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I often get asked why markets aren’t more freaked out by Trumpism. Here are a few theories, including: are you sure they *aren’t*?
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The Trump administration’s lawlessness cannot be ignored.
Period.
On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social
U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.
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No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
The random people who called into this C-SPAN session had better questions for Mike Johnson than most corporate media outlets
So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”
Did Trump write the infamous Epstein birthday letter? You decide.
Chris Murphy says Dems should lay down a simple marker for Trump: No Dem support for anything that funds his lawbreaking.
"if you want our votes, it can’t be for rampant lawlessness. This isn't a normal time...the world [is] watching to see what we stand for." 2/
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The Trump administration is picking and choosing what programs to fund so any Congressional budget agreement is meaningless, other than notionally opening the government. King Trump now gets to decide funding and article 1 of the Constitution essentially means nothing. 1/
Gonna have to teach everyone from scratch that the president isn't your boss, he's your employee
The Kimmel video: "The MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
Grievances 16-19 in Declaration of Independence
16. "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world"
17. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent"
18. "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Jury trial"
19. "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"
If President Trump can wrongly deport a Maryland father to a prison in El Salvador and then defy a 9-0 Supreme Court order to facilitate bringing him home, who’s next?
This threatens the rights and freedoms of everyone in the United States.
Murphy: "Newsflash: These guys are incompetent. They don't know what they're doing. We hired a weekend Fox News host with no diplomatic or management experience with a checkered personal history of abuse and alcoholism to be our chief national security official. And it's going very badly."
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning.
This is how it’s done.
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
Share THIS if you're glad the government is spending less on waste and more on a fleet of Cybertrucks you can see from space!
What's sad is that even when the government delivers, faith in government keeps eroding.
I don't think this is because democracy is broken or Washington is broken, any more than they ever have been.
Our information system is broken. That's the truly important change.
This is an oversimplification, and there are exceptions to the rule.
But I think the problem with Biden is that he believed in our values, but not our power. Whereas Trump believes in our power, but not our values.
As Democrats, I hope we will learn hard lessons from both.
Look Ma, a strategy!
