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If Scott Bessent’s deperate attempt to pin the looming downturn on his boss’s predecessor is any guide, then the numbers the White House is seeing must be truly terrible.

I counted several Sieg Heils on the CPAC stage, then did a number of things to purge that from my memory.

Turns out that when you paralyze government agencies, it only makes it harder to undo Biden-era regulations.

The markets haven’t freaked out about the president’s weird contention that he might renege on a portion of the national debt yet. But if he keeps talking about it—watch out.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Jean Piaget could tell you more about the president’s rationale—or the lack thereof—than any economist.

The president won’t clarify what his price for ending his idiotic trade war is. Maybe that’s because it’s something he dare not say out loud.

Some in the chattering class think it’s high time that the party abandon these voters. This could not be more wrongheaded.

Chaos isn’t a by-product; it’s the goal.

Scott Bessent tried to polish the president’s big economic policy turd at his confirmation hearing. It’s still a turd.

The Fraternal Order of Police, which endorsed Trump, belatedly condemned the decision long after their dissent might have mattered.

The miraculously resurrected president promised in his inaugural speech to resurrect a country that was doing quite well without him at the helm.

Abolish them, and corporations might even say thank you.

SEIU merged back with the AFL-CIO, and the Biden administration averted the threat of a second dockworker strike.

It’s a much sweeter deal. More social mobility, more representative government, plus everybody gets health care.

The oligarchs’ bet that the president-elect would retreat on promises that might mess with their wealth is paying off.

The privatized version of Medicare doesn’t just provide worse care than traditional Medicare—it also rips off American taxpayers with fraudulent claims. And Trump wants to double down on it.

Did anything good actually happen this year?

Elon Musk emerged victorious in Trumpworld’s first fight over foreign-born tech workers. But underneath Laura Loomer’s hateful rhetoric lies a legitimate concern.

That’s the lesson of 2024, and John Adams thought about it a lot.