China is manufacturing roughly 70% of the world’s EVs, 80 percent of smart phones, 80% of lithium-ion batteries, and 90% of drones.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is spending tens of billions of dollars to bomb the Iranian regime to smithereens. wapo.st/4ui9QzJ
The president wore a red tie and a baseball cap to a ceremony in honor of fallen soldiers.
Definitely what the secretary of defense should be focusing on while war with Iran looms. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rep. Massie: “I've not seen any arrests from the revelations in the Epstein files…Over two dozen people have resigned, CEOs, members of government worldwide. But I haven't seen any arrests or investigations here in the United States from this DOJ.”
This isn’t about election integrity.
It’s about making Americans believe democracy can’t be trusted.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
New in PN: @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on Trump's betrayal of Europe
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen. And yes, you do hear Europeans saying, 'why aren’t people protesting?' This all comes as a real shock to people who had a different expectation of what America was."
"In the mirror, Jeff Bezos will see a man who grievously weakened an American institution dedicated to freedom and democracy at a time when those very ideals were under enormous threat."
The Washington Post could have been a colossus if it had leaned into its brand of holding the powerful accountable. presswatchers.org/2023/10/the-...
The new arrivals are finding themselves just as frustrated as the reporters they replaced – trapped in a system of 'amazing access' that yields almost 'zero reportable facts.' 😂 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Just look at all the needless stress and anxiety
that the Trump regime is causing in the world with all this Greenland bullshit. If the GOP led congress wasn't so corrupt and spineless none of this would be happening RS
The WNO is just the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year. n.pr/4pRgdXr
Trump's major foreign policy failures 2025:
-Destroying US soft power tools
-Irrational tariffs on allies
-Ending aid to Ukraine
-Playing chicken w/ Xi & backing down
-Selling best chips to China
-Tiptoeing into war w/ Venezuela
-Alienating allies (Canada, Greenland)
-Supporting Putin
I could go on
Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a fresh start! Counting on 2026 to be the year America reminds itself and the world that we are dedicated to democracy and freedom, not despotism.
Thank you for the perspective. Love and burgeoning optimism right back at you Peter.
Since I’m getting “what did I miss” from alot, Paramount Plus, owner of CBS spiked the El Salvador CECOT prison story yesterday on 60 minutes because it made the White House look bad. Cancel paramount plus
Censorship. Bari Weiss
Grossly shameless and gratuitous, to claim that a group was responsible instead of single, sick criminal. But on brand for him.
You mean after a mass shooting you can do more than just send “thoughts and prayers”? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Next week on the Record Store Day podcast, it’s our Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Episode featuring Wings book editor Ted Widmer, and Paul McCartney band guitarist Brian Ray.
You may think that tonight's presidential address was embarrassing, and beneath the dignity of the office. But please remember: tens of millions of people think he's some combination of Cicero, Lincoln, and Churchill. One has to come to grips with this.
The biggest question about Epstein is not who he associated with, but how he got rich in the first place. The NYTimes has done very good work on that in the past, and now pushes the story even farther. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
There’s a new Paul Myers Overshare, read it for free, consider subscribing if you can support my work. pulmyears.substack.com/p/planes-tra...
Not out of the question
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
Paul's book is a monumental but tender biography, with interview content from Candy's many friends, famous and not famous.
A perfect Holiday gift, and as my daughter Avolyn recently said, John Candy as Del Griffith in Planes, Trains and Automobiles IS Thanksgiving 🍂
Hey, there’s a brand new Paul Myers Overshare, and in it I share another new demo, this time it’s a song called “(I’m So Sick Of) Living Through History.”
We train police to de-escalate, to avoid using force whenever possible. Without that training, you’re unleashing thugs on a civilian population.
I agree. And Kane is a powerhouse of humanity and beautiful soul too. ❤️🙏
