The symbolism of Trump’s military birthday parade leaves me no longer dismissing the extreme possibility that his plan is to find a way to justify declaring martial law. If he does that, the timing could prevent not only the 2028 presidential election, but the 2026 midterm elections.
Hendrix came to Psychedelic music as a Blues guitarist, as did many British artists. Separate from Hendrix, the genre in America evolved from Garage, with its inspiration being not the Blues, but Surf. Dick Dale was a leading — many say THE leading — practitioner of Surf Guitar and, like Hendrix, he was left-handed.
… Trump is helping, not hurting, California governor Gavin Newsom. He’s bringing national attention to Newsom, who can exploit that to his advantage in a run for the White House in 2028.
Dustin debuted in 2010, eighty years after Blondie. Checking today’s comics, I see the much older comic strip presents a modern take on vending machines, and vice versa for the newer strip.
Wall Street has become numb to all of the on-and-off tariff churning, while the jobs and inflation data continue to look good. The immediate loss of immigrant labor could change that in a hurry, but for now the American economy isn’t a mess. That’s assuming Trump’s people aren’t skewing the data.
Austan Goolsbee, of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, is a reliably informative and engaging economist. How will Goolsby react when Trump starts putting loyalists on the Fed board?
