This is not it.
13.03.2026 23:20
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This is not it.
looks like we traded generations of healthcare for 4 days worth of missiles
Graph showing that the number of consumer complaints that credit bureau Experian closed with relief dropped significantly after Donald Trump's inauguration. The chart also shows the total complaints received has continued to rise over time. The x-axis shows year from 2021 to 2025 and the y-axis shows number of monthly complaints from 0 to 200K, with tick marks at increments of 50K.
Under Trump's CFPB, two of the three major credit bureaus have sharply reduced the share of complaints they resolved in customers’ favor.
In 2024, Experian’s relief rate was 20%. Last year, that figure fell to less than 1%: https://propub.li/3OY2qBw
Can we not do the Cuba war. I'm all warred out
someone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”
Doesn't your style guide call for avoiding passive voice?
Hey that’s about the cost of the SSI Restoration Act, which would cut recipient poverty by 60%, eliminate marriage penalties, and modernize draconian asset limits.
This is the point. If your vaunted trillion-dollar military can't get through a few days of airstrikes because you've consolidated the industrial base so badly, then you don't have a trillion-dollar military, you just have contractors in No. Virginia getting rich
The stakes could not be higher. The US-Israeli war on Iran is catastrophic—and rapidly expanding across the region. Yet Democratic leaders are failing to muster a clear, anti-war response. Instead it's sleepy, feigned opposition after the deed is done. By me and @ahjohnson.bsky.social
A weird trend at the Supreme Court these days is that they often struggle to get four votes to hear a case on the merits docket but easily get to five on emergency applications, sometimes on the same legal questions.
The Supreme Court in 2022: Women do not have a right to make important decisions about their health
The Supreme Court in 2026: Parents obviously have a right to make important decisions about their children’s health
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
Brutal
after failed military incursion, us government responds with economic sanctions
A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.
"Bold bets" is not the most accurate way of describing what occurred.
The playbook hasn't changed.
Only deeply sick societies spend obscene amounts on chains, cages, walls, and all-seeing cameras as opposed to stuff that fosters beauty, joy, health, people who can think, and a natural world capable of sustaining it all.
Am I wrong to think of Obama? Saying the right things is easier than doing them.
History shows a pattern here.
When governments begin criminalizing the observation of dissent—using technical oversteps as justification—it’s often a warning sign. We’ve seen similar patterns precede press crackdowns in countries like Turkey, Russia, and Myanmar.
I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
This is a really good piece Derek!
This can have consequences for how agents see themselves. If they put on clothes designed for war, they are more likely to see cities as hostile terrain and citizens as enemy combatants, which can increase the chance of violence. Link to the story here:
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Yes!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
A dangerous escalation of Trump's press freedom crackdown.
Can't remember the last time the feds raided a reporter's home. They either ignored the Privacy Protection Act or are accusing a reporter of co-conspiring for ordinary newsgathering. Don't know what's worse. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
The FT got is architecture critic Edwin Heathcote to write about data centres and it's wonderful. www.ft.com/content/7692...
