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The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer’s Remorse
www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/trump-strickland-remorse-policy/681746/
The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer’s Remorse
With every new policy and offhand remark, Trump belies the imaginary versions of himself that inspired many of his supporters.
By Yair Rosenberg
****** $$$ The Death of Government Expertise Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/career-civil-servant-end/681712/
The Death of Government Expertise
Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree
By Tom Nichols
**** $$$$$$ There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
“Suddenly, and not accidentally, people who work for the American federal government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation,” writes @anneapplebaum.
Bring Back the War Department
Among his many promised changes for the military, Trump “could swiftly enact one cultural change at the Pentagon that would be for the good,” writes @elliotackerman. “Trump could ask Congress to redesignate the Defense Department as the War Department”:
$$$$ ***** The Other Fear of the Founders
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/founders-fear-of-oligarchy/681650/
The Other Fear of the Founders
America’s early leaders were worried not only about demagogues like Donald Trump, but about the rise of an antidemocratic, wealthy elite that goads such men on.
By George Thomas
$$$$$$ ****** [The Washington Post] Silicon Valley’s ‘Great Replacement’ theory
Silicon Valley’s ‘Great Replacement’ theory
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/12/silicon-valley-artificial-intelligence-ethics/
$$$$$ ****** [The Washington Post] Trump and Musk flex their power, shrugging off checks and balances
Trump and Musk flex their power, shrugging off checks and balances
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/12/trump-musk-constitutional-separation-powers/
$$$$$ ***** NYTimes: What’s Most Frightening About Trump’s Gaza Ravings
What’s Most Frightening About Trump’s Gaza Ravings www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/opinion/trump-israel-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
**** NYTimes: The Horror Show of Hamas Must End Now
The Horror Show of Hamas Must End Now www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/opinion/trump-hamas-gaza-israel.html?smid=nytcore-android-share