Illiberalism
Gilead
Donald Trump
Coup attempt
Fig. 1. “Jake Angeli (Qanon Shaman), seen holding a Qanon sign at the intersection of Bell Rd and 75th Ave in Peoria, Arizona, on 2020 October 15.” Photography by TheUnseen011101 [pseud.], October 15, 2020, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Tori Otten, “‘We’re Ready to Go’: Georgia DA Warns New Trump Charges Are Coming,” New Republic, July 31, 2023, https://newrepublic.com/post/174734/were-ready-go-georgia-da-warns-new-trump-charges-coming
Jan Wolfe and Cameron McWhirter, “Judge Criticizes Trump for ‘Overwrought’ Complaints About Georgia Election Probe,” Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2023, https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-criticizes-trump-for-overwrought-complaints-about-georgia-election-probe-701bd894
Devlin Barrett et al., “Trump charged in probe of Jan. 6, efforts to overturn 2020 election,” Washington Post, August 1, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/01/trump-indictment-jan-6-2020-election/
So-called ‘ridesharing’
Bezzle
Fig. 1. “Clarkdale Classic Gas Station, Clarkdale, Arizona,” Photograph by Alan Levine, October 28, 2016, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
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Imagine my shock. Uber actually turned a profit that’s actually a profit according to generally accepted accounting principles.[1]
Dan Gallagher, “Uber Got a Bit Too Revved Up,” Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2023, https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-got-a-bit-too-revved-up-4e81845c
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Housing
Fig. 1. Most of the homeless encampments I’ve seen around Pittsburgh have been on the North Side. This one is downtown, right by a Parkway (Interstate 376) onramp. Photograph by author, May 22, 2023.
Neena Hagen, “City Council pushes through legislation to kickstart land bank and battle blight,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 1, 2023, https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2023/08/01/pittsburgh-city-council-land-bank-abandoned-homes-funding/stories/202308010133
- [1]Dan Gallagher, “Uber Got a Bit Too Revved Up,” Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2023, https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-got-a-bit-too-revved-up-4e81845c↩