@petersterne@RossBarkan Secret Service absolutely set the agenda for security around the president. It doesn’t really fit neatly into a Mamdani vs Tisch narrative though.
every DC-based political operative bio is like: “Strategist. Storyteller. Girldad. Fighter of good fights. Lives on a diet of coffee and red wine, but usually not in the same cup 🤫. Always down to yap about redistricting. Hook ‘em 🤘”
@FurkanGozukara@randomirish Trump can’t leave NATO by himself, and even if he tried the process would stretch well beyond the time he has left in office.
Absurd and inhuman violence is spreading ferociously through the sacred places of the Christian East, profaned by the blasphemy of war and the brutality of business, with no regard for people’s lives, which are considered at most collateral damage of self-interest. But no gain can be worth the life of the weakest, children, or families. No cause can justify the shedding of innocent blood.
@nicolegelinas@mattyglesias NYC added 18,400 securities jobs from 2019 to 2024 — the largest absolute gain of any state. NYC’s share of national jobs has declined from 33% to 17%. That’s a real structural trend worth discussing, but it’s not the same as “all growth has been outside NYC.”
(Reuters) - Pope Leo said on Sunday that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have "hands full of blood", in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month. Photo follows Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
In the dramatic circumstances of war, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda. It is every journalist's duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power. They must show the suffering that war always brings to populations, which entails showing the face of war and recounting it through the eyes of victims.
Lloyd Blankfein on crypto: I can't figure out what it does. You can't buy anything with it. Its highest purpose is to pay ransoms and to extortionists.
I don't know why the US government or any official sector would support something where you couldn't tell whether or not somebody was paying the North Koreans.
No administration of my lifetime has been more antagonistic toward the private sector, free markets, and free trade. All the warnings of socialists and Democratic overreaches and government intrusion — it's all worse in reality right now than ever before. Just remarkable.
The Trump Admin has chosen to:
- Treat Chinese companies like DeepSeek better than Anthropic.
- Let AI chips flow to China.
This is the kind of policy you pursue if you want China to lead in AI.