silence7

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Basically, the wild policy churn we see is designed to enable insider trading profits rather than benefit the country

 

Basically, the wild policy churn we see is designed to enable insider trading profits rather than benefit the country

 

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The Trump administration broke the law, Michigan and others told a court, by declaring an “energy emergency” and forcing an aging coal-burning plant to keep operating.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

They're quite trained. It's just that they're trained to levy war against America

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

What if the goal isn't to win the game of rock, paper, scissors, but to give their buddies chances to win bets? The whole US attack on Iran looks more like that than anything else.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It is, but one that a shocking fraction of significant left-of-center writers are still on.

If you want to avoid them, there is some coverage in the Financial Times but this gift link expires after a few hundred clicks.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

He's talking about US conservatism, which has given lip service to classical liberalism, but is anything but

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

Some parts of the DHS are useful things on their own. Having customs agents makes sense. Trying to help people after disasters too large for individual states to respond makes sense too. Those things antedate the Patriot Act, and should to be restructured, rather than eliminated.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 months ago

The bigger problem is that they're using LLMs to rewrite safety regulations and produce safety documentation

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's a formal definition of recession — two or more quarters of declining GDP. Weren't into that at a national level, even if some specific areas were.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Probably because the Republicans have been trying to use antisemitism as a cudgel to attack the left, so this makes them look bad right now

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago
[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago
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