Rob Steinernomics
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The most important thing in politics that could be happening right now is if my son showed me his TikTok feed filled with 5 second videos, one after the other, of Trump and the GOP looking like lame doofuses who suck and saying cringy shit that kids will mock. Nothing so far tho 😔
“I refuse to sign a bill that helps address real issues until Congress passes an unrelated bill that addresses fake issues.”
- President Trump
- President Trump
June 24, 2026 at 2:42 PM
“I refuse to sign a bill that helps address real issues until Congress passes an unrelated bill that addresses fake issues.”
- President Trump
- President Trump
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Federal government employment is down 345k since the start of 2025 amidst DOGE cuts—that's more than 11% of the Federal workforce
The large drop last October was caused by many workers who had been on deferred resignation becoming officially unemployed
The large drop last October was caused by many workers who had been on deferred resignation becoming officially unemployed
May 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Federal government employment is down 345k since the start of 2025 amidst DOGE cuts—that's more than 11% of the Federal workforce
The large drop last October was caused by many workers who had been on deferred resignation becoming officially unemployed
The large drop last October was caused by many workers who had been on deferred resignation becoming officially unemployed
The pandemic began 6 years ago and we’ve already memory-holed the important fiscal lessons it taught us
April 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The pandemic began 6 years ago and we’ve already memory-holed the important fiscal lessons it taught us
The thing about Trump firing and replacing cabinet officials is that Trump sycophancy is inversely proportional to competency…so every time he replaces someone insufficiently loyal, he has to to do it with a more loyal but more incompetent person. So it’s a continuous downward spiral of competency
April 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The thing about Trump firing and replacing cabinet officials is that Trump sycophancy is inversely proportional to competency…so every time he replaces someone insufficiently loyal, he has to to do it with a more loyal but more incompetent person. So it’s a continuous downward spiral of competency
Trump is a moron who doesn’t read or know anything and just makes shit up on the fly
Yet these the huge follower anonymous accounts post what he says earnestly because they are rewarded financially for it. It’s a horrible incentive structure and makes people stupider
Yet these the huge follower anonymous accounts post what he says earnestly because they are rewarded financially for it. It’s a horrible incentive structure and makes people stupider
March 24, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Trump is a moron who doesn’t read or know anything and just makes shit up on the fly
Yet these the huge follower anonymous accounts post what he says earnestly because they are rewarded financially for it. It’s a horrible incentive structure and makes people stupider
Yet these the huge follower anonymous accounts post what he says earnestly because they are rewarded financially for it. It’s a horrible incentive structure and makes people stupider
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Every day, I talk to earnest liberals who describe to me, in great detail, problems that have resulted from this ... but they won't name the cause! "Turns out, all the sudden the public is obsessed with trans girls trying to play sports." Oh? Any thoughts about why? Any at all? No? No thoughts?
March 18, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Every day, I talk to earnest liberals who describe to me, in great detail, problems that have resulted from this ... but they won't name the cause! "Turns out, all the sudden the public is obsessed with trans girls trying to play sports." Oh? Any thoughts about why? Any at all? No? No thoughts?
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I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane:
The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...
The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...
March 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane:
The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...
The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...
If you don’t think athletes or celebrities should opine on politics, what’s your rationale for anonymous assholes on the internet being able to?
There’s people on social media with a million followers that have a lot of influence and no one knows who the fuck they are or what their jobs are
There’s people on social media with a million followers that have a lot of influence and no one knows who the fuck they are or what their jobs are
March 16, 2026 at 9:03 PM
If you don’t think athletes or celebrities should opine on politics, what’s your rationale for anonymous assholes on the internet being able to?
There’s people on social media with a million followers that have a lot of influence and no one knows who the fuck they are or what their jobs are
There’s people on social media with a million followers that have a lot of influence and no one knows who the fuck they are or what their jobs are
Trump getting bailed out from the consequences of his own actions by countries he’s routinely screwed, threaten and insulted because functioning governments try to do what’s best for its people instead of a narrow subset of extremely wealthy people helping to keep you out of jail
March 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Trump getting bailed out from the consequences of his own actions by countries he’s routinely screwed, threaten and insulted because functioning governments try to do what’s best for its people instead of a narrow subset of extremely wealthy people helping to keep you out of jail
The Trump Administration has done so many stupid things it’s hard to account for them all, but terminating all kinds of Federal support for renewable energy and green projects at the same time you’re bombing a country that pushes oil prices up has to be up there…
March 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
The Trump Administration has done so many stupid things it’s hard to account for them all, but terminating all kinds of Federal support for renewable energy and green projects at the same time you’re bombing a country that pushes oil prices up has to be up there…
Eh he lost me at the last sentence. Spending $8 trillion in the Middle East has had nothing to do with groceries or housing. But he’s right that we should review our priorities - Spending that money on roads and bridges would’ve been A LOT more productive and societally beneficial
It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!
March 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Eh he lost me at the last sentence. Spending $8 trillion in the Middle East has had nothing to do with groceries or housing. But he’s right that we should review our priorities - Spending that money on roads and bridges would’ve been A LOT more productive and societally beneficial
If you really cared about regime change in a hostile foreign country, you arm pro-democracy revolutionaries like a proper hegemonic superpower
If there aren’t any, stay the fuck out of there
If there aren’t any, stay the fuck out of there
March 1, 2026 at 11:08 PM
If you really cared about regime change in a hostile foreign country, you arm pro-democracy revolutionaries like a proper hegemonic superpower
If there aren’t any, stay the fuck out of there
If there aren’t any, stay the fuck out of there
Can we talk about how stupid and embarrassing Trump looks wearing a cheap white “Made in China” USA hat while announcing a war nobody wants and for which he made no case for to Congress or the American people?
February 28, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Can we talk about how stupid and embarrassing Trump looks wearing a cheap white “Made in China” USA hat while announcing a war nobody wants and for which he made no case for to Congress or the American people?
Even if war with Iran were Constitutional, just and necessary, we still have largest collective of morons, hacks, sociopaths and unqualified cable news hosts and podcasters managing it. There is zero reason for optimism.
February 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Even if war with Iran were Constitutional, just and necessary, we still have largest collective of morons, hacks, sociopaths and unqualified cable news hosts and podcasters managing it. There is zero reason for optimism.
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People who prove that they can’t be trusted with their right to vote…THREE TIMES NOW…have very strong opinions on who should be allowed to vote and how many hoops they should have to jump through to do it
February 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
People who prove that they can’t be trusted with their right to vote…THREE TIMES NOW…have very strong opinions on who should be allowed to vote and how many hoops they should have to jump through to do it
Obama was definitely the more racially divisive president. After all he said that Trayvon Martin could have been his son
All Trump ever did was promise to end affordable housing in the suburbs so upper middle class white people wouldn’t have to deal with rampant crime
All Trump ever did was promise to end affordable housing in the suburbs so upper middle class white people wouldn’t have to deal with rampant crime
February 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Obama was definitely the more racially divisive president. After all he said that Trayvon Martin could have been his son
All Trump ever did was promise to end affordable housing in the suburbs so upper middle class white people wouldn’t have to deal with rampant crime
All Trump ever did was promise to end affordable housing in the suburbs so upper middle class white people wouldn’t have to deal with rampant crime
As a progressive my theory for voting is to vote for the most progressive candidate available. If that person loses in a local, state or national primary, I’m disappointed but acknowledge that’s where the voters are. Then I vote for the most progressive candidates in the generals…
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
As a progressive my theory for voting is to vote for the most progressive candidate available. If that person loses in a local, state or national primary, I’m disappointed but acknowledge that’s where the voters are. Then I vote for the most progressive candidates in the generals…
This is true. Grocery prices were a four alarm fire by the media during the Biden Administration- and Trump very literally ran on lowering grocery prices. He’s failed miserably and the media has failed miserably at making it a substantive issue.
February 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This is true. Grocery prices were a four alarm fire by the media during the Biden Administration- and Trump very literally ran on lowering grocery prices. He’s failed miserably and the media has failed miserably at making it a substantive issue.
Happy 7 year anniversary to this letter to the editor I wrote in 2019
Since then I’ve been proven entirely correct by the Covid mitigation and support spending
Also the Post-Gazette mercifully fired the awful Steve Kelley and his horrible cartoons
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/lett...
Since then I’ve been proven entirely correct by the Covid mitigation and support spending
Also the Post-Gazette mercifully fired the awful Steve Kelley and his horrible cartoons
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/lett...
Federal spending
The federal government spends money into existence and destroys it with taxes.
www.post-gazette.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Happy 7 year anniversary to this letter to the editor I wrote in 2019
Since then I’ve been proven entirely correct by the Covid mitigation and support spending
Also the Post-Gazette mercifully fired the awful Steve Kelley and his horrible cartoons
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/lett...
Since then I’ve been proven entirely correct by the Covid mitigation and support spending
Also the Post-Gazette mercifully fired the awful Steve Kelley and his horrible cartoons
www.post-gazette.com/opinion/lett...
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Clapping my flippers together and honking like a harbor seal when a Super Bowl ad for a condiment or gambling app featuring two celebrities unexpectedly reveals a third celebrity as its punchline. Bouncing a ball around on my snout. My wife has to throw me a herring to get me to calm down.
February 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Clapping my flippers together and honking like a harbor seal when a Super Bowl ad for a condiment or gambling app featuring two celebrities unexpectedly reveals a third celebrity as its punchline. Bouncing a ball around on my snout. My wife has to throw me a herring to get me to calm down.
Remember Harriet Miers? The world would have been better off had she been confirmed to SCOTUS
February 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Remember Harriet Miers? The world would have been better off had she been confirmed to SCOTUS
If you say things like “I am the boot” or “I voted for the boot,” you’re a clinical sociopath and should remove yourself from society and check yourself into a psychiatric hospital immediately
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 AM
If you say things like “I am the boot” or “I voted for the boot,” you’re a clinical sociopath and should remove yourself from society and check yourself into a psychiatric hospital immediately