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“Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is the cruelest and most irresponsible piece of domestic legislation to be seriously proposed in my lifetime.”

“It is a straight transfer from people who cannot afford food and medical care to people who can afford to fly first class.”

“The Big Budget Bomb” with Ezra Klein and Catherine Rampell.

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#economy #economics #budget #EzraKlein #nationaldebt#foodstamps #tariffs #podcast (68 mins)

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/

Trump’s Big Budget Bomb
Apple PodcastsTrump’s Big Budget BombPodcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 05/23/2025 · 1h 5m

Gillian Tett (Financial Times) interviewed by Ezra Klein, just plugged David Graeber's "Debt"

(And in case you're curious, yes I am in fact binging Klein today. He's good, but ye gads do I have to brace myself for political commentary. Given his podcast's slipping further behind the NYT paywall, where episodes are unpublished after a couple of weeks, this means having to store a large number of long, large, space-consuming episodes until I can stand to hear them. And am done hearing them (they're usually worth a 2nd listen, at least).)

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AOC has been good. This guy also looks like a player. Ezra Klein's latest podcast (A Democrat Who Is Thinking Differently, Feb. 19) is a convo with Jake Auchincloss, a Dem who is new to me and has interesting ideas. Recorded in January, it's completely relevant, especially on issues such as crypto, housing & the attention economy.

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2) Klein leads with facts, historical realities both long past and recent. He shine’s a light on a supine, craven, #GOP controlled, #NPC Congress which stands abjectly submissive in the face of the #Musk - #Trump duopoly. It is a shameful moment.

#journalism #EzraKlein #USPolitics #NewsMedia

nytimes.com/2025/02/16/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and OursBy Ezra Klein
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@collectiveevil Uutisista ylikuormittumisen ("overwhelm") suunnitteli #SteveBannon jo v. 2019. Hän käytti siihen tähtäävästä strategiasta #muzzleVelocity -ja #FloodTheZoneWithShit nimityksiä:

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#EzraKlein ja Bannon selittävät ilmiön toimivuuden heti tämän videon alussa: youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?si=f3TLER

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