Author: Jim

Paul Krugman  Trump Is Doing Exactly What He Said He Would. Who Could Have Predicted That?

https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/trump-is-doing-exactly-what-he-said?r=3azmy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

https://youtu.be/AtO2L_ydO7A?si=bnDRW9e-G_VRS1r2

Under the new Trump administration, those who oppose his actions “do not have an incompetent opponent,” writes Paul Rosenzweig. “Trump’s team is savvy and has been planning for this for years. They came ready.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/trump-administration-strategy/681497/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYd-2OrTVjqM6z1PfQsND8A8&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Elon Musk and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere, @anneapplebaum writes. Can Europe stop their meddling?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/03/musk-tech-oligarch-european-election-influence/681453/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYZq-pqPhM0iW-kR2Toillmg&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Listening is a sign of strength, not weakness. @radiofreetom’s advice for the incoming secretary of defense:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/america-is-counting-on-you-pete-hegseth/681469/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYTlaVTdPVwg8y8NSEqyyx30&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

How to Drink from a Firehose

https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/how-to-drink-from-a-firehose?r=3azmy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

“The challenge will be to overcome Russia’s tried-and-tested method of cynically exploiting negotiations to gain military advantage,” write @nfergus and @WarIntellectual:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/12/trump-russia-ukraine-talks/680934/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYe7DhKUzfv9hzZruvj6HGlY&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social