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Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile

@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social

Exiled Political Economist, Silicon Valley's Public Finance Attorney, Lecturer in Political Economy, Comic Book Character, Corporate and Private Equity Lawyer, Startup Attorney, Advisor, Dad, Husband, Teacher, Former Europeanist. Opponent of Fascism.

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Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · 2h ago

Really amazing how the US economy generated the lowest unemployment in the developed world and led the planet in most measures of mass prosperity for decade upon decade before the idea of a "billionaire" had even entered our nightmares. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

Lombardo on Trump: "When the press and media runs him down, they think about 'he's taking care of his billionaire friends.' But those billionaire friends provide jobs. And unless you take care of them, those jobs are absent."

Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · 3h ago

1.) This is 100% correct - Trump's attempt to use the prestige of America's WWII military to valorize himself and his illegal aggressive war are abhorrent. 2.) These AI slop images look nothing like Patton or MacArthur - and MacArthur demands his full 5 stars. bsky.app/profile/hele...

Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 5h ago

This guy never served. He faked an injury to avoid the draft. None of his children have served. He called those who did serve their country "suckers and losers." He skipped the centenary memorial for servicemen who died in WWI because it was drizzling. This is more than usually repellent.

Trump AI slop post showing him on the battlefield in a general's uniform flanked by bad AI versions of Patton and MacArthur
Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · 4h ago

This guy takes all of the joy out of insulting or making fun of Alabama. I'm honestly just left feeling sorry for the people living there. (Dude's only willing to suggest a wall because he personally lives in Florida.) bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h ago

Tuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."

Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · 5h ago

Okay, to put on my comparative politics hat & be relentlessly pragmatic here, the more time & resources that Blanche spends fighting against Blue states over abortion, the less he will have to undercut elections and support cases that directly target political enemies. bsky.app/profile/demo...

House Judiciary Dems@democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 6h ago

A vote to confirm Todd Blanche is a vote to make abortion bans "permanent in every single state." Those are his words. He’s privately promising anti-choice extremists he'll use the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision to crack down on nationwide access to safe medication abortion by mail- [cont...]

Ruth Zakarin@ruthz.bsky.social · 7h ago

This highlights a profound impact of Trump — the further normalization of violence against women. Trump got elected in spite of his long history of violence against women. He is not held accountable when he continues to abuse women. 1/2

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h ago

Max Miller on why he's staying in the race: "When we go back to 2015 and 2016, & people in the media looked at President Trump, & everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · 7h ago

1/2 I travel back in time, and hear a voice saying "Barack Hussein Obama," then farther, another rants "God forbid that we have an Irish Catholic 'President Kennedy.'" And before this the voices merge into a thousand bigotries and slurs that sound quaint or silly today. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h ago

JD Vance: "We don't want the next administration, whoever -- god forbid you're gonna have President El-Sayed in three years ... "

Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · 8h ago

I would honestly be curious to know how this policy decision was made within Vanguard. Teaching the "Asset Manager Capitalism" week in my course is theoretically challenging, because the incentives of asset managers as shareholders aren't always clear. bsky.app/profile/uk-n...

@uk-news.bsky.social · 10h ago

Vanguard backs US climate reporting standards in SEC response https://www.europesays.com/uk/1132016/ Vanguard has become the largest investor to speak out against the Securities and Exchange Commission’s plan to ditch…#uk #news #uknews

Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · 2d ago

Liz Warren is 100% right in this - the President should not be able to own or trade the Vice President or members of Congress, which even a cursory look at J.D. Vance or most of the Republican Congressional caucus reveals Trump very clearly does. bsky.app/profile/eliz...

Elizabeth Warren@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Bottom line: The president should not be able to own and trade stocks. Or the vice president. Or members of Congress.

Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Anyone who chooses to invest is, to use the charmingly quaint and old-timey parlance of Enron, a Muppet who deserves to have their face ripped off. The people who will be unknowingly forced to invest if Musk forces SpaceX onto a major index are just collateral Muppets. bsky.app/profile/quin...

Quinn Slobodian@quinnslobodian.com · 3mo ago

"SpaceX has proposed one of the most aggressive corporate governance regimes in US history, intending to guarantee Elon Musk cannot be fired." As @madisoncondon.bsky.social remarked to me, Musk is transforming US corporate governance. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Jonathan Ladd@jonathanmladd.com · yesterday

The idea that a war only exists if there are casualties does not appear in the text of the Constitution. Nor does it appear in Madison’s notes on the Constitutional convention debates. Nor is there evidence it was discussed in ratification debates. It is made up.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Sen. Rand Paul: "I've had the debate with this administration ... they told me this isn't a war. I said, why isn't it a war? They said, 'Well, a constitutional war has to have significant casualties' ... initiation or declaration of war is *before* the casualties."

Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · yesterday

You aren't going to shame elected Republicans at this point in the history of the republic, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try, and it certainly doesn't mean that you shouldn't do it as publicly as possible. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."

Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · 2d ago

The whole thing was a scam to put a fig leaf over the corrupt Transportation Secretary accepting millions in bribes. Penny-ante stuff for the Trump cabinet, but I guess it's like the Churchill insult - we've established what you are, now we're just haggling about price. bsky.app/profile/will...

Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...

Social Scientist (Mostly) in Exile@exiledsocscientist.bsky.social · 2d ago

Liz Warren is 100% right in this - the President should not be able to own or trade the Vice President or members of Congress, which even a cursory look at J.D. Vance or most of the Republican Congressional caucus reveals Trump very clearly does. bsky.app/profile/eliz...

Elizabeth Warren@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Bottom line: The president should not be able to own and trade stocks. Or the vice president. Or members of Congress.