You Are Not Who You Say
IMMIGRATION · WHITE HOUSE · MAGA
December 30, 2025
One year into Trump’s return to
office, immigration enforcement has
increasingly focused on identity…
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It’s Damned Cold!
CLIMATE POLICY · CLIMATE CHANGE · CLEAN ENERGY
December 29, 2025
The Trump administration’s climate
policies have accelerated fossil
fuel production, suspended offshore…
Stalin Wanted It, Trump Built
It
IMMIGRATION · POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
December 27, 2025
A new surveillance system under the
Trump administration has expanded
government data collection,
affecting privacy, immigration, and.
A software-powered surveillance
regime is rewriting the rules of
privacy, borders, and citizenship.
As 2025 draws to a close, it’s time…
The Economy Is Forked
MACROECONOMICS · LABOR · COST OF LIVING
December 23, 2025
The U.S. economy exhibits a K-shaped
recovery pattern, where gains
concentrate among higher earners
while many workers.
An hourglass economy—with all the
sand rushing to the top.
I read everything Paul Krugman
writes. Today he wrote about our
K-shaped economy, and I knew exactly
what he meant. It’s the moment you
flinch at the total in your grocery
cart, quietly decide to skip dinner
out, and then scroll past headlines…
We Lowered It 700%
TRADE · INFLATION · COST OF LIVING
December 20, 2025
Claims by former President Trump
that drug prices and tariffs have
dropped by several hundred percent…
The Question at the Table
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS · UNITED STATES
December 18, 2025
Despite widespread dissent and
large-scale protests, American
resistance to authoritarian shifts…
Conversation with ChatGPT
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · PLATFORMS
December 16, 2025
The conversation explores the
narrative strategy of introducing
human antagonists as institutional
pressures threatening jobs, funding,
and.
Bill: I think I need to insert one
or more human antagonists.
Preferably threats to jobs or
funding for Lena, Dave or Geoff.
Then we can have corroborating
events from perhaps Seattle of Japan
or Estonia to change their mind.
What do you think…
Tug-of-War
COST OF LIVING · TRADE · DATA CENTERS
December 9, 2025
Prince William County faces rising
electricity bills amid plans to
expand data-center infrastructure…
The Screenshot and the Supply
Chain
TRADE · BUSINESS · WHITE HOUSE
December 8, 2025
A viral falsehood claimed South
Africa had halted mineral exports to
the U.S. amid frozen American aid.
How Trump’s Africa Policy Left the
U.S. Exposed to a Single Mineral
Hoax
The light in the office had that
late-afternoon shimmer—gold filtered…
