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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is talking like he wants to take on U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in a GOP primary, but he’s still not ready to pull the trigger. trib.al/UkHVcSV
"It is unclear why DHS routed the group of migrants back to the United States after the costly flights to the military base on Cuba. The agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the latest transfer..." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
A draft of an agreement calling for Ukraine to hand over to the U.S. revenue from natural resources includes new language referring to security guarantees, a provision Kyiv had pressed for vigorously in negotiations. Here's what to know.
Trump’s recent comments on territorial expansion feel like echoes of Manifest Destiny, an idea that shaped US history in controversial ways. Is he just reusing old justifications for power grabs? history.state.gov/milestones/1...
Trump’s recent comments on territorial expansion feel like echoes of Manifest Destiny, an idea that shaped US history in controversial ways. Is he just reusing old justifications for power grabs? history.state.gov/milestones/1...
DOGE is simply procurement capture by government vendors. The "efficiency" they seek is disadvantaging competitors to any of their businesses (like Rivian attempting to compete with Tesla) by throwing up regulatory obstacles and cancelling government contracts. They're not being subtle.
I think journalists, policymakers and good govt types are struggling to understand DOGE because their mental model is that it is a government reform commission, operating like previous ones. Maybe. But it might be better to start thinking about it as a hostile takeover of the govt by oligarchs.
January 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
DOGE is simply procurement capture by government vendors. The "efficiency" they seek is disadvantaging competitors to any of their businesses (like Rivian attempting to compete with Tesla) by throwing up regulatory obstacles and cancelling government contracts. They're not being subtle.
At least for the moment national publications are radically understating the contents of Matthew Livelsberger's political minifestos which call for a violent, militia-backed "culling" of Dems from and national rebirth of masculinity under the rule of Trump ... talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-a...
Nice job bringing together things we do often when writing software. The biggest insight for me is avoiding design lock-in by starting at the top of the stack. grantslatton.com/how-to-softw...
Nice job bringing together things we do often when writing software. The biggest insight for me is avoiding design lock-in by starting at the top of the stack. grantslatton.com/how-to-softw...