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My favorite thing in politics: Money isn’t everything.
Money matters way too much, but results like these remind us that self-government is still alive.
The articles dumping on Bluesky miss the point.
Either you’re comfortable with Elon Musk moderating your and the country’s info diet, or you’re not.
If you are, say so. If not, don’t hate on people trying to build elsewhere.
Ignore the pessimists and focus on the money you’re *making* tonight:
Your toaster is now 30% more valuable. So are your shoes and your bananas!
Thank you tariffs!
If only a free speech absolutist were in power
Dem base and donors: “We want candidates who are smart, moderate, take advice from experts, and support data-driven policies.”
Also Dem base and donors: “Why don’t we have any charismatic firebrand knife fighters ready for this moment?!”
DOGE is operating with little transparency and rapid speed.
The case for that rests on it having assembled the smartest guys in the room.
This rather blows a hole in that.
https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/
My footnote “The government is not offering to exchange dismissal of a criminal case for Adams’s assistance on immigration enforcement”
is raising lots of questions already answered by my footnote
