The The New York Times is really good at two-siding legal issues to make a 95-5 split on a question look like it's 50-50. Remember when it presented Biden's bizarre claim that a UNSC resolution was "not binding" as a tenable position because it found a few partisan legal voices willing

Nice summary of Keynesian macro paradoxes: why microeconomic morals don't match macroeconomic outcomes.

Abundance has been all the rage in Democratic circles in recent months, but prominent abundist's support for Trump nominees has flown under the radar. We've compiled a list tracking abundance praise for Trump's Department of the Interior, Energy and NIH picks.

the culture that brought you the phrase "finger-licking good" is in no position to judge anyone for eating rice with their hands

When the next recession comes, the automatic stabilizers won’t be nearly as robust. Add that to the list of harms the OBBB will do.

It's hard to avoid recalling this passage from the English historian Tony Judt:

The Trump administration is starting to add prior authorization to traditional Medicare and almost nobody noticed. We did. Here's Robert Kuttner with the story:

Larry Summers and Jack Lew issued dire warnings about the 2017 tax package that didn’t age well. I wrote about it at the time. bloomberg.com/view/articles/…

This provision has gotten relatively little attention, but it is ghastly. Imposing $35 doctor copays on sick people barely above the poverty line (e.g. $16,000 / year for single people) just means they don’t go to the doctor.

Thank you, (1) PE market-cornering, (2) Clinton-killing of New Deal public sector home-finance entities, and (3) broad public ignorance of (1) & (2). scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/44/

Why do endurance athletes need low-intensity training? Elite runners, cyclists, and triathletes—the fastest athletes out there—spend SO much time training slow. A recent perspective article explores seven hypotheses why. 🧵

Naples cuts ties with Israel over Gaza war Wanted in Rome The city council of Naples voted to break off institutional relations with Israel in protest over the Netanyahu government's ongoing military offensive in Gaza. Link: wantedinrome.com/news/naples-cu…

Universal healthcare 🇳🇴 Universal childcare 🇳🇴 Parental leave (49 weeks with 100% pay) 🇳🇴 Tuition-free education for all at public universities 🇳🇴 Electric cars 88.9% of new cars sold in 2024 🔌🇳🇴

Trump’s Beautiful Bill,” captures the violent nature of austerity: The billions stripped from food assistance, leaving 2 million poor Americans hungry, will fund detention centers, border surveillance, and next-gen military tech, all to secure profits for private shareholders.

Standing room only tonight in Petoskey for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. Powerful conversation. We are so grateful for all of the folks continuing to show up in these political moments that feel so hopeless.

Una storia spaventosa: english.alarabiya.net/perspective/an… Al Arabiya English Solo di recente ho scoperto questo lato oscuro della nascita di Israele, e questo mi ha condotto da qualche anno a riesaminare criticamente le mie posizioni sulla "questione palestinese". #Gaza 1/2

Somewhere, democratic strategists are on a Zoom call sketching out their counter offensive.

That Trump is a “normie” Republican because his policy conforms to elder GOP goals is the trendy-take-of-the-hour but badly out of touch It misses a huge ideological shift in *how* power is wielded & assumes all politics is liberal-technocratic insofar as it reduces to policy 🧵

The Big Beautiful Bill will leave most Americans worse off. Workers will work more, earn less, and ultimately won’t be able to make up for the losses caused by atrophied social programs. It's good for rich people though