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Paul Krugman
Political Styles of the Rich and Clueless
There are none so blind as those that will not see
Paul Krugman4 min read
Public Notice
Trump's tariffs insanity begins to fracture the MAGA cult
Republican resistance is helpful. But more of it is needed.
Noah Berlatsky7 min read
Racket News
There Are Signs of a Category 5 Housing Crisis Forming and Coming Straight For Us
The tentacles of a homeowners insurance crisis are far-reaching
Eric Salzman5 min read
Slow Boring
Cory Booker showed how it's done
Expressive politics at its best
Matthew Yglesias12 min read
The Free Press
Niall Ferguson and Victor Davis Hanson on What Trump’s Tariffs Really Mean
Plus: We talk to workers in the steel and garment industries to find out what they make of this trade war. And more.
Oliver Wiseman7 min read
Astral Codex Ten
Open Thread 376
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Scott Alexander1 min read
Popular Information
Trump tariffs, corporations cower
During the Biden administration, corporate executives regularly expressed their displeasure with policies they opposed.
Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims4 min read
April 6, 2025 (Sunday)
After President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements on April 2 wiped $5 trillion dollars from the stock market, the Republican Party is scrambling.
Heather Cox Richardson9 min read
The Bulwark
Time for Democrats to Pitch Their Own ‘Contract with America’
Resistance is necessary, not futile. But we need more than that, starting now.
Jill Lawrence6 min read
Noahpinion
Hey Democrats: Stop fiddling while Trump burns America
Someone has to stop the Mad King.
Noah Smith11 min read
Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone
The "Resistance" or the Drama Club?
The Democrats are ready for their close-up
Sasha Stone 32 min listen
Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge
SITREP 4/6/25: Hint of Spring as Russian Pressure Rises on Every Front
Geopolitical news has been relatively slow the past few days so it seemed a good occasion to catch up on frontline advancements, which have been picking up this week.
Simplicius8 min read
The Bulwark
Brutal 60 Minutes Report Exposes El Salvador Prison Horrors
Tim Miller reacts to a devastating new report from 60 Minutes, revealing even more details of the shocking treatment of Venezuelan migrants detained by the Trump administration in El Salvador and highlighting the Trump officials responsible.
Tim Miller 12 min watch
Neil’s Substack
🏁 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Driver Rankings 🚗
Tracking the top drivers in the sport, all season long.
Neil Paine3 min read
Meidas+
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 106
… Millions of people turned out in over 1,300 cities and towns across America to protest Trump and Musk dismantling the US govt and derailing the economy.
Ron Filipkowski12 min read
South Dakota Voices
Criminal Behavior: Fancy Buildings Don't Appear to be the Answer
Why is our prison population so high and why are so many people returning?
South Dakota Voice3 min read
The Bulwark
Big Backlash at Big Law Democrats
Major law firms have bent the knee to Trump—yet the influential Democratic attorneys who work at them keep collecting lucrative paychecks.
Lauren Egan7 min read
To the Contrary
How to Undo Trump’s Growing Dictatorship and the Damage it Is Inflicting
Charlie Sykes
PolitiBrawl
Five Years Later Leftists Want Nothing To Do With George Floyd Or BLM
The BLM movement did not make black people’s lives better. If anything their goals have only made the quality of life worse.
Politibrawl and Julio Rosas5 min read
GoldFix
Standard Charter: Gold Sold To Cover Biggest Margin Calls Since Covid
via FT.
VBL3 min read