Not long ago, being a Republican was associated with intelligence even while being conservative was not.
Now, both are negatively correlated with intelligence.
If you care about the future of the Republican Party, you need to support Talarico.
There has to be some limit to how corrupt and immoral you can be and still be a Republican politician.
Short-term partisanship can't be everything. https://t.co/lWU6CGyrPJ
Telling. Richard Hanania got to know the VCs and CEOs who comprised the New Tech Right in private chats. Despite being wealthy and smart, they believed everything any random right-wing account tweeted.
"Instead of the Tech Right making the conservative movement smarter, the conservative movement seemed to be making the Tech Right dumber."
Tim Dillon: “They’re in the White House. They have the Congress. They have the Senate. They have the Supreme Court. It is now them. I don’t want to hear about the Deep State anymore. You’re playing everyone for a fool. You have to be one of the stupidest people in the world to fall for this shit at this point”
This thing is so incredibly pathetic.
On Rogan, you can literally be the vice president of the United States and act like just another guy who spouts conspiracy theories because he has no way to get accurate information.
It’s impossible to have enough contempt for this “sphere”
The moral calculus here is simple.
For decades there was bipartisan congressional agreement to fund lifesaving programs. 80% of Americans agree with providing food and medical supplies to the worlds poorest people.
Elon was neither elected nor confirmed. He illegally and gleefully destroyed USAID, which did not save any money - in many cases he just disrupted distribution of supplies already purchased - but he did kill many children.
The closest analogy would be burning down a food bank causing people to die of starvation. It was an illegal act that was wasteful and caused harm. You can’t defend it by saying “what obligation do we have to fund food banks?”
Trump administration’s AI approach: stop US companies from releasing models because they’re too dangerous, but export chips to China allowing them to catch up, and don’t restrict the use of Chinese models.
About as well thought out as their tariffs policy and war with Iran.
This showed up in my For You Page. I don’t follow this account or any related account. It has 3.4 million views.
@elonmusk just mainlining racist smears about people into your phone. It’s really sick. (if u don’t know @itsdeaann obviously this is fake)
Andreesen is the worst kind of libertarian, the one who believes only he should be exempt from the rules
If the president personally banned his company's newest product with 0 warning, he'd throw the biggest hissy fit in history, but he cheers it on when it happens to others
Today I'm publishing a new essay, Policy on the AI Exponential. AI is progressing extremely fast—much faster than the policy process was built to handle. The essay lays out where I think the technology is now, and the action needed to close the gap: https://t.co/Lh6PWae178
Ukraine has started suggesting that a piece of land it needs help defending be called "Donnyland" so Trump will give them support.
It's a combination of "Donald" and "Donbas."
According to the New York Times, a Ukrainian negotiator brought this up as a half-joke, but now it's become part of talks because it does seem to help. A Ukrainian negotiator even used ChatGPT to create a flag for Donnyland and a national anthem.
Look, it's all very funny that we are governed by a toddler. But as Americans we should all be deeply ashamed by what this man is. You should personally feel bad that you are a citizen of a country that could elect such a person to lead it.
End the War on Iran! We can't afford another war. RIGHT NOW About Face & around 150 vets & military family members are occupying the Cannon Building in #washingtondc & demanding Trump end this illegal war #nowaroniran
Trump is now telling MAGA that we should agree to give up our rights for the greater good.
He wants us to agree to allow the federal government to spy on us via FISA.
Anyone still supporting this man is a fraud. He has done a full 180 on MAGA and is a Warhawk neocon.