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#ezraklein

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Strypey

Ezra Klein makes some insightful comments in this interview on the Leading podcast;

alastaircampbell.org/2025/04/1

For example, he points out that the Democrats' reaction to Orange Stalin 1.0 was to become the party of the early 21st century status quo. Alienating a huge number of allies, and a big chunk of the electorate, motivated by a post-Occupy goal of dismantling that status quo. This backfired on them big time in 2024.

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Alastair Campbell · 129. Trump’s America: Fear, Polarisation, and The Future (Ezra Klein)How does a society defined by liberty and revolution become so easy to censor? Is polarisation something that has been done to us as an active political strategy or did we do this to ourselves? How did the Silicon Valley CEOs’ friction with their workers drive them towards camp MAGA?  Alastair and Rory are joined […]
#podcasts#GoalHanger#Leading
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Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​

Gillian Tett (Financial Times) interviewed by Ezra Klein, just plugged David Graeber's "Debt"

(And in case you're curious, yes I am in fact binging Klein today. He's good, but ye gads do I have to brace myself for political commentary. Given his podcast's slipping further behind the NYT paywall, where episodes are unpublished after a couple of weeks, this means having to store a large number of long, large, space-consuming episodes until I can stand to hear them. And am done hearing them (they're usually worth a 2nd listen, at least).)

#GillianTett#DavidGraeber#DebtTheFirst5000Years
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Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​

That quote above reflects a realisation I've come to myself that a major function of government is in addressing risks which cannot be meaningfully and/or effectively addressed by private enterprise, or by smaller governmental units. See today's related news that the Orange Turd has refused Federal disaster relief status to a state hit by recent storms: Fucking Arkansas of all places. That is one HELLA RED state:

lite.cnn.com/2025/04/23/weathe

That risk bit ties in to my (yes, still-in-process) #tootstorm on orthodox economic failings. I'd add a few other roles:

  • Coordination problems. A/K/A political decisionmaking. How do disparate interests come to agreement or bypass agreement entirely in allowing Shit To Get Done?

  • Public goods. The provision of goods for which market-based prices intrinsically fall below cost of provisioning. Roads, lighthouses, education, healthcare / sanitation / public health, welfare services, weather prediction, census, postal service, in some cases telecoms both wired and broadcast.

  • Risk, as noted above. Incidentally, I'd put national defence and general social safety net in this camp, along with national disaster relief.

  • Probably some others though I'm having trouble articulating / thinking of these. Regulation, courts, standardisation (look up Herbert Hoover's role here as Secretary of Commerce and the Bureau of Weights and Measures), long-term research funding.

But risk is a huge part of it.

CNN · Tornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid after Trump denied requestBy Ella Nilsen
#EzraKlein#risk#government
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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

The [Constitutional] Emergency is HERE!

The president of the United States is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists: a prison built for disappearance, a prison where there is no education or remediation or recreation, a prison where the only way out, according to El Salvador’s justice minister, is in a coffin.

The president says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.

This is the emergency. Like it or not, it’s here.

#EzraKlein #AshaRangappa #AbregoGarcia #deportation #constitutionalcrisis #elsalvador #immigration #ms13

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/

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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won

After the last election, there were all kinds of theories about where Democrats went wrong. But now, four months later, we have a lot more data – and it tells a few clear stories.

David Shor is the head of data science at Blue Rose Research, a Democratic polling firm, which does an enormous amount of surveying of the electorate.

This information doesn’t just help explain what went wrong for Democrats in 2024. It’s a set of hard truths they need to keep in mind to mount a comeback in 2026 and 2028.

#democrats #republicans #election #politics #ezraklein #trump #polls
youtube.com/watch?v=Sx0J7dIlL7c

YouTubeDemocrats Need to Face Why Trump Won | The Ezra Klein ShowBy The Ezra Klein Show
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Will :toad:

AOC has been good. This guy also looks like a player. Ezra Klein's latest podcast (A Democrat Who Is Thinking Differently, Feb. 19) is a convo with Jake Auchincloss, a Dem who is new to me and has interesting ideas. Recorded in January, it's completely relevant, especially on issues such as crypto, housing & the attention economy.

#EzraKlein#JakeAuchincloss
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Martin Nutty

2) Klein leads with facts, historical realities both long past and recent. He shine’s a light on a supine, craven, #GOP controlled, #NPC Congress which stands abjectly submissive in the face of the #Musk - #Trump duopoly. It is a shameful moment.

#journalism #EzraKlein #USPolitics #NewsMedia

nytimes.com/2025/02/16/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and OursBy Ezra Klein
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Martin Nutty

1) This is as good a piece of opinion #journalism as one is likely to find. I have little doubt that this #EzraKlein #podcast essay will infuriate some on the left with its mild critique of some of the #Biden admins’ failures

#USPolitics #NewsMedia

pca.st/episode/6af10d92-4a0e-4

Pocket CastsThe Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours - The Ezra Klein ShowEach Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation on something that matters. How do we address climate change if the political system fails to act? Has the logic of markets infiltrated too many aspects of our lives? What is the future of the Republican Party? What do psychedelics teach us about consciousness? What does sci-fi understand about our present that we miss? Can our food system be just to humans and animals alike? Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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