to defend the convicted criminal, adjudicated rapist and pathological liar who tried to overthrow the country, while attacking the rule of law. They are complicit in the destruction of this country. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
Jack Smith clashes with senators over Trump probes, says he will not be silenced
Jack Smith returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to defend his derailed efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump, telling lawmakers he would not “be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They only believe in free speech that they agree with.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"You will almost never find a case in which conservatives or their oligarch allies take a stand that would force them to tolerate an outcome they don’t like because their commitment to a broader principle demands it." paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-billio...
paulwaldman.substack.com
The Billionaires Have Met Free Speech, and They Are Not Pleased
When they say they believe in a broad principle almost anyone would agree with, that’s when they’re lying.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He can announce anything. It doesn't mean it's going to happen.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All they have is lies.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All Trump’s malevolence and psychosis will be on full display right after the midterms. We’ve been here before in Nov 2020, and here we go again. The national nightmare of Trump refusing to accept defeat and dragging the country through lies, conspiracies and drama begins again.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The only AI company/CEO that is not a complete sociopath.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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"DOJ Removes All Mention Of Justice From Website" t-shirt from The Onion
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's hilarious (and SAD) that they continue their war against EVs and efficient gas vehicles at the same time that there is a global energy crisis with super high gas & diesel prices. China is laughing at how the U.S. is destroying itself. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards, critics say at a significant environmental cost
The Trump administration released new fuel economy standards on Monday, relaxing regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Artificial intelligence is turbocharging scams in ways unimaginable just a few years ago." AI is doing so much good in the world. And it's just getting started! apnews.com/quiz/inside-...
apnews.com
Could you spot an AI-powered scam? See if you can tell what’s real.
Artificial intelligence is turbocharging scams in ways unimaginable just a few years ago. Ninety-eight percent of Americans say they have been targeted by scammers — many on a daily basis — according ...
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Tired of idiots @grantman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The spot is the latest in a series of pro-Trump ads funded by public money. Some ethics experts have argued that the Trump administration is violating federal laws banning the use of taxpayer dollars for propaganda..." Nonstop lies and crimes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
nytimes.com
Trump’s 2024 ‘Final Battle’ Ad Returns, Funded by Public Money
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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