the danger of going soft on russia editorial board, nyt 




trump transition 




readers, i need to apologize for a links section that<u+2019>s way too heavy on us election news. but we are dependent on the news flow, and the trump transition is dominating the news flow. more, the news flow is enormous <u+2014> even if much of it is from institutions and individuals who have been, or at least should be, thoroughly discredited <u+2014> and i<u+2019>m sure i<u+2019>ve missed important stories. so i<u+2019>m in the odd position of having both too many links and too few. <u+2013>lambert 




trump promises to make infrastructure a major focus pbs. trump: <u+201c>we<u+2019>re going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none. and we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it.<u+201d> assuming that trump<u+2019>s public-private partnerships aren<u+2019>t colonized and deformed by cronies, and assuming the jobs are <u+201c>good jobs at good wages,<u+201d> this should go a long way toward solving any legitimacy issues trump might face (at least after the stimulus kicks in). something trump should do but won<u+2019>t: fly into flint, promise a completely new and lead-free water system one (1) year, and then deliver . 




trump<u+2019>s surprising transportation priorities fortune. not self-driving cars. 




obama administration gives up on pacific trade deal wsj. so trump deep-sixes tpp and the united states remains sovereign, he doesn<u+2019>t do a syrian no-fly zone, so no war with russia, and then he flames out in a legitimacy crisis (see the <u+201c>prediction professor<u+201d> below). what<u+2019>s not to like?
links 11/13/16
lambert strether