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Here for the peace and quiet, market information and analysis, charts, ETF updates, etc. Also always up for digital marketing news. Hoping to recapture the magic of the original place in the early days. #finsky
Working with @dantully.bsky.social has opened my eyes about campaigning.
Door knocking.
Phone calling.
Traditional media’s fade.
Social media’s rise.
What it’s like to connect with voters.
PS to #IL08 voters, hard to believe that anyone is working harder than my nephew to earn your vote.
#ILpx
A vote for Dan Tully is a vote for someone who knows and practices the law, served in the military, and worked inside the executive branch—the three institutions this president is abusing.
Let's send Dan to Washington. He'll know what to do.
#il08
#Bloomingdale, see you at Jamesons tomorrow night for @dantully.bsky.social primary Town Hall finale!
#IL08
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.
Here's the skinny on Dan Tully. He gets things done!
Bio: well educated, well trained, well prepared for US representative
Issues: #IL08 voters, see if they align with yours
I don’t remember the last time I was in a room with so many people and nobody looking at their cellphones.
As usual, @dantully.bsky.social was outstanding on everything from Iran to climate change to universal healthcare.
But also people are concerned, want change.
#IL-08
< 2 minute explanation on this from a military lawyer, for anyone who needs
www.youtube.com/shorts/s9e0j...
Doesn’t having rules of engagement (ROE)—as opposed to abandoning them—seem like the right thing to do?
Can’t believe this is where we are. 😱
@dantully.bsky.social advised commanders on ROE, listen to his explanation here.
@maddow.bsky.social #il08
@dantully.bsky.social has the military + legal expertise to know how wrong this war is.
Having eaten in the bombed dining hall makes it that much more real.
The troops are on his mind. And the innocent lives at risk.
Congress needs to fight back, Dan needs to be part of that fight.
#IL08
Dan Tully has been focused on this for months--see his earlier comments on his War Powers, Foreign Policy and National Security YouTube playlist
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#IL08
50 videos in six playlists showcase Dan's ideas and plans.
More than that, they show what he brings to some of the crazy events that have occurred during the #IL08 campaign. His constitutional law training, military background and foreign diplomacy experience is unmatched.
Right guy for the moment
Awesome, Dan 👏
At another time, 11 town halls would be 11 repititions of campaign talking points.
These town halls, though, provide a glimpse of @dantully.bsky.social reacting in real-time to voters' questions and the day's crazy news.
They're a showcase for what an awesome #IL08 congressman he will be! 👍
Loving the passion and energy in the convo right now between Patti Vasquez @heartlandsignal.bsky.social and @dantully.bsky.social (candidate for #IL08)
This is the kind of fight Democrats need to bring! 💪
So many different topics are discussed at these Dan Tully forums.
But there's one unifying theme: people want clear-eyed leadership, they want ideas and they want to see things get done!
#IL08
This is a great vid from Dan as he connects the dots between issues affecting food affordability today.
He names specific steps that Congress can take to address the issue. #IL08
Go Dan!
Let's send this good guy to Washington!
More at dantully.com
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
👹 NEW OPTIMISTICALLIE 👹
Five months after the tariff chaos started, and tariff impacts feel like a mirage
But they're here, and you're paying them
I brought the receipts:
optimisticallie.com/p/tariff-fied
Really looking forward to working on this!
Here's the total attention to 2025 publications on both X/Twitter and Bluesky. Bluesky has two thirds of Twitter's attention with >10 times fewer users.
More concerns about the quality of US economic data:
“.. almost a third of the prices going into the CPI at the moment are guesses based on other data collections in the CPI.”
- Apollo/Slok
Spotted on LinkedIn and want to share here:
As of today, Perplexity can now plug into EDGAR for all SEC filings on all modes - search, research and labs.
www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/ans...
"Retail traders have net bought $50Bn in cash equity as the market bounced since Apr 8th... The buy-the-dip strategy in early April has clearly paid off. We estimate retail investors’ portfolio is up 15.1% since Apr 8th..." - JPM
Goldman Sachs is now the top shareholder in IBIT as spot Bitcoin ETFs reach $121B 📈 https://crypto-economy.com/goldman-sachs-now-top-shareholder-in-ibit-as-spot-bitcoin-etfs-hit-121b/
Whoa.
U.S. ETF/ETF industry in Q1: record $298 billion net flows,
$96 billion in March alone (source: ETFGI)
Net inflows into U.S. listed ETFs the week ending April 18:
$2.9 billion (source: ETF.com)
The slowdown in shipping from Asia we are *already seeing* is likely not about reciprocal tariffs coming into place on Japan, Vietnam, etc. in July. They’re likely stemming from the 145% China and 10% global tariffs.
Not foreseeing those going away soon
bsky.app/profile/bren...
recessions don't last as long as they used to
We'll let the economists and strategists debate whether it's different this time.
From our communications (financial PR and digital marketing strategy) perspective it is.
Here's our blog post and video about communicating through the market volatility.
lowecom.com/insights/blo...