"But although Trump may have campaigned as a MAGA populist, leveraging this working-class resentment to gain power, he governs as a Palm Beach elitist.
Trump and Elon Musk are billionaires who went to the University of Pennsylvania. J. D. Vance went to Yale Law School. Pete Hegseth went to Princeton and Harvard. Vivek Ramaswamy went to Yale and Harvard. Stephen Miller went to Duke. Ted Cruz went to Princeton and Harvard. Many of Musk’s DOGE workers, according to The New York Times, come from elite institutions—Harvard, Princeton, Morgan Stanley, McKinsey, Wharton.
These are the Vineyard Vines nihilists, the spiritual descendants of the elite bad boys at the Dartmouth Review. This political moment isn’t populists versus elitists; it is, as I’ve written before, like a civil war in a prep school where the sleazy rich kids are taking on the pretentious rich kids," writes David Brooks.
I loved the article just from the angle of being able to hear another perspective, but to sit here and think that the GOP have always had morals and standards is naivety at best. Between Nixon with Watergate, the GOP hiring an actor as a charismatic front man (Regan), and years of crusades against education and regulations, amongst other things, it's hard to believe that no one could see this coming. Few people know that the GOP had been plotting to take over states with small, limited governments with voter turnout to then gerrymander them, pass voter restrictions, etc. to finally take over the federal government. Many states across the south were way more bipartisan. Texas has only been under Republican control for the past 20 years and they've only managed to do so by scheming and conniving. None of this happened over night. I have choice words for Democrats too, don't be fooled by pointing focusing on one side of the story.
ReplyDeleteAnd the scotus was the crowning achievement. When Trump was given blanket immunity the Felon was given all he needed. It was the final nail in America's coffin and it flung open the gates to rampant criminality at the very top of government. Trump is now fully submerged in his element and as we are seeing in real time he is taking full advantage as he dismantle out government and our institutions of democracy.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason we shouldn't give tax payers money to private institutions. According to colonists the ivy league schools are so superior they deserve special recognition.
ReplyDeleteI will take issue with what our friend across the pond has to say about the Great State.
Since 1994, Republicans have held every statewide elected office in Texas. The party's dominance extends to both chambers of the legislature, as well as the judiciary and executive offices. The last time a Democratic presidential candidate carried Texas was Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Jimmy Carter, probably the last fully honest president we had.
ReplyDeleteFrom Reagan on the republican party in particular, and with great flair, opps trumpublican party now, has traveled the road of lies and deceit every since. And now we actually have a felon as president and a government that thumbs its nose at the Constitution and the rule of law.
Skud, tax payer money is not given, it is contracted to Universities and even private research organizations in the form of a specific contract - cancer research, defense electronics etc. My son in law is a senior scientist for
ReplyDeletea major private contractor at Hanford, WA. Musk's group of yuppy jerks
fired many of their key people - and quickly re-hired them as their customers
like the border patrol (over18,000 stationary and mobile scanners and nuclear weapon assembly support etc were left with no tech support.
If Trump can blow $90 million on his birthday parade, there must be more important places that could put it to better use. Meanwhile, back on topic,
the Ivy League must be very proud of the above list. And Trump must be furious that Lada Gaga drew 2 million. The rest of us just cope and keep going.