Scott Lemieux
Journalist at Freelance
Co-Founder and Host at Lawyers, Guns & Money Podcast
What used to be is gone and what ought to be ought not to be so hard. Tweets speak for myself only.
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1 day ago |
lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | Scott Lemieux
The backlash to Trump is not confined to his handling of the economy:New YouGov/Economist poll out this morning finds Trump is no longer popular on immigration. This was the last issue he had a positive net approval on.
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1 day ago |
lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | Scott Lemieux
Republicans are going to try to respond to their panic about lowering birthrates with policies that are a proven failure, at least in part they care more about traditional gender hierarchies than they do about increasing birthrates:Coercing women into having children should always be anathema, but we should aim to create a society where people generally feel optimistic enough about the future to want children and secure enough to have them.
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1 day ago |
lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | Scott Lemieux
Let’s check in with the libErtARiaNs again:When it’s impossible to distinguish between your blog posts and the claims that Stephen Miller is making, it might be time to just stop writing:reason.com/volokh/2025/…[image or embed]— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) April 22, 2025 at 7:43 PMIt’s obvious that “why do you care so much about THIS” is a concession that you’ve got nothing on the merits.
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2 days ago |
lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | Scott Lemieux
In these times we need all the good news we can get:Tesla’s net income slid 71% in the first quarter, as the company struggled to overcome competitive pressure overseas and a reputational hit from Chief Executive Elon Musk’s polarizing role in the Trump administration. The company also reported adjusted earnings-per-share of 27 cents, which missed analysts’ expectations of 41 cents.
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2 days ago |
lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com | Scott Lemieux
But Medicaid is a joint federal-state program, with Washington putting up the majority of money and leaving administration to states, as long as they keep within certain guidelines. And for most of the program’s history, the majority of states stuck to the minimum requirements, or relatively close, meaning they limited coverage to certain categories of people, including children, young single mothers, and the elderly.
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Republicans are coming for the Medicaid expansion https://t.co/rn3g2zWZM7
Sean Fain's nostalgia for Ross Perot aside, is there ary reason to believe that under current circumstances (i.e. a carefully integrated cross-national supply and production chain) that tariffs are even a net positive for American auto manufacturing?
“Production at several Stellantis plants has been scaled back in recent weeks after President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on imported cars took effect at the start of April.” https://t.co/YuOHeazwJS
RT @LinkofSunshine: https://t.co/JeRTYHyviM
