Tag: politics
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It’s about subsidies and access, actually
Food firms sued for allegedly marketing “addictive” products to kidsRebecca Falconer | Axios This is really interesting and I’m hoping that this brings the discussion about improving access to quality foods for all Americans. I think we need to revamp our nutritional education – particularly when politicians spend time trolling with Big Gulps during speeches.…
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Please hire me to tell you what you want to hear
Why does McKinsey still get hired?Peter O’Toole | The Guardian “So why does McKinsey still get hired? Because it sells what business wants.” McKinsey first came into my knowledge base after hearing Ed Zitron rail against their many, many, many implants in the tech world on his podcast, Better Offline. But after reading this short…
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Dear Matt Yglesias, YTA
Matt Yglesias is Confidently Wrong About EverythingNathan J. Robinson | Current Affairs “Setting aside the question of whether Yglesias is persuaded by the ICJ case against Israel, this is the attitude of an asshole.” I used to enjoy Yglesias during the early days of The Weeds podcast, but overtime he became insufferable, or, more probably,…
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It’s hard to argue with the apathy, mostly.
‘What a circus’: eligible US voters on why they didn’t vote in the 2024 presidential electionJedidajah Otte | The Guardian “What is the point [of voting]?,” he asked. “Aside from a handful of weaponized issues, the parties are nearly identical. They both hate the poor and serve only their donors.” No lies detected. Some of…
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Did Oprah need another million dollars?
How Much of the Harris Campaign Was a Scam?Nathan J. Robinson | Current Affairs “…in Philadelphia, many of the field offices “were filthy and lacked basic supplies like tables, chairs, cleaning products and printers, staff members said,” with city campaign staffers “being forced to raid the campaign’s better-stocked suburban offices or to raise money independently.””
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Messaging to the middle loses every time
Democrats Lost the Propaganda WarRyan Cooper | The American Prospect “Lord knows there are plenty of unemployed journalists willing to work. Sample subscriptions could be handed out en masse, and revenue bolstered by directing liberal advertisements their way. A dozen such papers could be run for half a decade with maybe a tenth of what liberals spent on 2024…