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Busy day, so no time until now to talk about the WH budget. Of course it won't become law, but it's a statement of priorities 1/ nytimes.com/2019/03/11/us/…

And the central priority, I'd argue, is to betray Trump's most loyal followers. After all, the most Trump-loyal places in America are deeply dependent on the very programs he's trying to slash 2/ nytimes.com/2018/12/21/bus…

Meanwhile, the economy has been doing pretty well – but it has been bypassing Trump country while booming in Blue America 3/

Did I mention that Republicans now represent only 7 of CA's 53 House seats, down from 14 before the midterms? 4/

Basically, the Trump strategy is Paul Ryan with more explicit racism. This was NOT the candidate he pretended to be in 2016, although it's the president he has been ever since 5/

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