“If Trump wants California to mend its ways before receiving federal disaster relief, he could make some reasonable requests,” @juliettekayyem.bsky.social writes. The president’s “focus on political payback is unfortunate, because the current system needs an overhaul”:
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Too many Americans are like frogs in warm water.
By: Captain Obvious
This is seriously such embarrassingly phony framing for an article. I suppose dangling a Trump connection is intended as rage-click-bait.
You connect Trump demanding CA adopt fascist/racist voter ID rules, to reasonable and prudent housing policies via the bridge of Trump wanting CA…
That is an artificial connection; the two have nothing to do with each other. And as an Atlantic subscriber, I gotta wonder why you won’t give us a break from such efforts to weave Trump into the rational world.
It feels safe up there, and it’s not leaving.
Disaster relief shouldn't be used to extract ANY requests. Its money paid in by states for disaster relief. Period.
https://bsky.app/profile/artcandee.bsky.social/post/3lh4v4vjrp22x
Jan 24, 2025
Let’s see what happens when the new tariffs take hold and drive grocery bills up. Meanwhile, CA can issue its own prices for its own citizens.
See where this is going?