Could you imagine the fear, rage, and indignation of someone violating our sovereignty to do this? Even if it is our current criminal in chief, we would be savage and wild in response as a country. It would be terrifying.

All of the above is true, but this is the kind of thing that happens when you let a toddler play with power tools.

COVID was such a crazy outlier for the economy, both with the plunge in and the climb out. It still has altered the doing business of the economy forever. Remote work, delivery everything, commercial real estate, etc.

Guest piece? Isn't this misguided moderate apologist centrism Ezra Klein's whole brand?

Sec. Reich, I think the question is how does the working class regain politics? We need Stewardship in our politics again. Politicians in service to the American people. If Democrats won't take up that mantle, eventually Independents will. We ask all politicians: Where does your compass point?

Senator Schumer, the damage continues to be done because we lack a coalition of morally determined politicians focused on the Stewardship the American people deserve. We need leader that do better. With bold ideas and tenacity in service to the typical American. Where does you compass point?

It is interesting that in what is essentially a fail state, the arm still comes down with enough force to rupture and spray a small plastic water bottle pretty spectacularly. That would easily leave a bruise and maybe break a human arm.