Short Take Politics
The ‘Mara-a-Lago look’
You’ve seen it, the puffy lips, wide awake eyes and full cheeks. There is an aesthetic in the inner-circle of our President’s inner circle. Sculpt or get lost because you don’t have “Conservative values.” https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2025-02-24/the-popularity-of-the-m…
President loses again
The MAGA administration can’t unilaterally cut USAID. https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/25/g-s1-50701/usaid…
National debt explodes
Relative to the economy, the increase in the national debt under the current administration is among the greatest ever. The only Presidents to run it up faster were Lincoln, who had to pay for a Civil War, and George W. Bush, who had to pay for an Iraq war. OK, maybe not “had to”. https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump