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And that’s probably why we don’t see it much
Considering their status as pests and the tonnage that are hunted and trapped every year, if there were a way to did that, everyone would be doing it.
I’ve been told that meat is inedible
In 1987 I sat through an hour long lecture in my Modern US History course parsing several different complicated interpretations of why the 1929 crash happened. Future historians will be like "Donald Trump was an ignorant fool who imposed pointless tariffs that crashed the global economy. The end."
This country desperately needs good journalists holding this administration to account, especially as major media institutions are failing the moment badly.
If you ever bitch on here about a goddamn article being paywalled, I will block you on sight.
I had to read that headline twice before I didn’t read it
Trump has a plan to remake the economy. But he’s not explaining it very well. President Donald Trump’s economic plan is causing brief pain while the nation advances to a new “Golden Age.” But officials have been much less clear about what that destination will look like.
Finally, think about U.S. foreign debt, which if you include both foreign-owned bonds and loans amounts to more than $18 trillion. I don’t think we’re vulnerable to a Greek-style debt crisis, or at any rate policy would have to get even worse to put us in that range. But even a modest rise in borrowing costs, driven by incoherent policy and talk of forced conversion of short-term into long-term debt, would significantly increase the cost of servicing that debt. Just to be clear, I’m much more worried about the threat Trump poses to democracy than his bad economic policies. And even in purely economic terms, self-inflicted damage from tariffs and deportations, plus explicit foreign retaliation, are probably more important than the costs imposed by foreign loss of trust. Yet those costs are real. One way to think about this is to say that Trump is doing to America what Elon Musk is doing to Tesla, destroying a valuable brand through erratic behavior and repulsive ideology. Did I mention that Tesla sales in Europe appear to be cratering? True, there are differences between a private business and a nation-state. I don’t think people visiting Tesla showrooms are subject to random arrest, or that Musk will kill your car if you say something he doesn’t like (although to be honest I’m not entirely sure on either count, especially since Musk seems to be running much of the government.) On the other hand, Tesla depends a lot more on buyer goodwill than the United States as a whole does. Still, Trump’s belief that America holds all the cards, that the rest of the world needs access to our markets but we don’t need them, is all wrong. We are rapidly losing the world’s trust, and part of the cost will be financial.
WaPo under Jeff Bezos' destructive hand on left.
@paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy, liberated from NYT's intrusive editing, on right.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/teslafying...
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
Grab your (taco) passport, y'all— we're going on a delicious adventure.
Miguel Cobos of Vaquero Taquero, in Austin, is rallying Texas restaurants to participate in his project benefiting immigration nonprofits. www.texasmonthly.com/food/vaquero...
The Dallas City Council finally did the right thing. Except the mayor and Carolyn King Arnold, who didn't show up for the long-delayed vote. And Cara Mendelsohn, who voted no.
www.dallasnews.com/news/environ...
Oh. And some professional news.
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
We are living through Republicanism boiled down to its essence: Everyone should be deprived of everything, because otherwise, somebody I don't like might get something I don't want them to have. We call it an ideology, but it's really a personality: Greedy, withholding, suspicious, angry, cruel.
Adobe ruins on Chispa road, near massacre site. Taken by Derrick Perrin, June 23, 2009
#OTD on January 28, 1918, Texas Rangers massacred fifteen men and boys at the village of Porvenir, Texas, in what is perhaps the single most notorious and consequential event in the history of the Ranger Force. /1
Take a break from your regularly scheduled doomscrolling and marvel at this clip. A jawdropping feat of editing by Questlove - incredible!
Given that Braxton Bragg was an incompetent racist traitor who was utterly despised by his officers and soldiers, it makes sense that a bottom-scraper like Hegseth would adore him.
Dr.Phil embedding with an ICE raid in Chicago is the most insane shit I’ve ever heard
My latest song "Aces Over Deuces" has finally dropped. It is some heavy guitar + a bit of spacey guitar + some guitar vocal lines + some more guitar (and drums).
This came together as 2 separate riffs - one of which I've been trying to figure out what to do with for many months. #musicsky (🎶🔗🧵)
For fuck sake.
I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
So on day two of this dreadful pass we have come to, I just want to let people know what I’m going to do… my lane is race religion and democracy. That’s what I’ve been doing for most of my career, and especially after 1/6. I will continue to do the same.
Speaking of authors it would be great for more folks to read- Martha Jones, Birthright Citizens.
On birthright citizenship, lots of hot takes here. Mine, it has been simmering near a boil for more than a decade.
Guess it's important to reiterate that millions of left, liberal, and progressive American Jews do not consider themselves/ourselves to be represented by the ADL and have not for a very long time.
A long letter from the Rockefeller Center Archives about hookworm in the early twentieth century.
How many of you have thrown away original research from 20-25 years ago (first book)? It's so hard...do I need to keep it? Maybe? Maybe not? All that labor! And much of this didn't make it into the book. 🗃️
No, we can't agree to disagree. This isn't sports. This isn't us rooting for 2 different teams and the winner of the game has no impact on your life, my life or our kids' lives. You support someone who promises to hurt me and people I love. As Charlie Chaplin said, "I don't shake hands with Nazis."
When you elect people who hate government you get government you hate
Vivek's involvement with DOGE lasted negative Scaramuccis
