Let’s Form A Shadow Cabinet (And How To Make 600 Times Your Money In Three Months) December 21, 2024 Human error is responsible for thousands of U.S. auto accidents each year. Tesla’s auto-pilot isn’t perfect either. We know this because car companies are required to report auto-pilot accidents. Tesla doesn’t like that requirement, so the Trump transition team is moving to scrap it. That’s the bureaucratic nub of it. This 11-minute video brings it to life — and death — in living color. The next segment in the same show reviews a list of Trump hires . . . segues into an interview with Tim Snyder that describes our slide into oligarchy . . . and asks what the hell do we do now? The whole thing is only 9 minutes, but if you’re pressed for time, at least watch that last piece, because Professor Snyder proposes forming a shadow Cabinet to whom the press could turn for comment . . . not only on the bad stuff the Trump team is doing, but also on the good stuff we’d like to do. Musk invested $277 million in electing Trump (plus another $44 million if you include his purchase of Twitter). Since Trump’s election, his net worth has increased by about 600 times as much (about $200 billion). Autocrats and oligarchs are thrilled with Trump’s win — Putin foremost among them — but so are most MAGA supporters. At least for now. They know Trump’s going to: . . . give them great healthcare at a fraction of the cost (after 9 years’ hard work, he has a concept of a plan) . . . . . . drive down the cost of groceries by: (1) adding tariffs to the price of the food we import; (2) deporting low-wage workers who bring to market the food we produce here . . . . . . reduce the deficit by lowering taxes on the uber-wealthy and further strangling the IRS. It behooves us, I think, to stay engaged.