Michael Purnell

No, he's not. He's an economist, and knows this is bad news.

Apparently, neither do AG Pam Bondi, VP J.D. Vance, nor POTUS, much less anyone else on the political right.

Bullets, shot into the dark.

Andromeda, before the clouds moved in.

The DOE's climate report is a sham, with hand-picked contrarian experts and cherry-picked data that ignores 99% of the scientific literature. by @andrewdessler.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/09/03/t...

5 forecasts early climate models got right – the evidence is all around you From rising global temperatures to the fast-warming Arctic, early climate models predicted the changes half a century ago.

nice article from Nadir Jeevanjee (is he on bluesky?) about predictions climate models got right. successful predictions are the gold standard of science.

5 forecasts early climate models got right – the evidence is all around you
theconversation.com/5-forecasts-...

Jordy Meiselas: We're not chasing politicians or people. People are inherently flawed. They'll let you down. But values and strong core beliefs, I mean, that's been really our north star since we started…

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

Covenant must be a creation thing, and accompanied by a recognition of our place in it. After all, in time, stones can be made to shout out.

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YouTube video by Alliance for Responsible Citizenship How the Elite rigged Society (and why it’s falling apart) | David Brooks

This is spot on.
youtu.be/QSa52TR9tCA?...

It may feel weird or somehow improper to talk about your art or your writing, but we need it. It can’t be wall-to-wall nightmare all the time. Art is both counterweight and context. It’s escape and enlightenment and a mirror of our own exasperation. We need it. We NEED it. Keep showing us.

Trump Burns Economic Bridges A Needless Tariff War

Burning bridges that are far more difficult to build than destroy.

www.avindman.com/p/trump-burn...

Hunter's analysis is spot on:

www.facebook.com/hunter.limba...

My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like it’s more important to say, “What is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.”

Fox’s chief national security correspondent fact-checks Trump as he again tells the lie about “turning on the water” in California

The water release alarmed local farmers and had no way of getting to SoCal. A total fabrication.

There is no bottom.

What we have today is worse than unelected bureaucrats. Namely, an unelected oligarch, with huge conflicts of interest and whose businesses receive many billions from the federal government, and over whose affairs he now presides without oversight from the now forcibly removed inspectors general.

For decades, I've been hearing about the downfalls of having unelected bureaucrats twiddling the knobs of the federal government. Those unelected bureaucrats nonetheless were accountable to independent inspectors general, whose role was to enforce legal standards and prevent corruption.

Setting the Record Straight on Canada-U.S. Trade Setting the Record Straight on Canada-U.S. Trade

Canada is America’s second largest trading partner, but number one export market. The 10 biggest stock market drops took place during the pandemic. We may set a new record soon.

economics.td.com/ca-canada-us...

This is a default page that you see when you first set up the web server using that particular operating system.

After visiting the account on X, I'm not seeing posts made using the account. Does anyone else, and can a link to same be provided?

First 28 days of 2025 were 1.75°C above pre-industrial!

Even with La Niña cooling the planet down somewhat, this will be the hottest January in history.

The Global warming rate might have more than doubled!

Why is this important? This policy increases job insecurity for federal employees in policy-making roles, pressuring them to align with political goals or risk termination. It discourages dissent, whistleblowing, and independent expertise, fostering a politically driven federal workforce.

The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.

Like a dog whistle.

So, you were going to receive a bad grade because you disagreed with your prof, regardless of the quality of the work. SMH

Well, The Telegraph is helpful to his cause, as usual.

Unintended? Nope. Chaos is exactly what was wanted.

Charles Spurgeon says good morning.

Day 53 — January 22, 2025

While most of the orders and policies that Trump rescinded in his opening act were those of the Biden Administration, one order he eviscerated goes back 60 years—to the LBJ presidency, and the heart of the civil rights era.

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North Carolina is no better than California. They had years to raise all their houses near creeks and rivers but they failed to do so. /sarcasm