Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/04/2025Robert Wolf on Fox News: "I've been in finance for 40 years. This is probably the biggest manufactured crisis I've seen with a bunch of unforced errors. The execution of 'liberation day' was pathetic." 1243298817256
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19/04/2025“Department of Government Efficiency.” 382188035733
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialSykes @mikedsykes.bsky.social · 14/04/2025This is bullshit, man. Fucking bullshit. 18025
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I'm seeing grown-ass adults marvel at how high stocks jumped today - they must think their mom actually vanished when she played "peek-a-boo." 223119351677
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/04/2025imagine being this pathetic, servile and eager to gulp up the slop 1556387974171
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialdave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me 528388345924
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialBrett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 06/04/2025It wasn’t so bad when the smart woke people were running shit now was it 12589721276
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/04/2025The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words "America’s astonishing act of self-harm" on.ft.com/3YjtOLV 671174325821
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/04/2025It's been noted that the last time stocks fell this sharply, we were in the midst of a global health pandemic. To which I say, please be patient. by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 16970691237
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 04/04/2025There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts. 31116811315015
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Let the Herbert Hoover comparisons begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 27675128
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 04/04/2025“Kennedy’s team requested that Marks turn over data on cases of brain swelling and deaths caused by the measles vaccine—data that Marks said doesn’t exist because there have been no such confirmed cases in the U.S.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...wsj.comExclusive | Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.’s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science StanceDr. Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments. 208104383925
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 04/04/20251) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse. 2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report." 3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes." This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC. 12143960610179
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I spoke to a South Carolina woman today who is miscarrying - her fetus has no heartbeat - but the state's ban is preventing doctors from taking action. She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound. This is what bans do.jessica.substack.comHer Fetus Has No Heartbeat—They Still Won't Give Her An AbortionSouth Carolina's ban is torturing a 31-year-old mom *right now* 571106564331
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialTom Usher @tomusher.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Hate to be millennial about it all but it is just mental that my whole working life has just been a series of recessions and “economic shocks”, underpinned by stagnant wages 428127232246
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialDaniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 02/04/2025THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU. 281248325137
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialLaguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 29/03/2025 19457135
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 30/03/2025I’m gonna become the joker 4797570
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Let's check in with a leading introductory economics textbook. 1011829424
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/03/2025RFK is a eugenics freak first and foremost and everything falls downstream from that. he *wants* excess deaths. he thinks that only the "fit" should survive. 974333269401
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Sending a Russian dissent back to Russia to be tortured and/or killed perfectly encapsulates this loathsome administration’s lack of American values. 14755911893
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialwarrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where 13836025513871
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18/03/2025mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...arstechnica.comReport: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question“Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,” one researcher said. 21461481919
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19/03/2025In recent years, Judge Boasberg has: - ordered the release of Hillary’s emails - ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public - restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation - limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case. The resistance, he ain’t. 17867421995
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17/03/2025Just gonna point out she is saying this just 50 yards or so from Lafayette Square, which sits immediately outside the White House and includes a giant statue of General Marquis de Lafayette, a hero of the Revolution and a visible reminder of the key role France played in securing U.S. independence. 1131770337
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025It is stunning how committed Trump is to removing American soft power, built up over generations. 32678151
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.seattletimes.comI found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back. 14224302717223
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This is an act that helps the authoritarian leaders of China, Russia, and other repressive states. It’s a profound betrayal of America. 26668216
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Part of me still thinks when I see these horror stories there must be something we don’t know, but the other part realizes it’s just getting this bad, this fast. 24457111
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialDave Infante @dinfontay.com · 13/03/2025Counterintuitive, but: this will crush the US wine industry. Booze gets to market on distributors' trucks. These fleets need volume to run efficiently. Subtract EU wine from the equation & it no longer pencils out. Any gains from less competition would likely be paid back out in margin loss. 1253045707
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran. 1063261939574
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 11/03/2025Team Normal Standers strikes again. 2793631268
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch. 35079101514792
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/03/2025The existing private companies often rely on the USPS for the last leg of rural deliveries so this would just be the end of mail for them entirely. But remember, it’s the Democrats who have contempt for rural Americans 641871412
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialNicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 05/03/2025you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency. 15249606926495
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/03/2025💰 661237452
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialAlan Wessman @alanwessman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I don’t think we pay enough attention to who writes the headlines (usually not the reporters of the article) and how they understand their duty to the public. 35511
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialJohn Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The only EPA in U.S. history to issue celebratory press releases over killing jobs & investments in American communities; eliminating clean energy, clean tech & pollution reduction benefits; & worsening health for Americans. 210552
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 05/03/2025i'm proud to announce that i'm running for president in 2028 on a platform of letting the richest man in the world and a bunch of pedophile nazi goblins destroy everything you love for no reason 201058125
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialPatrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I guess most people don’t know that when the IRS cuts personnel for audits, they increase the audits on lower income returns cuz the rich people’s taxes are too hard to work with less personnel. But hey at least it’s something else to be wrong & angry about, right? 191192255
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.sociallocal blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 04/03/2025"But I need to stay informed!" Big dawg, not a single word of what he's gonna say is gonna be informative or helpful. Just find something you enjoy and focus on that. 1241587
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialDenise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Spineless sycophancy watch. Also known as the ancient practice of sucking up to the king. 64717
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialNicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 04/03/2025"medical freedom" = criminalizing vaccines, in the same way that "free speech" = banning words and books 25979304
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Fascism is here. Name it. This is not what we are supposed to be about. 🇺🇸 17138191232
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/03/2025"Lech Wałęsa reminded Trump that 'Gratitude is due to the heroic Ukrainian soldiers,' and added, 'We do not understand how the leader of a country that is a symbol of the free world cannot see this.' Donald Trump cannot see this. Do the American people?" www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-puti...thebulwark.comWhat Fresh Hell Do We Have Today?Sure, we’ve abandoned Ukraine, launched a trade war with our neighbors, and insulted close allies. But at least we’re screwing over our veterans, too. 2140577
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/03/2025"We are at a moment of truth: Can something resembling a stable and decent world order be maintained without the support of the American president? With his outright hostility? We haven’t had to test this proposition during my lifetime. We are about to do so now." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-puti...thebulwark.comWhat Fresh Hell Do We Have Today?Sure, we’ve abandoned Ukraine, launched a trade war with our neighbors, and insulted close allies. But at least we’re screwing over our veterans, too. 1744681
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Stand with trans Americans. You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous. www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...thebulwark.comStand With Trans AmericansYou don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous. 12359751420
Reposted by @justsum.bsky.socialBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Had Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown on the same team and still couldn’t win an outright championship 2873875
