Trump & Musk manufacture an American nightmare

Notes on the state of our union

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While waging all-out class war on Americans, Trump vows to renew the “American Dream.” The billionaires running the country intend to label the crises they cause as problems of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives getting in the way of merit—as if everything was based on merit until things like affirmative action …