Adam Zielinski

🗽🦔🐍☮️☯️🌲🚴🏼‍♂️ #ProChoiceOnEverything #ClassicalLiberal #GeoLibertarian #FreeMarketEnvironmentalism #PriceOnPollution #PollutionIsAggression #GreenTaxShift

[Qasim Ali @qasimasports]

#Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer acknowledged his team taking the loss “pretty poorly” and went on to say “what comes around goes around” referring to the #Timbers tifo.

Schmetzer’s squads continue to struggle against Portland, #MLS losing streak grows to 6.

@EmeraldSpectrum

[The Real Mike Rowe @mikeroweworks]

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I'm not what you'd call a keen observer of the political climate in our country, but I do pay attention, broadly, to what's going on within our two parties. Watching the latest from @billmaher, I was reminded of how we struggle to reconcile our support for an idea we might like, if it’s promoted by a politician we hate. And vice versa. Here though, we have an opportunity - Democrats, in particular - to speak out loudly and clearly against an ideology that has been proven, demonstrably, to be a really bad idea.

It’s alarming to see how quickly communism has been embraced by so many, but it's even more alarming, to see how many have yet to condemn it, in favor of sheltering under a “big tent.” This week, Gavin Newsom dismissed concerns over Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and progressive candidates winning key primaries, stating he would gladly campaign for them. He argued that the party must be in the "addition, not subtraction business" to retake control of Congress.
Not that anyone asked me, but…wow. The candidates that Newsom is referring to here are not subtle. They have clearly articulated precisely what they want, and exactly what they will try to accomplish if they gain power. No borders. No police. No prisons. No Senate. From each according to his needs, from each according to his abilities, and so forth. They are literally quoting Karl Marx, and they are literally on the record as desiring to completely dismantle our government and replace it with actual communism. And the Governor of California says he will campaign on their behalf, if doing so will result in a Congressional win. Truly amazing.

Seems to me, that this is best opportunity Democrats will ever have to make some kind of reasonable appeal to Independents, and those not on board with this administration. This is a chance to affirmatively distance themselves from an ideology that has caused more human suffering than any other scheme dreamt up by man. And yet, they have not.

I understand how unpopular President Trump is in the eyes of many. But if the DSA continues to grow in popularity, and the Democrats actually campaign on their behalf, I think it’ll be the largest political blunder in my lifetime. Unless of course, I’m wrong, and the DSA expands to swallow the Democratic Party, and communism winds up on the ballot. In which case, Ronald Reagan’s warning will haunt us all.

“Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction.”I

[Portland Timbers @TimbersFC]

Nothing beats this feeling 🙌

[Portland Timbers @TimbersFC]

Goodnight, Rose City 😴💚

[Adam Zielinski @adamszman]

“Why has Japan been able to print so much money and accumulate so much debt without any negative consequences?”

[The Great Martis @great_martis]

Japan🇯🇵 is currently executing what may become the most catastrophic monetary policy error in modern financial history.

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is trapped in a brutal, zero-sum macroeconomic corner: they cannot raise rates aggressively without completely nuking the finances of the most heavily indebted nation in the developed world, yet holding off means watching their sovereign bond market slide toward a systemic collapse.

By burning billions in foreign reserves to artificially prop up a dying Yen while simultaneously printing money to buy their own crashing bonds, Japanese policymakers are essentially holding a grenade with the pin pulled.

If this experiment detonates, it will make Arthur Burns’ 1970s stagflationary missteps look like a minor accounting error.

🚨 THE JAPANESE DOOM LOOP: Why a Economic Crisis is Unfolding

1. The Burning Yen & Empty Buffers

The Sinking Currency: The Yen continues to languish near historic 40-year lows against the US Dollar.

Desperate Interventions: Tokyo is burning through its real-money reserves, executing massive FX "ambush" interventions..selling US Treasuries to buy Yen.

The Limited Impact: This multi-billion dollar defence is failing. The market is absorbing the intervention cash and continuing to dump the currency because the underlying structural math is broken.

2. A Sovereign Bond Market Under Siege

Yields Exploding: Long-term Japanese Government Bond (JGB) yields are hitting multi-decade highs, with 40-year yields breaching 4%.

The BOJ Left Holding the Bag: Traditional institutional investors are fleeing the fixed-income market. To prevent an outright market freeze, the BOJ is forced to act as the ultimate "buyer of last resort," absorbing more than 50% of all outstanding government debt.

3. The 250% Debt Trap meets an Aging Demographic

The World’s Highest Debt: Japan’s gross national debt sits at an astronomical 250%+ of its GDP.

The Math of Ruin: If the BOJ raises short-term rates aggressively to protect the Yen, government interest payments will explode exponentially.

Demographic Collapse: A rapidly aging, shrinking workforce cannot generate the tax revenue needed to cover skyrocketing debt-servicing costs. Raising rates directly threatens to bankrupt the state's social safety net.

4. The Onset of Vicious Stagflation

Imported Inflation Shock: Because Japan imports the vast majority of its energy and food, the obliterated Yen has triggered a massive cost-of-living crisis.

Drowning Living Standards: While basic survival costs surge due to global supply shocks, real domestic GDP growth remains functionally stagnant.

The Policy Trap: Japan has effectively engineered a worst-case scenario: a hyper-inflated cost of living paired with an economic growth trajectory that is completely flatlined.

Curtains.

[Hannah Cox @HannahDCox]

As a former CJR activist I strongly agree that invoking a Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination is not evidence of guilt of a crime.

But when you have a retroactive pardon and still invoke it I am 100% certain it’s because you did do crime.

Fauci is desperate to save what little reputation he has left (and only among equivalent hacks). The only thing he could have gone down for today was telling new lies. But he couldn’t tell the truth because he’d have to admit guilt.

[Adam Susman @Adam_Susman]

Why the Vincent Janssen move is a great signing for the Timbers. #RCTID

🇨🇱 Recounting Pipe Mora's farewell
👏 Cassidy exceeding expectations
🔝 Portland top MLS in set-piece goals

Full podcast: https://t.co/dDxILZGeKa

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Fauci Asks China To Engineer New Virus That Just Kills Rand Paul https://t.co/zfEbTtqybi

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Eventually y’all are going to ironically get me elected to something like dog catcher, which would be a step up from Congress.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I’ll soon be sponsoring a bill to withhold federal money from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock (and other style) cameras to surveil law abiding citizens.

[Adam Susman @Adam_Susman]

Incredible photo from Providence Park last night during stoppage time⚡️#RCTID

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[Portland Timbers @TimbersFC]

A Legacy in Green & Gold.

Tomorrow, we celebrate Felipe Mora's final match as a Portland Timber.

Thank you, Pipe🌲💚

[Batu @yetkisizherif]

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[Adam Susman @Adam_Susman]

Pipe Mora - Etched in Timbers history

⚽️3rd most goals in club MLS history (46)
🤝4th most G/A in club MLS history (66)
🇨🇱Career-high 14 goals in ‘24 after major knee surgery

Scorer of one of the biggest goals in Timbers and MLS Cup history ⬇️

[Nganji @TusiJC]

😱OMG😱

Today, after seeing this video, I confirmed that cat has 9 lives 🤗

[Adam Zielinski @adamszman]

@txradioguy @RepThomasMassie And Israel is already one of those countries. So why does Israel need this additional new law that goes further and beyond any agreement we have with any other country?

[Major League Soccer @MLS]

.@TimbersFC had never scored five vs. Seattle.

Until tonight. 🔥

[Portland Timbers @TimbersFC]

Caught. Gutted. Fried. 🎣

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

From @WSJopinion: Democrats fall for socialism again. The party’s rage against Trump strengthens the millennial Jacobins who don’t share its interests, writes @continetti.
https://t.co/S5rTXXbWMZ