SOCIETY
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman and Noah Smith have a chat
In which we talk about Paul’s departure from the NYT, Substack writing, Trump, the 1980s, the future of manufacturing, and more!
Noah Smith, Noahpinion
Too many Americans still fear the future
Some progress is being made, but politics is getting in the way.
Robert Reich
The basic equation
What’s behind the apparent chaos today in Washington
Anne Applebaum, Open Letters
Can Europe Still Have Sovereign Elections? Can anyone?
The real challenge posed by Elon Musk
Yascha Mounk
Francis Fukuyama on Trump 2.0
Yascha Mounk and Francis Fukuyama discuss the first few days of the Trump administration–and what it means for domestic and foreign policy.
Dr Dan Goyal, The Antidote
Fascists Lack the Agency for Political Decision Making
Neuroscience, psychology, and sociology suggest that those who support authoritarianism and fascism do so without ever making a ‘conscious’ decision.
John Della Volpe from JDV on Gen Z
Young Men Are Speaking. Is Anyone Listening?
Introducing a data-driven Gen Z persona built from real conversations, real experiences, and their own words
GOVERNMENT
Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring
Congressional Republicans’ coming war on poor people
What we know about GOP reconciliation plans
David Rothkopf, Need to Know
The Deputy President Says it’s Time to Move Beyond the Holocaust
Silence in the Face of the Resurgent Politics of Hate is Complicity
Don Moynihan, Can We Still Govern?
Compelling Mass Civil Servant Resignations Will Create Chaos
Twitter is not a model for government reform
Dana F. Blankenhorn, Facing the Future
Global Trumpism
Avoid, Accept, Adjust, then Advance
Charlie Sykes, To the Contrary
The Most Embarrassing Person in Washington is…
RFK Jr., Tulsi, Kash, Karoline Leavitt, Zuck, Ronjon, or…
Michael D. Cohen, 24Sight News
DOGE: The You Cannot Be Serious Committee
What to make of the House’s DOGE committee makeup
POLITICS
Steve Schmidt, The Warning
A resplendent day for Jim Acosta and journalistic integrity
PLUS: Join Ron Fournier and me on Substack Live TONIGHT at 8 pm ET
Chris Cillizza
The Morning: Legacy media just keeps caving to Donald Trump
The writing is on the wall, people.
MAJOR unforced error by Donald Trump
The Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight
Paul Krugman
Oppose, Oppose, Oppose — and Do It Loudly
Today, however, I’m going to make an exception, and offer three words of advice to Democratic politicians and MAGA opponents in general: oppose, oppose, oppose. And make noise. A lot of noise. Don’t make conciliatory gestures in the belief that Trump has a mandate to do what he’s doing; don’t stay quiet on the outrages being committed every day while waiting for grocery prices to rise. I can’t promise that taking a tough line will succeed, but going easy on Trump is guaranteed to fail.
