They’d rather the country be poorer and whiter than rich and diverse. Of course when the pie shrinks, the rich will demand the same amount and will tell you the crumbs you’re left with are because of immigrants or trans people or DEI. bsky.app/profile/apne...
adam says it much more succintly. the american right will happily impoverish the united states and make it an oversized backwater if it means they can dominate women and minorities and play act as a master class
They’d rather the country be poorer and whiter than rich and diverse. Of course when the pie shrinks, the rich will demand the same amount and will tell you the crumbs you’re left with are because of immigrants or trans people or DEI. bsky.app/profile/apne...
Green-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing for immigrants that advocates say will discourage job creation and harm the economy.
Adam Serwer
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Adam Serwer
Green-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing for immigrants that advocates say will discourage job creation and harm the economy.
Green-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing for immigrants that advocates say will discourage job creation and harm the economy.
The Associated Press
Green-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing for immigrants that advocates say will discourage job creation and harm the economy.
The key to understanding Trump II is that it’s an administration predicated on doing a national murder-suicide for the crime of embarrassing Trump in 2020
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so cool that this administration was handed the basis for more or less an economic renaissance and instead they decided to shoot the global economy in the gut—and then the head—before killing the freedom of navigation for shits and giggles
If this is where the US ends up, the Trump administration is waving the white flag. Nothing about Iranian nukes, nothing about keeping the Strait open and free, nothing about regime change. A strategic waste and failure of historic proportions.
Terrific, well-researched article, but bear in mind that the administration’s leading xenophobes, including Trump, Vance, Miller, seek exceptions from the draconian rules they want to impose others; indeed they flaunt “impunity for me, punishment for thee” as the essence of their political power.
Gift 🎁 Article
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
New: The White House is signaling that reopening the Strait of Hormuz is not a must-have to end the Iran War, potentially setting the stage for Iran to continue to flex its strategic position over one of the world's busiest oil shipping channels for the foreseeable future
Viktor Orbán has the support of both Russia and the US. Here’s why that doesn’t seem to be doing him any good | Péter Krekó
In Hungary, the Iran war is exposing tensions. On April 12, voters may decide that home is the priority and Orban’s foreign contortions a liability, says political scientist Péter Krekó
Not really a podcast guy but I always enjoy Drafting the Past. Andrew Edwards and Rick Bell were both on great episodes recently with their American Revolution books. (Seriously, you should tune in for Rick's voice alone!) draftingthepast.com
In Supreme Court Justices’ Histories, a Story of Immigration in America www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...