Author: Paul Campos
Epstein files: The Senate today unanimously agreed to pass the House-backed bill forcing the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files as soon as it’s received from the chamber. Majority leader.
Donald Trump feted a murderous tyrant at the White House today; a man whose most notable accomplishment was ordering the torture, murder, and dismemberment of a dissident journalist. Another journalist.
What a huge amount of marginal/occasional voters care about more than ethnic cleansing, pronouns, and trans volleyball players is the price of ground beef etc. I've got some good news.
The always interesting Timothy Snyder has some thoughts on what he calls the "grift bubble:" Imagine that you are a first-rate grifter: the president of the United States, say. Your.
Remember the first six months or so -- they were crucial -- of the first Trump presidency? For a decade now, much of the American political class has been committed.
You know what doesn't really work? Libertarianism. And also consumer capitalism, but I repeat myself: https://bsky.app/profile/lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com/post/3m5o5kwxlkc25 I've been assuming that serious reform efforts against The Age of The Casino In.
OK that's probably far enough. https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3m5m3tm4cqs2e The VERY FIRST THING Donald Trump did when he started getting serious about becoming president in order to (a) Steal All the Money in.
Also an apparently infinite series: The Trump administration is preparing broad exemptions to certain tariffs in an effort to ease elevated food prices that have provoked anxiety for American consumers,.
