In the glossy pages of Vogue magazine, where fashion and flattery often intertwine like overpriced silk scarves, Maya Singer's February 1, 2026, profile "Gavin Newsom Is Setting His Own Rules" delivers a masterclass in journalistic genuflection.
Accompanied by Annie Leibovitz's photography, the piece opens with unabashed admiration: “Let’s get this out of the way: He is embarrassingly handsome, his hair seasoned with silver, at ease with his own eminence as he delivers his final State of the State address.” The article orbits Newsom's forthcoming memoir, Young Man in a Hurry, portraying it as a soul-baring reflection on ambition, hypersensitivity, and overcoming childhood dyslexia-fueled insecurities. Singer casts him as a lithe, ardent fighter - energetic, optimistic, and Kennedy-esque - whose magnetism "must drive Trump nuts."
The profile celebrates Newsom's spitballing style, unapologetic disruption of norms, and thoughtful confrontations with Democratic Party challenges, all while glossing over thorny state issues like wildfires, homelessness, and Hollywood turmoil. Critics have decried the softball tone as effusive tongue bathing, more fashion spread than ...
DEMOCRATS ... and the NYT are launching their first economy lie campaign to kick off the Midterms Season - positive economic news pokes their article in the eye both at home, and across the globe.
PULL QUOTE: "Foreigners [are] looking for “alternative destinations” to the United States [as per NYT]. Instead, what we see is the rest of the world following the Trump administration’s policy of reprivatizing the economy. In the 12 months through July 2024, foreigners sold a net $151.5 billion of American stocks while purchasing $540.7 billion of Treasury notes and bonds, $306 billion of corporate bonds, and $103.4 billion of agency bonds. Global investors were losing faith in equities issued by the U.S. private sector, and Biden policies were pushing foreigners to buy government debt instead."
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/09/17/breitbart-business-digest-the-dollar-is-still-king/
The urban boom built whole cities almost overnight. Roads went in before drawings were finished. Prefab towers rose in weeks. Places planned for nearly a million people — Lingang near Shanghai, Yujiapu billed as China’s Manhattan — stand looking complete: roads, malls, offices, apartments, schools. Yet they feel frozen mid-build.
The emptiness is not a mystery. Hundreds of millions still live on incomes that cannot buy the new stock. “Build it and they will come” did not hold. The result has been called the largest property bubble the world has seen. The same boom that moved Australian iron ore now carries a downside if it bursts.
Two stories sit side by side: frantic construction and deserted streets. This ballad sits in the space between them.
https://maxine-log.blogspot.com/2026/09/ghost-cities-rising-across-chinese.html
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