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This gets to the crux of what I've been trying to tell people who believe you can just move operations from one place to another without any drop off.
Institutional knowledge is a thing. A lot goes into the process of making clothing, shoes, etc. Reworking it would take years. Quality would drop.
Institutional knowledge is a thing. A lot goes into the process of making clothing, shoes, etc. Reworking it would take years. Quality would drop.
Producing luxury in the US isn't as simple as opening up a factory:
“It took them years to start making the simple pockets of the Neverfull handbag,” one source familiar with operations at the plant said
www.businessoffashion.com/news/luxury/...
“It took them years to start making the simple pockets of the Neverfull handbag,” one source familiar with operations at the plant said
www.businessoffashion.com/news/luxury/...
The Problem with Louis Vuitton’s Texas Factory
Six years after Bernard Arnault and Donald Trump cut the ribbon on a Vuitton plant in rural Texas, a Reuters investigation has uncovered significant underperformance at the handbag plant, underscoring...
www.businessoffashion.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This gets to the crux of what I've been trying to tell people who believe you can just move operations from one place to another without any drop off.
Institutional knowledge is a thing. A lot goes into the process of making clothing, shoes, etc. Reworking it would take years. Quality would drop.
Institutional knowledge is a thing. A lot goes into the process of making clothing, shoes, etc. Reworking it would take years. Quality would drop.
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Whereas some people feel this is a result of political pressure, there’s a big part of me who believes this is merely permission to do what these institutions have always wanted to do anyway.
NEW: The University of Michigan will end its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives campus wide, the president said in an email
New story from me: Imani* was in class when she discovered a scholarship program she relied on had been shut down.
“I don’t come from wealth ... Ending the program puts a burden on individuals who don't have it like most of the wealthy people here at the University of Michigan"
“I don’t come from wealth ... Ending the program puts a burden on individuals who don't have it like most of the wealthy people here at the University of Michigan"
March 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Whereas some people feel this is a result of political pressure, there’s a big part of me who believes this is merely permission to do what these institutions have always wanted to do anyway.
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Marco Rubio just made the argument, bold faced, not a mistake an intentional statement, that at any time the US can revoke your visa and then you are instantly here illegally and they can arrest you, deport you, torture you, all without any due process.
That means the United States is simply unsafe
That means the United States is simply unsafe
March 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Marco Rubio just made the argument, bold faced, not a mistake an intentional statement, that at any time the US can revoke your visa and then you are instantly here illegally and they can arrest you, deport you, torture you, all without any due process.
That means the United States is simply unsafe
That means the United States is simply unsafe
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They’ll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value.
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
They’ll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value.
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The Wall Street Journal just found $4.3 billion in Medicaid waste from double billing.
You won't be surprised to learn that 100% of that money went to private insurance companies, not average people trying to swindle anyone.
You won't be surprised to learn that 100% of that money went to private insurance companies, not average people trying to swindle anyone.
Taxpayers Spent Billions Covering the Same Medicaid Patients Twice
When recipients signed up in two states at once, insurers often got paid by both. “It definitely is wasteful,” said one former state Medicaid director.
www.wsj.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Wall Street Journal just found $4.3 billion in Medicaid waste from double billing.
You won't be surprised to learn that 100% of that money went to private insurance companies, not average people trying to swindle anyone.
You won't be surprised to learn that 100% of that money went to private insurance companies, not average people trying to swindle anyone.
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Thou shalt not snatch people off the streets for their opinions.
March 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thou shalt not snatch people off the streets for their opinions.
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NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
March 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
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they’re kidnapping people in plain sight and we’re just supposed to all keep functioning like normal?
capitalism really has us in a blender
capitalism really has us in a blender
March 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
they’re kidnapping people in plain sight and we’re just supposed to all keep functioning like normal?
capitalism really has us in a blender
capitalism really has us in a blender
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Come to the United States, where you’ll be kidnapped in broad daylight because you wrote an op-ed.
March 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Come to the United States, where you’ll be kidnapped in broad daylight because you wrote an op-ed.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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So basically we have (A) a fascist party and (B) a party that doesn't want to make too much of a fuss about the fascist party.
March 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
So basically we have (A) a fascist party and (B) a party that doesn't want to make too much of a fuss about the fascist party.
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When my boss buys my clothes they can tell me what to wear
The retreat from formal wear in professional setting was also a mistake
March 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
When my boss buys my clothes they can tell me what to wear
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Take a thing that people love and works well. Wreck it as much as possible. Then tell people it’s broken so we should get rid of it. The right’s playbook on public education now coming for Soc Security
Under pressure from DOGE, Social Security may sharply cut back on phone service options for processing claims and direct-deposit changes, forcing millions to go in person to field offices or make changes online www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service
Agency considers ending phone program that helps with claims processing and is used by millions of elderly and disabled Americans.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Take a thing that people love and works well. Wreck it as much as possible. Then tell people it’s broken so we should get rid of it. The right’s playbook on public education now coming for Soc Security
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Like I said — the only problem they’ve had with it is that Trump is too brazen about it and people are loud in protesting against the disappearance.
March 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Like I said — the only problem they’ve had with it is that Trump is too brazen about it and people are loud in protesting against the disappearance.
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The Tesla thing at the White House is such proof that the protests are working. Validating to activists.
March 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Tesla thing at the White House is such proof that the protests are working. Validating to activists.
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Dawg get Logan Paul and Andrew Schultz the fuck off my TV
March 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Dawg get Logan Paul and Andrew Schultz the fuck off my TV
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Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.
March 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.
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When someone becomes disabled or chronically ill, people will twist themselves into knots finding a way to blame them. They need to find fault so they don’t have to face the randomness of life.
The truth is, anyone can become disabled at any time.
Good health is not a guarantee.
The truth is, anyone can become disabled at any time.
Good health is not a guarantee.
March 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
When someone becomes disabled or chronically ill, people will twist themselves into knots finding a way to blame them. They need to find fault so they don’t have to face the randomness of life.
The truth is, anyone can become disabled at any time.
Good health is not a guarantee.
The truth is, anyone can become disabled at any time.
Good health is not a guarantee.
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Please sign me up for this political movement!
March 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Please sign me up for this political movement!
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Wild that Cyber Trucks are trash, SpaceX rockets are exploding all over, and X is a broken shit heap. Wonder if there’s anything in common.
March 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wild that Cyber Trucks are trash, SpaceX rockets are exploding all over, and X is a broken shit heap. Wonder if there’s anything in common.
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This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.