Author: Jim

“Uniquely Stupid:” Dissecting the Past Decade of American Life | Amanpour and Company

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“Suddenly, and not accidentally, people who work for the American federal government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation,” writes @anneapplebaum.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-civil-servant-purge/681671/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYd8xqNLcZ9lqGzP_2I3lBmw&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Among his many promised changes for the military, Trump “could swiftly enact one cultural change at the Pentagon that would be for the good,” writes @elliotackerman. “Trump could ask Congress to redesignate the Defense Department as the War Department”:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/trump-administration-positive-defense-reform/680872/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYaRRVc303_qI71ZXq7uf1pQ&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social