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this sounds politically boring but it is just standard New Deal thought and it was the benchmark for rational (mainstream) political economy until the Reagan era rebooted the previously-failed project of laissez faire (and subsequent Dems acquiesced to it)

“This would arguably be America’s most blatant loss in war ever, especially for a war the U.S. started.”

anyway, dont blame The Youth for turning on capitalism, blame yourselves for turning our entire economic system into a shell game of worker exploitation and share buybacks (the obvious end stage of unfettered capitalism)

the arguments for capitalism, that competition breeds innovation and the best prices for consumers, are at complete odds with what we are seeing — companies that dont make anything valued at trillions, the monopolization of industry which leads to higher prices and shitty products

if you take the arguments for capitalism at face value, what we have right now is very distinctly not that

“.. US imposes 50% aluminum tariff. Canadian aluminum imports collapse. US aluminium prices increase (by ~50%). If only we could tease out a connection!” - @scottlincicome.bsky.social

Man, kudos to Haley Stevens, she took a lot of hits in the primary and is acting with exemplary grace

DOGE “consistently overstated its savings in online posts, taking credit for lease cancellations initiated before the group existed .. .. DOGE also claimed contracts were terminated that had not been ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

For the sake of Democratic Party cohesion, it should become conventional wisdom sooner rather than later that AIPAC is in the general sense little more than a Republican donor front.

No, taking other countries’ sovereign resources is illegal

As @kevinmkruse.bsky.social noted, this was the cover of the pro-free-market, not-progressive Economist one month before the election that brought Trump back to power. The economy had problems, hence the result, but a “total catastrophe” it was not.

One of those "if Biden did it..." moments

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

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Elissa Slotkin, who believes she's running for president, endorsed and did straight-to-camera ads for Maasdam. Woeful underperformance from him here.

Seems like an upset might be brewing in the GOP primary in #MI08 to take on Dem Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet. Trump endorsed Amir Hassan, but he currently trails an absolute nobody who suspended his campaign a month ago by a wide margin.

“The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress.“ This is insane. You can’t walk four blocks without running into a group of them standing around and doing nothing.

Guard deployment to Washington into 2029 will cost roughly $1.4B, estimate showsThe extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress. The figure offers...www.nbcwashington.com

Bessent is fine with deficits to fight needless wars, it’s only deficits to pay for healthcare or education that bother him

Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

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“Why all the bankruptcies?” Answered.

To be very clear, extrajudiciously killing people you suspect are drug traffickers is *also* murder