Why not? In both cases you’re strengthening pre-existing alliances. I also don’t see what we’re going to get from either against the other.

The goal is to avoid war in both cases. As a few other folks have pointed out, preventing Putin from invading allies is different from preventing China from building bases that expand its ability to project power. The equivalent is if China were making noise about invading Korea and we chose to affirm our presence…

I really don’t get the appeal of the snowmobile jumps. It’s like someone saw motocross and said “Sure that’s dangerous, but what if we make the machine 3x as big so its’ more dangerous AND there are less acrobatics?”

Syria was obviously mishandled, but it would be much worse for us to continue to occupy Iraq, Afghanistan, and also invade and occupy Syria. Is there any middle eastern country you don’t want us to occupy?

One of the problems is that CBP agents are allegedly forcing their captives (because that’s what they really are) to sign away their green cards in order to be released. Lawyers make sure that due process is being followed and are the witnesses to what’s going on. Right now everyone but CBP is in the dark because…

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Is it? I read the the EDNY injunction as staying the entire order. Confusing because there are a few. Thoughts?

I hear you on that. I do have some long term hope about the ability for technology to make things a little more efficient. Hopefully better monitoring can help catch things early and reduce premiums for the majority of compliant businesses (something like a safe driver discount).

When it comes to which companies are attacked vs. which ones get off, I don’t know enough to say for sure. Any good reporting on that? It makes sense, though, that all operators need to stay in line even if just one shows a problem. Unfortunately the government can’t just trust that there’s only one bad actor and…

I agree that the paperwork is a real friction on business, but it’s a real cost of doing business. If you want to work in a dangerously polluting industry, regulatory compliance is part of the game. There’s a benefit to having bigger companies involved, since they can afford to pay out when they damage things. If a…

I like the part where Bannon is still registered to vote in Florida at a fake address, while Tiffany Trump and Steve Mnuchin are registered in multiple states.

I literally can’t tell if this is serious or satire.

They did not. That’s why it’s a new requirement.

Yes, how dare a free market system make companies pay for the damage they cause?

One of those links is from 2014 and the other is just an outline; neither have anything to do with the infrastructure bill. Saw the issue areas, but the point is that the trades went to Washington and chose to give Trump a win for pipelines while ignoring the actual infrastructure bill introduced by Democrats. …

I might have missed it, but I haven’t seen any mention from them about that bill, just supporting pre-Trump infrastructure bills. Have a link?

Oh for sure, those potential jobs are huge. My recollection is that solar/wind are especially labor intensive. Only problem is that the new administration isn’t interested in green energy.

In a vacuum, it’s a reasonable case to make (1-2 at least). The problem is the politics (as you point out): they’re going in and providing cover for the party that wants to eliminate unions and Davis-Bacon altogether. Short term win (that they were going to get without kissing the ring) for a long term loss.

Even if you think “hey, they just need to advocate for jobs for their members” it doesn’t work because (a) they were nowhere to be seen when the Democrats called Trump’s bluff and pushed a real infrastructure bill and (b) the Administration and the people who influence it have been very clear that any plan they…

Makes sense, and I agree that normalizing assault is a bad thing. It was bad when Trump was encouraging people to beat up protesters at his rallies and it’s wrong when protesters throw eggs or look the other way when someone on their team assaults a Trump supporter. My response was based on not seeing much in the…