Posts by El Somnambulo

Something Just Broke--Trump and the Rethugs broke it.  From The Economist: IF YOU failed to spot America being “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far” or it…

"It's A Disaster":  Trump screwing the defenseless is one thing, but this, this, is a whole 'nother thing: Markets around the world tumbled on Thursday after President Trump announced across-the-board tariffs…

Liberal Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race.  Hope those newly-minted Musk millionaires cashed those checks already: The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court defeated a challenger endorsed by President Donald Trump and billionaire…

B-b-b-but Hamas!: Palestinians held funerals Monday for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza, after their bodies and mangled ambulances were found buried in an…

Unholy Patrimonialism:  This strikes me as explaining government under Trump--including its fatal weakness: Even those who expected the worst from his reelection (I among them) expected more rationality. Today, it…

Musk/DOGE's Push For The Privatization Of Public Services: Mail delivery. Real estate. Foreign aid grants. The Trump administration is moving to privatize a sweeping number of government functions and assets…

Meyer Signs Bill, Musk Does This.  Coincidence?: Elon Musk said on Friday that his startup xAI has merged with X, his social network, in an all-stock transaction that values the…

Trump's Just Doing Weird Stuff Now.  Like this: The “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” order directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate what he finds “improper” from the…

Yet One More 'Disappearance', Captured On Tape: As Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk made her way to an interfaith center to break the Ramadan fast on Tuesday, plainclothes agents, some…