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Darin Self

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Assistant Professor of Political Science -- Researching democratization, autocracies, the military, and political parties. Chair of Utah County Democratic Party -- making democracy work locally: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/utcountydems

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I’m from three months in the future, here to congratulate you on the great February jobs report. Oh, I forgot, you still think it’s bad

07.03.2026 03:45 👍 134 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 1

Last night all the gas stations in my part of town were at $2.99

I imagine the drive home will show quite some change.

06.03.2026 23:02 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0

Russia is helping kill Americans which according to Trump is "stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We're talking about something else."

06.03.2026 23:00 👍 27 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1

Oil prices are up over 25% this week. I'm guessing there is going to be another massive jump after the weekend.

06.03.2026 21:58 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

1) why is the treasury secretary talking about this?

2) convenient that they waited for markets to close on a Friday

06.03.2026 21:57 👍 34 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1

They're mad because they had come to believe that Democrats unilaterally disarm and do not engage in constitutional hardball.

06.03.2026 21:49 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
06.03.2026 21:48 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

im-in-danger.gif

06.03.2026 19:48 👍 29 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

No Democrat should vote to approve a single $ (yes I know Fetterman will but we all know he's already going to lose his primary if he runs again)

06.03.2026 18:17 👍 33 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

The tried this with Iraq and this is how it ended up:

06.03.2026 17:26 👍 18 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

its probably not what he means, but you know, its midterm season.

06.03.2026 17:12 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Now now before you all pile on this would actually meet criteria on my Intro to Comparative Politics exam.

You can change the people without changing the regime - even in autocracies.

06.03.2026 17:12 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

How many red flags can one guy have?

06.03.2026 16:48 👍 27 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1

Tech guys apparently aren't aware that the machine that they built which mimics human language may speak like humans

06.03.2026 16:26 👍 37 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1

probably in some bank account in Qatar

06.03.2026 16:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This statement with that chyron is *chefs kiss*

06.03.2026 15:53 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

The economy is on the precipice of a meltdown, we're facing stagflation, and we've started a regional war in the Middle East.

All this due to Donald Trump and we still haven't faced the tail risks of RFK Jr dismantling our public health infrastructure

06.03.2026 15:49 👍 46 🔁 25 💬 1 📌 2

Collecting your money illegally was so much easier.

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06.03.2026 15:35 👍 636 🔁 88 💬 14 📌 1

Quite the thing to say when the government he is a part of started a war in the Middle East which will make everything more expensive

06.03.2026 15:00 👍 21 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

WE SIGNED A PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN IN 2015

06.03.2026 14:57 👍 81 🔁 25 💬 1 📌 0

We will bomb and tariff our way to prosperity! bsky.app/profile/atru...

06.03.2026 14:39 👍 1609 🔁 416 💬 188 📌 25

Yeah, making everything more expensive is usually the fastest way to fix it

06.03.2026 14:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh, and now oil is headed for $90/barrel *today* with gulf nations saying they may have to completely shut off oil production and shipments.

06.03.2026 14:06 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Turns out shutting off immigration, deporting people, and taxing imports are bad for the economy.

Who knew!?*

*every person who actually took and tried to learn something in Econ 101

06.03.2026 14:03 👍 55 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0

HUGE payrolls miss, wow

Feb Payrolls -92k vs +55k est/+130k prev
2m net revision -69k
Unemplomyent 4.4% vs 4.3% est/4.3% prev
Avg hourly earn YoY +3.8% vs +3.7% est+/3.7% prev
Jan Retail sales MoM -0.2% vs -0.3% est/0.0% prev
Control group est MoM +0.3% vs+0.3% est/-0.1% prev

06.03.2026 13:30 👍 1041 🔁 286 💬 18 📌 82
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The U.S. economy has lost jobs since "Liberation Day."

06.03.2026 13:37 👍 584 🔁 178 💬 37 📌 20

Thanks Biden

06.03.2026 13:58 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

department of "limited overseas military operation"

06.03.2026 03:13 👍 291 🔁 30 💬 10 📌 2