Forget Democracy in the Middle East. Trump Wants Deals.
#Trump #PoliticsThe president sees fortunes to be made in a new Middle East defined not by Sunni vs. Shiite, but by OpenAI and Grok.…
Biden’s Dark Climate Money
#U.S.A. #Politics #Global WarmingImagine if Republicans gave the Trump Administration tens of billions of dollars to dole out to right-wing groups to sprinkle around to favored businesses. That’s what Democrats did in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).…
Trump’s Constitutional Cleanup
#Trump #U.S.A. #PoliticsFranklin D. Roosevelt fundamentally redefined the purpose of the federal government, setting off an era of ever-expanding Washington scope and reach. Nearly a century later, Donald Trump’s White House is taking it on itself to challenge the legitimacy of some foundations of that expansion.…
Niall Ferguson: The Vibe Shift Goes Global
#U.S.A. #Trump #PoliticsThe vibe shift has gone from the world of the fashionistas to the world of four-star admirals by way of the tech bros and the Trump–Musk campaign. It began as a revulsion against pronouns and piercings; it is culminating in a global repudiation of the liberal international order.…
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government
#U.S.A. #Trump #PoliticsWith a decisive electoral mandate and a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, DOGE has a historic opportunity for structural reductions in the federal government. We are prepared for the onslaught from entrenched interests in Washington. We expect to prevail.…
Your Government at Work
#Economy #Politics #U.S.A.After the $320 million floating fiasco ran aground, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance tweeted: “The Gaza pier is a symbol of the Biden administration. A horrible idea executed terribly.” True—for almost all government projects.…
Interview mit Argentiniens Präsident Javier Milei
#Economy #Politics #Die LinkeZu Beginn des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts war Argentinien eines der reichsten Länder der Welt. Die Hauptstadt Buenos Aires war als "das Paris Südamerikas" bekannt. In hundert Jahren kann viel passieren.…
The Revenge of the Normies
#PoliticsA fierce political conflict is raging over much of the democratic world. On one side we find the Normies : ordinary people who defend, naively, the historic principles of democracy such as freedom of speech and assembly, the separation of powers, etc.…
SOB-Chef Thomas Küchler über Bahnausbau und SBB
#Politics #SwitzerlandDer Bahnausbau laufe aus dem Ruder, sagt Thomas Küchler, Direktor der Südostbahn (SOB). Es gebe immer mehr Ausbauten, die nicht zweckmässig sind. Schuld sei die Politik.…
Interview von Tucker Carlson mit Wladimir Putin
#Politics #UkraineRusslands Präsident sprach mit dem amerikanischen Medienunternehmer Tucker Carlson über die Geschichte seines Landes, das Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl der slawischen Völker, die Beziehungen zum Westen und Wege zum Frieden in der Ukraine.…