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"In a country of 330 million, particularly one where everyone is free to speak and advocate for whatever they choose, there are going to be a lot of people who strike a lot of other people as nuts," writes TPN founder Zachary Karabell. edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/well-that-ha…

🇺🇸TPN founder Zachary Karabell reflects on the 2024 US election results. 🎧Listen to the rest of the conversation on our podcast What Could Go Right? #takeabreather link.chtbl.com/S_3z7XCd?sid=t…

Fondly remembering selling all 38 of my stupid Bitcoin in fall 2013 to pay for a trip to Oktoberfest with the boys. 🍻

This evening's " 2WAY Tonight" on the Trump transition and the Trump economy with Zachary Karabell youtube.com/watch?v=-6rlQX…

We are a week out from the U.S. presidential election. No, it was not a notably large victory for Trump... Read what I mean by that in my latest newsletter: edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/a-realignment

"...this election did feel like, and look like, a realignment," writes TPN founder Zachary Karabell. "And it’s a realignment that shouldn’t be dismissed, decried or ignored." edgyoptimist.substack.com/p/a-realignment

Hegseth gets thru I bet…Isaac Saul

Here’s my rhyming companion piece to the always interesting Musa al-Gharbi open.substack.com/pub/edgyoptimi…

😡How do we talk to people we disagree with after this fractious election? 🍜Our guest Ana Marie Cox suggests starting with community building. 🎧Listen to her conversation with TPN founder Zachary Karabell and TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas 🇺🇸🇬🇷 link.chtbl.com/LCikf3T9?sid=t…

"What I mean is that too many of us are acting as if Trump is an illegitimate president because of what it is assumed he will do to democracy. And that stance, at this juncture, just as during the same period at the end of 2016 and into 2017, is a real problem." Read more of my

And this critique of Morning Joe and Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough for “enabling Trump” is just silly

Remember that famous scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail? The one where a man is pushing a cart full of bodies through a village during the plague crying, “Bring out your dead!” and someone deposits what he claims is a corpse, only for the body to cry out, “I’m not dead

Tariff war may loom but the story is wrong: trade has enriched the world even at a cost to many workers. #tariff #trade open.substack.com/pub/edgyoptimi…

📵Should cell phones be taken out of schools? 🇦🇺TPN founder Zachary Karabell and TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas 🇺🇸🇬🇷 sat down to talk about that and the new Australia under-16 social media ban. 🎧Listen to the entire conversation on What Could Go Right? link.chtbl.com/ioiokPSr?sid=t…

"Well, it finally happened. Bitcoin hit $100,000 this week, which caps (for now) a stunning run since Trump won the presidential election. On November 4, Bitcoin was about $67,000. So, in a month, it is up more than 50%, which in aggregate amounts to more than $700 billion

🤔What went right in 2024? 🥰TPN founder Zachary Karabell and TPN Emma Varvaloucas 🇺🇸🇬🇷 count down their favorite good news stories from around the world. 🎧Listen to the entire wrap up right here: link.chtbl.com/ioiokPSr?sid=t…

“We live in a troubled time.” “The world has never been more unstable” “The U.S. economy is the strongest it’s been in years” “Europe is facing an existential crisis” Every day we are bombarded with generalizations like this. What's the problem here? Let's talk about it! Read