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John Refior

@johnrefior.bsky.social
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Supporter of progressive economic policy. Aspiring small business owner. Volunteer lawyer. Amateur economist. Software developer. — #BLM #economics #TIARA johnrefior.com hachyderm.io/@jrefior www.trumpisarussianasset.info

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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Some nations are islands. No national economies are islands. MAGA seems to be trying to make the US one. But as long as DJT is POTUS, the Kremlin will have direct control of the US government--the opposite of us being independent. www.trumpisarussianasset.info
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
(By “decades ago” I meant 18 years. Oops.)
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think Postema had a good point #law
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wish I still had the screenshot, but one of his final tweets as SecState celebrated this moment as one of their biggest "wins"
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That image looks familiar
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_s...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At Saw Dust Coffee House in Putnam, Connecticut. @kairyssdal.bsky.social @marketplace.org
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Go to buy some chocolate, see a note about Trump's decimation of US power and influence and being a force for good abroad shop.equalexchange.coop/collections/... #EqualExchange
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"As U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent opened the meeting, some ministers were surprised and dismayed to see Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov sitting at the G20 table" www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Remember when Trump ambushed world leaders at the G20 in Asheville by secretly inviting Russia? That was just a few weeks ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/b... #TIARA
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Really glad to see the NY Fed putting out data like this
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not that Trump's loyalty to Russia was ever in question, but look at the timing of when that oligarch paid for Don Jr.'s wedding www.trumpisarussianasset.info
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Did not expect to see these two in lockstep. Just $1,000/share short of “l33t”. 
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Witkoff blurs the line between emissary of Trump and Putin’s biggest fan, but no one mistakes him for an emissary of the United States. www.trumpisarussianasset.info/timeline/mor...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Institutions keep getting hacked. In many cases, there would be no motive if cryptocurrency didn't allow the victims to send instant, unregulated payments across international borders. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wow.
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'Spectacle' and 'annihilation' stand out on Reuters' front page this morning
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And what else is so toxic? The blocked guy
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's almost like NYT has some sort of bias one way or the other
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sign of the times that the market was actually relieved that the Fed raised interest rates. 
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You don't have to be a genius to take direction from the Kremlin. Machiavelli is usually cited for the ends justify the means, committing evil for the national good. No US national good in POTUS being loyal to Russia. And what facade? He's not at all good at hiding it web.archive.org/web/20170628...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bit of an AI freakout in stock market media today
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Before the Iran war, the Gulf supplied roughly 20% of global seaborne jet fuel, 10% of seaborne diesel, 23% of ammonia demand, and 33% of helium production. Half of global seaborne sulfur... 9% of the world’s aluminum." --Atlantic Council www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/1...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Love for and fealty to Putin does not make for an even-handed negotiator. www.trumpisarussianasset.info/timeline/mor...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Witkoff puts hand to heart when Putin walks in the room:
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Perhaps the "mystery" of why the people who live in this economy aren't happy with it is gradually getting solved.
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The awful legislation Republicans passed is still working its way through the states. cthealthpolicy.org/wp-content/u...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Save the cheerleader, save the world." idk how, but I guess we fucked that up too www.cnn.com/2026/08/19/u...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Cutting spending on labor wasn't even enough to pay for their AI capex, these companies have also taken on massive debt through corporate bond offerings www.reuters.com/commentary/r...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Weird. It's almost like the president is following a Make America Weak agenda. www.trumpisarussianasset.info
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Huh he must be feeling really inadequate. Maybe he doesn't think he can win in a fair fight.
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I don’t remember blocking that account, but
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
...everything around me
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Admiral Caudle hired Timothy Parlatore, a Navy Reservist and well-known lawyer who had represented Mr. Hegseth and President Trump."
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Oh good thing so many people use Meta platforms and Meta is paying Newsmax to train its AI on Newsmax content ir.newsmax.com/news/news-de...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Most people would rather not think about where the money they transfer to Amazon goes
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Just me, or is that "context of the news" missing something? www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bezos destroyed one of the best newspapers in the US. Thus far consequences have not come for his fortune. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_... #Amazon
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
At some point we’re just playing with dates
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Did you check AMD stock before posting?
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Good news from Investor Relations. Still way overpriced though.
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
And it was a key mission of Trump for the Kremlin, as Ukraine was the top recipient of USAID (by country) in recent years, which is why he tackled it immediately upon taking office. "Mission accomplished." www.congress.gov/crs_external... www.trumpisarussianasset.info
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Since taking office nearly 18 months ago, Mr. Hegseth has fired or sidelined more than two dozen senior officers... He has also removed from promotion lists about 40 senior officers who had been selected by boards made up of their peers." #TIARA
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Russian oil exports to India also surged after Trump closed the Strait. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
And you have a US president helping Russia, which is why all aid to Ukraine stopped within weeks of him starting his second (no longer running for re-election) term. The obvious plan was for him to be in office in 2022 when Russia invaded (again), but his coup failed. www.trumpisarussianasset.info
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Or perhaps his strategic goal was to save the Russian economy, which he did. www.trumpisarussianasset.info www.reuters.com/commentary/r...
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Their stock is still way overpriced, but I'm glad to see another earnings miss from TSLA. Any company that stands behind Elon Musk can go to hell
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John Refior @johnrefior.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Haven't the Trumps been giving them to Saudi Arabia? www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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