BREAKING: 75% of the 1600 US scientists who answered a Nature poll say they’re considering leaving the US. I want MAGA to explain to us all how this is remotely a good thing that Trump has caused. Let’s hear the spin.

In 1982, economist John Kenneth Galbraith published an article in the New York Review saying that the Republican theory of “trickle-down” economics was better described as “horse-and-sparrow” economics: If you provide a horse with all the oats he can eat …

The cruelty is only outmatched by the incompetence

TRUMP on the NSC firings: "Always, we're going to let go of people, people we don't like" or can't do the job or "may have loyalties" to someone else.

Donald Trump’s announcement of near-universal tariffs has shocked investors out of any complacency they may still have held regarding the new administration’s trade policies econ.st/4lgyXy8

I really don't understand why so many knowledgeable and sophisticated people have been "shocked" by Trump's actions since January 20. Did anyone read Project 2025? Did anyone watch who he kept close? Aside from some details, destruction and folly were always in the cards.

Good morning. The United States now has the highest tariff rates in the world.

Jesus—Trump just said that he will be looking at exempting certain US companies from tariffs. Reporter asks: “How will you determine that” Trump: “Instinctively”. Sounds like whoever will bend the knee and kiss the ring.

We just witnessed the full Trump cycle. 1) Make horrible policy decision. 2) Create lot of pain. 3) Falsely claim problem is solved. 4) Reverse course. 5) Leave things worse than before. Rinse. Repeat.

Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Auschwitz — a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps — was not located in Nazi Germany either.

From the U.S. Holocaust Museum: "What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system. The prisoners are not indicted or convicted of any crime by judicial process." Welp.

When Massachusetts resident Nicole Micheroni received an email on Friday from the federal government telling her to leave the country, she was baffled. The 40-year-old is a U.S. citizen — and an immigration attorney. nbcnews.com/news/latino/ci…

Trump's greatest achievement is to inject so much uncertainty into the economy that the everyone freezes up. This is never a good thing. stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy…

The Constitution says that "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law." So what was the law that appropriated money to Trump to pay $6 million a year for deportees to be kept in an El Salvadoran prison?

U.S. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy is so eager to own the libs at the MTA that he's now taken himself hostage. Plus other news. buff.ly/oAD73XU

New Institute for Policy Studies report with PowerSwitch Action (🦋 @powerswitchaction.org) & Athena Coalition reveals Amazon execs' windfalls from rigged tax code. $6.2B: Bezos savings from discounted cap gains rate $86B: Bezos heirs' windfalls if estate tax is eliminated 72%: Amazon workers with $0 in 401k inequality.org/article/tax-de…

Simultaneously, Kentucky voters elected Congresspeople who demean Federal programs and degrade the Federal government's finances. Neither KY nor many other states can have it both ways. The bill is coming due.

Good idea

.Joe Sweeney voted to raise in-state tuition costs for NH students, pass it on! #NHPolitics

"You cannot build an international order around yourself, then one day blow it up, and then expect everyone else to wait while you sort out your affairs and eventually try to course-correct. That’s not how it works. The world spins on." thebulwark.com/p/the-world-is…