2/1-7: AI Questions to Consider This Week

• How has fairness, simplicity, and complexity of the U.S federal tax law changed since the Tax Reform Act of 1986?
• Why did our Founding Fathers believe that a tax on property should pay for defense? [ah]
• How have the percentages of U.S. federal taxes on labor and capital changed since 1987?
• How has each of the major tax laws passed since 1980 affected the taxes on earned income, income from capital and increases in wealth?
• How does the OBBBA reduce the total income tax on capital compared to earned income?
• How does the OBBBA reduce the taxes on increases in wealth?
• Why and how should the U.S. tax increases in wealth?
• How has the reconciliation process been used to buy votes and increase the national debt?
• Who will be most affected by the national debt under the current tax system?
• How can U.S. federal tax system become fair, simple, and trusted?

1/31: Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Creating New Markets (1/30)
  Trump Picks Warsh, US State Capitalism, SNAP Cuts, Business of Youth Sports
• BBWE Law: ICE Shootings, Social Media Addiction & Kid Rock Testifies (1/31)
• NPR's OTM: Videos of ICE Violence Are Plentiful. Accountability. ... Not So Much (1/30)
• PBS' FL: A Global Reconning Overview of Israel and Anti-Semitism (1/30)
  Israeli author Noa Tishby discusses hatred and violence against Jews worldwide.
• PBS' WW: Trump's pivot & Don Lemon arrested (1/30)
  - Trump's Minnesota pivot
  - The arrest of Don Lemon and Trump's relationship with the media
• RNRH: The History of Capitalism (1/31)
  - Ralph and Harvard history professor, Sven Beckert, discuss his book "Capitalism: A Global History."
• CNN FZGPS: Transcripts are now available (2/1)
  - Fareed's Take: "... we can say plainly that civilizational erasure is indeed happening. But it's not in Europe. It is here where the American government grows comfortable with unbounded power and the country grows accustomed to living with it."
  - Interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes of "The Economist" and Chris Caldwell, a conservative author, on what's been going on in Minneapolis and the Atlantic relationship.
  - Interview with Christopher Johnson, a former CIA analyst, on China and Taiwan.
  - Interview with Meredith Whittaker of the Signal Foundation on the risks of AI.
  - Interview with Daniel Skovronsky of Eli Lilly on GLP drugs.

1/26: AI Detailed Questions Related to the Killing of The Good Samaritan, Alex Pretti

• ElectoralCollege.Org's Views:
  • Supports humanely deporting all illegal aliens with their children to their home county, if it is safe to do so.
  • Supports providing fianancial assistance to individuals who agree to self-deport.
  • Supports financial aid to the deported immigrant's home country to create safe communities.
  • Supports retaining birth-right citizenship for children who are born with a biological U.S. citizen parent.
• AI Questions (ElectoralCollege.org (ec) and AI originated)
  1. ec: What Trump administration officials have lost credibility after the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis?
  2. ec: How did J.D. Vance also lose credibility with the killing of Alex Pretti?
  3. ec: How has Fox News and its commentators reacted to the killing of Alex Pretti?
  4. ai: Fox News coverage comparison to other networks on Pretti incident.
  5. ai: What was the Trump administration's official statement on Pretti shooting?
  6. ec: What are the actual words and where is the Trump administration's official statement on Pretti shooting posted?
  7. ec: What comments did Trump make on his Truth Social website?
  8. ec: How can Alex Pretti be considered a Good Samaratan rather than a "domestic terrorist?"
  9. ec: Who has his cellphone with photo images?
  10. ec: How has the Trump Administration attempted to obstruct justice in the killing of Alex Pretti?
  11. ai: Has the agent who shot Pretti been identified or charged?
  12. ec: Why aren't the ICE and BP agents using Tasers instead of lethal weapons?
  13. ec: What Constitutional Amendments are potentially being violated by ICE in Minnesota?
  14. ec: How is the Second Amendment also potentially being violated?
• ElectoralCollege.Org's Preliminary Conclusions:
  • Alex Pretti was a Good Samaritan whose death will long be remembered for awakening the conscience of good Americans.
  • Kristi Noem (Secretary of Homeland Security), Gregory Bovino (senior Border Patrol commander), and Stephen Miller (senior White House adviser on immigration) should all be immediately fired.
  • Vice President J.D. Vance should be repremanded by President Trump for echoing DHS and Border Patrol claims that Pretti was a dangerous, resisting suspect who helped create the conditions for the confrontation, sharing posts [from Stephen Miller] that called Pretti an "assassin."
  • Peter Doocy was the rare Fox News reporter who questioned Kristi Noem on her false statements on the shooting and why lethal force was used.
  • Trump's ICE operations in Minnesota are potentially violating the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.

1/25-31: AI Questions to Consider This Week

• How can the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) be expected to affect affordability and the national debt? [ssr] [tbr]
• Who are the winners and lossers of the current Social Security system? [ssr] [tbr]
• Who are the winners and lossers of tax-free savings accounts? [ssr] [tbr]
• How is AI now being used to attempt to reform the tax system? [ssr] [tbr]
• What are the Trump Administration's motives in Minnesota? [er] [imr]

1/25: Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Shifting Ground (1/23)
  Chrystia Freeland, Wine Tariffs, Ecuador's Cocoa Boom, Israel Defense Technology
• BBWE Law: Not currently available (1/24)
• NPR's OTM: Trump's Plan to Tank America (1/23)
  - How I.C.E. uses technology to surveil the public and recruit more members.
  - Following Trump's threats against Greenland, ties between the United States and its closest allies are fraying.
• PBS' FL: Mayor Brandon Johnson discusses leading Chicago amid ICE raids and clashes with Trump. (1/23)
• PBS' WW: Allies alienated & Iran conflicct (1/23)
  - Trump alienates America's allies
  - Will Trump attack Iran in 2026?
• RNRH: How to Hide an Empire (1/24)
  - Ralph welcomes professor and historian Daniel Immerwahr to discuss the history of the United States' overseas possessions and his [2019] book "How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States.."
• CNN FZGPS: Transcripts are now available (1/25)
  Anderson Cooper, CNN Anchor:
  - Minneapolis on Edge After Man Killed by Border Patrol Agent
  -- "The statements made immediately after the killing of Alex Pretti by the secretary of omeland Security, Kristi Noem, by a top border official, Greg Bovino, they do seem to be at odds with what we have now seen in multiple videos from the scene."
  - Later interview with Antonio Romanucci, the attorney of Renee Good's family.
  -- Contrary to statements made by Kristi Noem, there is no visual evidence that Pretti was brandishing a gun.
  Fareed Zakaria in Davos, Switzerland:
  - Fareed's Take: America's allies will no longer trust America.
  - Interview with Dr. Martin Wolf of "The Financial Times" about what to make of it all.
  - interview with the president of Israel, Isaac Herzog, about Gaza, Trump's Board of Peace, and Iran.

1/19: How are Trump's and Republican climate and energy policies affecting the affordability of property insurance and electricity in the U.S.?

• They are making both property insurance and electricity less affordable by driving up climate risk, cutting resilience and data programs, and prolonging dependence on volatile, expensive fossil fuels.
• Homeowners insurance is becoming more costly and harder to obtain as climate-related disasters intensify
• Under the current Trump/Republican global-warming policy, Americans will face a growing risk of an "uninsurable" housing market and persistently rising utility bills

1/17: Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Dudley on Powell, Saudi Arabia Tourism, Israeli Tech Economy, Megapass Skiing (1/10)
• BBWE Law: Transgender Athletes, Big Oil & ICE (1/16)
• NPR's OTM: Trump's War on the Fed, Explained. Plus, How One School Teacher Stood Up to Putin. (1/16)
• PBS' FL: Rep, Jim Clyburn (D-SC) discusses the role of race in politics in America’s past and present. (26m 46s) (1/16)
• PBS' WW: Trump/s world & Guardrails (1/16)
  - Trump's mixed messages and unpredictability on Iran
  - How Trump ignores the guardrails of the presidency
• RNRH: Impeachment Now!/Fifty Species That Save Us (1/17)
  - Ralph calls on Democrats to pressure Republicans in the House and Senate to impeach Trump before the midterms or suffer the consequences.
  - Dino Grandoni reports on the surprising ways various species of animals and plants help advance our own health and longevity.
  -- 50 Species That Save Us (11/14/25)
• CNN FZGPS: Transcripts are now available  (1/18)
  -Fareed's "My Take:"
  -- "In practice, America has squandered much of that [its extraordinary] advantage by treating allies as transactional customers, weaponizing tariffs against them, and turning long standing commitments into shakedowns. Washington has encouraged others to hedge. Most extraordinarily, the U.S. is no longer the trendsetter. It is retreating to protectionism and nationalism while the world is searching for more trade and cooperation."
  - Interview with two former top State Department officials. Richard Haass (GW Bush) and Anne-Marie Slaughter (Obama), on Greenland, Venezuela, and Iran
  - Interview with Narges Bajoghli on Iran uprisings.
  - Interview with Lloyd Blankfein on Trump v. Jerome Powell.
  - Fareed's comments on AI's electric energy demand impact on carbon emissions.

1/12: How is Greenland likely to be affected by the Trump Administration Global Warming Policy? [or-fa] (updated 1/24)

• Background:
  - Greenland's total resident population is around 56,000 of which about 90% are Inuit and 8% Danish
  - The total Inuit world population is 190,000 with 70,500 in Canada, 52,000 in the USA (Alaska) and 16,000 in Denmark.
  -- Latest research indicates there are only 10,000 self-identified Inuits in the entire U.S.
  - As Danish citizens, Greenlanders benefit from:
  -- access to free or tax-financed healthcare,
  -- free education from primary school through university
  -- comprehensive Social Security and welfare benefits
  - Most land is treated as collectively owned, with local and national authorities regulating use for hunting, fishing, and settlement to protect Inuit subsistence and culture.
  - Recent polls indicate 85% of Greenlanders opposed Greenland becoming part of the United States, with only about 6-8% in favor
• How much is Greenland worth in trillions of dollars?
• How have Greenlanders reacted to the concellation of USAID by Elon Musk and the Trump Administration?
• Which Republican senators and representatives who are running for election this year support Trump's attempt to buy Greenland?
• Of the three top global warming countries, which one denies climate change and is actually encouraging global warming?
• How will the use of fossil fuels, AI, and Crypto affect global warming and melt the ice in Greenland and open up Artic shipping lanes?
• Is Trump primarily motivated to buy Greenland for personal reasons and not for the benefit of the U.S.?
• What can Europe do to cause Trump to abandon his goal to own Greenland?
• What European moves could cause the U.S. stock market to decline by more than 10%
• Europe can win by causing U.S. interest rates to rise and convincing U.S. voters to vote against members of Congress who support Trump (1/20)
• A brief decline in the U.S. stock market caused Trump to back off from buying Greenland at this time. (1/24)

1/11: What Are the Top Ten Tax Loopholes Used by Billionaires to Legally Avoid Income Taxes? [tbr]

1/10: Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Winner Takes All (1/10)
  - US-Venezuela Policy, Farming Without Subsidies, Robotaxis, Everest Exclusivity
• BBWE Law: Not currently updated (1/9)
  - BBLaw: ICE Agent's Fatal Shooting of Minneapolis Woman (1/9)
  - BBLaw: Trump Wants Greenland (1/9)
• NPR's OTM: A Deadly ICE Shooting in Minnesota. Plus, Trump Plays King in Venezuela. (1/9)
• PBS' FL: Elliott Abrams discusses Venezuela's future and prospects for democracy. (1/9)
• PBS' WW: Imperialist ambitions & ICE shooting (1/9)
  - Trump's Greenland threats and imperialist ambitions
  - What is the goal of Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown?
• RNRH: Gas Station Stick-Up (1/10)
  - Ralph welcomes legendary former ambassador, Chas Freeman, who calls the Trump Administration's seizure of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro nothing more than a "gas station stick-up."
  - Our resident Constitutional scholar, Bruce Fein, lays out some of the legal ramifications of the whole affair.
• CNN FZGPS: Transcripts are now available  (1/11)
  -Fareed's "My Take:"
  -- "The Trump administration's aspirations seems to be, to have America act like Putin's Russia, an aggressive state that nakedly pursues its own interests. And [White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen] Miller is right to note that that's how the strong have acted through much of history, except America."
  -- "The United States, fitfully and with many mistakes, followed a different path for the last eight decades and built a new world, one that is now being recklessly dismantled."

1/3: Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Sizing Up The Century (1/2 rebroadcast of 12/19)
  25 Years of Markets
• BB's Law: SCOTUS to Decide Tariffs, Agency Power & Music Piracy (1/2)
• NPR's OTM: How Debate Took Over the Internet. Plus, a Case for Confronting the Past. (1/2)
• PBS' FL: Bari Weiss, a zionist, is now editor-in-chief of CBS News (1/2 repeat of a 2020 interview)
• PBS' WW: Trump doctrine & Venezuela conflict  (1/2)
• RNRH: 2025 Highlights (1/3)
  - Featuring seven clips, including:
  • [1:50-50:40] The AI Prompt That Could End the World (11/08/25)
    - The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World by Stephen Witt on October 10, 2025 in the New York Times
  • A Genocide Foretold/ World BEYOND War (3/29/25)
    - Chris Hedges talks about his new book "Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine."
    - David Swanson of World BEYOND War talks about what his organization is doing to resist this country's casual acceptance of being constantly at war.
• CNN FZGPS: Transcripts: (1/4)
  - Why the U.S. Attack Venezuela; What America's Venezuela Operation Means for the World.
  - Interview With Carnegie Endowment For International Peace Senior Fellow Karim Sadjadpour;
  - Interview With Breakout Capital Founder And Chief Investment Officer Ruchir Sharma

Welcome to 2026

1/2: This Year We Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence

• How Can We Pursue Happiness?
• Will it be a Happy New Year?
• How will the One Big Beautiful Bill Affect Affordability?
• What is the K shaped economy?
  - How does K shaped economy affect happiness and GDP?
  - How does the letter K also represent the different tax burdens on wealth vs. earned income?
  - How does the letter K also represent the different income tax burdens on wealth vs. earned income?
  -- With respect to the income tax burden, the earned income tax burden rises at a proportional rate while the income tax burden falls as wealth increases since most wealth appreciation is not taxed
• Which has a greater affect on GDP - a dollar of earned income or a dollar of increased wealth?

12/27: Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Crossroads of Capitalism (12/26 rebroadcast of 12/5)
  Rattner's trip to China, Nepal's Gen-Z Uprising, Capitalism 4.0, Succession Cliff
• BB's Law: Preview of high profile SCOTUS cases & a conversation with Anthony Kennedy. (12/26)
• NPR's OTM: Is it Over Yet? 2025 in Review (12/26)
• PBS' FL: World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain (12/26)
  
• PBS' WW: Project 2025 & What's next? (12/26)
  - How Trump implemented much of Project 2025 in his first year
  - Project 2026: What's next from the Trump administration
• RNRH: How The Democrats Lost the White House (12/27)
• CNN FZGPS: Transcripts expected to be available by 2 pm (12/28)

• BB's WSW: Sizing Up The Century (12/19)
  25 Years of Markets
• BB's Weekend Law: SCOTUS 2025 in Review & Luigi Mangione Evidence (12/20)
• NPR's OTM: Deep Fakes, Data Centers, and AI Slop --- Are We Cooked?  (12/19)
  [01:00] A chat with Maria Curi about the massive bets that Silicon Valley and the White House are making on artificial intelligence
  [13:10] A talk with Stephen Witt ... about the massive infrastructure project, and potential problem, that is AI.
  [28:54] Brooke speaks with Craig Silverman ... about why Big Tech embraced fakeness in 2025, and what that means for 2026 and beyond.
  Further reading/watching:
  - "States defiant in face of Trump's AI executive order," by Maria Curi
  - "MAGA scrambles to influence Trump's AI executive order," Maria Curi
  - "Inside the Data Centers That Train A.I. and Drain the Electrical Grid," by Stephen Witt
  - "2025: The year tech embraced fakeness," by Craig Silverman & Alexios Mantzarlis
• PBS' FL: Rob Reiner (12/19)
  He discusses his decades of political activism, his concerns about threats to American institutions, and the health and future of American democracy in an updated repeat of an 2019 interview.
• PBS' WW: Rewriting hitory & Bipartisan backlash (12/19)
  - Trump rewrites history in fast and furious prime-time speech.
  - The FBI's priorities under Kash Patel's leadership and backlash after Trump's comments about the murders of Rob and Michele Reiner.
• RNRH: Trouble in Toyland 2025 / Stop Underride (12/20)
  - Ralph welcomes RJ Cross from USPIRG to discuss the Trouble in Toyland 2025 report.
  - Ralph speaks with truck safety activist Marianne Karth about the need for stronger truck safety regulation.
  - The RNRH team has a spirited debate about spectator sports.
  Further reading:
  - Tell the FTC: Stop tech companies from selling kids' data
• CNN FZGPS: The new National Security Strategy (NSS) and Interviews (12/21)
  Fareed's "My Take" on the Trump administration's new NSS
  Interviews with:
  - Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken on year one of Trump 2.0.
  - Professor And Author Jessica Stern about how ISIS persists largely through its digital caliphate.
  - David Miliband of the International Rescue Committee about how the drop in aid from America ... makes desperate situations much, much worse.

12/13: Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Changing With the Times (12/12)
  Hubbard on Fed Cut Fallout, Open Source AI, Nuclear Bet, Department Store Revival
• BB's Weekend Law: This Week at the Supreme Court (12/14)
  - Campaign Caps & Who Gets the Dog? (12/11)
  -- [2:05] Elections expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses the Supreme Court oral arguments over Republican efforts to get rid of federal caps on spending by political parties in coordination with candidates.
  - SCOTUS Poised to Give Trump More Power (12/10)
  -- [1:10] Constitutional law experts William Treanor, a professor at Georgetown Law, and Gillian Metzger, a professor at Columbia Law School, discuss the Supreme Court's oral arguments over whether the president can fire the heads of independent agencies.
• NPR's OTM: How a Gossip Blogger (almost) Became the Poster Child for First Amendment Rights (12/12)
• PBS' FL: Mark Hertling (12/12)
  Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) comments on the second strike on a boat in the Caribbean [that was not heading to the U.S] and the new National Security Strategy.
• PBS' WW: Peace deal & Ukraine under pressure (12/12)
  - Trump returns to his default position of supporting Russia
  - Trump's new national security strategy turns friends into foes
• RNRH: Burned By Billionaires/What's Spiking Your Electric Bill? (12/13)
  - Ralph ... welomes Chuck Collins, ... to discuss his agenda for reform outlined in his new book BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Are Ruining Our Lives and Planet.
  - Sarah Moskowitz ... joins us to tell us how to fight back against AI data centers that are spiking your electric bills
• CNN FZGPS: Transcripts Bianna CNN anchor Bianna Golodryga, filling in for Fareed. (12/14)
  -Will the American president sell out Ukraine to get Russia to sign on the dotted line?
  --Carl Bildt, former Swedish Prime Minister, who now co-chairs the European Council on Foreign Relations:
  --- "It's not fair to ask him [President Zelenskyy] to give up lands that he has been shedding blood and tears and lives for three and a half years just because Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump likes it."
  --- "America has backed away from quite a lot of it [financial and military support] already, regrettably, but that's a fact."
  -Billionaires, bragging rights and the future of moviegoing in America.
  -- Golodryga:
  --- "Warner Brothers Discovery is the parent company of CNN, and you've [Joe Flint of the Wall Street Journal] reported that David Ellison's father, Larry Ellison ... had called President Trump and signaled that he'd, quote, 'make sweeping changes' to CNN if Paramount indeed won."
  -Fareed's interview about Iran's historic and unprecedented drought.

12/10: On this day, the 2025 Nobel Prizes were awarded in Sweden and Norway [imr]

• Yesterday in Pennsylvania, Trump mentioned both countries favorably in a rant on immigration:
  With reference to a meeting with senators he held in 2018 about immigrants, he said,
  - "Our country was going to hell. And we had a meeting, and I say, 'Why is it we only take people from s---hole countries, right?' Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few? Let us have a few from Denmark. Do you mind sending us a few people? Do you mind?'"
• What do the Scandinavian countries think of the United States now that Trump is president?
• The only chance that Trump has of being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway might be for restoring democracy to Venezuela.
  - That will depend on his real motive for restoring democracy.
  -- If he is motivated by obtaining oil for the U.S. it might not help
  -- He does not seem to be currently serious about stopping narcotics heading to the U.S.
  --- Why did he give a pardon to the former President of Honduras, who is a convicted drug trafficker sentenced in the US to 45-years in prison?
  --- A day after Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border ... on January 20, he pardoned Ross Ulbricht, 'the kingpin of a worldwide digital drug-trafficking enterprise.'

12/8-?: Gerrymandering Representation [er]

• What does gerrymandering representation mean?
• What is the history of garrymandering?
• What types of gerrymandering are allowed by the Voting Rights Act and SCOTUS?
• How is the Texas redistricting of House seats corrupt?
• What laws limit partisan gerrymandering in the US?

12/6: Amending the Constitution [er]

• Article V of the Constitution of the United States
• NCC's Amending the Constitution and the Article V Project (12/3)
  The National Constitution Center launches its Article V Project, a new initiative exploring the founders' vision for Article V and an historical look at the use of the Article V process from 1789 to the present.
• Jill Lepore on the History of the Constitution (9/5/25)
• We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore
  - Epigraph: "It was intended! to be amended!" --Bugs Bunny to Daffy Duck. "An Ode to the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution," 1986
  - PBS: Historian Jill Lepore explores the Constitution and its interpretations in 'We the People'

12/7: Now on Recommended Sites

• BB's WSW: Crossroads of Capitalism (12/5)
  Rattner's trip to China, Nepal's Gen-Z Uprising, Capitalism 4.0, Succession Cliff
• BB's Law: Podcasts (12/7)
  Boat Strikes & Impeachment Threats  (12/4)
  [1:27] Joshua Kastenberg, a professor at the University of New Mexico Law School and a former judge and lawyer in the US Air Force, discusses the second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat.
• NPR's OTM: Covering the Pentagon, from Sy Hersh to Laura Loomer (12/5)
  [01:00]: Dan Lamothe talks about the Trump administration's shifting narrative around a second strike that killed two survivors on a boat in the Caribbean
  [16:58]: Micah talks with Anna Merlan, senior reporter at Mother Jones, about the cast of right wing influencers and conspiracists now staffing the Pentagon press corps.
  [43:18]: Laura Poitras describes Seymour Hersh's ferocious drive to uncover government wrongdoing, and what today's press corps can learn from him.
  Further reading/watching:
  - "Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all," by Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashimal
  - "'Signalgate' report contradicts Hegseth's claim of 'total exoneration'," by Dan Lamothe
  - Meet the New Pentagon Press Corps, by Anna Merlan and Julianne McShane
  - Cover-Up, directed and produced by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
• PBS' FL: Sam Tanenhaus (12/5)
  Sam Tanenhaus discusses the life of William F. Buckley Jr. , the architect of the modern American conservative movement.
• PBS' WW: Signal fallout & Boat strikes (12/5)
  - Hegseth on defense after Signalgate inspector general report
  - U.S. boat strikes and war crimes questions
• RNRH: The Problem with Plastic (12/6)
  - Ralph welcomes Judith Enck ... to discuss her new book "The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late."
  - Then, Ralph reflects on the 60th anniversary of "Unsafe at Any Speed."
• CNN FZ GPS: Venezuela, Ukraine, and Afghan refugees who helped our military. (12/7)
  Fareed's "My Take" on the Trump Administration's rule by the rich
  - "Donald Trump's second term ... has been a full blown attack on the expert class."
  - "But as the populist right trashes meritocracy, it is replacing it with something older, cruder, and more corrosive. A naked plutocracy ruled by the very rich."