Book of the Day

Jonathan Jakubowicz says he wanted to write a book Venezuelans couldn't resist

My country elected a man who believes in nothing but loyalty. He doesn't care what you do as long as you don't cross him. So, why fight him? Who am I to tell people they're wrong for believing in a man who makes them feel seen?

The Prof G Pod

Top House Intelligence Democrat on How Trump Misread Iran

Some people got in his ear and just said, "You know what you know you need to say to Donald Trump to persuade him," which is, "You will be the greatest leader since Napoleon." And painted a picture of Trump Towers being built in Shiraz and Tehran and that sort of thing.

The Prof G Pod

Heather Cox Richardson: What History Predicts Happens Next

It's not just being a con man, which is something else. It's I am cheating the system. And that to me, I think illuminates not only Trump, but also many of the people who follow him because they're like, 'Yeah, he's just a smart businessman. This is the way you're supposed to do business.' And in a way that's a real denigration and destruction of what the system is, which is the American people trying to make rules under which to govern themselves.

Code Switch

How your vote became your identity

What's happened in the US over the last many decades is that these really important identities like racial and religious identities have become associated in our minds with our party identity. So when we go vote in an election, we're not just feeling like our party wins or loses, we're feeling like our party and our racial group and our religious group and all these big parts of what makes us who we are, all of those things get wrapped up in the outcome of the election also.

Prof G Markets

The $2 Trillion Risk Investors Can’t See | Prof G Markets

this is a regime that um is essentially a death cult and doesn't have the same motivations as a normal regime has. They view the death of their own people, the martyrdom of their people as a sign of their own sacredness and righteousness.