Steve Kovalan
@skovalan.bsky.social
WV born and WVU alum • now in DC • 45 and coming to terms with it • senior director of research at ALM • views mine until I change them
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If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Elon Musk’s Vision Is Coming Into Focus—And It Looks a Lot Like Neo-Apartheid
Apartheid was, first and foremost, a business plan—one that the South African-born Musk seems to be reworking for the modern age.
www.thenation.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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your occasional reminder that you do not under any circumstances need to hand it to Andrew Jackson
February 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
your occasional reminder that you do not under any circumstances need to hand it to Andrew Jackson
Dems need a cohesive message that ties together USAID, Treasury, and OPM stories. USAID is getting some play on cable but in isolation. Only seeing Treasury and OPM reported online and in print. Elon and his teen goons must be called out publicly.
If the Democratic leadership in Congress does not want to use democracy, we would like to borrow it for a time.
February 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Dems need a cohesive message that ties together USAID, Treasury, and OPM stories. USAID is getting some play on cable but in isolation. Only seeing Treasury and OPM reported online and in print. Elon and his teen goons must be called out publicly.
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DEI is when a woman or non-white person who is qualified for a job receives that job. The meritocracy is when a 19 year old gets to run the United States government because he posted the dankest memes
Yes totally cool that a 19-year-old who called his deleted LinkedIn "Big Balls," where he lists his experience working as a camp counselor can access the entire US federal payment system without anyone looking into his background, for instance, his Russian national close relatives or anything else
February 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
DEI is when a woman or non-white person who is qualified for a job receives that job. The meritocracy is when a 19 year old gets to run the United States government because he posted the dankest memes
Think it's time for a Senate Dems pitchbot
Senator, respectfully ... this ain't it.
You’re watching the Super Bowl next week.
Wait till Trump’s tariffs raise your guacamole and beer prices.
Wait till Trump’s tariffs raise your guacamole and beer prices.
February 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Think it's time for a Senate Dems pitchbot
A development a certain tech bro might call interesting. With the push for Greenland/Panama and the incorporation of tech bros into the movement, two aspects of fascism classic that have been missing in MAGA philosophy - 1) desire for territorial expansion and 2) futurism - are no longer missing.
February 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A development a certain tech bro might call interesting. With the push for Greenland/Panama and the incorporation of tech bros into the movement, two aspects of fascism classic that have been missing in MAGA philosophy - 1) desire for territorial expansion and 2) futurism - are no longer missing.
Fox didn't have this clarity on tariffs before the election. Supported tariffs as a tool to get Trump elected. Now that tariffs and their econ consequenses are becoming reality, Fox and other RW biz interests are trying to get thru to Trump only way they know how, his TV viewing.
Fox News Guest: The fact is that tariffs are taxes, you can’t evade that. They’re taxes paid by American importers. It will raise costs for Americans consumers. Even Trump himself is admitting that “Americans will feel some pain.” There are a lot of impacts to jobs, the GDP, and goods prices.
February 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Fox didn't have this clarity on tariffs before the election. Supported tariffs as a tool to get Trump elected. Now that tariffs and their econ consequenses are becoming reality, Fox and other RW biz interests are trying to get thru to Trump only way they know how, his TV viewing.
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do you know how bad you have to be as president to make the Luka to Lakers thing the 2nd dumbest trade related news of the last 24hrs
February 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
do you know how bad you have to be as president to make the Luka to Lakers thing the 2nd dumbest trade related news of the last 24hrs
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Feels like we are living in the first third of a Star Wars opening crawl
February 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Feels like we are living in the first third of a Star Wars opening crawl