American Politics from 2019 on

[Brian Peacock]

The article successfully undermines its own premises...

JD Vance could yet save his political skin. But it will mean turning on Trump – and soon

...But it will take a miracle.

[Tero]

Conclusion

In conclusion, the analysis presented here reveals that escalating US tariffs, particularly the
proposed 60% tariff against China and 10% tariff against all other trade partners, would impose
substantial economic costs on the United States. We show that while China and other US trade
partners may experience some losses, the United States would bear most of the global efficiency
cost, with potential economic losses surpassing $910 billion if all countries retaliate.
Interestingly, many of the US's trading partners, including the EU, South Korea, and other
OECD countries, stand to benefit from trade diversion as US goods become less competitive
globally.

The findings further underscore that transatlantic cooperation in imposing tariffs against China
would mitigate some of the US's losses while amplifying the economic pain for China. This
cooperation comes at a cost, however, for the EU in terms of the forgone benefits of letting the
United States go it alone. Overall, the results highlight the complexities and far-reaching
consequences of a “fortress America” protectionist trade policy, where, in the context of a global
trade war, the United States stands to lose the most, both in terms of economic welfare and global competitiveness

https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/view ... ext=yiitpr

[Tero]

With the rapist out of the picture, becerra leads governor race in CA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Becerra

[Svartalf]

I don't get it, swalwell is apparently a congressman from ca, which explains why he wanted to be guv'ner, so he should be moving between DC and Sacville (or whatever district he's supposed to represent), so why is he being prosecuted in NY?

[Tero]

I don't get it, swalwell is apparently a congressman from ca, which explains why he wanted to be guv'ner, so he should be moving between DC and Sacville (or whatever district he's supposed to represent), so why is he being prosecuted in NY?

the alleged rape (she consesnted to date he got her drunk)

One former Swalwell staffer claimed Swalwell had sexually assaulted her on more than one occasion, including in a New York hotel room in 2024 when she was too intoxicated to give consent.[96][97][98] Two of the women claimed that Swalwell sent them unsolicited images of his penis and had requested nude images of them.[99] Politico reported that a former Swalwell employee signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) pertaining to employment discrimination when they left his office.

[Tero]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaZPiwxPqO4

[Tero]

"I was recently in Shenzhen, the heart of China’s industrial machine, talking to one of that country’s legendary businessmen. I asked him about the Iran war and his response surprised me. “For us, Trump’s attack on Iran is less consequential than his threat to attack Greenland,” he told me. “When he did that, to America’s oldest allies, I knew that Europe would not follow America’s approach to China.”

"In the United States, President Donald Trump’s periodic insults hurled toward Europe tend to get treated as routine tantrums, part of the reality TV show that is now the White House. But in Europe, the accumulation of abuse has reached a tipping point. “The war in Iran ... has forced Europe to grow a spine,” Daniel DePetris recently wrote in the Spectator, a conservative British and (usually) ardently pro-American magazine. “European leaders are no longer interested in dropping to their knees and groveling to stay on Trump’s good side.”

"The same logic is spreading beyond defense. The European Payments Initiative is building a continent-wide alternative to Visa and Mastercard. European institutions are seeking alternatives to SWIFT, PayPal and other U.S.-dominated financial platforms. France has moved gold reserves from New York to Paris; politicians in Germany and Italy have debated whether their countries should do the same. European governments are looking for alternatives to American software, fearing that U.S. firms might one day be ordered to cut off critical services.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... lies-away/

[Tero]

The 24 year olds playing video games again:
"Some conservatives argue that Medicaid was never intended to cover the population enrolled in the expansion — nondisabled adults without children whose income puts them just above the federal poverty line — and see that coverage as a threat to services for those in “traditional” Medicaid, including pregnant women, children, people with disabilities, and parents below the poverty line. Others say states can’t afford to keep funding the program at a time of severe budget crunches, although the federal government picks up 90 percent of the tab."
"Nebraska also started enforcement of the new rules this Friday, eight months earlier than the federal deadline.

"Nebraska’s Medicaid director Drew Gonshorowski told POLITICO that the state is confident its existing staff can handle the early enforcement."

"Ballot initiative expansion states have “ranted and raved for years now about the undeserving poor,” said Rosenbaum. “But when you look at the 55-year-old farmers, the hourly workers, and other people who are going to lose their coverage, they’re going to see that they are not, as they insisted over and over again, all 24-year-olds playing video games.”

"Katch and other experts are most worried about Nebraska, which is starting enforcement of the rules on Friday for the roughly 70,000 people enrolled in its Medicaid expansion."

“This is just bad policy,” said Sarah Maresh, the program director for health care access at the nonprofit Nebraska Appleseed. “A vast majority of Nebraskans are working or would count as an exemption, but it is the red tape that causes the problems and really causes people to lose coverage. People don’t know what’s coming, and they don’t know it applies to them, and they’re just, frankly, unable to understand this really complicated system.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/0 ... s-00903627