Whatever Naval says becomes obvious to the rest of the world ten years later.

The right-wing belief that batteries are hippie-dippy bullshit is putting our nation, and the world, in grave danger.

Interesting thread. Meritocracy has benefits but also produces instability.

Schrodinger's economy is both doing great and flirting with disaster.

I mean, if you don’t see where this is going (hint: rhymes with shmapital shmontrols) I got nothin for ya.

Just so we are clear - this is what an insurrection actually looks like:

Well played, horses. Well played.

Who could have foreseen this

It is very funny that this guy - who does not know how percentages work - criticized Harvard students for having to take an introduction to calculus course.

If ABC has a policy for what its journalists can say on social media, it can enforce that policy against violators. If not, ABC should let Moran exercise his free speech rights. In either case, government should have no role.

Republicans in 2017: Our tax cuts won't affect the deficit because they expire in 2026. Republicans in 2025: OMG our tax cuts expire next year!

The modern Libertarian movement.

"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

To be clear, they are no longer “state troops.” They are under federal command and the Trump administration is 100% responsible for their treatment.

Masked agents from a State security apparatus, without badge or warrant, are throwing people into unmarked vans for indefinite detention, and the Libertarian Party is focused on … <<checks notes>> … Pride Month.

The ICE shift to raiding workplaces seems likely to reduce labor supply as more immigrant workers either self-deport or stay in hiding. Impact on agriculture, meatpacking, restaurants and construction, just to start. Likely inflationary.

"Protect our Farmers" = "Let the farmers (+ hotel owners and other wealthy Friends of Trump) keep hiring illegals." MAGA folks, you got played.

My reading is that we’re effectively nationalizing US Steel and allowing Nippon Steel to lease the assets, make capital improvements to the assets, and receive the economics of the assets. But the US government now owns US Steel. This IS National Socialism.

Just days ago, the Republican Speaker of the House was calling for the largest state's governor to be "tarred and feathered." Now his caucus is worried about safety.

From Patrick W. Watson, "Scaring a significant population segment to withdraw from normal activity harms everyone. Big brands noticed a drop because undocumented workers are also consumers. Like them or not, they’re critical to the economy." Amnesty next? mauldineconomics.com/connecting-the…