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LaurieOregon's avatar

My impression is that the destruction of government and other institutions is not due to incompetence, though the Muskrats do radiate incompetence and arrogance. Trump and the Congressional Republicans are doing what Putin told them to do: break up the Western alliances, destroy American democracy, and transfer America's wealth to Putin and the tech oligarchs. Musk is facilitating and financing the process.

This seems to answer all the puzzles and questions about the administration's intentions and goals.

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Jared Bernstein's avatar

BTW, if anyone is confused about my 200k/month job gains because Feb jobs added was 151k, I was thinking about (but forgot to say) the 3-month average, which provides a clearer signal of the underlying pace of job gains.

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Gabriele Fiorentino's avatar

This conversation MUST be put out not only into the world of people who are your followers, but the people who (as Pete Buttigieg said so perfectly) have lied to. All the red states; all the farmers; all the .... Please get this particular message out to them!

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Michelle Jordan's avatar

He laid it out quite well.

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Cyndi Paulin's avatar

I share the same concern that we will not be able to deal with the next shock and with potentially cascading failures. Too many systems are intentionally being set up to essentially not function.

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Whites, Margery's avatar

It’s not just pain, it’s cruelty from DOGE.

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Linda Nelson's avatar

Wow, what good commentary. I learned a lot.

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Pat Jones Garcia's avatar

I had not thought the destruction would be so overwhelming and fast. There is no comprehensive thought given to a transition to work well in anything.

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Darla Duffy's avatar

Muskrats is a most appropriate name. It sends shivers down my spine that the destruction of our institutions that we are hearing about and feeling, but not seeing as in Ukraine is more sinister mind war fare turned upon each of us. Thank you Jen for what you are doing.

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