Steve Kovalan

Elon Musk’s Vision Is Coming Into Focus—And It Looks a Lot Like Neo-Apartheid Apartheid was, first and foremost, a business plan—one that the South African-born Musk seems to be reworking for the modern age.

If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US.
My latest in @thenation.com

your occasional reminder that you do not under any circumstances need to hand it to Andrew Jackson

Dems need a cohesive message that ties together USAID, Treasury, and OPM stories. USAID is getting some play on cable but in isolation. Only seeing Treasury and OPM reported online and in print. Elon and his teen goons must be called out publicly.

DEI is when a woman or non-white person who is qualified for a job receives that job. The meritocracy is when a 19 year old gets to run the United States government because he posted the dankest memes

Think it's time for a Senate Dems pitchbot

A development a certain tech bro might call interesting. With the push for Greenland/Panama and the incorporation of tech bros into the movement, two aspects of fascism classic that have been missing in MAGA philosophy - 1) desire for territorial expansion and 2) futurism - are no longer missing.

Fox didn't have this clarity on tariffs before the election. Supported tariffs as a tool to get Trump elected. Now that tariffs and their econ consequenses are becoming reality, Fox and other RW biz interests are trying to get thru to Trump only way they know how, his TV viewing.

do you know how bad you have to be as president to make the Luka to Lakers thing the 2nd dumbest trade related news of the last 24hrs

Feels like we are living in the first third of a Star Wars opening crawl

yeah man, that lip bite... no way it could be a Nazi salute w/ that lip bite