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The U.S. has generally kept tariffs low, but a few domestic industries have long been protected by import taxes and other trade barriers. They offer clues about how Trump's new tariffs might work out.
The U.S. already has tariffs on a few sectors. It hasn't gone that great
The U.S. has generally kept tariffs low, but a few domestic industries have long been protected by import taxes and other trade barriers. They offer clues about how Trump's new tariffs might work out.
www.npr.org
April 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The U.S. has generally kept tariffs low, but a few domestic industries have long been protected by import taxes and other trade barriers. They offer clues about how Trump's new tariffs might work out.
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I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning.
February 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning.
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Again, I'm really interested in some legal analysis abt where USG ends and privately held company Xitter begins, and where we can start suing about false claims?
Elon Musk's "maximally transparent" DOGE website has finally gone live....
And it's basically just a stylized version of the DOGE Twitter account....
And it's basically just a stylized version of the DOGE Twitter account....
February 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Again, I'm really interested in some legal analysis abt where USG ends and privately held company Xitter begins, and where we can start suing about false claims?
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February 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Bright spot:
Over winter break, I introduced my younger son to Dylan (and Guthrie) via the Bootleg series. When we saw A Complete Unknown, it was really just us in the theater, so we sang along with almost every song.
Over the last two nights, we watched No Direction Home and again, we sang along.
Over winter break, I introduced my younger son to Dylan (and Guthrie) via the Bootleg series. When we saw A Complete Unknown, it was really just us in the theater, so we sang along with almost every song.
Over the last two nights, we watched No Direction Home and again, we sang along.
February 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Bright spot:
Over winter break, I introduced my younger son to Dylan (and Guthrie) via the Bootleg series. When we saw A Complete Unknown, it was really just us in the theater, so we sang along with almost every song.
Over the last two nights, we watched No Direction Home and again, we sang along.
Over winter break, I introduced my younger son to Dylan (and Guthrie) via the Bootleg series. When we saw A Complete Unknown, it was really just us in the theater, so we sang along with almost every song.
Over the last two nights, we watched No Direction Home and again, we sang along.
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NYT and WaPo place big stories on Musk’s successful effort to de-regulate his business — and himself.
February 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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This says it all
Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.”
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!
February 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This says it all
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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Among other reasons, censorship is bad because a lot of these terms are used multiple ways. “Confirmation bias” is the most common logical fallacy, for example - I’d like the folks at NSA to be particularly attuned to it.
2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted.
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Among other reasons, censorship is bad because a lot of these terms are used multiple ways. “Confirmation bias” is the most common logical fallacy, for example - I’d like the folks at NSA to be particularly attuned to it.
