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).…
Niall Ferguson: J.D. Vance’s Fighting Words—Against Me and Ukraine
#U.S.A. #TrumpIt is not every day I am accused by the vice president of the United States of purveying “moralistic garbage” and “historical illiteracy,” and of being a “globalist.” But those were the charges leveled against me by J.D. Vance this morning.…
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.…
USAID staff will be put on leave starting on Friday
#U.S.A. #TrumpUSAID turns out to be lining coffers for Dems who are between jobs, kind of like the MyPillow of the left.…
Shut Down the Department of Education
#U.S.A. #Trump #EducationSince its creation in 1979, the Department of Education has sent well more than $1 trillion to schools with the express purpose of closing the gaps between the highest and lowest performers. Today, those gaps are as wide as they have ever been, and by many measures, even wider.…
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.…
Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship, and Dining with Trump
#Science #Trump #U.S.A.It’s morning in America, so I’m very happy. I think the analogy for what’s happening right now is 1980—the transition from the ’70s to the ’80s and the Carter-Reagan race.…
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.…
Incompetent Elites Make Trump Look Appealing - WSJ
#Politics #U.S.A. #TrumpDemocrats and traditional Republicans are flummoxed. How are 4 in 10 of our fellow citizens ready to vote for )? Democrats deplore Trump supporters as racists who must be saved from their ignorance.…