Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026that sounds good, maybe i'll alternate between berry and pumpkin 100
Reposted by Zachary PleatOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026raise revenue and undercut right-populism with One Weird Trick (capitalists HATE this) 71331408
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I'm gonna be trying baked oatmeal with frozen berries soon, I'm looking forward to it. 100
Reposted by Zachary PleatNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump’s plan to save the midterms is…help Russia. The Trump-Vance-Kushner-Witkoff approach to the war has always been weaken Ukraine so they bow down to Putin. It hasn’t worked. With nearly two years of this, Ukraine has shown it can thwart ground offensives and strike Russian oil without US help.ft.comUS warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharingDonald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow 591300439
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026static.klipy.comPalpatine Star Wars: I Am The SenateALT: Palpatine Star Wars: I Am The Senate 000
Reposted by Zachary PleatNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I doubt Russia has tons of diesel to export. They're in a fuel shortage crisis. It'd be illegal, violating sanctions. And awful strategy while Russia is attacking Ukraine, menacing NATO allies, and helping Iran target Americans. But looks like Trump trying to jawbone markets before the midterms. 36831229
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If only housing wasn't sooooooo much higher than what previous generations paid fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1XTUXfred.stlouisfed.orgReal Residential Property Prices for United StatesReal Residential Property Prices for United States 080
Reposted by Zachary PleatDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Stop writing headlines as if Trump's DOJ is remotely credible! www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/1...washingtonpost.comKennedy Center doesn’t have to answer questions about Trump’s role, DOJ assertsThe ongoing court battle has prompted an unusual debate about whether executive privilege can extend outside of the president's official responsibilities. 48622
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026War crimes administration sanctions court that investigates war crimes 010
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It's because she's Black, that's it, it's naked racism. 010
Reposted by Zachary PleatMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just Al Capone all of them to jail forever. 19116
Reposted by Zachary PleatAngelo Carusone @goangelo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“Shoot ‘em, stick ‘em, or fry ‘em” www.mediamatters.org/pete-hegseth... 4211845
Reposted by Zachary PleatChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity. 17261221497
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026What I mean is, the cameras switched to a view outside the facility when the time came, they didn't show the execution. But my memory of that could be wrong! 100
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026it's not just gonna be cameras outside? i remember watching the Timothy McVeigh execution like that 100
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Outside of the AI buildup, it sure looks like we are bsky.app/profile/jaso... 021
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026New from me: New York Fed research found that if not for Trump's tariffs, goods prices would have declined. Many news outlets haven't yet covered it. www.mediamatters.org/tariffs-trad... Fox continues to blame affordability problems on Democratsmediamatters.orgNew York Fed research found that if not for Trump's tariffs, goods prices would have declined. Many news outlets haven't yet covered it.On October 6, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published an article to its Liberty Street Economics blog that included a chart showing that President Donald Trump’s tariffs directly led to a highe... 27429
Reposted by Zachary PleatOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026these people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942 4142261217
Reposted by Zachary PleatBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Big Beautiful Bill cut corporate income taxes pretty substantially. Corporate tax revenues came in even lower than expected. 512765
Reposted by Zachary PleatCraig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I realize JD Vance lies as he breathes, but inflation was LOWER when Trump took office than it is now, by all measurements. Biden inherited a global pandemic, recession, and inflationary pressure from Trump. Trump inherited stable inflation and robust job creation and then screwed it up. 095
Reposted by Zachary PleatDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The head of the Fraud Task Force unaware of corruption inside the Trump administration, despite it being widely covered in the media. All by design: The Public Integrity unit in DOJ was gutted and has been told to focus on welfare fraud in blue states. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper... 11710178
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Surely Trump can't surprise the market anymore, right? 100
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Helldivers 2 is about as fast-paced as i can handle these days 010
Reposted by Zachary PleatHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The former Fox News host who is the president’s son’s former fiancée and current US ambassador to Greece asked for a $100k bribe from a discredited Kentucky lawyer and pizza restaurant mogul who wanted to get his song lyrics in front of Kid Rock 34568137
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026such a "hard news" show www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/ton... 010
Reposted by Zachary PleatMedia Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Those who remain at Fox to celebrate the network's 30th anniversary either revel in or are willing to accommodate its core aims of GOP dominance and Trumpian propaganda.mediamatters.orgFox News at 30: Even the pretense of impartiality is all but gone 4112032
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Trump in early 2024:thehill.comTrump says he hopes economy crashes in next 12 months: ‘I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover’Former President Trump said in an interview that aired Monday that he predicts the U.S. economy will crash and that he hopes it does so within the next year. In the interview with Lou Dobbs, Trump,… 000
Reposted by Zachary PleatNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I don’t think a 21X increase in the cost to get a tanker out of the Persian Gulf with lower total exports than before the war is an achievement. And I think it’s odd that so much of the press has been covering it as if we should see this as positive, with “Better Than You Think”-style “explainers.” 19647209
Reposted by Zachary PleatJoshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The President broke the law by illegally withholding funds to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.gao.govU.S. GAO - Department of Health and Human Services—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—Application of Impoundment Control Act to the Availability of Funds for GrantsCongress appropriated lump sum amounts to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to carry out various research initiatives for fiscal... 1155
Reposted by Zachary Pleat☠️𝔖𝔭𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔶 𝔎𝔯𝔦𝔰🦇 @freydalpishti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Paul Verhoeven the most vindicated guy to ever exist. 43757789
Reposted by Zachary PleatBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trump is corruptly misappropriating taxpayer funds to pay for political ads. And rather than object, his GOP allies in Congress shrink in fear. Gift link: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comCampaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorialsThe White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount. 43676270
Reposted by Zachary PleatMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026👇🎯 - NSF/NIH $ decimated - ongoing attacks on specific universities - Title VI/FLAS $ cancelled: new CAANN grants just illegally cancelled by Russell Vought - ongoing foreign student collapse bc of immigration restrictions - Constant lying about campus speech from the fascists Total failure 13710
Reposted by Zachary PleatMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Once again, I ask why the New York Times & every other media outlet immediately & instinctively reports on the 🇩🇪 AfD as a “far right” or “extremist” party but does not regularly cover the 🇺🇸 Republican Party as such: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 6356108
Zachary Pleat @zpleat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And everyone who lied about it www.npr.org/2026/06/10/n...npr.orgICE denies having a protester database. But a letter to Congress sheds more lightIn a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters. 016323
Reposted by Zachary PleatMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Unprecedented corruption & constitutional crimes. Again, it all should have ended in 2017, when he began openly monetizing the presidency at his hotel two blocks from the White House. We are not a serious country. 14485159
Reposted by Zachary PleatAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The mainstream media has given lot of different people lots of reason to lose trust in it broadly speaking. However, when Republicans talk about The Media, I would like for you to look at historical polling graphs of when that plummet in their trust really began and hmm, interesting timing… 28923