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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

37 more wounded troops. Added quietly. No explanation. Here's the No B.S. truth: when anyone (a vendor, a CEO, a government) revises the numbers without telling you why, the silence IS the message. 861 wounded. Their families deserve the full story.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

REPUBLICAN Senator from Utah calls for an investigation into Don Jr. for getting a wedding party paid for by a Putin-connected oligarch

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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

1/ I admire @nhannahjones.bsky.social piece in the @nytimes.com and especially admire her decision to live out her conscience in a direct way. Hypocrisy would've been much less inconvenient. But, I am also a bit shocked about the focus of, and facts about the school (PS 307).

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CNN @cnn.com · 15/09/2026

Leaders at the Kennedy Center warn that the arts institution faces "certain fiscal collapse” and could close within days. CNN’s Sunlen Serfaty reports on a proposal linking President Trump’s fundraising help to restoring his name to the building. Read more: cnn.it/4xXHcW7

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges

The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

1) How did all the baddies make it into Heaven? 2) Nietzsche looks so pissed to be 8th in line after Osama bin Laden. 3) Why are there two Che Guevaras? Is there something we should know?

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maninthebooth.bsky.social @maninthebooth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A note to watch Jimmy Kimmel interview James Talarico on YouTube tomorrow because the Mobster in the White House is trying to end free speech in America.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Most American have zero interest in the US government treating one of our most important historical allies and trading partners like this. But the worst among us is running the country, thanks to the worst and most irresponsible voters among us.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I still can’t believe that a nut job exclaimed, “They’re eating the cats, they’re eating the dogs” and millions of Americans said, “That’s the guy I want as president.”

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/09/2026

@jvl.bsky.social has a message for the MAHA crowd confusing ignorance with "open-mindedness": “You don’t know anything about this shit...you don’t have any fucking clue as to how the world works. And so you should just listen to the people who are smarter than you.”

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maninthebooth.bsky.social @maninthebooth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We know that Russia is helping Iran target our troops while we are at war with Iran. And this administration not only doesn't object. It aligns with Russia. How can our military tolerate this betrayal?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

* CARNEY SAYS U.S. TERMS IN TRADE TALKS MEANT CANADIAN INDUSTRIES EITHER WOULD BECOME U.S. SUBSIDIARIES OR BE WOUND DOWN * CANADA SAYS WE CAN START HAVING TRADE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE U.S. WHEN "AMERICANS STOP DOING MEMES, STOP THROWING SHADE, STOP TRYING TO BE TOUGH AND START BEING SERIOUS"

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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hard to characterize this senate candidate as a Communist when he’s more supportive of free trade than the president. And that’s a good thing.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

He gets it.

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maninthebooth.bsky.social @maninthebooth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This isn't real but it is funny and it is accurate.

Fake Trump tweet asking everyone to ride bikes.

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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Some professional news: I retire from Ball State and move to Shenandoah University as director of their school of business and the Eldon R. Lindsey professor of economics. Too many good things to say about both schools to attempt it here. www.thestarpress.com/story/news/l...

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'Controversial' economist and writer Michael Hicks leaves Ball State

After 19 years of economic research, Michael Hicks is leaving Ball State to join Shenandoah University.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

That's a big kick in the guts. Payrolls is much weaker, and the U.S. lost -23k jobs in March, well below expectations of +80k. Huge downward revisions, too: May now +63k (instead of +129k), June now +20k (down from +53k). Very bad news. Revise down your views substantially.

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Doug @dougmasson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Good column by @profhicks.bsky.social. Indiana government needs to focus on encouraging educational attainment. Additionally, the elimination of the 30% business personal property tax depreciation floor was a mistake. #Indiana

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

There are a lot of people eager to dismiss ethics as mere decorum.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New post! On convenings as catalytic investments, and how to measure their ROI.

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Thiemo Fetzer 🇪🇺🇺🇦 - same handle elsewhere @trfetzer.com · 23/06/2026

Its now ten years since the UK voted narrowly to Leave the European Union. I have studied how the UK got there through my research for many years now. Evidence is growing that the UK is indeed leveling up, but, by leveling down. Let me introduce the Brexit Cost project:

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Kevin Williamson on killing of Venezuela gang chief Guerrero Flores: “This was—and ought to be treated as—a straightforwardly criminal act on the part of the American president and those who have carried out his illegal orders.… there is no law authorizing summary execution of drug-crime suspects.”

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We Should Probably Stop Murdering People

If only for our own good.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Still not safe to stand near windows in Russia.

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Props to CNN’s chyron writer:

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

this is what "keeping a republic" means

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

some more upcoming Talarico scandals— He got asked to the prom by four girls and had to turn three of them down In 2022 a waiter told him to enjoy his meal and he said “thanks you too” He agreed to foster a puppy but decided he couldn’t give her up and ended up adopting

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 05/06/2026

Happy #JobsDay! At 8:30 am ET, @usbls.bsky.social delivers what’s usually one of the most-important signals abt how economy is changing Forecasts’ center: +80K jobs Unemployment rate (UR) steady at 4.3%

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I'm posting this video every day so we NEVER forget what insurrectionist Donald Trump did on J6 Instead of accepting defeat and honoring the peaceful transfer of power, Trump unleashed a deadly mob on the U.S. Capitol in a last-ditch attempt to stay in power THIS is what an insurrection looks like

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SalukiColt @salukicolt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Great December 2025 article from @profhicks.bsky.social It took me a while to find it but I was thinking about as the Bears move closer to a decision on where to move - NW Indiana or NW Chicagoland suburbs. So I'm reposting for easier access.

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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This is like saying we need to prevent automobiles, planes or power plants from being built.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Meth futures rise on anticipation of payouts to January 6th felons.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Funny how the all the people ransacking the Capitol on January 6 were liberals, plants, and ANTIFA—until there was money to be made from it.

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justfara @justfara.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The goofiest thing about gas prices going from $2.84 to $4.99 in just two months is that Donald Trump is mentioned over 38,000 times in the Epstein Files.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The theft of $1.8 billion in tax money by an unchallenged executive to fund his personal political operatives is exactly the kind of action that sparked the American Revolution.

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

$714,285 per person is before the detainees lawsuits are settled and does not include the costs of this ongoing lawlessness to the communities these folks have been kidnapped from….

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Remember how *hysterical* Republicans got when Obama bowed to the Emperor of Japan in 2009? Well, here is Trump bowing before the President of China—and not a peep from the MAGA outrage machine.

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I think the fundamental misconception here is "we do not currently organize the economy around growth." We organize it around "trading with other people for stuff they want" and 1.) this tends to produce growth 2.) GDP is a mostly useful metric for tracking whether trades are happening.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Kevin Warsh was just confirmed as next Fed chair. The only problem is we don't know which Kevin Warsh... The inflation hawk of 2006-2011? The sock puppet who doesn't know won the 2020 election? A public servant ready to grow into the job and lead? Someone else? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Thomas Edsall asked me how much Trump's fossil fuel handouts, attacks on cheap-clean-power, and reckless wars are costing the American people. So I sat down and did the math. This year alone, it's on pace to be $1508 per household. That's not going to be popular. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o...

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 11/05/2026

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Community Engagement and Public Safety: Evidence from Crime Enforcement Targeting Immigrants

Felipe Gon ̧calves Elisa J ́acome Emily Weisburst

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We study the role of victim reporting in the production of public safety. We examine the Secure Communities program, a crime-reduction policy that involved police in detecting unauthorized immigrants and increased deportation fears in immigrant communities. We find that the policy reduced the likelihood that Hispanic victims report crimes to police and increased offending against Hispanics. The number of reported crimes is unchanged, masking these opposing effects. We show that reduced reporting drives the offending increase and provide the first elasticity of offending to victim reporting in the literature, calculating that a 10% decline in reporting increases offending by 7.9%.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

“Energy prices came down” Yes, momentarily, because once again the Administration lied about the status of physical events, and for some reason, traders again believed it.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

What is especially galling is that this saved zero dollars, since the cruise ships pay for the inspections. And now their industry is less trusted because of perceived health risks. Amazing lose-lose policymaking.

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