A DACA ransom note from the White House prompts Matt, Dara and Jane Coaston to muse on whose nation this is, anyway.
Refenced Works
The American Conservative piece Jane referenced: Of Sh*tholes And Second Thoughts
Elizabeth Bruenig's op ed for The Washington Post: The antisocial politics of Trump
The Passing of a Great Race
Nations and Nationalism
Imagined Communities
Profile of Stephen Miller in high school: How a liberal Santa Monica high school produced a top Trump advisor and speechwriter
Further Reading
Explainer on the White House immigration framework: The immigration deal Trump’s White House is floating, explained
Dara on framework pitting current immigrants against future immigrants: The White House is trying to force Democrats to choose between current immigrants and future ones
Jane’s piece on white genocide: The scary ideology behind Trump’s immigration instincts
Economic consensus on immigration: There's no evidence that immigrants hurt any American workers
The Biden policy that could change your neighborhood
Insulin is for the world
Weeds Time Machine: The Voting Rights Act
Reintroducing The Weeds
The great American gerrymander
The scourge of the “time tax”
Climate optimism in 2023
Our mental health doom loop
The bipartisan bill that could protect elections
The rebirth of industrial policy
It’s time to regulate crypto
The Weeds’ weed episode
How to call an election
How to fix inflation
Why scaring voters works
The most interesting issues on the ballot
The candidates haunting the GOP
AMERICA HAS A (POLLING) PROBLEM
Abbott and DeSantis: Stunt queens or policy makers?
The fastest growing voting bloc in America
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