The Frankish Reich

New Fed governor Stephen Miran is the man obsessed with devaluation of the dollar as an economic panacea. Crackpot warning applies.

Stephen Miller’s young kids suddenly invested in Palantir in January. Smart kids!

Wasn't she Donald's Favorite Black Woman Supporter just, like, 2 months ago?

Because $1.50 for every $100 ain't "free"?

Nothing like unbounded optimism. I am old enough to remember when Obama ushered in a new Democratic century. Well, not true. But there is a troubling issue with income/wealth distribution in America. It far predates Trump (even Trump 1.0). What you guys would call "globalism" is really nothing more than "a free economy." Bernie would say it's a Winner Take All economy. Tyler Cowen called it "Average is Over." A good read.

True. And that encouragement of tipping: yeah, let's make the USA more Third Worldy than it already is.

I think you're mixing up two things. Apportionment - the number of representatives each state has - is different from districting. And this difference is what Republicans today are trying to exploit. As for the "enumeration" clause - yes, it does clearly contemplate once in ten years. And apportionment is based on that. Even the Republicans today aren't arguing that (for example, saying that net out migration from California should result in that state losing a rep or two before the next census)

After all, Trump is not a billionaire because his father gifted him $250,000 when he was 21. He's a billionaire because he's a stable genius. Stability/intelligence. What, are we gonna tax that away to level the playing field?

I guess I don't understand the thinking here. This sounds like DEI by other means. Aren't the wealthy "wealthy" because of certain attributes? High IQ (including a large genetic component), drive/perseverance, a future orientation (developing their human capital through education, etc, even if it means deferred gratification)? Isn't the Republican Party all about recognizing that? Let's apply your comment to, say, college admissions. Elite colleges have tended to have a lot of "legacy" admissions - children of their grads. If Yale has 30% legacy admissions, well, part of that is the Yale parent was likely really smart, and so the Yale son or daughter is too. I know, let's make them diversify by accepting other kids with poorer academic credentials! Let's eliminate standardized testing. DEI for me but not for thee.

This is part of a long-term GOP strategy. The constitution (we still care about that, right?) mandates a decennial census where we count the people. No 3/5 of certain people anymore. But it doesn't necessarily say that congressional districts need to be drawn based on those whole people. So the GOP would like to retain the benefit of a large illegal population (have you ever actually been to Texas?) to get more congressional seats/electoral votes, but to also obtain the benefit of drawing districts based on other ways of counting, like excluding illegal aliens.

You're right. This happens in American politics all the time. A new government comes in all full of talk of reform. And then it becomes obsessed with retaining power regardless of its principles. It's particularly true of Trump 2.0 (and yes, to be fair Biden before him, and Obama 2.0 before that). That's what happens when the presidency becomes a Cult of Personality. You might well ask "what personality" with respect to Biden. And I'll respond that he ran on a Return to Normalcy plank. Restore stability in the government, take things more down a middle of the road track. And then he governed much farther to the left as he desperately tried to keep a previously winning coalition (educated white people, minorities) intact.

OK Mr. Zero Sum Thinking.

Well that should convince everyone! They weren't fake as in "made up entirely." They were fake as in "cut-and pasted together from several emails." Reliable!

Do you really think your opposition to mandated COVID vaccines is sufficient cause to cut off grants to promising anti-cancer research? (to ask the question to the MAGAnuts is to answer it)

RFK Jr: let's kill grants for mRNA research because, well, because whatever. Goodbye to a promising research program that could eliminate certain forms of cancer. https://ufhealth.org/news/2025/surprising-finding-could-pave-way-for-universal-cancer-vaccine We have buffoons making decisions.

Can't see the forest for the trees crowd: the Annex actually finds that some of the emails implicating Hillary were most likely manufactured, presumably by Russian state actors. Proof of Russian meddling. Right there.

What happened to 1500% ? Is that still in play? Because I definitely expected pharm companies to pay me to take their drugs. FAIL!

Can you get an exemption for bone spurs? And to Lawrence Taylor: are you allowed to use Performance Enhancing Cocaine when taking the test?

A bit off topic but worth remembering when we hear that "murders/homicides are down" - we are now much, much better at treating gunshot wounds, so fortunately fewer victims die. That's why the more telling stat is number of shootings/stabbings, etc. I hope this case proves the point.

Seriously, did she get the name from some kind of joke Influencer Name Bot?

I'm just saying that even a greatly diminished Von at 36 may have more left in the tank than Bosa at 30.

My crystal ball says I shouldn't be shocked in Von Miller produces more than Bosa.

It's still an NFL films product even if it runs on HBO. And so they're sticking with the classic style.

I was walking out of court recently watching a father berate his son (apparently the kid just took a plea to a minor offense) about getting his life together. The kid was maybe 20. Obviously not in college, not doing anything useful. Dad: You live at home with me for a few years. You start working at UPS. You get your CDL. You'll be able to put away $20K a year with no living expenses. By the time you're 25 you'll have a down payment for a house and you'll be set up for a good life. (I got the sense that the dad had done something like this himself.) Kid wasn't really listening. I like the idea of tracking/vocational training as long as we leave a route open for the late bloomers. The 14 year old kid tracked into more vocational training who still gets a diploma and later can restart at community college, etc, if he wants to be a teacher or an accountant or something that isn't a traditional trade.