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“How to measure Trump Administration success?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The Lonely Realist recently received emails from two readers heaping praise on President Trump: “America now has secure borders; America has instituted mass deportations of criminal illegals; The...
“Centralized government control – Statism – strangles capitalism and economic growth.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Democrats historically have supported centralized policymaking and government control whereas Republicans have placed their trust in private industry and free markets. That contrast...
“Is a crash inevitable? Is the only question ‘When?’” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Ray Dalio recently wrote about the difficulties with “The U.S. Government’s Situation”: “[I]magine that you are running a big business called the U.S. government…. The...
“Growing up to be President is every child’s dream.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... With AI threatening to wipe out entry-level employment in many of America’s knowledge-based industries, including medicine, law, accounting, and finance, a number of readers have...
“Voters expect change…, and change they will get.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… There are any number of ways in which the incoming Trump Administration will disrupt the status quo. Presidential Power. Domestically, Donald Trump will transform Federalism Federal
“Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.” — Gilbert K. ChestertonLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… TLR over the last four years has repeatedly looked to Cassandra to provide insights into some of the
“’News’ is a misnomer for today’s media reporting, where tribalist factions engage in a creativity-driven entertainment battle.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… TLR recently received two new sets of reader criticisms, the first centered on TLR’s “tenuous hold on
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