Before his government service, he was a partner at Soros Fund Management

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bessent

LOL, you’d think the MAGA types would already be calling for his head based on that.

And:

Bessent has praised Trump’s proposal to implement broad tariffs

Aren’t you getting exactly what you wanted, Bessent?

And Canadian and Australian firefighters have less of an incentive to help out this time, given err recent events.

It doesn’t actually matter. It should have been a landslide in favour of Harris, and if there was cheating it would have just reduced her margin of victory.

The fact it was close enough to work (if it occurred) is an indictment of a significant proportion of the population.

And you’d think a self-perceived business genius would be able to significantly increase the value of said purchase, not lose billions.

Imagine being such a miserable human being that you hold a grudge for 30 years over an unsuccessful business deal.

The Cigarette Century goes into an aspect of this, and how easily the public were manipulated into consuming cigarettes en masse. And the echoes of the same tactics that are used today.

The scientist in Philadelphia signaled that he believes Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, is responsible for the NIH’s turn against mRNA research.

The FT source seems to be behind a paywall, and this article seems to be jumping between a bunch of possibly unrelated issues (focusing on young adult cognitive decline but looking at whole population reading rates and numeracy ability).

We don’t have to exaggerate and make shit up to justify how we feel. That’s what the MAGA fucktards do.

I’m not making shit up, this is just my experience dealing with academia (and not in the US to be clear). But thanks for informing me that the situation is different at Columbia University.

It’s usually vapid, amoral MBAs that handle the admin side that push this shit not the academics doing the actual work.

And as a respected media personality I can help round up others so they may toil in your underground sugar maple syrup caves.

Also they don’t work. Therefore, they have no value to society.

Of course, Republicans are working to make sure that children are sent to the factories and mines once more.

No puppet. No puppet. You’re the puppet!

• Trump defends himself with his characteristic articulateness during a debate with Clinton in 2016

Don’t forget infrastructure week. Surely this will be the week?

Yeah, see the temper tantrum he threw during the meeting with Zelensky. They were just desperate to get a rise out of him, and they couldn’t even manage that.

I’m not sure what could possibly be suicide for his presidency.

Him saying he secretly likes Democrat policies and thinks they are better at governing (but he has to run because he’s the property of Russia).

Although only the first part would be a deal breaker for the highly intelligent Republican voter.

Do you really think a fascist would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?

Nah, it’s just a bit slow at the moment. I just checked it again and it’s available:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250221153932/https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-intelligence-officer-alnur-mussayev-claims-kgb-recruited-donald-trump-under-codename-krasnov/

The resistance in this case is simply voting for a progressive in the upcoming primary, if you live in NY. Don’t let these spineless politicians be that resistance.

Less callous? Jesse, are you unaware of which political ideology you’ve given your fealty to?