> Being anti-immigration is not racist

it de facto is even if you claim otherwise or hide behind "but economics"

we do not need to give anyone in this administration benefit of doubt.

> my impression is

not sure why you'd give them any benefit of the doubt. they haven't earned it.

> Hershey acknowledges some recipe changes but said Wednesday that it was trying to meet consumer demand for innovation

my bad. i expected consumers to demand deliciousness.

I presumed Hershey was a valuable brand name. If they can't distinguish "chocolate" from "chocolatey", why would they even risk the Hershey or Reece's brand names? Why not release it as generic? Otherwise, we're left with Occam's Razor.

tree=unique landmark. cornfield=large uniform area without unique landmarks.

That he said it or that the label “problematic” is correct?

Both of the above, and also that the label “addiction” is typically not correct.

I think a major part is about what’s happening in Cuba. Venezuela used to supply Cuba with cheap oil. That’s stopped and Trump has threatened any countries who send oil with tariffs (of course!).

Rubio’s personal quest is to take down the Cuban gov’t and I guess eventually help Cuban capitalists get reparations including his family.

Yup. I came in to ask that same question. Lot of money potentially “left on the table”.

I wonder how much of this tech is being sold to or planned to be sold to the military.

Been using the HomeKit ecosystem. If you already pay for iCloud you get secure* cloud storage included.

* Apple says it’s end-to-end encrypted. I assume, maybe incorrectly, that they can’t view it.

https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/icloud-homekit-secure...

There's no hypocrisy because deep down they never had any principles. Principles they did profess were just marketing. (This applies to Dems as well, while we're at it.)

> This applies to Dems as well, while we're at it.

I disagree with this both-sideism. Democrats are much more in following with norms, where MAGA-era FKA-republicans will through anything aside for their benefit (e.g. Merrick Garland).

Assuming the Dems can get power again we need them to aggressively pursue leftist economic populism. As you can see from the present moment, once principles become inconvenient, they abandon them. So, yes, “both sides”. Being clear-eyed about this can save our democracy.

Wild speculation:

My hot take is that we’re in the midst of a political realignment. The Democratic Party will be the new center-right “conservative” party, and progressives will be their primary opponents. Assuming MAGA has a dumpster fire collapse when the AI bubble pops and we have the worst market contraction and affordability crisis in decades.

You don’t think a progressive takeover (a lefty Tea Party, if you will) of the Dems is more likely?

I hope progressives can keep up momentum. I worry that if things go back to normal a lot of people who are doing fine (economically) will go back to sleep.

Continued speculation: 0% shot of a progressive takeover given the complete lack of moneyed interest, and the pushback from the core Democrats any time any progressive sniffs national success.

If MAGA fails as a political movement it’ll leave a rightwing power vacuum and the Democratic Party will fill it. The progressives will split and you’ll see center right Democrats going up against left wing Progressives in the north. There will still be some vestigial Republican Party in the south that will be based mostly on anti-woke rhetoric, but won’t have any appetite for the policies that MAGA is famous for after they caused an economic collapse, and will mostly vote alongside the new northern democrats.