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From Nicole Lafond at #TPM

"There are several layers to my conclusion that today’s remarks from President Trump’s agriculture secretary are among the most creatively maniacal
I’ve heard yet from the administration."
#uspolitics
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TPM - Talking Points Memo · Trump Official Suggests Replacing Deported Farm Workers with Medicaid EnrolleesBy Nicole Lafond

From #TPM

"... The Apprentice isn’t the only, or even the best, prism with which to view Donald Trump’s approach to politics, but it is an essential one.

Trump is always putting on a show in which he will always be, if not the hero, then at least the strong protagonist, and he needs villains. Lots and lots of villains to vanquish. But not just any villains. He needs villains whose defeat touches the deepest, darkest parts of the American psyche. And so the villains he picks often wind up being people of color, women and foreigners, and what they may lack in actual villainy he makes up for by casting them as derangedly violent or sexually deviant or otherwise sinister in comic book ways ..."
#trump #LosAngeles

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TPM - Talking Points Memo · Trump Stages Another Boffo Reality TV Episode In LA ParkBy David Kurtz

From #TPM Morning Memo:

"... we all knew there was an extremely high risk that if Trump were re-elected he would provoke civil unrest in order to use it as a pretext for lawless actions he was already determined to take.

It’s too early to say whether this particular incident ends up being the defining episode of the erosion of the line between the military and domestic law enforcement ..."
#uspol #trump talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-

TPM - Talking Points Memo · Trump Has Long Been Itching To Use The Military On American StreetsBy David Kurtz

Thoughtful little piece on #AI from #TPM

"... My fourth point is a bit different. It’s less skepticism in the sense expressed above than a real question about what AI even is and the ideas of the people creating it. Let me explain this one in a bit more detail ..."
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TPM - Talking Points Memo · Artificial Intelligence and The Posture of SkepticismBy Josh Marshall

Gift article from #TPM

"... The bigger problem with this storyline is the idea that Musk failed. I so wish that were true. But it’s simply not. To believe that you’d need to buy the idea that the goal was to streamline the government and save a bunch of money as opposed to gut the parts of the government that Trump world and the Silicon Valley right view as enemies and do so in an at best extra-constitutional fashion because it would never be possible through constitutional means. He succeeded at doing quite a lot of that ..."
#Musk #uspol

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TPM - Talking Points Memo · Don’t Fall For Elon Inc.’s Press CampaignBy Josh Marshall

Interesting perspective on the differences between and relationships among grassroots communities and formal organizations related to illnesses and research in the current climate of #uspol.

"... there are ‘disease communities’ around every major disease that affects Americans – cancers, diseases of age and dementia, heart disease, degenerative disorders. These communities exist in relationship with various advocacy organizations ... It’s the communities that are important, networks of individual people and families with their own social networks. They’re the ones who can show up at town halls; they can contact representatives and senators; they can spread the word within their social networks ..."
#MedicalResearch #ChronicIllness
#TPM

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TPM - Talking Points Memo · A Follow Up on Saving American Biomedical ResearchBy Josh Marshall

It’s amazing how #Luxon and his coalition of B-grade con artists can save billions of dollars by cancelling legislated pay equity claims for women workers yet magically still honour the government promises to NZ women workers to address historic pay equity disputes.

Luxon and his heavies call anyone who says this is not true a liar.

Good to know #Labour #Greens and #TPM have promised to repeal this appalling misogynist act once regaining the government benches. #NZPol

rnz.co.nz/news/political/56083

RNZ · National, Labour clash over who's lying about pay equity changesBy Jo Moir