2024 SUPERPOWERS

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The global economic order is stitched together by trade and economic collaboration, but these show signs of fraying.

With nationalism on the rise and cross-border trade flows stagnating, economies are growing more protectionist. At the same time, demographic shifts are driving economic growth and productivity in India and Asia, which could shift the global power balance. 
 

Methodology

Dalio assessed each nation's strength based on a wide range of metrics including the following:

TRUMP BLOWS

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Republican #politicians ignore #Trump again and again with a couple of #GOP political body blows to decomposing #DonOld. 

First, Congress passes a government funding package against his demands. Then, Nebraska Governor Poo poos a state legislative session on electoral votes claiming not enough support in the state legislature to overcome an anticipated filibuster.
 

GOP Decomposition

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This perspective resonates, highlighting a stark contrast between #DonOld and traditional qualities of leadership that are revered.

SATURDAY REUNION

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Please join me, my friends, my colleagues, and a few pros for a media reunion in The Bronx. It’s my birthday, so let’s party.

We begin at NYPL at high noon and end with a bang at sunset. Together, each of you help build many news media organizations that deliver fair and objective journalism. We do this during a trying time in our nation’s history and I believe what we accomplish is outstanding. 

My long and ecclesiastical career with startups and turnaround projects in different languages was never pressure, but pleasure and privilege to build multiple media outlets.

KIDS CANCER TREATMENT

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New York City’s Sloan Kettering Cancer Center comes together with one mission: ending cancer for life. 
 

The Band of Parents Bound by Hope bandofparenrs.org  646 8464475 

TFA EVERYDAY

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How do we change systems that perpetuate inequity and ensure that all children can learn and achieve their fullest potential? For Teach For America corps members, it starts when a new teacher steps into the classroom to change students’ lives and be changed in the process. And it continues through a lifetime of advocating for children as part of our diverse alumni network. Brittany Packnett, VP of community alliances at Teach For America, narrates our theory of change.

GOP HYPOCRISY

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Did she qualify and receive an Einstein visa for her nude modeling?  Would mass deportation include Melania and her family?

First they came for the immigrants, and many remained silent because they were not immigrants.

Then they came for the journalists, and many didn’t speak out because they were not journalists.

Then they came for the political opponents, and still, many stayed silent because they weren’t involved in politics.

Then they came for the judges, and they didn’t speak out because they were not judges.

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