Reminder: if we cut all discretionary federal spending, the US would still run a deficit of $200B.
There’s no way out of this hole that doesn’t involve entitlement reforms and raising taxes
ratings.moodys.com/ratings-news...
Reminder: if we cut all discretionary federal spending, the US would still run a deficit of $200B.
There’s no way out of this hole that doesn’t involve entitlement reforms and raising taxes
ratings.moodys.com/ratings-news...
I had a conversation with the org's founder, Austen Campbell (links in reply), but here's the gist:
I had a conversation with the org's founder, Austen Campbell (links in reply), but here's the gist:
@thatshawng.bsky.social and I discuss. Links below and details in thread for your reading types....
Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/4jfOkFP
Spotify: bit.ly/42CFLxB
YouTube: bit.ly/4jIH458
@thatshawng.bsky.social and I discuss. Links below and details in thread for your reading types....
Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/4jfOkFP
Spotify: bit.ly/42CFLxB
YouTube: bit.ly/4jIH458
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
@thatshawng.bsky.social of Independent Voter News
& I discussed this (links in reply) but here's the gist if you'd prefer it in 300 characters 🧵
@thatshawng.bsky.social of Independent Voter News
& I discussed this (links in reply) but here's the gist if you'd prefer it in 300 characters 🧵
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
That strategy has now lost twice. Some in the party are starting to question it.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
That strategy has now lost twice. Some in the party are starting to question it.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
@thatshawng.bsky.social at IVN and I discussed this in our most recent conversation. Links in reply...
@thatshawng.bsky.social at IVN and I discussed this in our most recent conversation. Links in reply...
America's edge has always been its ability to attract foreign brainpower & the current ideological purity tests being imposed on academia works against that.
America's edge has always been its ability to attract foreign brainpower & the current ideological purity tests being imposed on academia works against that.
Case in point - this headline: bit.ly/3DTaBd8
I double clicked on the survey, and here's what I found..
(1/5)
Case in point - this headline: bit.ly/3DTaBd8
I double clicked on the survey, and here's what I found..
(1/5)
The 1930s saw a global trade war, where all nations engaged in protectionism to prop up domestic industry.
Currently, the US is the sole combatant, with everyone else trading as normal with each other.
The 1930s saw a global trade war, where all nations engaged in protectionism to prop up domestic industry.
Currently, the US is the sole combatant, with everyone else trading as normal with each other.
That zinger out of the way, beyond Trump's open derision of Zelenskyy, there are reasons Ukraine should be suspicious of any US-brokered deal.
That zinger out of the way, beyond Trump's open derision of Zelenskyy, there are reasons Ukraine should be suspicious of any US-brokered deal.
In my latest conversation with @thatshawng.bsky.social
of IVN (link in thread), we explore how this might be less about an overly muscular executive & more about a weak Congress.
In my latest conversation with @thatshawng.bsky.social
of IVN (link in thread), we explore how this might be less about an overly muscular executive & more about a weak Congress.
The 1st draws a clear contrast, showing which party is addressing voters' concerns. The 2nd is a debate over Constitutional Law.
The 1st draws a clear contrast, showing which party is addressing voters' concerns. The 2nd is a debate over Constitutional Law.
In the 1970s, the GOP used Santa Claus to convince them not to.
I shall explain the history and how electoral incentives set the stage for America's fiscal dilemma in this thread...
In the 1970s, the GOP used Santa Claus to convince them not to.
I shall explain the history and how electoral incentives set the stage for America's fiscal dilemma in this thread...