!neolibs

I think the "imagine if Biden did X" stuff can easily get overblown, but given that age and physical stamina are supposedly one of the key differentiators in this campaign it is striking how little attention is paid to this. pic.twitter.com/pUhzGa0bBs

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 22, 2024

The US still maintains about 1,000 soldiers in Niger, but their movements have been limited since the coup.

They were under house arrest. See below

https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1782056169562853511

And here

https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1781999920104210688

They turned it over to the russians

The swamp is hellbent on keeping Trump out of office. First they sued him. Then they prosecuted him. Then they tried to take him off the ballot. None of it worked & now they’re trying to strip his Secret Service protection. I wonder what they’re rooting for? pic.twitter.com/3fdnM7eXUi

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) April 20, 2024

the premise is too r-slurred to even make a comment on

British police turn up at Christian man’s home with a psychologist because ‘there was a report about beliefs being expressed.’

Police:

“People have raised concerns about your views…That you’re concerned about what’s going on in Australia.”

The man had posted on social media… pic.twitter.com/ql0xFxLhAx

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 19, 2024

Really makes you think who's pulling the strings here.

!latinx

EXCLUSIVE: Katherine Maher says that she abandoned a "free and open" internet as the mission of Wikipedia, because those principles recapitulated a "white male Westernized construct" and "did not end up living into the intentionality of what openness can be." pic.twitter.com/Ved9mgGvJH

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 18, 2024

NPR’s new CEO: “Our reverence for the truth might be a distraction getting in the way of finding common ground & getting things done.”

This gets to the heart of the cultural divide in the modern West: whether you believe truth is a priority or a hindrancepic.twitter.com/Pkwy5kkNWy

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) April 17, 2024

Part 1

https://rdrama.net/h/pol/post/262216/npr-ceo-the-number-one-challenge

EXCLUSIVE: Katherine Maher says the "the number one challenge" in her fight against disinformation is "the First Amendment in the United States," which makes it "a little bit tricky" to censor "bad information" and "the influence peddlers" who spread it.

NPR's censor-in-chief. pic.twitter.com/0vY6hIpbmO

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 17, 2024

Economic advisers close to former President Donald Trump are actively debating ways to devalue the U.S. dollar if he's elected to a second term — a dramatic move that could boost U.S. exports but also reignite inflation and threaten the dollar's position as the world's dominant currency.

!neolibs

That sweeps in an enormous range of U.S. businesses that provide wifi to their customers and therefore have access to equipment on which communications transit. Barber shops, laundromats, fitness centers, hardware stores, dentist’s offices… the list goes on and on. 7/25

— Elizabeth Goitein (@LizaGoitein) April 15, 2024