Katie Couric: Why We Should Be Worried About Elon Musk
Published: March 12, 2025 16:39
Katie Couric spoke to the U.S. National Editor and columnist Edward Luce at the Financial Times about Elon Musk’s unprecedented power in the White House. Source
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Senator Claude Malhuret on the End of American Democracy
Published: March 12, 2025 16:38
Senator Claude Malhuret on the End of American Democracy, speaking in the French Senate, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen, Ministers, my dear colleagues. Europe is at a critical turning point in its history.…
The Cost of Betrayal
Published: March 12, 2025 16:36
Betrayal triggers the strongest emotions in all of us: rage, despair and the longing for revenge. Betrayals in high politics trigger much the same emotions as in private life. The resentment and bitterness that whole peoples can feel when they are betrayed…
The Wide Angle: Stop Musk Now Or Face Certain Collapse
Published: February 28, 2025 23:56
The American constitutional order has been broken, and it’s not clear it can be recovered. Many are still in denial about it, and continue to report on political machinations, business as usual. But this is just muscle memory: journalists have beats and…
The Leopard and the Mouse
Published: February 21, 2025 22:55
Among the many striking features of Trump’s appalling betrayal of Ukraine has been the gaucheness and utter naivéte of the Trump ‘team’s’ diplomacy. Perhaps Trump thinks it’s clever to break basic rules of effective negotiation, who knows. Watching the…
Under Color of Law: Holding Trump’s Operatives Accountable
Published: February 20, 2025 01:17
Donald Trump’s recent declaration of unbounded power — “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law” — serves as his dismissive response to at least 75 separate lawsuits that have been filed against his administration in federal courts as of February…
Defending Congestion Pricing
Published: February 20, 2025 00:08
So much winning. Unjammed bridges and tunnels. Speedier deliveries. On-time buses. Calmer, more inviting streets. Fewer traffic crashes. Repairmen getting to more jobs. Not Donald Trump’s kind of winning, however. Trump didn’t invent congestion pricing. A…
The Constitution in Crisis
Published: February 13, 2025 22:58
Suddenly, our democratic Republic is under siege from a reckless and unlawful administration bent on upending the constitutional order. Republicans with thin majorities in the House and Senate are silent, out of fear or solidarity or both. Early resistance…
The Wide Angle: Elon Musk and the American Endgame
Published: February 12, 2025 22:27
In the first weeks of the second Trump presidency, one thing has become clear to the public: Elon Musk is the power behind this administration and Trump is merely doing his bidding. Musk has illegally commandeered multiple agencies while also capturing…