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I am blown away by these initial successes. Damir captures it well. But honestly, I think the real question from voters will be the same: are we better off now? Somehow foreign aid, and the tragedy of something under 1% of the US population losing their jobs doesn't feel like it will hurt us much. There's a lot that could go horribly wrong, but I like the comment in the last pod about Trump just pulling levers no-one was willing to pull. Apparently, he's the first republican with balls. Because the GOP has been airing these grievances since I was a kid and Clinton was president.

It looks like RFK Jr. will be approved. If the outcome of that is Monsanto burns to the ground and big pharma stops being a refuge for WSJ finance bros. I think I'm willing to take some pain around 'science' not being as authoritative. This and many other areas of government failure keep me curiously hopeful as to how it will all play out. But man, it is wild to see a guy trying things that we used to just give lip service to in exchange for dumb American votes!

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