NYT has an ever shrinking revenue pool as advertising has dried up, and with that, their reach isn't as significant as it once was. The iconography is still there. The power of opinion maker isnt. NYT writes article's for a very narrow audience in which most of the time they treat them with contempt
I am still half unsure of how to read it. My sense of reason says "gosh, they are carpet bombing state capacity". My optimism wants to read it as "they are going over their heads too fast, someone will end up stopping them". Truth might be in the middle.
The key is: don't believe him. Chaos is the point.
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The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Cancelled NYT sub for this exact reason. If their reporting during the election is any indicator, I’m not interested in hearing their narration of the downfall which they did absolutely nothing to counter.
believe him, the harm he puts on our country, he doesn’t know nothing about running a country like the US, the people that voted for him, voted for a moron are you happy now, but all his rich cronies are because they are getting big tax cuts and all the rest of us are paying for it
NYT...hmmmm. Now they allow this. Come on. They'll crawl back into the trump hole when it behooves them to hide from their orange Mussolini. Oops...Ohrban. Yup....the orange orban. Has a ring to it.
We watched the slow motion coup as felon 47 ran a shadow gov't parallel to Biden. It's here folks. Elon has been given free reign to tear down gov't as we know it.
There have been a lot of posts about trump removing agents. I'd suggest his intent is to purge the system of all the evidence against him about J6, Russia and the election, and classified docs. Removing the agents is how he finds it. Nixon tried that, too.
I already knew Trump had no idea how to govern so of course he attempts to strong arm but not even like a king…more like a Putin or his other bfs Kim Jong Un and Xi Jingpin.
Trumputin is only good at slapping his name on stuff and selling it. Is he going to sells us……..out?
Don has been on 2 golf trips in his first 14 days. While he was away some creepy looking guy from South Africa took the keys of the government away from him. That's what I see.
Ezra is still in the 20th Century especially in the NYTimes
“…the man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
Oh Ezra Klein has concerns about all this now, does he?
He was completely unfocused on any of this last summer and fall when the threat became apparent and he may have had some real impact in any given media cycle. But Biden was old.
So hard pass on this read.
I am sorry, Kara, all that’s happening right now was entirely foreseeable and the entire media apparatus decided Biden being old was more juicy to focus on.
While I found some relief from Ezra’s piece, I fear that it might allow some people to let themselves off the hook when activism is most needed. Trump only fails if we do more than doom scroll.
what is the most important currency today ? Data. Musk now has access to the largest trove of US data & will monetize it - sue Musk & Trump / Vance personally and the US government for breach of privacy, theft of data, violation of law and contracts & attach their personal assets - sue for trillions
Now that Trump and co. have control of ANY spending by the 'government', the next thing will be how they will use this 'lever'. They WILL put the fear of not getting your next paycheck on every person who warrants one - especially law enforcement and MOST importantly the military!!!
The width-washy Mew York Times is one of the reasons we even have Trump. Not to mention its role in supporting the destabilizing and murderous invasion of Iraq
Kara have you listened to Ezra's other pod with James Pogue, 'MAGA’s Big Tech Divide'. I think these are things you should be talking about more so people are aware of this world.
You should listen to the pod. This isn't really about the tech bros. I don't actually know why @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social titled the pod this way because its really very little to do with the content.
Not sure that there is any doubt about that except in the mind of the idiot in chief
Economics 101
#trump #musk #taxes #recession
#economics #stupid #regressive
#inflation #economicdestruction
#collapse #tariffs #canada #mexico #china
I listened closely to Ezra Klein pre election and I don't recall him sane washing or bitch slapping the Democrats. He's generally extremely thoughtful and measured. Did I miss something?
Sorry. I was reacting to the NYT in general. I’m a little hot still about the media not calling out. Trump’s lies, felonies, and downplay Biden’s accomplishments.
That said. No, Biden was not vigorous enough for reelection.
I appreciate your tech writing.
Having been in the bay area for over 20 years as a geriatrician doing house calls for people with dementia and behavior problems, I’ve seen the effect on the community. What it’s done to the high schools and turn them into little pressure cookers1/
What ( the tech boom) has done to the high schools and turn them into little pressure cookers, but my children will never afford a house.
Hoping that future urban planners can figure out to increase the housing density and public transport. Oh yes, and that we get democracy/ rule of law back.
The Dems deserve it. Why did Jeffries send his caucus home for 9 days while Elon is in DC transferring our data to private servers? Why did they reward Schumer with his seat back AFTER he botched the senate elections? The issue of the housing crisis started in blue cities because of NIMBY Democrats.
This is a full blown coup. Congressional representatives took an oath to defend the constitution....we are in the midst of a constitutional crisis...might be time to go back to work and do more than offer platitudes.
The Dumbster is a liar, through and through. I can't remember a speech or anything he has done that he didn't lie about. He has the ethics of a sand flea and his bestie Elon is the same, though he lies only about 3/4 as much as Trump.
True, If you thought the body that was supposed to hold you in check was going to do anything about it… which it hasn’t so far so, hell, why not just do a power grab for a while and see what we can get?
I can't read the article but it's clear that FOTUS' team are running a smash and grab of power. As they always said they would, and as they inefficiently tried to in 2021. Why the fuck Klein would be surprised I have no idea.
It's a bizar prospect that Bannon is the one who is clearly expressing his intentions in a somewhat honest manner. Rabid but genuine. And scary as hell... He would be a better president than Trump and that is saying something.
What Ezra Klein said is certainly true-- except I believe he has underrepresented the involvement of the Project 2025 team. Yes, we are living through Steve Bannon's "flood the zone" blitzkrieg. But I also think that the EOs that Trump has been signing were all written by the Project 2025 people.
The problem is that it doesn't account for Trump and cabinet secretaries giving Musk the power to enter any federal agency and its systems and do as they will.
And how did the media react- not by covering more but by reorganizing their anchors to still cover only 2 stories a day for 24 hrs or paying him off for lawsuits they would have won
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The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Thanks 🌺
The “liberal media” slur? Pre-Trump. Project 25? Not Trump’s.
The problem isn’t a person; it’s the party.
Biden’s real “crime”? Not his age, but his failure to feed the media the drama it craves.
I have a general disdain for the NYT these days but Ezra’s one of the good ones.
Trumputin is only good at slapping his name on stuff and selling it. Is he going to sells us……..out?
“…the man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
Thomas Jefferson
He was completely unfocused on any of this last summer and fall when the threat became apparent and he may have had some real impact in any given media cycle. But Biden was old.
So hard pass on this read.
No one noticed.
And there was nothing else to write about back then, was there?
Ezra's right. CALL CONGRESS
You can get rid of the paywall by going to https://archive.ph.
If Rome is burning, maybe we have to go easy on the paywalls for a little while.
https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/final_-_rm_warren_letter_to_bessent_re_treasury_payment_system.pdf
Not sure that there is any doubt about that except in the mind of the idiot in chief
Economics 101
#trump #musk #taxes #recession
#economics #stupid #regressive
#inflation #economicdestruction
#collapse #tariffs #canada #mexico #china
That said. No, Biden was not vigorous enough for reelection.
Having been in the bay area for over 20 years as a geriatrician doing house calls for people with dementia and behavior problems, I’ve seen the effect on the community. What it’s done to the high schools and turn them into little pressure cookers1/
Hoping that future urban planners can figure out to increase the housing density and public transport. Oh yes, and that we get democracy/ rule of law back.
After having a subscription for over 30 years, it’s been especially painful to see that they downplay Trump‘s threats.
And Biden‘s accomplishments were rarely highlighted.
That is what is most upsetting.