Every person who thinks it's just pedantry to argue about what constitutes "fascism" should think very hard about how much damage has been done to American life by the indiscriminate and incorrect usage of words like "terrorism," "war," "treason" and "communist", among many others.

All the polls, focus groups and pundits are missing one key ingredient open.substack.com/pub/greattra...

I feel for these people — just like all the others who have lost their jobs and careers thanks to this administration.

This too

We made a deliberate choice as a nation, until now, not to have a police state. We siloed off federal data and put in place laws, regulations, policies and internal norms to prevent the federal government from putting together everything it knows about you into one place.

Trump is ending all that.

Or corrupt. Really, all the above.

I love it when @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social joins @sykescharlie.bsky.social for his podcast. ❤️

For whatever reason, his calm assessment of our current dumpster fire of events brings me peace in the midst of the chaos. Give it a listen.

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Yep. This right here.

If only it were foreseeable that deporting laborers and imposing tariffs would raise prices; if only it were obvious that rule of law is necessary to safe capital markets and the bedrock of our shared prosperity.

This is art. 🤗

Based on multiple interviews with sources in and outside of the Trump administration and also written communications reviewed by Rolling Stone

Sounds like Trump’s team spent a lot of the day trying to placate panicked GOP members of Congress.

Republicans are freaking out about the market, a potential recession, and midterms.

Ray Charles could have seen this coming.

The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy.

Nonetheless, holy shit.

What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving this. It’s just investors belatedly realizing that Trump is who he is, and always was.

Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”

My daughter's friend is in the hospital because of the flu.

She is 11 years old.

She is why we need an updated flu vaccine later this year.

I talk about engaging rural folks because I know there is opportunity in rural spaces. If Democrats will just spend time and resources there…if we build the infrastructure in the off years, we can win. We don’t have to flip rural districts— just get 5% more rural folks to vote for Dems. Then we win.

New Orleans out here innovating in bread shapes. Say hello to the challigator.