Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
he needs to be the Senate Minority Leader.
not disagreeing here, but I WAS able to leave a VM on his Springfield office line several weeks ago. This was on my second round of calls to each of his offices, after calling every one once.
Likely? I'd say that's a certainty. Probably China as well, Iran, North Korea....
@joshtpm - the Scam Squad. Certainly no less silly than President Musk calling the US Digital Service "DOGE" after scammy crypto.
"Any politicians discussing this should never be referring to the CFPB or even the spelled-out four-word name....I’m sure others could come up with something snappier."
I've been saying this for days, hating that I have to be so cynical--but so many of my friends have been putting their faith in the courts and the regime's acceptance of their rulings.
I've been saying this for days, hating that I have to be so cynical--but so many of my friends have been putting their faith in the courts and the regime's acceptance of their rulings.
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
Truly one for the ages
Same
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
