Team Trump launched a bogus ethics complaint in March to try to ballot disqualify DeSantis. They tried to weaponize the system against him. No one, not even Tucker Carlson, said anything. But after the Colorado decision to disqualify Trump, DeSantis called on SCOTUS to kill it. Because it's the right thing.
So what did Team Trump do? They immediately used the moment to attack DeSantis and his supporters. Trump allies said he is a "POS"--they called him a "piece of shit." DeSantis, who said the Supreme Court should intervene in Trump's defense. And they are going to keep attacking him and his supporters because they don't actually care about unity or principle.
Matt Gaetz recently said he hoped there would be unity after the primary, regardless of the outcome. I doubt there will be, and this is why. It's also the reason Democrats win in the end. They are competent. They know how to use power. They reward friends and punish enemies. Whenever we say, "They've really overreached this time" or "Now they've crossed the Rubicon," they always come out fine. Often stronger than before. It's also due to the fact Democrats tend to stick together.
The GOP, as currently constituted and led, has none of the above going for it. Moments when we should have unity are reduced to opportunities for scoring cheap points against Trump's rivals. The previous big conservative news cycle was Trump demanding Chip Roy to be tossed out of the GOP simply because Roy didn't endorse him. Team Trump attacked Roy in the most vicious, disgusting way. But like DeSantis, Roy denounced the Colorado decision and defended Trump. It's the right thing, although Roy won't be rewarded for it.
Republicans are doomed under the status quo in the long term. This is a movement of people who do not care about anything but staying in Trump's good graces. That's why Democrats have been on a winning streak.
1. "GLORY"🧵
opened on this weekend, 35 years ago. Box office was fair. Reviews were good or mixed. Nominated for five Oscars, won two. Of all my films, hits or flops, it has proven the most durable. When all is said and done, there is only one measure that counts: Time.
🇦🇷 | Todos las medidas de @JMilei en la primera semana de gobierno:
➡️ Se recortan:
- Ministerios de 18 a 9 (-50%)
- Secretarías de 106 a 54 (-49%)
- Subsecretarías, de 182 a 140 (-23%)
- Cantidad de funcionarios: -34%
➡️ Se inició la revisión de los contratos estatales:
- No habrá más contratos de pauta oficial a medios por un año.
- No se renuevan los contratos laborales del Estado que tengan menos de un año de vigencia.
- Se pusieron en revisión los contratos con universidades.
- Se pusieron en revisión los contratos de la planta laboral del Estado.
➡️ Reducción al mínimo de transferencias discrecionales:
- El Estado Nacional no va a licitar nuevos proyectos de obra pública por un año.
- Se cancelan todos los proyectos de obra pública que hayan sido aprobados pero que no hayan comenzado aún.
➡️ Reducción de subsidios a energía y transporte.
➡️ Se duplicó la AUH y se aumentó un 50% la Tarjeta Alimentar.
➡️ Sinceramiento del tipo de cambio:
- Se achicó la brecha entre el Dólar Blue y el Oficial.
- Se unificaron los dólares para exportación, para alentar el comercio.
➡️ Se elimina el sistema de cupos a la importación (SIRA).
➡️ Se inició una auditoria para hacer un inventario general del Estado para recortar edificios en desuso.
➡️ Se empezó a exigir al 100% la presencialidad en la Administración Pública Nacional.
➡️ Reducción del Gasto Político por US$ 3.000 millones de dólares:
- Se reduce a la mitad la cantidad de chóferes y la flota de vehículos oficiales.
- Se puso a la venta los 2 aviones de YPF que usaban de taxi por ex funcionarios.
- Se envían los cuadros de la Quinta de Olivos a un Museo para dejar de pagar el seguro.
➡️ Se lanzó un bono en dólares para solucionar la deuda comercial que dejó Massa y quitar pesos del mercado.
➡️ Se lanzó el nuevo Protocolo Antipiquetes:
- Prohibido cortar calles, serán detenidos bajo delito en flagrancia.
- El que corta no cobrará nunca más un plan social del Estado.
- Los costos que provoquen el desalojo de piquetes serán cobrados a las organizaciones sociales que se adjudiquen la marcha.
- Si queman cubiertas habrá severas multas por daño ambiental.
- Los extranjeros que corten serán puestos a disposición de la Dirección Nacional de Migraciones.
Fantasy football is about making smart, rationale decisions for 14 weeks to earn a playoff spot and then lose by 30 because you randomly got matched up with the Raiders DST
Every civilization since the dawn of humanity has tried to affect the weather. Rain dances, sacrificing virgins, seeding clouds, etc. We’re not so different. We just call it “climate change policy.”
A bill has been introduced in the Senate, the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act of 2023, that would force big investors to sell off all the single-family homes they own over 10 years, and eventually ban hedge funds from owning any single-family homes entirely.
REMARKABLE! In his first act, newly sworn President of Argentina, Javier Milei, signs an executive order reducing the Argentine government from 21 Departments to 9. A major reduction of bureaucracy and overhead. Impressive.