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Husband, father, and forever curious. Follower of urbanists, policy wonks, economists, military/foreign policy experts, and technologists. Work in technology with a background in biomedical research.
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Kai has been the voice of the market on everyone's commute home for the last twenty years. You see a lot of people who want to paint today and the last few weeks with the same colors -- the same pallette were used to. But the world has changed. "It occurs first very slowly, and then all at once"

O’DONNELL: The “most powerless image ever” of a US President @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com www.thedailybeast.com/lawrence-odo...

MAJOR BREAKING: Pope Francis has written a letter to US Bishops saying he’s following “major crisis” of “mass deportations;” takes on Vance saying “The true ordo amoris that must be promoted is that which we discover by meditating constantly on the parable of the “Good Samaritan”

America #1. I feel like we have a shot at it.

Incredible editorial in the National Catholic Reporter. The headline doesn't capture how impeccably argued and supported the piece is, so go read it: www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...

We are in the middle of the most profound crisis of American government since the civil war and our idiotic political media can barely see it. Control of the US has been handed to a totally unelected oligarch whose politics are defined by close association with neo-Nazis and conspiracy theorists

Today in "what wildly illegal and reckless thing did Elon do"

Please share this with whomever you can. Beyond the politics, the mission of USAID had a real impact on real people. #saveUSAID www.usaidstopwork.com

If this happens - and if Musk et al get control of BLS - then all economic bets are off. I can’t say it any more plainly than that.

Tariff month will continue until morale improves

This is an explicit threat to Canadian sovereignty. Wonder when he moves from tariffs to blockade

"This is how elected autocrats subvert democracy - packing and “weaponizing” the courts and other neutral agencies, buying off the media and the private sector (or bullying them into silence), and rewriting the rules of politics to tilt the playing field against opponents." Steven Levitsky

"The drift into authoritarianism doesn’t always set off alarm bells. Citizens are often slow to realize that their democracy is being dismantled even as it happens before their eyes." Steven Levitsky

As someone who writes about democratic breakdown for a living, let me clear. Now isn't the time for panic. It's the time for fighting.

Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.

How long does it take for people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history. This is a thing I think about a lot.