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Average effective US tariff rates—which measure total tariff revenue as a % of total imports—inched to a new modern high of just under 11% in data released today, up from just over 2.3% this time last year
January 8, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Average effective US tariff rates—which measure total tariff revenue as a % of total imports—inched to a new modern high of just under 11% in data released today, up from just over 2.3% this time last year
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Two people have been shot by federal agent in Portland, Oregon and have been hospitalized per the FBI.
January 9, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Two people have been shot by federal agent in Portland, Oregon and have been hospitalized per the FBI.
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It’s about the oil, always has been
January 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
It’s about the oil, always has been
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Here’s the clip of Jesse Watters suggesting that @aoc.bsky.social wants to sleep with Stephen Miller.
January 8, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Here’s the clip of Jesse Watters suggesting that @aoc.bsky.social wants to sleep with Stephen Miller.
It’s about the oil, always has been
January 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
It’s about the oil, always has been
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"Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!"
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
From me for Zeteo:
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
From me for Zeteo:
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
zeteo.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!"
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
From me for Zeteo:
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
From me for Zeteo:
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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The BBC has verified this video out of Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
The BBC has verified this video out of Venezuela.
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#WolffBites: Mexico's minimum wage rose 13% on 1 January 2026. Taking into account inflation, the real Mexican wage was tripled over the last 8 years. Mexico's ruling class opposed the increases as bad for Mexico. They were 100% wrong.
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/how-...
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/how-...
How Mexico More Than Tripled Its Minimum Wage in Eight Years Without Triggering the Economic Disaster Many Had Predicted | naked capitalism
Yet more evidence that improving the lot of those at the very bottom of the income ladder does not necessarily produce unemployment or runaway inflation.
www.nakedcapitalism.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
#WolffBites: Mexico's minimum wage rose 13% on 1 January 2026. Taking into account inflation, the real Mexican wage was tripled over the last 8 years. Mexico's ruling class opposed the increases as bad for Mexico. They were 100% wrong.
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/how-...
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/how-...
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I get asked this question about Tomi Lahren a lot!
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I get asked this question about Tomi Lahren a lot!
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Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged against them?
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged against them?
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The Robber Baron Experience
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Robber Baron Experience
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"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst."
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"ICE is arresting the worst of the worst."
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
Everything this administration tells us is a lie.
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Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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"Do you think that Trump was involved in crimes allegedly committed by Jeffrey Epstein?"
All:
Yes: 42%
No: 34%
Yes Among:
DEM: 79%
IND: 43%
GOP: 7%
YouGov / Nov 17, 2025
All:
Yes: 42%
No: 34%
Yes Among:
DEM: 79%
IND: 43%
GOP: 7%
YouGov / Nov 17, 2025
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"Do you think that Trump was involved in crimes allegedly committed by Jeffrey Epstein?"
All:
Yes: 42%
No: 34%
Yes Among:
DEM: 79%
IND: 43%
GOP: 7%
YouGov / Nov 17, 2025
All:
Yes: 42%
No: 34%
Yes Among:
DEM: 79%
IND: 43%
GOP: 7%
YouGov / Nov 17, 2025
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The Department of Homeland Security, in response to pressure from President Trump, is diverting resources intended for fighting terrorism and child abuse to focus on arresting undocumented immigrants, a New York Times investigation found. nyti.ms/4nXoB6o
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Department of Homeland Security, in response to pressure from President Trump, is diverting resources intended for fighting terrorism and child abuse to focus on arresting undocumented immigrants, a New York Times investigation found. nyti.ms/4nXoB6o
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New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
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Maine - Senate Polling:
🔵 Platner: 45%
🔴 Collins: 41%
🔴 Collins: 46%
🔵 Mills: 42%
Maine People's Resource Center / Oct 29, 2025
🔵 Platner: 45%
🔴 Collins: 41%
🔴 Collins: 46%
🔵 Mills: 42%
Maine People's Resource Center / Oct 29, 2025
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Maine - Senate Polling:
🔵 Platner: 45%
🔴 Collins: 41%
🔴 Collins: 46%
🔵 Mills: 42%
Maine People's Resource Center / Oct 29, 2025
🔵 Platner: 45%
🔴 Collins: 41%
🔴 Collins: 46%
🔵 Mills: 42%
Maine People's Resource Center / Oct 29, 2025
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Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
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BREAKING
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
BREAKING
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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BREAKING
Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the New York City mayor’s race.
Mamdani will make history as the first Muslim and first South Asian to serve as mayor of New York City.
He will also be the first immigrant in nearly 140 years to serve as mayor of New York City.
Per Decision Desk HQ.
Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the New York City mayor’s race.
Mamdani will make history as the first Muslim and first South Asian to serve as mayor of New York City.
He will also be the first immigrant in nearly 140 years to serve as mayor of New York City.
Per Decision Desk HQ.
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
BREAKING
Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the New York City mayor’s race.
Mamdani will make history as the first Muslim and first South Asian to serve as mayor of New York City.
He will also be the first immigrant in nearly 140 years to serve as mayor of New York City.
Per Decision Desk HQ.
Zohran Mamdani is projected to win the New York City mayor’s race.
Mamdani will make history as the first Muslim and first South Asian to serve as mayor of New York City.
He will also be the first immigrant in nearly 140 years to serve as mayor of New York City.
Per Decision Desk HQ.