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Cheesles

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Retired dividend investor.

Having a go at sustaining a high-income portfolio.

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    Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social

    Oh cool they’re debating giving a massively important job to my dumbest enemy, a guy who once modeled over-65 employment by assuming the boomers would un-retire at an exponential rate

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    Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social

    This dude got his PhD 5 years ago and works at Heritage - here's his unpublished diss with 1 citation www.proquest.com/docview/2452...

    Here's the fired Comm. of Labor Statistics with 20+ years of government economics experience and an extensive publishing record scholar.google.com/citations?us...

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    Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social

    US effectively moving to a system where tax policy is set by the executive branch, fully adhoc, unpredictable, and bespoke per company, and based in large part on the presidents' personal relationships with the company's leadership

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    Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social

    Stephen Moore never fails to make careless errors, cherry pick numbers, and misrepresent the data. My friend Christooher Clarke picks apart Moore's latest dishonesty, exposing mistakes and misrepresentations that are big, embarrassing, and disqualifying.

    Worth watching: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6aPQUJt/

    TikTok video by Christopher Clarke

    Economist Stephen Moore cherry picks data to present in White House. He claims BLS overestimated Biden job numbers by 1.5M. However, he commits numerous errors. Over Biden's 4 yrs, the BLS initially u...

    TikTok video by Christopher Clarke
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    Brad DeLong @delong.social

    Yes, Kevin Hassett Would Be a Very Bed Fed Chair Lying liars who lie and knowingly and deliberately say whatever—whatever—lies they believe are to their immediate advantage are not the kind of people who should chair the Federal Reserve. Any questions?… braddelong.substack.com/p/yes-kevin-...

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    🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social

    Please watch this in its entirety

    Trump has installed dozens of men who follow this ideology into the highest levels of his administration, including Pete Hegseth, who leads the Department of Defense.

    This is the doctrine Republicans want all Americans to live by. 🧵

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    Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social

    The MAGA-led response to the Texas floods is going great - so great that locals are still finding rotting human body parts in the debris that no one in government appears to care about picking up:

    Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.

    “Nobody came”: Hill Country flooding survivors recount anguish, neglect during emotional hearing

    Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.
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