We must not overestimate the primitiveness of Donald Trump and his trade policy. This man grew up in the corrupt New York real estate mafia world and was mentored by Roy Cohn, who was the chief lawyer of Italian mafia families in New York. Cohn taught Trum three principles:

Donald Trump chooses Project 2025 architect Russell Vought as Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

I'm not totally against UBI conceptually, it's just that the mechanism to deliver it would most likely be a CBDC. Those in favor of UBI should specifically advocate for negative tax rates for low income people, delivered via tax refund. I still think the priority should be…

GOP election pitch:- yes we tried to overthrow US Gov’t, but we *failed*- our last 3 POTUS brought recessions and higher deficits- we want the planet to warm faster, more kids to die in schools, tens of millions to lose health insurance - Slavery was good, child labor too 1/— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) August 2, 2023

There are ongoing debates about the merits––or lack thereof––of antidepressants. The question shouldn't be just whether they "work" or not but rather when, for whom, in what context, and what––when they fail––is needed instead?A thread about antidepressants and politics: 1/— Eric Reinhart (@_Eric_Reinhart) November 24, 2022