I look forward to buying American coffee, bananas, and black pepper.
You can't avoid an income tax. You can avoid a tariff. Just buy American.
Alex Tabarrok
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Alex Tabarrok
@ATabarrok
Prof of economics at George Mason, co-founder of the online education platform MRU.org. Advisor to firms, incl MultiversX, TEAL, Bluechip, 0L Network +
- In case you were wondering what no kings means.To be clear, a TV commercial is about to cost American consumers about $50B because he’s mad.
- If South Korea chained several hundred US workers, many Americans would be talking war. Hard to exaggerate how mad this is. Mad economics, mad foreign policy. Shameful to treat an ally this way. This is the kind of thing which won’t be forgotten. Decades of good will torched.These images of the mainly Korean workers being chained by ICE in full restraints including wrists, belly, and ankles are pretty nuts.
00:00 - No way ABC would have lost in court. This is a payoff to avoid retribution.BREAKING: ABC News agrees to pay $15 million to Trump's presidential library to settle defamation suit filed by president-elect. apnews.com/article/abc-tr…
- The DOJ is suing @elonmusk and @SpaceX for focusing their hiring on US citizens and permanent residents. Do you know who else advertises that only US citizens can apply for a job? The DOJ. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
- It’s even worse than I thought, they texted a deceitful and highly discredited journalist with top secret war plans.. @SecDef response to the @TheAtlantic article…. “You’re talking about a deceitful and highly discredited “so-called journalist”
00:00Readers added contextA spokesperson for the National Security Council, Brian Hughes, confirmed the authenticity of the group chat to which Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added. x.com/JenGriffinFNC/… nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna1… usatoday.com/story/news/pol… reuters.com/world/us/top-t… lemonde.fr/en/united-stat… - Putin is fulfilling his promise to restore the Soviet Union.
- tl:dr It was Oswald.President Trump is ushering in a new era of maximum transparency. Today, per his direction, previously redacted JFK Assassination Files are being released to the public with no redactions. Promises made, promises kept. archives.gov/jfk
- Wow. If it were not for President Trump, 1/3 of the US population would have died in the last 100 days.Today is Fentanyl Awareness day. In President Trump’s first 100 days we’ve seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives. We are fighting relentlessly for the families of loved ones lost, for those whose lives are at risk, and for the soul of our
00:00 - For my wedding anniversary, I designed and had hand-woven in Afghanistan a rug for my microbiologist wife. The rug mixes traditional Afghanistan designs with some scientific elements including Bunsen burners, test tubes, bacterial petri dishes and other elements.
- Look, I have been reluctant to bring this up but I think there is something we need to discuss.Thai problems. An elephant casually walked into a convenience store in Khao Yai.
- Hilarious. Climate activists glue themselves to conductor’s stand but don’t realize it’s removable so security lifts it up and puts them in back room.
