Breaking: America

 Richardson takes her usual meander through the day's news, but she focus this time on the Doge/Musk Axis. In particular three interrelated things.

First, these is the massive violation of privacy that Musk is committing by downloading and centralizing personal data within Federal computers. Second, there is the degradation of air traffic control, which is going to be a huge issue as soon as we have another plane crash. These narratives start to spin up and they become unstoppable. Third, there is the way Musk is enriching himself by doing the first two parts. (I do hope that if we have democratic elections again and Democrats win a landslide, they go after Musk and seize Starlink and SpaceX as compensation for his crimes.)

Obviously, the most immediate concern would be air traffic control, as people could die. My sister flew through Newark last week and she had a 5 hour delay. We have a trip planned in early June to Europe to celebrate our son's college graduation and I'm not a little worried about getting on an airplane again.

At the moment, we are balanced on a precipice. Trump is blowing up global trade and we are likely a few weeks from emptier shelves. Air traffic control seems to be in some sort of crisis. India and Pakistan are on the verge of war that could kill millions. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is laser focused on harassing trans people and "ending woke" whatever that means in the moment.

The summer is usually a quieter time in politics and economics. I can remember though in 2008 how unsettling all the background noise was - the collapse of some banks, weird fluctuations in gas prices - in anticipation of the true collapse in the fall. We are already in the unsettled time, waiting for the whole thing to crumble down.