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We Are So Back… Meidas Beats Fox in Digital Views
Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network
In the latest Playboard YouTube Charts just released, MeidasTouch Network has taken the lead over Fox News in YouTube views and engagement. Playboard, the leading website tracking YouTube channel performance, shows MeidasTouch surging ahead. MeidasTouch Network had previously led Fox News in the three months before the election, but Fox News took the lead after the election and held it for over 20 days. As of November 26, MeidasTouch has reclaimed its spot at the top.
The Strongman Fantasy (updated 11/24)
Timothy Snyder, Thinking about…
Once this process begins, it is hard to stop. At the present stage of the strongman fantasy, people imagine an exciting experiment. If they don’t like strongman rule, they think, they can just elect someone else the next time. This misses the point. If you help a strongman come to power, you are taking part in the elimination of democracy
Trump promises Day 1 tariffs
Mike Allen, Axios AM
Trump’s declarations on Truth Social are a wake-up call for those in Washington and on Wall Street who thought his tariff talk was mostly bluster.
- In a series of posts, Trump said the new tariffs were tied directly to stopping the flow of drugs and migrants.
- A tariff of 25% on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico would take effect on Jan. 20, he said.
- Imports from China would face a 10% tariff “above any additional Tariffs,” he wrote. He had previously spoken of a 60% tariff on Chinese goods.
Trump’s tariffs collide with an ‘abundance’ agenda
Derek Robertson, Digital Future Daily
The whole idea of tariffs, meant to protect national industries by adding costs and friction to global trade, contrasts sharply with the optimism he’s created in tech and energy quarters that a try-anything administration might open the door to an “abundance agenda,” lowering barriers to growth and boosting American industry, technology and energy production.
