Dude you are really good at this

I’m going to have to go back and recheck all the batsh*t things that the Dems have been accused of. Literally all projection. I’m legit worried about space lasers now

Truly disagree with this. Way too rational of a diagnosis. The issue is that a goodly fraction of this class made a huge mistake, they are realizing it, and it's just cognitive dissonance that's freezing them in place

too real

Elites are just as vulnerable to addiction as everybody else, whether it's drugs or hits of online outrage & validation.

I’ve come to believe Trump can be triangulated successfully (without losing your soul): “ofc 99 of 100 Americans think you should deport violent gangsters…but then they deport innocent hairdressers. It’s the incompetence and corruption.” I really think it lands

i still struggle to understand what the use case is for bitcoins other than avoiding taxes and other pesky financial laws & regulations

this is the way

Bill Belichick defense - take away your opponent’s best player, make him beater you elsewhere. Trump is strongest on immigration. Beat him there and he’s in real trouble

I wonder if some of this is investors watching the SC re Fed independence. Interest rates surely coming down if Trump gets to replace Powell, for better or worse

Starting from the assumption that this is all grievance - which I think you agree with - this is the response to COVID lockdowns. “Damn them for lockdowns and school closings and vaccines. Let’s destroy the NIH and science and HHS so this never can happen again.”

He presented to the business round table (a big room full of CEOs - not the least sympathetic audience) - and they all came out saying “holy crap there is no plan.” This was like a month ago

Literally the Gilded Age all over again. It was the corruption that brought them down before.

Hopefully we skip the Prohibition phase this time

Tariffs on Chinese manufactured goods would have been not only more understandable but also much more difficult for a successor to repeal without blowback

Dudes watching Matt Damon in ‘Elysium’ and being like “what’s the problem?”