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Trump's Crypto Windfall, Dems' Anti-Establishment Wave, and the Supreme Court’s Big Week
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Vibes, Vibe Sessions, and the Inequality of Expectations
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Kara recounts the week's most enraging exchange: Elon Musk challenged critics of USAID cuts to name one person harmed; Nick Kristof did exactly that, naming thousands; and Musk responded by calling Kristof 'evil.' It captures everything: the bad-faith provocation, the contempt for evidence, the exhaustion of watching it play out on repeat. Scott ties it back to the structural: the incumbents — those who already own the house, the degree, the assets — have weaponized scarcity to lock young people out, then watched US tax policy transfer $50 trillion from the bottom 90% to the top 10% over 50 years. And yet, he notes, young people's frustration is partly about expectations: when social media delivers Mykonos and six-pack abs 105 times a day, Club Med in Mazatlán no longer feels like winning.
