Logan McMillen 🌹🕊️🌎 🇱🇧 🇵🇸

This week the US: >Put out a statement in defense of Panamanian “sovereignty” after forcing them to kick out Chinese port operators >Confirmed a new multilateral initiative to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after unilaterally blockading it Maritime norms for me but not for thee

So… less than what the war has cost us.

@atrupar A lot of retirees are going to be learning about the phenomenon of a blow-off top soon.

Trump: "We just the highest price in the history of the stock market"

@esjesjesj Trump gets credit for ending a new war each time he ends the War in Iran. He’s ended dozens of wars now with more on the way soon!

Finally the war is over for the 63rd time

Most people sense society is increasingly becoming a detached alienating nightmare driven by sociopaths. Yet we still trust mainstream economists whose entire project hinges on a world modeled after instrumental agents acting like sociopaths, to tell us what we can and can’t do

Did the President just give us permission to stop paying taxes?

@atrupar Yeah, if you’re over 65 it is.

Trump: "This is the golden age of America"

@atrupar God, I wish this were a bit—it would be so funny.

Trump speaking in The Villages: "I don't happen to be a senior. I'm much younger than you. I'm a much younger man than you. Look at you old guys. Wouldn't you like to by my age? Young, vital, vibrant."

This is the perfect hype up song for the generation that stole everything from Millennials and Zoomers.

@andresintheory UChicago’s econ department is in the old divinity school, which is pretty on the nose as far as metaphors go, but illustrates this phenomenon pretty well.

Many economists treat the value of ideas like exclusive membership in a country club for douchebags. It’s well known how toxic the discipline is. But behind this attitude is a deep insecurity driving this fixation on “credentials” because they are cosplaying as physicists

Neither way, the little head inside its mouth would wear a hat.

@LocalCreature They establish a parallel track and aggressively recruit the best students. Demand within a school collapses, and then they have to stop offering the sport. It’s truly insane.

Wait what the fuck, HOW did private equity ghouls insert themselves into public school sports???

The expansion of the credit market to accommodate this precarity is insane. I know people with white collar jobs who use a combination of credit cards, Buy Now Pay Later, and Earned Wage Access to cover basic purchases. The financialization of daily life has to end.

Alternative headline: “How the U.S. government misled retail investors, allowing elites to treat them like exit liquidity”

@DropSiteNews El Cangrejo probably pissed off Rubio by holding out for better and better deals.

🇨🇺 Trump signs executive order dramatically escalating "sanctions" on Cuba, targeting energy, finance, and security sectors President Trump signed an executive order Friday, marking one of the most sweeping expansions of US economic pressure on Cuba in decades, blocking the US assets of foreign individuals and entities operating in Cuba's energy, defense, financial services, metals, mining, and security sectors, as well as anyone acting on behalf of the Cuban government. The order also authorizes sanctions on foreign financial institutions that conduct significant transactions with designated Cuban entities, potentially cutting them off from US correspondent banking. This move could further isolate Cuba from the international financial system, limit foreign investment, and exacerbate the island's already severely restricted access to medicine, food imports, and basic goods. The order builds on Trump's January declaration of a national emergency over Cuba — the same legal basis used to justify the ongoing fuel blockade. Researchers at the Center for Economic and Policy Research found that US unilateral coercive measures had driven Cuba's infant mortality rate to its highest level in decades, rising 148% since 2018.

@Grochowa2 @stardustnf Gil Scott Heron would write an all timer based on this premise.

they got a $400,000 grant from the government to make drinking water in space, while First Nations communities across Canada still don’t have safe drinking water

@WeTheBrandon The number of “you’re wrong, line still going up” conversations I’ve had in the last week…

lol. It’s already coming for sure.

@esjesjesj Common law systems slowly undermine themselves by codifying exception after exception.

The constitution is unconstitutional

@vtchakarova Somehow, the market will hit all time highs on this news.

The US CENTCOM commander has reportedly briefed President Trump on potential “final blow” strike options against Iran, indicating active planning for renewed large-scale strikes despite the current ceasefire.

Don’t worry, some people on Wall Street will make a lot of money betting on whether or not us proles will default on our credit cards, car payments, BNPL loans, Earned Wage Access loans, etc.

At what point do we start seeing leaks from within the shipping and insurance industry admitting that their preference is to just pay Irans toll, as opposed to paying for and administering $10 million premiums? They must be preparing for the possibility of a US retreat…