Gulag is an acronym. So is CECOT

also: introducing the kleptocracy tracker

I talked to Tim Miller of the Bulwark about acronyms, prison camps, illegal deportations, as well as cultural revolution (Mao’s and ours), the tragedy of USAID leaving Africa, kleptocracy (of course) and more. I wrote a book about the Gulag more than twenty years ago, and did not at the time think anything about it would be relevant to US politics. But …