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Economist | Policy Nerd | MA Econ | MPP candidate | Neoliberal leaning | Opinions my own.

[Hanno Lustig @HannoLustig]

no, they didn't.

[NewsWire @NewsWire_US]

TRUMP SAYS “I LOVE THE INFLATION”

[Sarah McBride @SarahEMcBride]

thoughts and prayers

[Chris Freiman @cafreiman]

Europeans visiting the US for the World Cup

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

CNN = Owned by a right-wing billionaire.
CBS = Owned by a right-wing billionaire.
FOX = Owned by a right-wing billionaire.
WaPo = Owned by a right-wing billionaire.
WSJ = Owned by a right-wing billionaire.

Ah yes, tell me more about how the mainstream media is “far left.”

[Congressman Pat Harrigan @RepPatHarrigan]

Republicans believe in free markets and limited government, which means keeping Washington's hands off private investment decisions.

I led a letter signed by nine of my colleagues calling on House leadership to defend free market principles and protect the freedom to invest from increasing political interference in private markets.

When government starts telling investors what risks they can and cannot consider, American families, workers, and retirees pay the price.

[Sen. Lisa Murkowski @lisamurkowski]

While I support funding to secure our borders and protect the homeland, I do not support bypassing the annual appropriations process by providing funding for multiple years in a manner that diminishes both congressional direction and oversight.

By choosing to appropriate funding for three fiscal years instead of one, this measure weakens the normal budgeting process and sets another precedent for avoiding it when we find ourselves in disagreement. In doing so, it reduces Congress’ ability to apply reasonable checks on immigration policy for the remainder of this administration and into the next.

Had this measure provided immigration funding for one year, included clear restrictions on what those funds can be used for, and eliminated any potential for taxpayer dollars to be allocated to the administration’s brazen ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, I likely would have voted for it. The final bill fell short on all of those fronts, so I opposed it.

[Graphs&Charts🌐 @graphsandchart]

Hiring Beat Expectations in May, With 172,000 New Jobs. Mostly Healthcare and Education. https://t.co/WGQBm81JOT

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

330 million Americans. Some of whom must be decent, honest, ethical, intelligent, and educated. And yet we keep picking out the absolute worst of the worst to nominate and elect. I don't even know where we find these people. But something is deeply broken in America.

[Locar @Locar1111]

The Amazing Digital Circus fans on their way to see the movie in theaters

[Senator John Cornyn @JohnCornyn]

Rut roh

Libertarian Ted Brown courts disaffected conservative voters in Texas’ U.S. Senate race – Houston Public Media https://t.co/wZ9ipRviE1

[Chris Freiman @cafreiman]

There is more political diversity in economics than in history or English:

[🇺🇲 President Birb 🇺🇲 @AngelicKnight98]

Me checking on the boi's:

[Jessiah @thepondering_]

Biden 2028, his time has come

[Keith @nagy_minaj]

Me seeing sunlight and realizing I took the metro too far

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

So yes, President Trump has overseen 30% of the current federal debt. And by the same stupid math, Obama had overseen 59% when he left office - 41x as much as debt as WWII.

There are better ways to measure presidents' fiscal irresponsibility. Let's retire these dumb memes. (/F)

[Senator John Cornyn @JohnCornyn]

An old, but apt fable:

A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it across. The frog hesitates, afraid that the scorpion might sting it, but the scorpion promises not to, pointing out that it would drown if it killed the frog in the middle of the river. The frog considers this argument sensible and agrees to transport the scorpion. Midway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway, dooming them both. The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: "I am sorry, but I couldn't help myself. It's my character." @Wikipedia