Chris Jensen

Grrr

Cannon fodder in the Culture Wars.

What is pertaining?

Zakaria points out that months ago the United States was by far the dominant economy in the world, with the strongest network of allies. Trump starting trade wars against friend and foe alike ends it. The result will be a United States that is less prosperous, less dominant and more isolated.

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You need to drink more then

NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.

The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).

My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...

Colorado and 7 other states sue Trump administration over cuts to rural teacher-training funds In Colorado, nearly $2.8 million in funding that addresses the state’s ongoing teacher shortage in rural communities is at risk, Attorney General Phil Weiser said.

Colorado and 7 other states sue Trump administration over cuts to rural teacher-training funds www.denverpost.com/2025/03/06/t...

In most parliamentary systems governments fall because entire parties walk out en masse. Individual MPs breaking with their party leader aren’t the typical way things go down. Except maybe in the UK but the UK is a eccentric in many ways

I meant about surviving a move against the party leader being a necessary condition for parliamentary checks on the executive.

I guess right wingers are all going to switch to almond milk on their cornflakes.

I wonder what Liz Cheney would say to that.

Especially for rich kids

I think it’s time to start seriously considering that Trump’s goal may be to weaken the United States. I can’t think of a single foreign policy initiative that Trump has undertaken in his first term or now that has strengthened our geopolitical position. I can think of many that have weakened us.

If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.

It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.

They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.

I’m happy to invest and/or help

Yep. Water wasters. Urban users use about a quarter of the water from the Colorado river and farms use 75%. Nuts in CA and cotton in AZ. Both wasting water in the desert

Not the main story, but Trump has chosen a recently retired three-star General, John Caine, to replace Brown. Going back a very long time, Chiefs of Staff have had four stars -the highest rank- and related command experience before they became C.O.S.

There are threats to our liberty that come from the private sector.

In the absence of a city level procedure for the city to defend itself against this usurpation of New Yorkers’ intentions, doesn’t the governor have a justification to act?

What does one expect from a pig but a grunt?

What are your silver linings? I could use some encouragement.

With the Trump regime selling out Ukraine, Poland should develop nuclear weapons ASAP

This is sort of the skeleton key to understanding a lot of shit: there 100% is a non-trivial amount of inefficiency and waste in the federal bureaucracy, and most of it is a *direct result* of ‘reforms’ that are meant to assuage the people who complain about “waste and inefficiency in govt”

And so undermining democracy is absolutely necessary for them.

Lol

Vance and Musk attack judicial authority as Trump's agenda gets pushback from courts Over the past 24 hours, billionaire Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance have not only criticized a federal judge's decision that blocks Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing…

Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts.

Republicans in Congress mostly shrug as Musk and DOGE set sights on spending Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.

Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.

Jesus fucking Christ

Trump's immediate agenda is to destroy institutions (designed to overcome collective action problems surrounding our security and health). We will be less secure, weaker, and sicker for it.