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The Reinhart-Rogoff error – or how not to Excel at economics Last week we learned a famous 2010 academic paper, relied on by political big-hitters to bolster arguments for austerity cuts, contained significant errors; and that those errors came down to misuse o...

The error :

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I'm calling this "serious personism". They want their positions to be seen as the "serious person" position no matter where they stand in reality. There's a parallel to "the economy is when men hit steel with hammers" laborism

A meme that says Being trans in 2026: don't think it's a big deal but according to the police it is

Hey so hoping this doesn’t need to be updated in 2027

So, I dunno. Be nice to a trans person today. And don't forget trans men as part of all of this.

With Singing Resistance “ICE out now” protesters at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis tonight: “Doug Baker is a board member of Target and Orchestra Hall. / Tell Target to change its tune, / defend the rights of all. / Which side are you on, Target? / Which side are you on?”

Here is a drawing I did some years ago, it is a drawing of a raccoon holding a wrench and saying “Anything you can do to undermine the US war machine is justified and morally right”. Pen and ink on paper.

Here is a drawing I did some years ago. I might as well share it here now. Anything you can do to undermine the US war machine is justified and morally right. pen and ink on paper.

It's all connected

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If you're a DC area bartender or related service industry worker and you hear govt./military people talking about the strikes on Iran, let me know what they're saying. I'm on signal at nslayton.12

“direct your anger at trump not the democrats” buddy you are severely underestimating the amount of anger i have available to me

hot take: if you're an American, this is not a nuanced issue. you do not need to "listen to Iranian voices" here. you need to tell your leaders to stop bombing a country and killing people. that's literally it.

Doesn’t he work for Northrup Gruman, famously of the Military Industrial Complex? He knows which side his bread is buttered on!

We are heartbroken to wake up to news of American and Israeli military strikes in Iran. These unjustifiable attacks are a dangerous escalation in Trump's scorched-earth Middle East policy. President Trump values the wants of Netanyahu over the will of the American People. Furthered by the Trump Administration's repeated circumvention of Congressional approval to do so. Hasty, reckless bombing leveled an elementary school in Iran. Local sources are already reporting dozens of civilian deaths. As Jewish people and Americans, our voice needs to be loud, clear, and united against this heinous action carried out in our name. This violence is unconscionable and illegal. Immediate action must be taken by both the US and Israeli governments to de-escalate tensions created by Trump and Netanyahu. We urge Congress to bring Articles of Impeachment against President Trump. If not now, when?

I am publishing a statement here on this morning’s strikes of Iran carried out by the US and Israel.

As a Jewish DFLer it is imperative that we speak out. Additionally, I invite all support from the entire DFL community. Please sign on here to support this statement: forms.gle/8W5jfdMZuFjG...

This is how you live a life

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Friends, can you chip in to support our NE neighbor? He’s lost his family, and he’s staring down the barrel of an immigration hearing at Whipple next month gofund.me/39d8aaed4

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What ceremony of words can patch the havoc?

#OtD 4 Feb 1869, "Big" Bill Haywood was born. A miner from childhood, he co-founded the revolutionary @IWW union. Once remarked: "I've never read Marx's Capital, but I've got the marks of capital all over my body." More about the IWW in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/w...

This is how you do it. There's so many creative ways to make it costly to collaborate with these psychopaths. Pull every lever.

This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.

Article excerpt: In my few days in Minnesota, I’ve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments I’ve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world. I watched heavily armored federal units roll through quiet neighborhoods. In a grocery store parking lot, angry residents screamed at agents, demanding they leave the city. Masked and armed government agents pointed weapons toward me and some protesters during an encounter in the middle of the afternoon. Curious guests in a hotel elevator wondered why I was carrying around a medical pack and gas mask. Local residents thanked me for being there to witness the situation. A drunk man at a hotel bar cursed at me, saying the media was at fault. The wars we’ve carried out as a nation abroad have come home.

"In my few days in Minnesota, I’ve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments I’ve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world," photojournalist @cengizyar.com writes. "The wars we’ve carried out as a nation abroad have come home."

More: https://propub.li/4acxEeY

This needs to be at the top of every story about the ICE body-cam thing. They already have body cameras.

Epstein survivor: We've only seen half of the documents. They're saying that the reason they didn't release the other half was to protect survivors. Yet I've found all of my identifying information. It's not just my name, it's my birthday, my address. They really failed all of the survivors on this.

Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...

A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.

Folks outside of Minnesota: Looking for how you can support Latino small businesses in Minneapolis? Here you go.

Charles Murray O @charlesmurray X.com DEI causes me to feel fatigue. "Diversity," "equity," and "inclusion" aren't inherently bad; it's the distortion of the concepts in implementation that fatigues. Christopher Nolan casting a black woman as Helen of Troy in The Odyssey causes me to feel hostility. It is a deliberate assault on a treasure of Western Civilization. But the same thing applies on a lesser scale to the casting in Bridgerton. It's a distortion of a historical setting in the service of an ideology, and I find it offensive.

Given that any historical Helen would be 4’ nothing and darker than me, one is forced to conclude that Charlie is offended by Lupita because his notion of ‘Western Civilization’ is largely based on sword and sandal movies he saw as a kid in the fifties

Yeah, you know I just saw this meme… lol

Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)

How DHS Turned the Whipple Federal Building Into a House of Horrors - Racket Plus the sycophantic MN GOP, an uplifting Alex Pretti Memorial Ride, and how you can help in today's Flyover news roundup.

We could probably just call it a concentration camp.