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Lou
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Frustrated lover of democracy. I also love redwoods and Longhorns.
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Appeasement, as Churchill warned, is like feeding a crocodile and hoping to be the last one eaten.
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-st...
This is an excellent explainer but comes up a little short on answering "why."
Because Trump!
Wall Street keeps warning of a 'sell America' trade. Here's why.
Investor unease over political tensions, economic headwinds, and fears of Federal Reserve interference has triggered an unusual flight from traditional US safe havens, fueling a rare 'sell America' tr...
finance.yahoo.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Friendly reminder: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution expressly reserves for Congress the power to impose tariffs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b...
How This Trade War Is Different From All Other Trade Wars (Gift Article)
By acting on his own, President Trump has broken with more than 200 years of U.S. history in which Congress set the direction of trade policy.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Do your job Kai!
I'm honestly running out of words I can use on the air to describe what's happening in and to this economy
March 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Scientists are warning that the world has entered a dangerous new era of chaotic floods, storms and fires made worse by human-caused climate change. The wildfires in Los Angeles are just the latest examples of this extreme weather.
The California Wildfires Are the Latest Disaster Supercharged by Climate Change
Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Hoping incompetency will limit the damage of a Trump presidency. Seems odd to say.
“The hope is that Trump’s threats are empty. ‘I have no doubt Trump plans revenge on many people,’ says George Conway …. ‘But we also know that he is impulsive, easily distracted and incompetent.’”
November 14, 2024 at 2:31 PM
JD Vance referring to Trump as president, “When the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say the chief justice has made his ruling, now let him enforce it.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/o...
Opinion | Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump?
The Supreme Court is largely to blame for the challenges it may face over the next four years.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2024 at 10:17 PM