Sign in

Zachary

@zmamo2.bsky.social
198 followers 223 following 541 posts

Californian Economist by training Analytics by profession

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Zachary
William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 15h
This is a ‘good strategy’ in game theory terms if you assume Trump will punish you for not rolling over and showing deference and democrats won’t. Democrats should think about altering those incentives.
311544269
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The Iranian strikes materially restrict global oil supplies to increase pressure on on the US to end hostilities on Iranian terms The US strikes…. Blows up some old military hardware in a display of impotent bravado. Ones playing chess, the other is not.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nobody likes these but they are legally mandated. Lovely.
130
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This is the responsibility of holding positions of authority. If you are not willing or able to do this when it’s needed what is the point of you being in the position? It is their duty to lead, it is not optional.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Who could possibly have foreseen this guy would 1. have more and worse accusations in the woodwork 2. cling on for any sort of leverage rather than resigning once he can’t deny his way out of it.
100
Reposted by Zachary
Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Everything. Trump. Touches. Dies.
215328
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
When you realize this is how the US government has been run for 1.5 (or 5.5 ) years. A reality tv Ouroboros.
100
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Weak, fragile, mediocre men whose ego cannot handle the fact that the world has moved on.
000
Reposted by Zachary
Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I've been really in favor of a federal university system for a while because there'd be no better use of public money than growing urban cores in chud states where there's a real possibility that population growth would flip the state blue.
1637340
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
That was an amazing overtime. Great game Cabo.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Cabo!!!🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
These people are cowards who fear people who talk, ear, or dress differently from themselves. We should go back to openly mocking and ridiculing is level of overt racism.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Didn’t mind that his actions directly lead to their deaths. Only that he’s getting blamed for it.
000
Reposted by Zachary
Gabe Fernandez @thelatinochild.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I would die for my country Cabo Verde, a nation I totally knew the location of prior to 10 days ago
16969119
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Millions of people do this already, they are called freeways and they are everywhere and very loud but we don’t care because they are usually poor people.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
They why the should you be president?
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
It’s nice to be comfortable enough in your masculinity to not have to prove it by eating ”man food”.
010
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This was basically a forgone conclusion and I doubt it will be the final round www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Iran Says Hormuz Has Been Closed But Sends Team for Swiss Talks
Iran said it has closed the Strait of Hormuz for shipping transit due to what it called Israel’s violation of a ceasefire, even as Pakistan said US-Iran talks were set to open in Switzerland on Sunday...
200
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
This is just unacceptable from our representatives, regardless of party. Vote blue no matter who is still the correct take for the time being but she really needs to be urged into retirement and investigated for corruption.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Impotent, lame duck, senile presidency.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
He gave them everything for nothing in return. - $300B - no more sanctions - nuclear program in tact - ballistic missile program accepted - control of the straight (arguably better than nukes) How is this not both money and power? www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
economist.com
Donald Trump gambles that Iran wants money more than power
The peace deal is all carrot and no stick
000
Reposted by Zachary
Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Donald Trump inheriting a situation that was suboptimal but honestly fine, deciding to personally intervene, and making everything significantly worse at great taxpayer expense is a perfect synopsis of every single thing he has done as president both times.
10042491090
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The phones “might” matter but we are so far from it being the main issue here.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Doubt… (just like all The other ones)
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This could have been us.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This would actually be the “waste fraud and abuse” that Republicans are always looking for. It just happens to be going to Them and their allies.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
These claims should be open to libel suits when there is no evidence
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Blood and soil politics is what people grasp to when they have absolutely nothing else to be proud of.
010
Reposted by Zachary
the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
as far as I'm concerned the plan should still be to black bag this guy and dump him in the middle of tehran on January 21 2029
310515
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
…possible Trump stake using taxpayer dollars…. FTFY
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I do remember a time when Republicans derided green energy investments as a waste of funds. Seems that the waste wasn’t the problem, only the recipients
000
Reposted by Zachary
James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
873354449540
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Teaser of what’s to come. Our very own Damnatio Memoriae.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Doubt.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
They are going to continue normalizing this until it’s go time for the real thing.
000
Reposted by Zachary
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
These people are creepy, childish and just weird as shit and we should say it all the time.
39559851052
Reposted by Zachary
Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
"Oh you spoiled children want a painless war" no what we wanted was NO WAR. You fucks have no right to be conducting this war! It's illegal and unconstitutional and no one wanted it! Our government is fully broken! How dare you lecture us as though you have any legitimacy whatsoever!
6513101
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I really like Ezra’s work back when politics was about policy but it’s clear he’s just not up to the moment. It’s been 10 years of maga and trumpism and he’s still acting like maga is arguing in good faith. Which is either extreme naïveté or just a performance to entertain his readers.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
As slaves, they welcomed them as slaves
050
Reposted by Zachary
De Tomaso PanSCAREa @griffonatrix.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. Wait For Real?
010622
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
So what happened to the “fuck your feelings” crowd? I guess that was just fuck YOUR feelings, but theirs are most certainly correct.
010
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
1. Doubt 2. Hes been president for 18 months and has an enormous ICE budget, so this sounds like an indictment on his own administration if anything.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The Jewish state did start this war. Netanyahu decided to pursue war because he is a war monger. You can be pro Jewish people and against Israels policies and anyone who argues otherwise is basically stating “your with us or against us” and only the Sith deal on absolutes.
022
Reposted by Zachary
David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The Iran war is showing that renewable energy is a national security imperative, and that fighting renewables tooth and nail as the White House has been doing since day one deeply undermines national security, as @ryanlcooper.com writes. prospect.org/2026/03/13/i...
prospect.org
The National Security Case for Renewable Energy - The American Prospect
Turns out oil is vulnerable to price shocks caused by blood-crazed presidents.
16791221
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Doubt that very much.
000
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
He out right says it and Republicans just keep acting like the president is not a pedophile.
000
Reposted by Zachary
Dustin Johnson 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸 @warandcoffee.eurosky.social · 09/03/2026
I do think Americans' lack of ability to imagine how much worse things could get was a major contributor to Trump's win. Between general lack of interest in the world and lack of recent experience with catastrophe there's not a lot of basis for understanding what can go wrong.
820938
Zachary @zmamo2.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Civilians, school children, etc. This is evil.
000