Reposted by BrinkmanJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A lot of gratitude from me. I launched Platypus Economics 3 months ago with a goal to make economic literacy accessible to everyone. Crossing 100k subscribers YouTube is a big step in that journey. Thank you helping us get off to this incredible flying start! 1141953
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026New in PN: Roberts knives democracy again "So states have to wait for Trump to wreck the constitutional order, 10 weeks before midterms, before they can challenge Trump wrecking the constitutional order, 10 weeks before midterms. But it’s also such an emergency the Court had to step in. Got it."publicnotice.coJohn Roberts sticks two more knives in democracy’s backThe mail voting and ballroom decisions are a travesty. 831415480
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026President Trump has spent the morning on Truth Social trashing Canada and praising totalitarian dictator Kim Jong Un. Congrats, America! 1613684920
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026Doug Ford: "Jobs number went down in the US last month while Ontario gained 52,000 jobs, more than the entire US combined ... I feel terrible for the people in the US" 26080272064
Reposted by BrinkmanJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The U.S. just put sweeping economics sanctions on Iran. After 60+ years of trying this with Cuba, the record should make us skeptical. In today’s Substack, I look at what might happen next: newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…newsletter.platypuseconomics.comDéjà Vu All Over Again in the Strait of HormuzWhat 60 years of failed Cuba sanctions and decades of economic research tell us about the new strategy in Iran 1323860
Reposted by BrinkmanJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Trump imposed tariffs. Canada retaliated. Trump retaliated to the retaliation. Canada just retaliated to the retaliation on the retaliation. Also there's an existing free trade agreement binding both of these countries. It all feels so dumb. 71558129
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026Mamdani: "When it comes to what life looks like after the midterms, one, I hope that we would be celebrating taking back the House, and two, I would always hope that at that point we are articulating very clearly what we are standing for." 422144320
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026"We watched it on TV. And it's like, 'That's our son. That's Alex. And they killed him' ... trying to help someone" -- Alex Pretti's dad 344123704006
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents 474236448097
Reposted by BrinkmanJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Trump's tariffs—the ones he added because the last ones were ruled unconstitutional—were just ruled unconstitutional My crack team has discovered why. This law allows him to impose temporary tariffs to "deal with large and serious US balance-of-payments deficits." Here it is: 26784236
Reposted by BrinkmanChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Our current economy is rigged. It just is. A new report shows that 88 of the largest companies in America, including: Amazon Citigroup Haliburton Kohl's Palantir PayPal PG&E Southwest Airlines Tesla United Airlines Disney paid ZERO corporate income tax last year. 29952452397
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/04/2026Trump: "When you see soldiers walking around with no legs, that was Iran that did that" 4011574358
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/04/2026Trump abruptly wraps up the event before he gets any questions about Iran 1681208261
Reposted by BrinkmanMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/04/2026Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich. 795362517595
Reposted by BrinkmanThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/04/2026BERNIE: “The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 440155324041
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/04/2026Ossoff: "Trump apparently promised pardons for entire WH staff, which is what you do when you run it like a casino. Maybe the West Wing is too busy placing bets on the war to care, but American are getting hurt...in Trump’s America the well-connected get stock tips & everybody else makes sacrifices" 12655971512
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/04/2026Trump isn’t beating the antichrist allegations with these attacks on the pope 1802921475
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/04/2026I’m not sure it has broken through to the general public that the president is a megalomaniac crazy person. Hopefully posts like this help. 1218113042908
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/04/2026while the March job numbers came in better than expected, the revision to February's numbers was significantly downward. 133,000 jobs lost just that month. 2551855535
Reposted by BrinkmanRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Trump polling collapse has Republicans panicking 1111949
Reposted by BrinkmanBreezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 07/04/2026“The clouds may change shape and move, but the sky remains an infinite canvas of possibility.” ― Shree Shambav till next time🌿 212461293
Reposted by BrinkmanEric Malcolm @ericmalcolm.bsky.social · 06/04/2026If I'm being honest with myself, I probably enjoy Casino (1995) even more than Goodfellas (1990). 3932010
Reposted by BrinkmanAnni Jyn @annijyn.com · 06/04/2026is your mind’s eye open what is on the other side of the portal 11997191
Reposted by BrinkmanJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 06/04/20261. This is what America looks like with a President who is both a sociopath AND losing his mind. 2. It’s a good time to remind every member of the U.S. military they swore an oath to the Constitution, not an individual, and they have a duty/they are legally obligated to disobey illegal orders. 375102213161
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/04/2026Trump: "We're giving them until tomorrow at 8 o'clock. And after that, they're gonna have no bridges, no power plants -- stone ages, yeah. Stone ages." 100603156
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/04/2026Trump: "I'm going to Venezuela. I'm gonna run for president." 8572051627
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/04/2026Q: What is your response to critics-- TRUMP: I don't care about critics Q: What is your response to critics who say it's your mental health that should be examined? TRUMP: Well, I haven't heard that. You're gonna have to have more people like me 1351179294
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/04/2026Trump: "You know who else didn't help us? South Korea didn't help us. We've got 45,000 soldiers in South Korea to protect them from Kim Jong Un, who I get along with very well. He said very nice things about me. He used to call Joe Biden a mentally retarded person." 3771484460
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/04/2026I talked to The Times for a little profile of yours truly. Check it out:thetimes.comThe man who watches Trump all day, every dayAaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences. He says it’s ‘pretty bleak’ 35767241037
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/04/2026“It’s difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is. Journalists are trained to be like, ‘OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?’ So you convey that to your audience. But in reality, when you actually watch, you see he's full of hatred, lying constantly, and very incoherent.”thetimes.comThe man who watches Trump all day, every dayAaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences. He says it’s ‘pretty bleak’ 654177924825
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026Trump: “For Fox executives only, take Jessica Tarlov off the air. She is, from her voice, to her lies, and everything else about her, one of the worst ‘personalities’ on television, a real loser! People cannot stand watching her. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT” 2621330273
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026Awkward scenes aboard Artemis II as Trump stops ranting and none of the astronauts have anything left to say to him, leading to extended dead air 57484511717
Reposted by BrinkmanClimatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Revised April temperature outlook from the Climate Prediction Center just dropped. Hope you like it warmer than normal. 2118473
Reposted by BrinkmanAnthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The storm arriving tomorrow is forecast to drop a foot of snow at Donner Summit and generate “damaging winds,” along the eastern Sierra front, including Reno, according to the National Weather Service. Wave heights of up to 6 feet are possible on the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe.sfchronicle.comTahoe area braces for snow, potentially ‘damaging wind’The National Weather Service warned of up to a foot of snow at Donner Pass, wave heights up to 6 feet on Lake Tahoe and wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph in some areas near Reno. 25367119
Reposted by BrinkmanJoseph Lewczak (Truth Seeker) @truthseeker59.bsky.social · 29/03/2026This whimsical painting of two black cats in a simplified architectural setting is by Danish artist Inge Schuster. 655072555
Reposted by BrinkmanSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The day will come when we are finally done with this malignant madman. May it come soon as his wanton destruction is accelerating. 1464071652
Reposted by BrinkmanCrystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 28/03/2026This view, this walk takes my breath away every single time 953959239
Reposted by BrinkmanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/03/2026Q: What do you want your legacy to be? TRUMP: I settled eight wars. I'd love my legacy to be made as a great peacemaker. It doesn't seem it right now, but I think I'm a peacemaker 435998210
Reposted by BrinkmanChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 28/03/2026A bill passed the Senate last night 100-0 to fund TSA, the Coast Guard and FEMA. If Speaker Johnson called it for a vote it would pass easily. But he won’t do that. Because Trump has ordered him to keep TSA shut down and keep the chaos. Pure incompetence. 30669332081
Reposted by BrinkmanDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/03/2026The rain is insane right now in Honolulu. I cycled to work and I honestly don’t mind biking home in these conditions except I worry about getting killed by a car driver. 9652130
Reposted by BrinkmanDee 🦋🦋 @do60een.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Bernie Sanders has pulled one out for the books. He has suggested a reading of the Epstein files as a filibuster to the Save Act. 581175713640
Reposted by BrinkmanClaire D (very available for work) @rocketgal.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Received the most comically fucked up pizza I’ve ever seen. It’s a sign of good luck right? 7134917
Reposted by BrinkmanProf Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 21/03/2026A beautiful setting waxing crescent moon over Kent right now 21649
Reposted by BrinkmanRobin Kirby @robinmk.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Poppy bloom Organ mountains ⛰️ New Mexico 403419404
Reposted by BrinkmanSpiritFishin 🖤🩶🤍💜 @spiritfishin.bsky.social · 22/03/20262026 Book #24 - Burn Down Master's House by Clay Cane. Four interconnected stories about slaves rising up, violently, against their owners. This can be a tough read a lot of the time but it's one of those books I think needs to be read including the Introduction section. 5/5. #books #BookSky 💙📚 3407
Reposted by BrinkmanLong_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Driving down from canyon, near Malibu. 8”x6” oil 51543150
Reposted by BrinkmanMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 21/03/2026This rarely-seen Glass Octopus was caught on camera. The clear sea creature was filmed by an underwater robot during an expedition off of the Phoenix Islands more than 3,200 miles northeast of Sydney, Australia. Original post 15250701185
Reposted by BrinkmanChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/03/2026This is the only thing you need to know. Democrats want to open TSA. Republicans are refusing because they want to attach ICE funding. That’s why there are long lines. ICE. 13143001510
Reposted by BrinkmanJohn Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Trying to wrap my head around lifting sanctions on a “terrorist regime” we are actively bombing. 1181693454