Kevin Drum@kdrum

Political blogger and writer, formerly for the Washington Monthly and Mother Jones magazine, now on my own.

 Irvine, CA
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Joined December 2008
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Arms to Ukraine halted - Kevin Drum

It's official: The U.S. will pause all military aid to Kyiv until President Trump determines that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is making a good-faith effort toward peace negotiations with...

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Trump plans to halt arms to Ukraine, sanctions on Russia jabberwocking.com/trump-plan…

Trump plans to halt arms to Ukraine, sanctions on Russia - Kevin Drum

The other shoe drops: The Trump administration has stopped financing new weapons sales to Ukraine and is considering freezing weapons shipments from U.S. stockpiles, moves that threaten Kyiv’s...

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Destruction of Canada begins tomorrow - Kevin Drum

Donald Trump plans to levy 25% tariffs across the board on Canada tomorrow:¹ The result, an overwhelming majority of economists agree, would be inflation and supply disruption in the United States,...

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So how’s it going in the friendly skies these days? jabberwocking.com/so-hows-it…

So how’s it going in the friendly skies these days? - Kevin Drum

A conversation about airline safety in the era of DOGE and Elon Musk: Rolling Stone: FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk’s Starlink James Fallows, longtime private pilot:...

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Dumbest. Idea. Ever. jabberwocking.com/dumbest-id…

Dumbest. Idea. Ever. - Kevin Drum

I admit that the contest for stupidest idea of the Trump administration is heated and contentious. But surely this must be strongly in the running: Crypto prices surged Sunday after President Trump...

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Health update 2 - Kevin Drum

Here's the plan: Put me back on high-flow oxygen. Slam me with IV steroids. Quadruple the dose and administer every six hours. If that doesn't work, slam me with antibiotics. If that doesn't work,...

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Trump kills elite tech group because it’s too woke jabberwocking.com/trump-kill…

Trump kills elite tech group because it’s too woke - Kevin Drum

About a month ago a fellow named Luke Rosiak, author of a book on the Deep State, decided to tweet about 18F, "GSA's tech arm, a far-left agency that viciously subverted Trump during his first term."...

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English is now our official language - Kevin Drum

Donald Trump signed an executive order today making English the official language of the US. But it was surprisingly diffident: Nothing in this order, however, requires or directs any change in the...

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DOGE wants to check if you’re really eligible for the vast riches of SNAP jabberwocking.com/50488-2/

DOGE wants to check if you’re really eligible for the vast riches of SNAP - Kevin Drum

A pair of DOGE bros want access to IRS data to check for benefit cheating: Kliger and Corcos, according to records obtained by The Post, specifically mentioned investigating eligibility and fraud...

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DOGE wants to check if you’re really eligible for the vast riches of SNAP - Kevin Drum

A pair of DOGE bros want access to IRS data to check for benefit cheating: Kliger and Corcos, according to records obtained by The Post, specifically mentioned investigating eligibility and fraud...

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