Why is gold ramping up today? Apparently because of the low ADP jobs print (because fewer jobs makes traders/algos think the Fed is less likely to raise rates and more likely to cut them). Joke's on them, because I don't think the Fed is moving at all on rates before the election. #EconSky

holy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!

That time a stray cat snuck into the Leningrad Zoo in St. Petersburg and became best friends with a lynx. Original post

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

MAGA makes cowards of men. The end product of choosing to live in the MAGA machine is the utter evisceration of one's courage, one's integrity, and one's decency. What comes out of the machine's churn at the other end is scarcely recognizable as a man.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 56m ago

BLUMENTHAL: Judge Cronan, you're already on the district court. Who won the 2020 election? CRONAN: Joseph Biden received the majority of electoral votes B: You have nothing to lose. You have a lifetime appointment, and yet you're unwilling to state the simple fact that Biden won the 2020 election

Some things I've learned about legislative advocacy, and I think my record speaks for itself. 1. Start by asking for everything you want. Stop preemptively negotiating against yourself. The process of passing the bill will whittle it down. Why started with a whittled down product?

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Oregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arson

A public report urges the CFTC to ban prediction market contracts on destructive wildfires, raising concerns over public safety and potential arson.

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On Monday, Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted, prompting nearby residents to evacuate the area. Get the latest: https://cnn.it/4w5cPLi

That does not sound like a peace deal is near to me. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Trump and Republicans are TRYING TO STEAL SPANISH LAND to hand it to Morocco to control the Strait of Gibraltar - and giving them $40 million to make Morocco great again Wake up @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu the US is intent on stealing European territory africa.businessinsider.com/local/market...

US Congressman Thomas Massie links $40 million in US funding for Morocco to Spain’s Ceuta migration crisis

Morocco has found itself at the centre of international attention over the past week after a surge in attempted migrant crossings into Spains North African enclave of Ceuta prompted renewed scrutiny o...

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Did you see how Apple, Amazon Walmart and other big companies are refunding the billions of dollars they got back from the federal tariff settlement to their customers, who ultimately bore the cost of higher prices? Yea, me neither.

Facts suck, if you're delusional and in a cult.

Our average of polls at FiftyPlusOne gives Trump a roughly 36% approval rating and 61% disapproval rating — a net -25 — among all adults, and he’s rapidly losing ground. The president set a new record low six days in a row just in the last week: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-04...

this essay by Evan Osnos about the future that is being made by China is v good. Americans should see other countries clearly instead of a funhouse mirror that plays over and over again the same scenes from the american nightmare. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

haha yes, dont expect historical accuracy from hawks. Britain doing just technology in 18-19thC and not doing imperial land grabs would come as news to half the world... what was interesting to me was the use of history to frame techno industrial competition over systems and 3rd parties.

advait@advaitarun.bsky.social · 22h ago

Funny enough, this framing isn't even historically correct? Britain worried a lot about Russian encroachment on their existing land empire--in India--and their influence over Persia and Afghanistan. And the US was expanding quickly across the continent and taking island outposts in the Pacific.

interesting historical framing of China's techno-industrial strategy. 18thC: Britain did Steam Engine, Russia did imperial land grabs 19thC-20thC: US did 2nd industrial revolution, Europe did imperial land grabs. 21stC: China does industrial revolution, US does imperial adventures....

Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.

"actual communists" kind of implicitly granting prior accusations were in bad faith? (one might wonder what that says about the current accusations, ofc, but nevertheless.)

Makes me wonder how bad Republicans’ internal polls are in Texas

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Much of humanity has been transformed into a world-spanning machine of unfathomable complexity whose primary purpose is to deliver gadgets, clothes, and items to the middle third of North America as efficiently as possible. Whatever else you might say about this, it’s good at the task it’s meant for

Much appreciated. Just was incensed by a physician bringing another physician, Dr Fauci, to try & intimidate before Congress. All those who were there on the "front lines" of pandemic know the reality of the amazing help from Fauci, CDC & others to rush effective treatments.

why would anyone believe this pathological liar and grifter? Ask the Iranians if a deal is close. If they say "yes," then we can celebrate.

”We have nothing to fear but fear itself” was a great, succinct description of markets as social phenomena, and this year has shown that there’s a corollary “everything is great if we all believe together that it is” to some degree as well.

MO Senator Eric Schmitt, posting on his personal Xitter account, is whining bc his Dem colleagues laid out how Schmitt and his Republican colleagues are endorsing tax crimes and rewarding terrorists and cop beaters.

Big ag minting too.

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ADM lifts 2026 profit forecast on strong margins, favorable biofuels outlook reut.rs/4w1P9Yx

Are the ships in the room with us now, Mr. Secretary?

If you want to lose hope for America, watch this TMZ explainer of what's happening to Anthony Fauci. The video is very good; you'll lose hope when you start to read the comments. TL/DR: America is overrun with brainwashed chuds. youtu.be/6zaOVjGyCNI?...

What's Happening With Fauci Is Awful

YouTube video by TMZ

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Price follows earnings. Forward 12m EPS estimates for the S&P 500 Semiconductors industry are up by 155% year/year