Eric Cramer

I’m 25. Give me oddly specific life tips. No general ”surround yourself with positive people” tips. I want the most random, specific advice possible.

CARLSON: “Netanyahu’s family is from Poland. He doesn’t practice Judaism, there’s no evidence his ancestors EVER lived here [Israel], they never spoke the language. On what basis does he have a right to be here?” HUCKABEE: “I’m totally unable to process what you’re saying.” 💣

Actor Hugh Laurie is being accosted on Twitter because of this post, where he mourned the loss of his friend Dana Eden. Why? Because Dana Eden was Israeli. And don’t you know—Israelis aren’t actually human beings and only deserve scorn and hate? Yeah. This is what we mean when we say Israelis have been totally dehumanized. Showing empathy toward people from Israel is now treated as if it were a crime. The backlash was so intense that Hugh felt compelled to post a follow-up tweet saying he’s not a Zionist, as if believing the Jewish people deserve to live safely in their homeland were some kind of unforgivable offense. Mourning his friend should not be a political debate.

Eric Cramer (of Berger Montague) was correct in his assessment that if there is any movement on US antitrust that it will be firms like his - and Joe Saveri's - who will be doing the heavy lifting. The problem is speed. The Mike Davis DC drama is highlighting this ugly truth.

Trump correctly pointed out that our nation was its richest in the 1880s and 1890s, but he is incorrect to attribute that wealth to tariffs. The reason we were so rich back then is that government was so tiny that we could afford to pay for it with tariffs. Back then, total federal spending was only about 2% of GDP. Today it’s over 23%. I'm with the president: let's eliminate 90% of the Federal Government, so we could pay for what's left with tariffs. Let's also eliminate the the Federal Reserve and go back to a gold standard, just like the 1890s. Let's get rid of income and Social Security taxes. Let's eliminate all the government departments created since 1890, like Commerce, Labor, Health, Education, Housing, Transportation, Energy, and Education. Let's get rid of the government agencies that didn't exist back then, like the SEC, FDIC, NCUA, CFTC, CFPB, FCC, EPA, OSHA, PBGC, FBI, CIA, TSA, and FEMA. If we repeal Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, ACA, Unemployment Insurance, SNAP, Welfare, Student loans, FHA/VA loans, SBA programs, and farm supports, to name a few. We should also repeal almost every federal law that has been passed since 1900. If we do all of that, then we can have tariffs and be rich again like we were in the 1880s and 1890s.