Tricia Spencer

Trump’s tariffs give him a new way to dole out reward and punishment The president's latest power grab will devastate America's economy—and its democracy.

If Trump is willing to hurt the economy, he must be getting something he wants even more in return.

That thing is power. With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years. Read @pemalevy.bsky.social.

Full page ad in today’s New York Times:

This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times

I’m worried that the exodus from Meta and Twitter is what they want. To isolate us from each other.

Isolation is a big part of autocracy. It makes people easier to lie to and abuse.

I don’t have a global answer, but I am working on building a social media space for our podcast listeners.

A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Elon Musk just made more money in a day than he gave away in an entire year Oligarchy in action.

The Musk foundation’s nest egg—roughly $7.2 billion at the end of 2022—generated $309 million in investment income that year, and the value of its unsold assets gained at least $373M. Yet the amount it gave to charity was about the same as the previous year. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Musk also spent money on ads that touted Harris’s support for Israel, aimed at pro-Palestine Arab and Muslim voters, while also funding ads attacking her as supporting anti-Israel policies, which were aimed at Jewish voters.

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After I moved to Canada a couple of years ago I realized that I was no longer constantly running a massive stress routine in the background of my mind worrying about health care and guns. It was weirdly noticeable only when it stopped.

My father would’ve have turned 102 today. A true Republican by party, he would have despised Trump and what he’s trying to do to American democracy. @hcrichardson.bsky.social, I like to think he was a person like Doris Miller. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-6...

When it comes to the rules, Democrats follow them, and Republicans don't give a f**k

A new day to fight a good fight.

Ga. election workers ask court to punish Giuliani for more false claims Two Georgia election workers want a judge to force Rudy Guliani to stop repeating false claims that resulted in a $148 million judgment against him.

Shaye Moss & her mother Miss Ruby Freeman must be exhausted, but they won’t give up on getting Rudy to face consequences for making their lives a living hell. He deserves to end his life as a miserable pauper; they deserve to be able to move on with their lives. wapo.st/48ZTykC

‘“Don’t worry about what you put on social media,” Meyer said. “Don’t worry about the video you’re shooting. Don’t worry about the blogs you’re writing. Do good journalism, period. Good journalism. That means finding stories that affect people & giving them an opportunity to do something about it.”’

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"The political calculation for Republican senators is not as clear as the Trump team is trying to project. At 78, Trump is not exactly the face of the party’s future. Nor did he deliver a 'massive win.' . . .

"And Trump’s voters tend to be loyal to him and no one else." - @hcrichardson.bsky.social

A lot of people responsible for poor decisions are on a press tour right now because if they didn’t, people would rightfully be questioning THEIR leadership and they know it.

It’s weak even by normal left-punching standards. Zero evidence more Liz Cheney would have won this. The opposite, actually.

What a Trump presidency might mean for student loan forgiveness Several of President Biden's efforts at loan relief are in jeopardy, including a repayment plan with millions of borrowers waiting in limbo.

Several of President Biden's efforts at loan relief are in jeopardy, including a repayment plan with millions of borrowers waiting in limbo.

Don Lemon and the Guardian left Elon Musk’s X after the election. But is it a mass exodus? Don’t be so sure | CNN Business There’s a vibe shift afoot at X competitor platform Bluesky that is raising some questions about the future of Elon Musk’s social media site, in the wake of the election where the billionaire played a...

X competitor Bluesky rocketed to the No. 1 spot on the Apple App Store’s US chart this week, as many users of Elon Musk’s platform said they were decamping in the wake of his significant role in the US presidential election. | Analysis

Any Kansans here?