Why the political clock is ticking for TikTok

It’s not often that I’m going to publish three days in a row, but sometimes there’s a lot of news that’s right in my wheelhouse. I’m going to be slightly dark for the next several days between travel and a review of copy edits for the book, but the goal is to publish one free and one paywalled post next week. To sign up, just click on the link below. Somewhat contrary to the conventional wisdom, politics is not a zero-sum game. Instead, it’s in the broad family of mixed-motive games where the various players have some interests in common and others that are opposed. Yes, there are a finite number of senators, governors, representatives and presidents. But current legislators also have some shared interests such as in protecting incumbents. And other things being equal, both Democratic and Republican members of Congress would like to promote the interests of the United States — particularly when they feel backed into a corner. TikTok may be about to learn this lesson the hard way. On Th

It’s not often that I’m going to publish three days in a row, but sometimes there’s a lot of news that’s right in my wheelhouse. I’m going to be slightly dark for the next several days between travel and a review of copy edits for the book, but the goal is to publish one free and one paywalled post next week. To sign up, just click on the link below. Somewhat contrary to the conventional wisdom, politics is not a zero-sum game. Instead, it’s in the broad family of mixed-motive games where the various players have some interests in common and others that are opposed. Yes, there are a finite num