Traci and cat

Traci and cat

@decirque.bsky.social

I lurk and read and occasionally reply.

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Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

Your ever-regular reminder that Republicans in Congress fully support what Hegseth and the president are doing to the American military. It’s disgraceful and disqualifying

Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social

“Hegseth, more than ever, now owns every aspect of the Pentagon’s dysfunction.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

theatlantic.comHegseth’s Pentagon Lurches Off the RailsThe resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is the latest sign of severe dysfunction in the Defense Department.
Traci and cat
@decirque.bsky.social

The current Administration wants Congress to approve $52 million to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Assuming a school lunch costs around $3.50, $52,000,000 would buy 14,857,142 school lunches. Make lunch not war!

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victoria scott
@victoriascott.bsky.social

God it just can’t stay this bleak forever right. Like we’re gonna do solar and the seas won’t cover the coasts and we’ll stop betting on societal collapse and remember that we’re here to be kind to each other right.

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Kai Ryssdal
@kairyssdal.bsky.social

I need people to play attention to this 👇 and to what I said on Thursday www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t... The destruction of politics is coming for the economy

marketplace.orgThis final note — on democracy and this economy - MarketplaceThe transcript of a Final Note from Kai Ryssdal that aired at the end of Thursday night's episode of “Marketplace.”
Cullen Hendrix@cullenhendrix.bsky.social

There you have it. The Economic Policy Uncertainty Index (www.policyuncertainty.com) just hit an all-time high, surpassing its previous high from May 2020 - the teeth of the #COVID pandemic. Consequences: worse investment climate, higher risk premia, (likely) higher interest rates...

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