* The GOP donor class decided this plan was great 5 yrs ago, with Birtherism as the first step. (Although it's always been the default plan, going back to the Southern Strategy.)
If she were applying for a job at Politico, the person doing the interview wouldn't write 'controversial' on their assessment, they'd write 'unhinged.' In other words, Politico doesn't agree with Politico, which is an everyday example of a deep current. politico.com/news/2021/02/0…
View this as a transcript of American society, 2020, because of the types of players and their roles: axios.com/trump-oval-off…
I'm not able to do anything productive right now so I want to drill something home: this front page took decades. It is an outcome of us: @harvard, @yale, @stanford, @princeton, @MIT, and more, as much as it is anything. Recognize it & rebuilding is possible; bandaids won't work.
Having bought into Trump, who would want to return to 2016 but this time without Trump? He's been the best experience in their lives, politically. rand.org/blog/2016/01/r…
Take a look at this brilliant George Saunders piece from 2016. It's even more amazing at this end of the experience. newyorker.com/magazine/2016/…
Two things that do not seem likely to fit into the future, at least at a scale that fits the 2C target: carbon capture and flying. To hear more about that, interview people who may know better. It's not like the people to talk to are hiding.