I think this piece illustrates the power of brand poisoning, even though it almost completely fails to acknowledge or grapple with it theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Sigh

Every word of this gets funnier than the last, doubt I’ll read a better photo caption all week

Alternatively: what if Trump voters simply want the stuff Trump and right wing media talk about and promise?

Friends of my TL know I’m a longtime student of Senator Coach, so I don’t say the following lightly: I believe this is his Mona Lisa

If we lived in a truly free society then sure who cares if people go bust online sports betting but we pay for their social services when they go bankrupt, for their ER visits from increased alcoholism, and for the police as domestic violence rates continue to skyrocket

Great news, and pretty overdue

Golden age of grifting washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

NEW: Is this Roger Noll’s I-told-ya-so moment? The economist sees recent contract restructurings of Mike Gundy and Mike Norvell as evidence of his O’Bannon v. NCAA testimony on link b/w college coach and player comp. Sportico story w/ Jason Clinkscales 👇 sportico.com/leagues/footba…

Terrific piece theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Canadian Redditors like their country’s chances against a US invasion—and after reading the comments, I think they make some good points! washingtonian.com/2025/01/08/in-…

Let me tell you about the most wasteful US federal government spending I know about. It's a humdinger. You and everyone you know are mired in it for weeks, or perhaps months, every year. 1/

Republicans and the owner of this website literally defunding the police washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

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