Friday, Atrios Loves Tariffs I think many of you interpreted this to mean that I was somewhat tariff-positive. My view is more that we have had a tariff policy, as we have had an industrial policy, but since we largely pretended we have neither of those things, it was difficult ever to talk about them.
Atrios! - because so few were being platformed. Almost all "contrarianism" is like that, nobly and courageously supporting the status quo and existing power, while presenting yourself as bravely swimming upstream.
Friday, BUT WHAT CAN THEY DOOOOO, ATRIOS? I don't have all the answers, but the relative silence on what state legislatures are doing to gay and trans rights, in various ways, is growing louder.
I don't assume all younger people have Atrios-approved politics, but I do know red state politicians are trying very hard to make their states uninhabitable for them.
To Atrios' point, from July to yesterday, Kamala raised and wasted ~$1.6 billion. Today, we start again, from scratch.
Nobody Listens To Atrios I tried to warn you: I'd bet Tesla doesn't follow through on this but grabs the cash anyway with no clawback. SEVENTEEN MONTHS LATER Tesla’s Rivals Still Can’t Use Its Superchargers Elon Musk’s plan to open Tesla’s charging network is proceeding slowly. Nobody is entirely sure why, or when that might change.
Any time we here in the ATU (Atrios Theatrical Universe) talk about the soft biases favoring fascism in our country, I can't help but flash back to conversations I had w/a buddy's wife and subsequently her family. What makes this relevant is that my buddy's wife was born in 1969 into an upper-middle class, land owning family in Madrid Spain.