@CathyYoung63 Matt is in denial. I read his Substack, but stopped listening to his politix podcast. Matt is smart intellectually, but also has a weird sympathy for the hard-left. His co-host Brian is generic lefty windbag.
@DKThomp@s8mb Why not focus on the U.S. build-up to WWII instead? We transformed entire industries, catapulting America forward in terms of growth, science and industry. That was our seismic “moonshot” with massive long-term benefits.
The plummet between 82% of subway riders in 2017 feeling it was safe during the day and 46% today is striking. (And just 22% at night. Sidenote: I find it safe all the time).
But the fact that 82% found it safe it 2017 is striking. And it WAS safe then. And then we gave it up.
BREAKING. All hell breaks loose between Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni. 🇮🇹 🇺🇸
Trump told La7 tv that apparently “Meloni begged to have a picture with me at the G7, I felt sorry for her”.
Meloni’s scathing response: “I am shocked by Trump’s utterly fabricated words. I am sorry he doesn’t show the same determination against the enemies of the West. And bear in mind: me and Italy never beg”.
What a time to be alive.
“i don’t know why the president of the united states behaves like this towards his allies: it is not the first time. i can only say it is disappointing that he does not show the same determination with the enemies of the west and of the united states, whose leaders he instead treats with far greater indulgence.”
- italy pm georgia meloni, saying publicly what most us allies are saying privately
@michaeldweiss@davetroy Does this happen a lot with our “intelligence” agencies? @ELuttwak details a lot of moronic CIA episodes that are frustrating to learn about.
Tulsi Gabbard’s office is rebranding publicly available documents as “declassified evidence” to support a bioweapons narrative that the slides explicitly don’t support. They were already public, ODNI just re-stamped them as “declassified.” They’re NOT evidence of bioweapons either.
These are the SAME as the 2022 Pentagon documents and the slides are literally excerpts from the 2022 DTRA fact sheet, released publicly by the Pentagon in March 2022, 19 months before Gabbard called them “declassified.”
@benryanwriter Great work Ben. It’s frustrating how little these doctors actually care about the long-term outcomes of patients. Do no harm goes out the window, because they are on an ideological mission. It’s like a religion, not science.
I finally got a chance to read this anti-growth article and its complete gibberish. Six authors reciting endless buzzwords & slogans with a fundamental premise (growth hasn't reduced global povery) that is provably false. Both the economics & the writing are embarrassing.
The DSA Left is a machine built to fight moderate Democrats in factional warfare. The DSA Left is not built to fight Republicans. It has no idea of its own points of vulnerability because moderate Ds never fight back very hard.
It is time to end this war. But Russia’s ruler wants to keep fighting. That is why Ukrainian sanctions against this aggression are working. Last night, our drones covered a distance of about 1,000 kilometers to the St. Petersburg region – to the enemy navy’s arsenals and a base in Kronstadt. Our long-range sanctions also reached about 500 kilometers into the Krasnodar region – and hit an oil depot. These are important results of the joint efforts by warriors from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. Russia must end its war and stop its attacks on life. Any manifestation of injustice against Ukraine will receive a just response. I thank our warriors for their precision.