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I’m actually from a tiny (<2000) town in semi-rural PA where the biggest employer when I was growing up was the state prison. So I can speak to this one with a lot more authority than this author. It’s got almost *zero* to do with abstractions like their “ way of life”. I can tell you what they say…
This from @jdcivicscience.bsky.social nails why small town, red America is not turning on Trump.
April 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I’m actually from a tiny (<2000) town in semi-rural PA where the biggest employer when I was growing up was the state prison. So I can speak to this one with a lot more authority than this author. It’s got almost *zero* to do with abstractions like their “ way of life”. I can tell you what they say…
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US administration would be wise to learn from the EU's past experience (I'm not expecting they will) of offering economic benefits to Russia in the hope of solving strategic disagreements. Russia won't give up its geopolitical goals in exchange for economic partnership with US (or Europe).
⚡️Economic partnership with US could spur Russia to end war, White House says.
"There is an incentive for Russia to end this war and perhaps that could be economic partnerships with the United States," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on April 15.
"There is an incentive for Russia to end this war and perhaps that could be economic partnerships with the United States," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on April 15.
Economic partnership with US could spur Russia to end war, White House says
"There is an incentive for Russia to end this war and perhaps that could be economic partnerships with the United States," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on April 15.
kyivindependent.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
US administration would be wise to learn from the EU's past experience (I'm not expecting they will) of offering economic benefits to Russia in the hope of solving strategic disagreements. Russia won't give up its geopolitical goals in exchange for economic partnership with US (or Europe).
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Screaming about industrial policy not being about employment.
April 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Screaming about industrial policy not being about employment.
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Fundamentally the real problem in comparisons (if one gets past such complicated issues to the American mind as "exchange rates) is that measuring how much you pay in taxes is easy, but the market value for the quality of public services you get in return is not
April 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Fundamentally the real problem in comparisons (if one gets past such complicated issues to the American mind as "exchange rates) is that measuring how much you pay in taxes is easy, but the market value for the quality of public services you get in return is not
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people on the other site are doing "is living in denmark better than living in the us" discourse based on that one paper about wealth and mortality and all reasonable interpretations aside, if your metric of wellbeing says that living in mississippi is better than denmark then it's a stupid metric
April 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
people on the other site are doing "is living in denmark better than living in the us" discourse based on that one paper about wealth and mortality and all reasonable interpretations aside, if your metric of wellbeing says that living in mississippi is better than denmark then it's a stupid metric
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April 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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We must erase all of the market gains made under Biden because they were woke gains
April 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We must erase all of the market gains made under Biden because they were woke gains
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This! I’ve never seen this many people in the streets in this many places in the U.S. in my lifetime. It’s inspiring, dammit.
people being in the streets means something. never let your cynicism convince you otherwise.
April 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This! I’ve never seen this many people in the streets in this many places in the U.S. in my lifetime. It’s inspiring, dammit.
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It’s worth noting that Nazi death camps were primarily in Poland, not Germany.
When human rights advocates in El Salvador say Trump likes their prison system because it’s a “judicial black hole,” this is what they mean.
The Trump admin has partnered with Bukele to create a new Guantanamo even more removed from American rule of law.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Trump admin has partnered with Bukele to create a new Guantanamo even more removed from American rule of law.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It’s worth noting that Nazi death camps were primarily in Poland, not Germany.
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NYT Editorial headline:
They told me if I voted for Kamala the market would crash, and then we’d probably have a recession. They were right.
April 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NYT Editorial headline:
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Markets check: everything is getting killed. US futures are down over 3%, high yield spreads are blowing out, crude is down almost 6% (thanks to OPEC+ for adding more supply than expected this AM), dollar down 1.5%, yield curve bull-steepening. Full-blown recession pricing for the US across assets.
April 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Markets check: everything is getting killed. US futures are down over 3%, high yield spreads are blowing out, crude is down almost 6% (thanks to OPEC+ for adding more supply than expected this AM), dollar down 1.5%, yield curve bull-steepening. Full-blown recession pricing for the US across assets.
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The techy but important point: most forecasts assumed that the dollar would strength as tariffs were imposed, partially offsetting the price shock. Instead a falling dollar is - possibly - going to magnify them.
End result = more pain for American consumers & firms.
End result = more pain for American consumers & firms.
April 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The techy but important point: most forecasts assumed that the dollar would strength as tariffs were imposed, partially offsetting the price shock. Instead a falling dollar is - possibly - going to magnify them.
End result = more pain for American consumers & firms.
End result = more pain for American consumers & firms.
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Normally when a country does something utterly self-defeating, its currency loses value.
Historically that has not been the case with the US. But the dollar is falling. Making America Normal Again.
Historically that has not been the case with the US. But the dollar is falling. Making America Normal Again.
April 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Normally when a country does something utterly self-defeating, its currency loses value.
Historically that has not been the case with the US. But the dollar is falling. Making America Normal Again.
Historically that has not been the case with the US. But the dollar is falling. Making America Normal Again.
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“Banning far right politicians doesn’t fix the grievances driving people to the far right!”
That’s true, but OTOH banning corrupt politicians of whatever ideological stripe does feel like an important part of fixing faith in democracy in the end
That’s true, but OTOH banning corrupt politicians of whatever ideological stripe does feel like an important part of fixing faith in democracy in the end
March 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
“Banning far right politicians doesn’t fix the grievances driving people to the far right!”
That’s true, but OTOH banning corrupt politicians of whatever ideological stripe does feel like an important part of fixing faith in democracy in the end
That’s true, but OTOH banning corrupt politicians of whatever ideological stripe does feel like an important part of fixing faith in democracy in the end
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90% of the people in the US with institutional power:
March 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
90% of the people in the US with institutional power:
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It really couldn’t be more obvious that Russia is now the US’s main ally
The White House says that, following talks with Russia, "the US will help restore Russia’s access to the world market for agricultural and fertilizer exports"
Trump's trade dispute with Canada including these categories of goods continues
Trump's trade dispute with Canada including these categories of goods continues
Outcomes of the United States and Russia Expert Groups On the Black Sea
Outcomes of the United States and Russia Expert GroupsOn the Black Seain Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaMarch 23-25, 2025 In line with presidential-level discussions
www.whitehouse.gov
March 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It really couldn’t be more obvious that Russia is now the US’s main ally
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March 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Perhaps the most concise way to think about this is that Musk has pranced around bragging about cracking down on fraud and abuse, finding the bad guys. Meanwhile what he's actually done is enable perhaps the biggest splurge of fraud and tax cheating in history. For him and his pals.
So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
To review what we from @washingtonpost.com are reporting out of the IRS today:
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
March 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Perhaps the most concise way to think about this is that Musk has pranced around bragging about cracking down on fraud and abuse, finding the bad guys. Meanwhile what he's actually done is enable perhaps the biggest splurge of fraud and tax cheating in history. For him and his pals.
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Breathtaking indictment of US politics and society. Fall of the Soviet Union-level stuff. A little push, and the entire edifice just collapses, like a Potemkin village in the wind. Trump is doing in months what took countries with 'weaker institutions' years to get to (TUR, HUN), if at all (POL).
March 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Breathtaking indictment of US politics and society. Fall of the Soviet Union-level stuff. A little push, and the entire edifice just collapses, like a Potemkin village in the wind. Trump is doing in months what took countries with 'weaker institutions' years to get to (TUR, HUN), if at all (POL).
I’m in this post and i don’t like it
recently chatted to a friend who moves in Those Circles in the US but isn't American despite living there and she truly is losing her entire mind at their collectie complacency, kept telling me she just felt insane, as a European, watching people just completely fail to panic
It's impressive how like every elite in America is badly misreading things
March 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I’m in this post and i don’t like it
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I feel like I’m going a little crazy, everyone’s acting like things are normal. None of this is normal, presidents aren’t supposed to ignore the law.
I’m not a lawyer but this is pretty basic stuff
I’m not a lawyer but this is pretty basic stuff
March 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I feel like I’m going a little crazy, everyone’s acting like things are normal. None of this is normal, presidents aren’t supposed to ignore the law.
I’m not a lawyer but this is pretty basic stuff
I’m not a lawyer but this is pretty basic stuff
If he’s just stupid and gullible: that’s why you don’t pick a real estate mafioso as your diplomat. If he’s cynically playing the play that drumpf layed out — well, that’s why you don’t fucking elect a real estate mafioso as the POTUS.
Really instructive how Witkoff is 100% certain that Putin is not interested in the rest of Ukraine, let alone Europe, which is obviously not what Putin himself is saying.
March 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
If he’s just stupid and gullible: that’s why you don’t pick a real estate mafioso as your diplomat. If he’s cynically playing the play that drumpf layed out — well, that’s why you don’t fucking elect a real estate mafioso as the POTUS.
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Damn i keep getting told that American civil society will eventually show up but everyone with the power to show up is politely declining, odd.
Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email:
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
March 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Damn i keep getting told that American civil society will eventually show up but everyone with the power to show up is politely declining, odd.
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i do not know how else to communicate that just because it's incredibly stupid does not mean that the power grab cannot work. "it's/he's so stupid, it will never work" has been the cope since 2016.
March 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
i do not know how else to communicate that just because it's incredibly stupid does not mean that the power grab cannot work. "it's/he's so stupid, it will never work" has been the cope since 2016.