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@impartialspectator.bsky.social

EconProf: I post occasionally on whatever tickles my fancy: Science, the Econ tribe, politics, music ...

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If you like making love to music, put on a live album. That way, you get applause every two to four minutes.

14.02.2026 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2228    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 165    πŸ“Œ 38

According to the New York Times, Homeland Security wants social media sites to reveal anti ICE accounts.

ICE SUCKS
ICE SUCKS
ICE SUCKS

Are we clear!

14.02.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3889    πŸ” 697    πŸ’¬ 227    πŸ“Œ 68
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'Most Vile Scumbags on Earth': Critics Appalled by Explosive Report on Kristi Noem's Corruption | Common Dreams Explosive report reveals 'outrageous corruption' by US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and top adviser Corey Lewandowski.

www.commondreams.org/news/kristi-...

14.02.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5458    πŸ” 1991    πŸ’¬ 289    πŸ“Œ 119
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This guy raped little girls.

14.02.2026 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12177    πŸ” 3323    πŸ’¬ 1340    πŸ“Œ 334
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

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02.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 23031    πŸ” 8754    πŸ’¬ 509    πŸ“Œ 412

Each and everyone named in the Epstein files have had years to come clean and repent. None of them did, huh.

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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

01.02.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 67406    πŸ” 16147    πŸ’¬ 2580    πŸ“Œ 1833
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

01.02.2026 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 35236    πŸ” 17460    πŸ’¬ 2309    πŸ“Œ 2261
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SHABOOZEY: β€œImmigrants built this country.”

02.02.2026 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 12225    πŸ” 2665    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 90
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Duke professor Dan Ariely had longstanding friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, newly released files show Ariely is named in 636 of the some 3 million newly released files. He was a prominent professor at Duke over the course of his correspondence with Epstein.

... wherein we learn that studying ethics isn’t the same as having them. Shock, surprise. Not.

"Ariely is named 636 times in the more than 3 million additional files released on Jan. 30."

dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

02.02.2026 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.

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No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.

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Seems like a good video for his trial

29.01.2026 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 19056    πŸ” 9531    πŸ’¬ 1711    πŸ“Œ 1270
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Amazon’s Promotion of β€˜Melania’ Has Critics Questioning Its Motives

"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." – Mussolini www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/b...

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apnews.com/article/amaz...

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 97449    πŸ” 40965    πŸ’¬ 4312    πŸ“Œ 5384

β€œThe pool of science is in danger of filling up with PISS, warn the three researchers: Spanish engineer Pablo GΓ³mez Barreiro, Italian economist Paolo Crosetto, and Canadian immunologist Mark Hanson.”

@hansonmark.bsky.social you child

25.01.2026 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Want to know more?

Thread by the authors: bsky.app/profile/hans...

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563

Data explorer: paolocrosetto.shinyapps.io/Editors_as_a...

26.01.2026 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Senator Rosen calling for Noem’s impeachment. More of this, please.

25.01.2026 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 12230    πŸ” 2953    πŸ’¬ 303    πŸ“Œ 79

You're such a Karen! ;-)

26.01.2026 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Labor’s Harvard index obsession is a recipe for grand fiscal follies Jim Chalmers must resist pressure to spend billions of dollars in the name of economic complexity. If not, it won’t be a decade of deficits we face, but more.

Didn't know. Important explainer and deconstruction. Must-read.
www.afr.com/politics/fed...

25.01.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,

Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.

24.01.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 25408    πŸ” 6093    πŸ’¬ 709    πŸ“Œ 263
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This is ok tho

24.01.2026 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 29205    πŸ” 8116    πŸ’¬ 1203    πŸ“Œ 448

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