Mike D

Follow me on Threads or Bluesky, same user id. I’m done with X.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@PavlovicNBCS I REALLY hope Ramos kills it with the Yankees. He had his up’s and down’s as a Giant but he has pure talent and he was a great Giant.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@BasedMikeLee Interesting tactic. When millions of normal people turn out to peacefully protest the most corrupt, fascist administration in the history of this country, all you can do is make fun of boomers’ dance moves. Truly pathetic.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@WhiteHouse Yes, you are built different. This administration is destroying the country and you’ve made the United States a total embarrassment internationally. It will take DECADES to recover from the damage that you’ve done to this country.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@baseballmarty @RafaelCorral13 Rays win 16-3.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@justdelossantos He was a great Giant and went out on a good note with that catch. Good luck to Yaz.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@ditchit @elonmusk @X @cybertruck 126K views and 17 likes. So impressive!!

[Mike D @mdoeff]

This is one of the most idiotic marketing stunts that I’ve ever seen. May you fail spectacularly, Ditchit.

[DitchIt @Ditchit]

RIP Twitter sign. You’re welcome, @elonmusk

@x @cybertruck $TSLA

[Mike D @mdoeff]

This post is from over a month ago. He said that asset prices going down will benefit Trump’s base, especially people who didn’t own stocks. @chamath - do you still think this economic fiasco that we’re witnessing is good for this country??

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

1. Trump is more popular with young people than old people. Most young people don’t own stocks or homes (aka they are asset-light).

2. Trump is also more popular amongst working and middle class folks. Most of these folks are also asset-light.

It stands to reason that a fall in asset prices (stocks down or home prices down) have very little impact on his core constituents. To that end, I won’t be surprised if Trump has little reaction, then, to an equity or home price market correction.

Separately, the upside of shrinking these asset prices is that it gives the folks mentioned above a legitimate chance to buy into those markets at lower levels, making equity ownership and/or home ownership more possible.

Tangentially, if Trump figures out how to get rents lower, he will unite young people and asset-light working people into a reliable voting block for the foreseeable future. He will have given them the trifecta: cheaper stocks, cheaper homes, lower rent.

Said differently, don’t presume that the stock market going up is a useful barometer anymore. In fact, it going down may be a better signal for his popularity.

Time will tell.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

Wild to see how overwhelmingly negative the replies are on this David Sacks post where he celebrated a very very brief uptick in the market before it continued to plunge.

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

Black Monday Hoax is over.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@DavidSacks Dude - I’ve lost about 20% in about two weeks. I don’t want to hear about one trading day. This is is a TOTAL disaster and you know it.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@texasrunnerDFW Are you seriously defending Trump’s actions right now?? He is a DISASTER for this economy and this country and there is no other way to spin this.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

Seriously - shame on everyone one who voted for Trump, especially the influential people here on X who used this platform to help elect him, donated money to his campaign, and promoted him on your podcasts.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

The @FT, not mincing words https://t.co/sWokEj4Oev

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@elonmusk And this is why people despise you. And bro, you spelled Department wrong.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

Giants fans who are tired of X - here's a Giants list on Bluesky #SFGiants https://t.co/CkRiY2Svgg

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@SFGiants Please start posting more frequently on Bluesky!

[Mike D @mdoeff]

This is lunacy. The lengths some people are going to support Trump when it’s clear this is the worst presidency that we’ve seen in our lifetimes.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

1. Trump is more popular with young people than old people. Most young people don’t own stocks or homes (aka they are asset-light).

2. Trump is also more popular amongst working and middle class folks. Most of these folks are also asset-light.

It stands to reason that a fall in asset prices (stocks down or home prices down) have very little impact on his core constituents. To that end, I won’t be surprised if Trump has little reaction, then, to an equity or home price market correction.

Separately, the upside of shrinking these asset prices is that it gives the folks mentioned above a legitimate chance to buy into those markets at lower levels, making equity ownership and/or home ownership more possible.

Tangentially, if Trump figures out how to get rents lower, he will unite young people and asset-light working people into a reliable voting block for the foreseeable future. He will have given them the trifecta: cheaper stocks, cheaper homes, lower rent.

Said differently, don’t presume that the stock market going up is a useful barometer anymore. In fact, it going down may be a better signal for his popularity.

Time will tell.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

i might be a bit old fashioned. but i am not sure about a governing system in which critical food supplies for starving children depends on getting the twitter attention of one individual who is also simultaneously running several major companies and involved in numerous twitter spats

[Mike D @mdoeff]

DOGE is a disaster…

[Sam Stein @samstein]

What an exchange: This imbecile is a moron who should stfu but i will look into it anyways and, yeah, he was right. (also, not clear the contract is actually back on)

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@Bruce_Jenkins1 Hey Bruce - why continue posting on this platform? Please move over to BlueSky or Threads - anywhere but this cesspool platform.

[Mike D @mdoeff]

@Liz_Cheney If it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now. Trump and Vance work for Putin and this country is is deep, deep trouble.