Southern correspondent @TheEconomist. Signal: rsimjackson.20
Atlanta, GA
Joined January 2015
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America is falling out of love with Israel. My cover in this week's Economist shows it's not just isolationist pundits who are pushing the right to break ties--young Republicans, and esp Evangelicals, are souring on the Jewish state faster than you think
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What is America’s greatest cultural export? “The Intelligence” asks @robertguest1, @rsimjackson and @dlknowles and gets three very different answers economist.com/podcasts/2026/…
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“The Sunday morning sermon often feels like a CEO giving a TED talk.” @rsimjackson tells “The Intelligence” why America’s megachurches are becoming more businesslike bit.ly/4a0Pfrs
Armed with state cash, parents are choosing a pick-your-own-adventure education in Florida. In Tampa 1 in every 15 kids doesn't go to school. Public schools are scrambling to compete. Follow me to America's homeschool capital for @TheEconomist to see why:
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A surge in migration from Africa is narrowing the racial wage gap---and changing what it means to be black in America.
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The polling is startling: the share of Americans who back Israelis over the Palestinians is at a 25-year low. A recent YouGov poll finds that 43% believe Israel is committing genocide and young Evangelical support has plunged from 69% to 34%. Read why: economist.com/briefing/2025/…
To understand how much this matters to Israel---and how fear of losing its closest ally is starting to fuel anxieties read my brilliant colleague
@AnshelPfeffer's piece economist.com/briefing/2025/…
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“There’s a new legion of health clinics serving it up at astonishing rates.” @rsimjackson tells “The Intelligence” of Americans’ ravenous hunger for testosterone. Listen to the daily podcastbit.ly/44JeNXE
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/4j8e0DG
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Are you delusional?
You've constantly turned your back on Texans and President Trump, including trying to stop his campaign in 2024 and saying his "time has passed him by."
Texans won't believe your lies or forget how you've consistently worked to undermine the President.
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The battle between Trump's DOJ and the courts has reached a worrisome level. New @TheEconomist analysis of last weekend's lawless deportations from @arynbraun and me, with insights from @steve_vladeck economist.com/united-states/…
Curious what it's like to be a CDC scientist in the DOGE age? "Be like a bulldog", one said, "keep smiling even when you can't breathe".
A dozen insiders risked their jobs to talk to me, and sent along 100 internal emails that get at the chaos and fear:
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Do blue states need to go along with Trump's immigration raids? Can red states boss around their blue cities? This week @arynbraun and I look into how disputes over federalism will dictate the future of the sanctuary movement
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Want to understand the fast and aggressive politics in Washington? Look to Tallahassee, where many of Trump's top dogs learned to hustle, buck conventions & fight for the boss
My dispatch from a state that realigned its politics in record time:
economist.com/united-states/…
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Careful Trudeau.
The Texas economy is larger than Canada’s.
And we’re not afraid to use it.
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As @SenPizzo questions @JoeGruters about new language in TRUMP Act, game this out: Leg. passes bill, @GovRonDeSantis vetoes ...
Legislature then has option to override veto, but I think override will need some Dem votes.
Can Dems really go along with capital punishment aspect?
Here's the strike-all amendment that will add the above provisions. Keeps in-state tuition repeal for undocumented and designates @WiltonSimpson as the state's chief immigration officer:
flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/20…
Since the heyday of ISIS's caliphate attacks by Muslim-Americans have plummeted. But 2024 marked a resurrection, with the New Orleans attack topping off a bloody year. Trump's budget cuts and isolationism probably won't help. My piece for @TheEconomist
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