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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

5/ . . . except that it was bad. The damage done to Black kids in PS 307 was certainly real, but it isn't about money, it is about confronting the failure of a large, unionized school system. That is what the article really needed. Not a lament, but a correct diagnosis. It wasn't.

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

4/ That school is poorly led (she made that clear), but it isn't resources - alone. Yes, more money might help, but at the very top end of the $/student level, the effect would be trivial. There was absolutely no interrogation of the questions about organization or management of the school . . .

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

3/ She just couldn't come to grips with it (though there were early hints about leadership quality). Something is making it hard to recruit and retain (and fire) staff, maintain order and discipline and craft a good learning environment. It ain't money, and its not race.

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

2/ While I value the perspective on race, it was selective. New York's PS 307 is not under resourced. In fact, the spending per pupil would rival most US universities, and is more than almost any of the top 100 public high schools in the USA. There's something else going on.

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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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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There is also Employment and Occupational Data, you can download over time. It's probably more precise for history, but no different for a forecast: www.bls.gov/oes/

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OES Home

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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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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Classroom teaching, meeting colleagues and hiking the Blue Ridge.

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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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Michael Hicks @profhicks.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Daniel, I research data centers and am interested in your data. Could you make sure you record the distance and time very carefully. I’d love to access to the data.

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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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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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