Oops: "“Rather than weakening China’s AI capabilities, [US] sanctions appear to be driving startups like DeepSeek to innovate in ways that prioritize efficiency, resource-pooling, and collaboration.”

Silver lining is that if if these models really can be trained more efficiently, that might mean much less demand for energy use, which has been an emissions/climate concern.
(On the other hand: Jevons paradox)

Trump pardoned the January 6 convicts. Now his DOJ is wiping evidence of rioters’ crimes from the internet

Coffee soars to record as Trump tariff threat shows risks

WSJ ed board: Donald Trump’s looming tariffs on Canada will punish Americans trying to rebuild after the California fires.

Tesla sues EU over tariffs on electric vehicles from China https://ft.com/content/178adfba-f197-4f66-a9cd-f0c04ae400b4 via
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If you're not actually trying to kill healthcare and preschool for poor kids to fund your tax cuts, this is not a great look to start with

Anyone who doesn't notice deeply disturbing echoes of history right now is either not paying attention or in denial.

This is the problem. I've been calling budget experts asking what programs this funding-pause language applies to - all discretionary? Medicaid/CHIP?
But that requires deciphering memo as if it were written by serious people who actually thought about and understand the law

Americans are watching an inflation bait-and-switch

If you had any doubt whether this OMB funding freeze was illegal, this should remove it.
Medicaid is mandatory spending.

free market something something

Maybe we should abolish Congress. They have already abdicated their constitutional duties over power of the purse & "regulat[ing] Commerce with foreign Nations" (tariffs)
If lawmakers are not going to perform their most basic constitutional functions, what are we paying them for?