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Banner days for democracy and free speech at the moment, as an EU member has banned the leading presidential candidate because of what he said about NATO, while the US is now deporting a permanent resident because of what he said about Gaza.

The Khalil deportation arguments that say "this can't violate 1A because 1A doesn't apply to permanent residents" remind me of the arguments that said "social media can't violate 1A because 1A doesn't apply to private companies ."

Trump wants this over "fast" -- Putin wants slow. The trouble is, Trump has no usable leverage that can change Putin's clock to "fast." Trump may see an interest in pretending otherwise for now, but at some point he will have to accept this fact, and try to spin it accordingly.

What Trump had to say about Canada in 1987. “I do a little business…”

It's 1999 and you are participating in the anti-WTO protests wreaking havoc in Seattle and I am telling you that in 25 years Donald Trump is going to be president and that his policy ideas are going to be similar to yours.

Of course the stock market is crashing, it's composed of companies and investors whose entire outlook was shaped by precisely the economic policies/pieties of the past 40 years that Trump is trying to bury. The crash is a *feature* not a bug, and should be viewed/analyzed as such

The current level of market volatility has been surpassed only twice in the past 25 years. The first time was the Global Financial Crisis, the second was the start of the pandemic.

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The "Staaahp It" doctrine has not been great so far, no.

Whether you agree with them or not, Oren and co are essential reading if you wish to understand the new American right and the possibly revolutionary changes that are going on in U.S. politics/economy/society right now.

My comments to GZERO Media on Syria and sanctions relief and the domestic and regional challenges ahead. gzeromedia.com/news/analysis/… Alex Kliment Middle East Institute

In Damascus they're saying Trump's call to lift sanctions was "the second biggest day in my life after the fall of Assad." But what happens now? Can Syria seize the moment? I wrote on this, w/ thoughts from the great Ibrahim al-Assil إبراهيم الأصيل & Firas Maksad gzeromedia.com/news/analysis/…

This is a great point. Trump's "transactional" way isn't effective here because Putin, at least on Ukraine, isn't transactional. He's ideological at a world-historic level that's difficult for the US mind to grasp. People laughed at Putin's 28-minute history lesson for Tucker.

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Three months ago, every mainstream economist, media outlet, and think tank in America was ringing alarm bells about the inflationary effect of tariffs. You’d have thought we’d be seeing Weimar numbers by June. So far it hasn’t happened, what are the best explanations for why?

this is very funny but it misses the point that the actual divide among non-terminally online people is about neither of these things: it’s actually about whether the best way to **stop Iran from getting a bomb** is war or a deal.

Might kill a foreign head of state but might not (VERY STRONGLY) Please ensure that the kitchen and other common areas of the office are kept free of takeout wrappers and other personal trash, and make sure to WASH YOUR OWN dishes. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Whatever you think of Mamdani, this business of framing his win as the result of socialist Islamist brainwashing or whatever reminds me of how liberals in 2016 chalked up Trump’s appeal to “racism.” Mamdani is responding to real grievances. To beat him you’ll need to hear them.

Financial elites understandably terrified of a surging communist candidate are pouring their resources into propping up a deeply unpopular establishment incumbent in the final months of an election — Eric Adams is about to be Boris Yeltsin 🤣

Great thread. Mamdani divides Dems, yes, but he also exposes MAGA, which has until now gotten away with (too easily) tarring Dems as elitists and "wokes." But that strategy falters if Dems start coming with a true class based populism, which is popular even in Deep Red states