Dylan Scott
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And whether a kid in Kenya can get anti-HIV drugs depends on an election half a world away. It's a really grim situation to be in. However, the agency ends up at the end of this battle. Elon Musk said something about how it was finding the toughest guy in the prison yard and beating him up on your first day. The Musk idea really got under my skin because it's...
And whether a kid in Kenya can get anti-HIV drugs depends on an election half a world away. It's a really grim situation to be in. However, the agency ends up at the end of this battle. Elon Musk said something about how it was finding the toughest guy in the prison yard and beating him up on your first day. The Musk idea really got under my skin because it's...
It's evocative because it's so much the opposite of what happened. This is like going up to the guy in a wheelchair in the prison yard and pushing him out of his wheelchair. And for no good reason. This does not meaningfully change our deficit situation. Any of the grants that they thought were dumb, sure, cancel those grants.
It's evocative because it's so much the opposite of what happened. This is like going up to the guy in a wheelchair in the prison yard and pushing him out of his wheelchair. And for no good reason. This does not meaningfully change our deficit situation. Any of the grants that they thought were dumb, sure, cancel those grants.
It's evocative because it's so much the opposite of what happened. This is like going up to the guy in a wheelchair in the prison yard and pushing him out of his wheelchair. And for no good reason. This does not meaningfully change our deficit situation. Any of the grants that they thought were dumb, sure, cancel those grants.
But they left people who were on HIV drug trials completely abandoned, cut off from drugs. There's no reason for that. It's just cruel.
But they left people who were on HIV drug trials completely abandoned, cut off from drugs. There's no reason for that. It's just cruel.
But they left people who were on HIV drug trials completely abandoned, cut off from drugs. There's no reason for that. It's just cruel.
I admire their loyalty to their boss, but I think Biden is... a pretty mid-tier, mediocre president. I don't think he's awful. I don't think he's a horrible threat to freedom the way that you might hear on Truth Social. The main way I would describe Joe Biden is that he was an unusually weak president.
I admire their loyalty to their boss, but I think Biden is... a pretty mid-tier, mediocre president. I don't think he's awful. I don't think he's a horrible threat to freedom the way that you might hear on Truth Social. The main way I would describe Joe Biden is that he was an unusually weak president.
I admire their loyalty to their boss, but I think Biden is... a pretty mid-tier, mediocre president. I don't think he's awful. I don't think he's a horrible threat to freedom the way that you might hear on Truth Social. The main way I would describe Joe Biden is that he was an unusually weak president.
And he was, in many important moments, loath to decide when we really needed a president to decide. And I think that ultimately made him less effective than he could have been in the moment.
And he was, in many important moments, loath to decide when we really needed a president to decide. And I think that ultimately made him less effective than he could have been in the moment.
And he was, in many important moments, loath to decide when we really needed a president to decide. And I think that ultimately made him less effective than he could have been in the moment.
So I think there's sort of the causes of the weakness and there's the symptoms of the weakness. And I think the causes of the weakness, there's a bunch. Joe Biden is really old. Like, it's a hard thing to get around.
So I think there's sort of the causes of the weakness and there's the symptoms of the weakness. And I think the causes of the weakness, there's a bunch. Joe Biden is really old. Like, it's a hard thing to get around.
So I think there's sort of the causes of the weakness and there's the symptoms of the weakness. And I think the causes of the weakness, there's a bunch. Joe Biden is really old. Like, it's a hard thing to get around.
And I think being the president is a very hard and demanding job. And the amount of energy and focus you're able to bring to it really affects how impactful you can be. Bill Clinton was famous for staying up till 2, 3 in the morning, like, poring over policy documents with aides, trying to sort things out. But Biden seems like he was perhaps the opposite extreme.
And I think being the president is a very hard and demanding job. And the amount of energy and focus you're able to bring to it really affects how impactful you can be. Bill Clinton was famous for staying up till 2, 3 in the morning, like, poring over policy documents with aides, trying to sort things out. But Biden seems like he was perhaps the opposite extreme.
And I think being the president is a very hard and demanding job. And the amount of energy and focus you're able to bring to it really affects how impactful you can be. Bill Clinton was famous for staying up till 2, 3 in the morning, like, poring over policy documents with aides, trying to sort things out. But Biden seems like he was perhaps the opposite extreme.