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Eric Bottorff

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Adjunct of economics and philosophy / You’ll Never Walk Alone

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By the way, if someone is serving for the United States military, it is a bit old fashioned to say "thank you for your service", perhaps try instead: "you are a traitor to the human race."

10.03.2026 03:25 👍 448 🔁 101 💬 8 📌 1

I see a lot of people (mostly non-locals but also some locals) not understanding what this news is: a last ditch attempt to work around the fact that the tepid prosecutor who succeeded Foxx isn't prioritizing this work within CCSAO. A response to perceived failure of CCSAO to seek accountability.

10.03.2026 03:25 👍 149 🔁 32 💬 3 📌 1

This honestly should have happened a long time ago. But better late than never.

10.03.2026 04:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is a major development. The American Economic Association (AEA) and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) are the most powerful groups of economists in the world.

10.03.2026 03:32 👍 175 🔁 41 💬 1 📌 4

Not the first time I’ve cried during his show.

10.03.2026 04:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Chicago police shoot and kill person in Humboldt Park The police-involved shooting happened Monday afternoon as officers tried to stop a vehicle suspected of being involved in an earlier shooting.

Meanwhile, cops killing people and starting reckless car chases that hurt pedestrians.

FUCK THE POLICE

chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/03...

10.03.2026 04:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Not that it needs repeating, but Trump clearly has no fucking idea what he’s doing.

10.03.2026 02:27 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump threatens not to sign any bills until Congress approves strict voter ID act Save Act would limit voting access in the US and centers on Trump’s unfounded claims of noncitizens stealing elections

Again Trump is doing an excellent job highlighting all the powers of the presidency we need to severely curtail if not entirely eliminate.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

09.03.2026 19:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Jews don't belong in American society."

Imagine a sitting member of Congress tweeting that. You can't. Thankfully, it'd never happen. And *if* it did, it'd be the end of their career and the biggest story in America.

But Ogles can say this about Muslims without any censure.

09.03.2026 15:55 👍 7159 🔁 2076 💬 322 📌 124

I don’t think Trump and his people are capable of engineering “distractions,” I think the mind-numbing chaos we see every day is straightforwardly the result of giving the dumbest, cruelest, most corrupt, most selfish people of a generation near-unmitigated power

09.03.2026 13:48 👍 5161 🔁 1269 💬 94 📌 63
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"Trump and Netanyahu killed every child in this photo.

Every. Single. One.

Not combatants.
Not militants.

Schoolkids from Minab, Iran."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Mi...
x.com/sahouraxo/st...

09.03.2026 06:25 👍 52 🔁 44 💬 1 📌 5
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As good an image as any to illustrate America’s contribution to Middle East peace, order, and stability over the last 30 years.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FW...

09.03.2026 12:26 👍 461 🔁 122 💬 7 📌 4
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DHS detains US citizen from Evanston at O'Hare, releases her in Wisconsin after nearly 2 days The woman's family said federal agents told them that she was not in custody despite her phone location previously showing her at the Broadview facility.

“At some point, the family said, they lost Naqvi's location that was being shared from her phone. Relatives said federal agents continued to tell them that Naqvi was not in custody, despite her location previously showing her at the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.”

09.03.2026 12:21 👍 512 🔁 231 💬 8 📌 11

Israel and the US appear to want to do to Tehran what they have done to Gaza: reduce a busy and complex society to a toxic wasteland.

09.03.2026 12:35 👍 810 🔁 266 💬 53 📌 6
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Attacks leave dead vs killed

09.03.2026 03:21 👍 10036 🔁 2626 💬 141 📌 122

Woke up to news that an ex-student was illegally detained by DHS and spent about two days at Broadview. Thankfully they are now back home.

Shut it all down.

09.03.2026 12:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iraq Becomes Battleground for U.S. Forces Once Again — The Wall Street Journal The U.S. is targeting militias that have carried out dozens of attacks in a show of support for Iran

This is madness apple.news/A7RXibruZTWe...

09.03.2026 06:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

maybe I'm focusing on the wrong thing here but this is the wildest shit I've ever heard a white South African say and I study racism for a living

08.03.2026 23:49 👍 9434 🔁 1664 💬 209 📌 34
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US military carries out targeted strike on alleged narco-terrorist network in Ecuador The U.S. military conducted a targeted strike against a narco-terrorist network in Ecuador in a joint operation with Ecuadorian forces, SOUTHCOM officials said.

they are also bombing the Amazon.

www.foxnews.com/us/us-milita...

09.03.2026 04:52 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

‪15/ "Americans have no idea how much the world is shook, folks. Here in Thailand they have a running tally of how many days' worth of fuel the country has left" -@nickjbrumfield.bsky.social
Asian markets CRASHING as oil prices shot up 30%!
buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
bsky.app/profile/fint...

09.03.2026 03:30 👍 187 🔁 67 💬 6 📌 1
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Drains across the Iranian capital Tehran are continuing to explode after earlier Israeli and US strikes on oil depots and infrastructure.

Medical experts are warning the toxic smoke and runoff has increased the risk of deadly illnesses, including cancer.

09.03.2026 05:05 👍 824 🔁 568 💬 31 📌 65

Always good advice. Especially right now.

09.03.2026 05:36 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Frankly other countries don't hate the U.S. enough.

09.03.2026 05:27 👍 1047 🔁 157 💬 24 📌 0
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Iranian journalist reports in front of the flames of a burning Oil depot.

09.03.2026 01:57 👍 1750 🔁 633 💬 51 📌 97
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I was in Tehran this time last year. I want you to see how beautiful my city is. I want you to see the city the US/Israel is trying to wipe off the face of the earth

08.03.2026 15:24 👍 1277 🔁 519 💬 14 📌 0
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A Trump-shaped shadow looms over FIFA’s grand plans for the 2026 World Cup | CNN Before the 48 teams were drawn into groups for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the US President Donald Trump was invited onto the stage to receive a trophy.

"FIFA did not respond to a request for comment for this story."

Lol of course they fucking didn't. The beautiful game deserves better than these pathetically corrupt fucks.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/08/s...

08.03.2026 21:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"More than twice as many kids killed in Lebanon just this week as were killed in Israel on Oct 7th.

But no one cares. Arab lives have no value." -- @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

08.03.2026 19:47 👍 48 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0
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The intensity of the Israeli bombardments in Beirut’s southern suburbs....
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

06.03.2026 19:36 👍 62 🔁 53 💬 4 📌 14
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Attacks on Desalination Drag Water Supplies Into the War With Iran Bahrain, which says Iran damaged a plant, is among the Gulf countries that depend heavily on purified seawater.

There are now two reported attacks on desalination facilities in Trump's Iran War: one on an Iranian plant; one in Bahrain. This marks a dangerous escalation in a region highly dependent on #desalination for #water supply.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

08.03.2026 17:42 👍 65 🔁 40 💬 4 📌 3
Karen - Official Reveal Trailer
Karen - Official Reveal Trailer YouTube video by IGN

lol wut www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgXQ...

08.03.2026 17:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0