Things that I think are worth your time.
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The OBBB and North Carolina
The OBBB contains provisions that will harm millions of North Carolinians and numerous sectors of our economy. While the effects of this bill were enough to lead Senator Tillis to flip (and now retire), every House Republican voted for this…
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Does Giving Money for Housing Work?
Governments around the world have tried it: giving people cash to make housing more affordable. But does it actually work? We dive into one of the most misunderstood dynamics in housing economics — and reveal the single factor that determines…
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BS Machines Broken By BS
You can trick AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini into teaching you how to make a bomb or hack an ATM if you make the question complicated, full of academic jargon, and cite sources that do not exist. Aedrian Salazar…
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JD Vance, Nationalism, and the GOP Megabill
Part of the American creed is that we don’t care where anyone’s ancestors are buried. Vance’s debased version of patriotism says that we’re just a tribe like any other: insular, fearful and hateful, believing in nothing more morally ambitious. It’s…
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Why They Hate Education
In their quest to destroy democracy, Trump, Vance, and their cronies are intent on shutting the American mind. Robert Reich Why They Hate Education (Robert Reich)
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