For those listening to this rant, those numbers are not tariffs. The European Union, e.g., has weighted average tariff rates of ~ 3% and arguably lower on US goods. So they are clearly including VATs and who knows what else? This false reciprocity is nonsense. For more:
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is introducing a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, the case that opened the floodgates to dark money and the buying of elections by billionnaires.
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GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "Why is a White House official, that's not even elected, why is that person belittling the Polish foreign minister? It's not appropriate. It's not right. We need more discipline in the White House."

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

Madeleine Albright stated on Amanpour in 2014 that the we didn’t win the Cold War, they lost the Cold War. The Soviet Union disintegrated from inside. This sent chills down my spine thinking about the state of US affairs today. Nobody will help us recreate something we destroy ourselves.

Though the Justice Dept has deleted information about its Jan 6 prosecutions from its website, a federal judge has issued an order listing and chronicling all of the cases and prison terms

Here:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Many in national security, myself included, who’ve worked w/ Kash Patel have seen his dishonesty & the threat he poses. Fear keeps many silent—but silence is not support. That this must be said about his nomination for FBI Director speaks volumes. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/welivedi...

SCHIFF: I want you to look at Capitol police and tell them you're proud that you raised money off people that assaulted their colleagues

PATEL: That's an abject lie. I've never accepted violence against law enforcement.

SCHIFF: You didn't accept it, you glorified it!

The Explorean Cozumel

Email was down at work today, I alerted clients via my personal address. I regret this decision now.

My addition to a potluck is not in this article but it’s my lamb recipe that is now legendary:

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Trump just named Newsmax host and 2020 election denier Seb Gorka as his pick to be senior director for counterterrorism.

Epic event promotion. Kinda like when my Husband was pitched Hulu/Disney, but I lost C- Span. Lots of hype, no pay off.

The new ability to connect was so inspiring at one time. I ended up being a voyeur, I blocked nearly everyone who reached out. I deleted posts almost immediately after composing. As this site grows it will be difficult to keep negative voices from dominating the space. For now, I am thankful 😌

The last few elections have me twisted, I’m excited by a boxing match. Haven’t paid attention to Tyson since we used to pool funds for a Pay-Per-View event just to have the main card over faster than my then 19 year old boyfriend.

New to this space. I seem to have lost some desire for meaningful interaction over the years. Hoping to come across some joyful and truly informative content here for inspiration to get back in the game. Looking forward to meeting you all!