Steven Koltai

Passion AND Professionalism Becoming the next Senator from Maine requires both

Passion AND Professionalism
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Does anyone have any knowledge of whether the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has had any impact on today's jobs report?

The Greatest Threat to American Democracy….is American Democracy The daily (hourly?) unconstitutional actions of the Trump Administration are usually met with the reasonable response that Trump was duly elected and thus has a mandate from the majority of American v...

The Greatest Threat to American Democracy….is American Democracy
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Falling out of love: The Un-exceptionalism of Israel and America There is an odd symmetry to the moment we are now living.

Falling out of love: The Un-exceptionalism of Israel and America
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Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.

I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

Might makes right, and other lessons from the Tel Aviv and New York Stock Exchanges It has become fashionable to insert into public discussion a phrase that usually begins with “some (many) people think…” In that vein, I note that “some people think the US and Israeli stock markets h...

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It is apparently easier to pinpoint an Iranian General 1000 miles away than to find the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza.

I don’t love having been prescient on the Israel/Iran confrontation. I fear this time will be far worse than the previous confrontation as both Trump and Netanyahu are on the same page: significant reduction in Iran’s nuclear capability.

Item #437 to worry about: Nuclear Confrontation between Israel and Iran Would Netanyahu actually attack Iran to save himself?

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The Trump Trade “Many people” have been asking (actually, no one) what the view of this astute investor (actually, disastrous with money) who has managed to live a life filled with glamor (actually, my primary focus ...

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America’s Future Is Hungary MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.

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Anne Applebaum has once again hit the nail on the head for what Orban's Hungary may point to as the future for Trump's America

Documents Reveal Leaders Of Mysterious Charity Linked To Canary Mission The Israeli not-for-profit that appears to be behind Canary Mission is controlled by former employees of an Orthodox yeshiva network.

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The suitcase under the bed... Redux

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Peter Magyar and “Joe American” If the US continues to follow the Hungarian playbook, successful opposition to Trump may come from inside the Republican Party

We could use a "Joe American"
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Nasty, brutish and short In Thomas Hobbes epic 1651 work, “Leviathan,” he describes man’s life, for most of human history, as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” Like many other prominent observers of human history (M...

Nasty, brutish and short
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Is “turning the other cheek” really the best approach for what’s happening in America today? Why is the resistance to the Trump/Musk take-over of America so tepid?

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Highlights From Trump’s Sentencing in His N.Y. Criminal Case The president-elect received an unconditional discharge of his sentence, which spares him jail time but formalizes his status as a felon. He will be the first to carry that distinction into the White ...

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NO ONE is above the law! A lesson to all future would-be felons: do something felonous and you risk "unconditional discharge." That should certainly make you think twice, you evil-doer!

The Bubble: The lucky few versus the not-so-lucky many

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‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’

"Demure" is apparently Dictionary.com's word of the year. I prefer the Aussie Macquarie Dictionary word of the year: "enshittification." www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

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substack.com/chat/503304 Bangor Daily News asked what Mainers think will be the greatest effects of the Trump presidency; my thoughts here in Substack Chat

The fact is that Trump's election is very reaffirming for the American dream that truly, ANYONE can be President

A new, Centrist Party? I have to admit that I was 100% wrong about the election of 2024. After the Biden/Trump debate, I knew that Biden would not be the nominee and was excited to predict that whoever would be the nominee,...

I was wrong about the election, but maybe that will prove to be a good thing....

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Hungary: Trump’s Role Model How is Hungary doing? Possible glimpse into America’s future

Hello Blue Sky! Happy to be here. Catch my Substack on Trump's role model, Viktor Orban: open.substack.com/pub/stevenko...