Andrew Exum

By charging Americans 15% tax to buy Toyota, but charging GM 50+% tax to import their raw materials, Trump is *crushing US manufacturing*

Indiana Jones giving mercenaries a bad name by pointing a rocket at the Ark of the Covenant

1 liberal academic vs 20 hard-right nationalists

FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing ...

This is one of those examples where, if the flood hadn’t happened and a camp director was telling you about this story it would be a perfect example of red tape, bureaucracy, the hassle of regulation etc. And yet.

apnews.com/article/texa...

I Must Leave The FBI At Once To Solve The Epstein Conspiracy! What good is being in a position of power when you could be podcasting?

DAN BONGINO MUST LEAVE THE FBI AT ONCE IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS EPSTEIN THING www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Governing is hard, and if you’re more comfortable doing podcasts, you should continue doing that instead. Taking positions, compromising with colleagues, making decisions… none of it’s easy! I don’t blame someone for wanting to go back to being unaccountable to anyone else, much less to the public.

The best thing about the passing of Lee Elia is that we can be certain the Pope himself heard the news, said a silent prayer, and had a good chuckle about Cubs fans.

Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

As a BCG alumnus who knows something about the Middle East, I was asked to write about this and declined, saying I needed to see more reporting of the facts first. But more I learn about this, the worse it seems to have been. The poor judgment, both individual and collective, is staggering.

US bombs nuclear sites in Iran Trump tells Tehran to seek peace or face further attacks after bombers hit Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan

Tbqh I blame @robarmstrong.bsky.social for this. on.ft.com/4k2dLu6

alas, this is not nearly as stupid as the lead up to the Iraq war.

Um… not only in the Middle East. I’m pretty sure the phrase “ancient hatreds” went viral during the 1990s wars in the Balkans.

Pat summit

In this house we use PatGPT

sending this to my family to let them know if they order it RIGHT NOW it will get here on time

When the Tennessee “Department of Vehicles (DMV)” texts you from its number in the Philippines, that’s when you know you’re in deep trouble.

+1,000,000.

truly amazing this remains her pinned post on this app

Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath Hardly anyone is paying attention.

"Most of them are unaware that this is about to happen," Amodei told us. "It sounds crazy, and people just don't believe it."
www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...

I regret to inform the denizens of this app that…

My grandmother was! That’s my middle name.

It’s really easy, when visiting Scotland in May, to imagine one’s self living here. But then you remember June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, and April.

Had a lovely time walking the ridges around Glencoe. Having trouble thinking of a more beautiful place I have ever visited. Recommend anyone who visits to stay at the Clachaig Inn.

Hell yes Haggis-flavored potato chips

This is my own personal Serena Slam.

This was all too predictable, and Democrats should have followed Mitch McConnell’s lead in criticizing Hegseth’s nomination based on his management inexperience and incompetence instead of the moral failings in his personal life. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

Pentagon's week of power struggles: Leak fallout and shouting matches hit Hegseth's inner circle Multiple defense officials describe a bitter internal feud behind the sudden ouster of three aides to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — with finger-pointing and accusations flying.

None of this is good for America … www.foxnews.com/politics/pen...

This is the good stuff, written for all Americans and not just for legal elites. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wasn’t directly involved in setting the steepest American tariff rates since before World War II. But he’s now in charge of negotiations to avoid them getting implemented. The former hedge fund manager has vaulted to the front of the line in President Donald Trump’s list of advisers in recent days, in a context where a historic selloff on Wall Street put pressure on the administration to ease off of its maximalist position on import duties.

I see we've reached the "don't worry, the Finance Minister is a Western-educated former fund manager" stage of the emerging market crisis playbook.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

It’s one supply chain, Michael. How long could it take to recreate? 2-3 months?

I told my oldest daughter that we are going to go watch the USA women’s national rugby team play this summer, and my wife asked if Ilhan Omar would be playing. She meant Ilona Maher, but I was too delighted to immediately correct her.

Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog