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So…Americans had to pay a 10% tax before the “deal,” and Americans have to pay a 10% tax after the “deal.” We have some of the most economically illiterate people in the world in charge of trade policy.

It took a lot longer in the movie

The Trump admin is really just a casting agency where instead of finding competent nominees, they just recruit people who could play one on the teevee.

The rare modern justice to retire gracefully at a normal age

Trump’s new surgeon general pick wants to “raise the vibration of humanity” motherjones.com/politics/2025/… via Mother Jones

Good lord. Rock Creek Isn’t Safe to Swim In. RFK Jr. Did It Anyway. And with children! . washingtonian.com/2025/05/12/roc…

is it the bone saws?

I wrote about the rise and fall of Steward Health Care—fueled by a private equity firm, a real estate trust, & multimillionaire executives. The saga is a stunning indictment of what happens when financiers try to squeeze huge returns from hospitals. /1 shorturl.at/TcvV7

Cato published my review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

Milei is scrapping tariffs that put US$2,000 price tags on iPhones | Buenos Aires Times batimes.com.ar/news/argentina…

1/Study by @phidotorg’s Getting it Right from the Start & Kaiser Permanente Research NorCal links greater #cannabis retail availability to higher rates of psychotic, anxiety & depressive disorders in teens. Teens in areas w. storefront bans had significantly lower mental health risks. Read our PR: bit.ly/45qip1i

I guess Republicans don’t get cancer

“Terrifying’: Trump cuts CDC’s drowning-prevention team politi.co/4mylIcP via POLITICO

DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, 87, is the oldest member of the House. When I asked if she was up to the task of defending DC from a hostile GOP Congress, she refused an interview but replied in an email: "Watch me." So I did, and you can too: youtube.com/watch?v=EBFyMc…

The pro-life party at work

The Trump Administration Is Already Ignoring the Supreme Court motherjones.com/politics/2025/… via Pema Levy

The cost to repair Washington, D.C., streets after the upcoming military parade celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary could cost as much as $16 million, according to U.S. military officials. nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

I hope someday Hollywood gives up Botox. Just saw Mission Impossible and the only time Tom Cruise’s face moves is when he blinks or is blowing in the wind while he hangs off an airplane.