Where’d This Chick Even Come From? I Love What She’s Saying About Tariffs!

I never used to imagine myself a populist. The product of prestigious Northeastern schools and mindset, lauded for childhood accomplishments, I probably fit the cultural mold of an elitist more than anything else. I was born an instinctive Republican/libertarian, though, and the more I was exposed to the Marxist left (especially as an undergrad at Columbia U), the harder I turned right. But like most of you reading this, I was gradually disillusioned by the establishment Republican party.

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Like many of you, I began to feel politically homeless. No, I didn’t want a “third way” — a mid-point between the DNC and the GOP. I wanted the whole rotten edifice to make way for common-sense, truly fair, law-respecting, patriotic policies. I knew

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