CURRENT EVENTS May 22 - July 5

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Xi and Trump Hold Talks, China Says​

Chinese state media said the leaders spoke on Thursday, amid worsening tensions between Washington and Beijing.


“… The call was reported by Chinese state media in a brief dispatch late Thursday that did not immediately include details. Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi were last known to have spoken to each other on Jan. 17, days before Mr. Trump was inaugurated as president….”
 
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“… Thomas Fugate, who graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio just 12 months ago, is currently heading up the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships at the DHS, as first reported by ProPublica Tuesday.

… Fugate was reportedly hired as a “special assistant” in an immigration office at the DHS in February, according to ProPublica. He then took over CP3 after its previous director quit.

… A DHS agency official told ProPublica Fugate was “temporarily” offered a CP3 leadership role for his “work ethic and success.”…”

 
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“… Thomas Fugate, who graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio just 12 months ago, is currently heading up the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships at the DHS, as first reported by ProPublica Tuesday.

… Fugate was reportedly hired as a “special assistant” in an immigration office at the DHS in February, according to ProPublica. He then took over CP3 after its previous director quit.

… A DHS agency official told ProPublica Fugate was “temporarily” offered a CP3 leadership role for his “work ethic and success.”…”

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Best and brightest. LMFAO.
 
One the one hand, Jesus fucking christ. On the other, he's white.

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The idea that after like three days of tweets there’s a conversation about forgiving and welcoming elon back like the previous YEAR didn’t happen is just fucking insane. It’s the dem equivalent of Jan 6 really wasn’t that bad.
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Is there really such a conversation or are Dems just delighted to amplify Musk’s complaints about the BBB? Seems like mostly the latter from what I’ve seen (Ro Khanna has remained a pretty steadfast Musk cheerleader even during DOGE).
 
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Budgetary and Economic Effects of Increases in Tariffs Implemented Between January 6 and May 13, 2025

CBO estimates the budgetary and economic effects of increases in tariffs that were implemented through executive action between January 6 and May 13, 2025.
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Trump's tariffs would cut US deficits by $2.8T over 10 years and shrink the economy, CBO says

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period while shrinking the economy, raising the inflation rate and reducing the purchasing power of households overall.
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Since the analysis was conducted, a federal court struck down sweeping tariffs that Trump invoked under an emergency-powers law. An appeals court allowed the Trump administration to continue collecting the tariffs while the case goes through appeals.

Largely confirming what other economic models have predicted, the CBO’s estimations show that the tradeoff for a $2.8 trillion deficit reduction over 10 years would be an overall reduction in household wealth. In addition, the tariffs would shrink the economy, or reduce the rate of the gross domestic product by 0.06 percentage points per year….”
 
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I heard a podcast with Democrat Congressman Ritchie Torres. He said that 19 of the 20 districts receiving the most Inflation Reduction Act clean energy funding are in Republican districts. He said it was because executing clean energy projects in Democratic states/districts is so difficult.

I looked it up and it appears to be true:

Republican-leaning states and congressional districts have emerged as the primary beneficiaries of the IRA. Over the course of the law’s first two years, more than half of all announced clean energy projects have been located in Republican-held districts.[9] And notably, 19 of the 20 congressional districts receiving the highest levels of clean energy investment are represented by Republican lawmakers.[10]

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How the Inflation Reduction Act May Take a Similar Path Through Congressional ‘Repeal’ as The Affordable Care Act

Tariffs on U.S. produced goods are already disproportionately targeting right-leaning communities. Republican lawmakers may add to the price disruption by repealing the Inflation Reduction Act. This blog examines the political calculations currently facing Congressional Republicans as they try...
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He also specifically mentioned AI server farms likely also going to red states like Texas because they a) have the energy to run them and b) it's simply easier to build such a project in a red state.

This is something that Ezra Klein expresses frustration about on his podcast and covers in detail in his book Abundance.
 
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This is something that Ezra Klein expresses frustration about on his podcast and covers in detail in his book Abundance.
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While Ezra is certainly correct about that in some areas, I doubt it's applicable here. Solar is considerably more effective at lower latitudes and the wind across the plains is, as I understand, quite potent. It's just always going to be cheaper to do renewable there.

Attracting server farms is a bug, not feature. They are like polluting factories without workers.
 
nycfan said:
Is there really such a conversation or are Dems just delighted to amplify Musk’s complaints about the BBB? Seems like mostly the latter from what I’ve seen (Ro Khanna has remained a pretty steadfast Musk cheerleader even during DOGE).
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“… Thomas Fugate, who graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio just 12 months ago, is currently heading up the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships at the DHS, as first reported by ProPublica Tuesday.

… Fugate was reportedly hired as a “special assistant” in an immigration office at the DHS in February, according to ProPublica. He then took over CP3 after its previous director quit.

… A DHS agency official told ProPublica Fugate was “temporarily” offered a CP3 leadership role for his “work ethic and success.”…”

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Ooooo, raised left eyebrow. He's got the look of the Orange Master! 🤣
 
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