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Abundance Makes the Case for 'Supply-Side Progressivism'

Progressives used to believe in building more stuff. Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson want to do that again.

Reason

New York Doesn't Have Any Motorcycle Riding Schools Right Now, and It's Stupid Why

I'm reminded of Jon Stewart's talk with Ezra Klein about how difficult the government made it to obtain Inflation Reduction Act funds for infrastructure projects. How it required townships to jump through 14 different hoops just to get to the point where they could conceivably begin getting those funds. And…

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Will the 'Abundance' Agenda Make California Great Again?

Democrats would have a stronger rebuke to Trumpism if civic service in blue states were the national model rather than a laughingstock.

Reason

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Derek Thompson: Democrats Must Change

The Atlantic's Derek Thompson urges Democrats to embrace more libertarian, pro-growth policies in his new book.

Reason

'The iPad is not TV' and 2 other urgent lessons about kids and screen time from the 'Anxious Generation' author

Jonathan Haidt has these three urgent messages for parents worried about the effects of screen time.

Fortune

First Thing: Liberal judge beats Musk-backed candidate in Wisconsin supreme court race

Susan Crawford defeats Brad Schimel in the most expensive US judicial election ever, a major win for the Democrats. Plus, Israel announces plan to seize ‘large areas’ of Gaza

The Guardian - UK

Ezra Klein on Trump, Vance and free speech: ‘It feels like we are in one of the darkest imaginable timelines’

The influential US commentator has written a book about how politics can change people’s lives for the better. But first, there are more pressing challenges to address ...

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What is ‘abundance’ liberalism, and why are people arguing about it?

A new book has sparked debate with its provocative claim that progressive public policy in the US is broken

The Guardian - US

Deportation Standoff

Plus: Rehiring federal workers, using Signal to orchestrate bombing the Houthis, and more...

Reason

Lawn-Sign Liberalism vs. Supply-Side Progressivism

"Supply-side progressives" like Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are ultimately technocrats, not libertarians. But they recognize that more is better than less and that a good society is not zero-sum.

Reason

‘He should not be in public like this’: Grimes reacts after Elon Musk parades their son around Oval Office

Grimes shared that she was only made aware of the stunt after seeing it online

The Independent UK

‘A real injection of chutzpah’: Wyden offers a progressive playbook - Roll Call

Bolder can be better, the longtime senator says. His “12 rules of chutzpah” range from making noise to always playing the long game.

Roll Call

How do Democrats harness #DarkWoke?

Democrats’ current approach to political messaging is broken – and party leaders have no conception of how to fix it

The Guardian - US

TikTok executives schmoozed US business leaders at Trump inauguration as app’s future in balance, report says

President has said he’ll issue executive order halting TikTok ban, despite it being signed into law and surviving challenge at Supreme Court

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Luigi Mangione is the median American voter

He’s a highly educated, heterodox, politically homeless moderate – and that fact should terrify us all

Salon

Trump nominees turn allies to enemies

Trump believes in rule by fear, but that stokes resentment and possibly even resistance

The Independent UK

‘We are not a serious country’: Congress in shock after Gaetz tapped as Trump’s attorney general

‘God help us,’ Representative Maxwell Frost, a fellow Floridian, posted in response to the news

The Guardian - US

Democrats cautiously optimistic after Trump’s ad-libbed convention speech

The performance was ‘first good thing’ for Democrats in weeks after the ex-president dished out insults and lies

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Cheering From the Press Box

Also: Oppenheimer and Godzilla win at the Oscars, Virginia state lawmakers nuke plans for taxpayer-funded arena, and more...

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The Abundance Agenda Promises Everything to Everyone All at Once

Some progressives want to remove bureaucratic obstacles to growth—in the service of Democrats and big government.

Chicago Sun-Times

Americans dislike both Biden and Trump

But the “meh” vote normally favors the incumbent. The trick, one pundit says, is to tout Biden’s legislative accomplishments and remind people of all the terribly unpopular things Republicans have in mind.

Reason

Oren Cass Notices One of Industrial Policy's Fatal Flaws

Cass says industrial policy will only work if the politicians can put aside political disagreements and partisan agendas. In other words, industrial policy will never work.

Reason

The Problem With the 'Abundance Agenda'

True abundance requires a minimal state and free markets.

Financial Times

Why chatbots are bound to spout bullshit

Some of what they say is true, but only as a byproduct of learning to seem believable

The Independent UK

Fox News commentator mocked for outrageously blaming slave trade on wind

‘The ships were made of wood, so trees are also complicit’

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