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Trump Plays the Carnage Card open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... A pretty erudite expose' of trump's BS about DC. Another smoke screen as he attempts to avoid accountability for his mendacity, corruption and incompetence.
Trump Plays the Carnage Card
Fake crime wave, real power grab
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August 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Trump Plays the Carnage Card open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... A pretty erudite expose' of trump's BS about DC. Another smoke screen as he attempts to avoid accountability for his mendacity, corruption and incompetence.
‘Profound and Abiding Rage’: Canada’s Answer to America’s Abandonment www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o... The most telling part of this article: "But the second Trump administration has established a more enduring truth about the United States: It is no longer a country that keeps its agreements."
Opinion | ‘Profound and Abiding Rage’: Canada’s Answer to America’s Abandonment
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August 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
‘Profound and Abiding Rage’: Canada’s Answer to America’s Abandonment www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o... The most telling part of this article: "But the second Trump administration has established a more enduring truth about the United States: It is no longer a country that keeps its agreements."
Trump is Getting Desperate open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... A pretty chilling assessment from a pretty low key intellectual Nobel Laureate. I think trump's firing of the head of BLS lays bare trump's lack of discipline, his paranoia and the spinelessness of both his quislings and the republicans.
Trump is Getting Desperate
We're in an extremely dangerous moment
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August 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Trump is Getting Desperate open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... A pretty chilling assessment from a pretty low key intellectual Nobel Laureate. I think trump's firing of the head of BLS lays bare trump's lack of discipline, his paranoia and the spinelessness of both his quislings and the republicans.
The Economics of Immigration and Deportation open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... A treatise loaded with facts that our government seem to be willfully ignoring.
The Economics of Immigration and Deportation
Immigration has been good for America. Mass deportation will be a disaster.
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July 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The Economics of Immigration and Deportation open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... A treatise loaded with facts that our government seem to be willfully ignoring.
Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o... I share Dr. Summers's shame in my country. The only solution is to beat the bastards at the polls where they are in red states.
Opinion | Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country
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July 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o... I share Dr. Summers's shame in my country. The only solution is to beat the bastards at the polls where they are in red states.
Mamdani and the Moguls of Madness open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Krugman raises some very good points. The Democratic Party Elites are a spent force in my view. It is going to take a fresh face and new approaches to rebuild a winning coalition.
Mamdani and the Moguls of Madness
Will he be a good mayor? Nobody knows. But the hysteria is revealing.
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June 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Mamdani and the Moguls of Madness open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Krugman raises some very good points. The Democratic Party Elites are a spent force in my view. It is going to take a fresh face and new approaches to rebuild a winning coalition.
Undaunted open.substack.com/pub/contrari... A bit of a screed but it is devastating in its accuracy of the organized thuggery that is ICE in the hands of trump, the thug-in-chief and noem, his Botos queen. It is beyond outrageous.
Undaunted
Senator Alex Padilla is an American hero
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June 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Undaunted open.substack.com/pub/contrari... A bit of a screed but it is devastating in its accuracy of the organized thuggery that is ICE in the hands of trump, the thug-in-chief and noem, his Botos queen. It is beyond outrageous.
Senator Padilla: This Is How an Administration Acts When It’s Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o... A cautionary tale about what happens when we allow thugs to run our country. Make no mistake they are thugs.
Opinion | Senator Padilla: This Is How an Administration Acts When It’s Afraid
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June 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Senator Padilla: This Is How an Administration Acts When It’s Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o... A cautionary tale about what happens when we allow thugs to run our country. Make no mistake they are thugs.
House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u... All this pain and discord in order to pay off billionaires. What BS.
House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains
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June 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u... All this pain and discord in order to pay off billionaires. What BS.
This Vermont Town Loves Its Canadian Neighbors. Trump Made Things Complicated. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u... A tale of just how small, petty and vindictive our President is. He dishonors his office with his pettiness and the incompetence of the people around him. He embarrasses us all.
This Vermont Town Loves Its Canadian Neighbors. Trump Made Things Complicated.
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June 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This Vermont Town Loves Its Canadian Neighbors. Trump Made Things Complicated. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u... A tale of just how small, petty and vindictive our President is. He dishonors his office with his pettiness and the incompetence of the people around him. He embarrasses us all.
Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o... trump's dictatorial intentions are now in full view in California and it is a frightening sight. We better wake up soon and the damned republican party better wake up NOW.
Opinion | Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency
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June 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o... trump's dictatorial intentions are now in full view in California and it is a frightening sight. We better wake up soon and the damned republican party better wake up NOW.
Corruption Has Flooded America. The Dams Are Breaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o... Does anyone remember the vicuna coat corruption scandal during the Eisenhower Presidency? How quaint.
Opinion | Corruption Has Flooded America. The Dams Are Breaking.
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June 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Corruption Has Flooded America. The Dams Are Breaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o... Does anyone remember the vicuna coat corruption scandal during the Eisenhower Presidency? How quaint.
A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/o... Had enough yet?
Opinion | A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption
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June 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/o... Had enough yet?
Hating New York open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... As usual Krugman deals in facts and the data to support those fact which is anathema to the MAGAers and the liars around trump.
Hating New York
What we can learn from a MAGA obsession
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June 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hating New York open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... As usual Krugman deals in facts and the data to support those fact which is anathema to the MAGAers and the liars around trump.
Digital Corruption Takes Over DC open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... I would love to hear the stable coin enthusiasts rebuttal to this Nobel Laurette. Has anyone?
Digital Corruption Takes Over DC
Time to call crypto what it is: A criminal enterprise
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May 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Digital Corruption Takes Over DC open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... I would love to hear the stable coin enthusiasts rebuttal to this Nobel Laurette. Has anyone?
The Growing Scandal of $Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o... I watched this until I felt so damned dirty about living in a society that would elect someone so shamelessly corrupt as trump.
Opinion | The Growing Scandal of $Trump
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May 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Growing Scandal of $Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o... I watched this until I felt so damned dirty about living in a society that would elect someone so shamelessly corrupt as trump.
America Turns Its Back on the World open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Once again Krugman exposes the insanity of trump and his quislings as they seek to destroy the "goose that laid the golden egg".
America Turns Its Back on the World
Blocking foreign students is an act of self-destruction — and self-betrayal
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May 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
America Turns Its Back on the World open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Once again Krugman exposes the insanity of trump and his quislings as they seek to destroy the "goose that laid the golden egg".
As Trumps Monetize Presidency, Profits Outstrip Protests www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u... Where is the outrage? Where are the republicans in Congress? Where are the republican governors? Where are the rank and file republicans demand action by their leaders?
As Trumps Monetize Presidency, Profits Outstrip Protests
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May 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
As Trumps Monetize Presidency, Profits Outstrip Protests www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u... Where is the outrage? Where are the republicans in Congress? Where are the republican governors? Where are the rank and file republicans demand action by their leaders?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=svUy... I think Joseph Welch's words to Joe McCarthy should also apply to trump.
"Have You No Decency?" | McCarthy | American Experience | PBS
YouTube video by American Experience | PBS
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May 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=svUy... I think Joseph Welch's words to Joe McCarthy should also apply to trump.
Pivoting From Tax Cuts to Tariffs, Trump Ignores Economic Warning Signs www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u... I think Paul Krugman was correct when he labeled trump's economic policies as simply "CRAZY".
Pivoting From Tax Cuts to Tariffs, Trump Ignores Economic Warning Signs
The president’s economic policy approach is so far rattling markets, businesses and consumers.
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May 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Pivoting From Tax Cuts to Tariffs, Trump Ignores Economic Warning Signs www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u... I think Paul Krugman was correct when he labeled trump's economic policies as simply "CRAZY".
Universities See Trump’s Harvard Move as a Threat to Them, Too www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u... It is hard for me to see any, repeat any, good that can come out of this insane policy move except to further harden resistance to trump and his incompetent quislings.
Universities See Trump’s Harvard Move as a Threat to Them, Too
College officials fear that President Trump may use international enrollment as leverage to demand changes on campuses elsewhere.
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May 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Universities See Trump’s Harvard Move as a Threat to Them, Too www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u... It is hard for me to see any, repeat any, good that can come out of this insane policy move except to further harden resistance to trump and his incompetent quislings.
Where is the outrage when Trump goes full Erdogan? open.substack.com/pub/contrari... This quote about says it all: "Trump’s out-and-out thuggery, indistinguishable from dictators using state power to jail opponents, strikes at the heart of our democratic system."
Where is the outrage when Trump goes full Erdogan?
Plus...Side trips can be the most engaging part of any journey
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May 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Where is the outrage when Trump goes full Erdogan? open.substack.com/pub/contrari... This quote about says it all: "Trump’s out-and-out thuggery, indistinguishable from dictators using state power to jail opponents, strikes at the heart of our democratic system."
Gaming Out a Sudden Stop open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... The news keeps getting grimmer as the evidence that we have put incompetent and non-serious people in charge of our economy.
Gaming Out a Sudden Stop
What happens if investors lose faith in America?
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May 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Gaming Out a Sudden Stop open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... The news keeps getting grimmer as the evidence that we have put incompetent and non-serious people in charge of our economy.
Judge Finds U.S. Violated Court Order With Sudden Deportation Flight to Africa www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u... Anyone who claims that trump and his quislings are not out to undermine the rule of law has just become an enabler.
Judge Finds U.S. Violated Court Order With Sudden Deportation Flight to Africa
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May 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Judge Finds U.S. Violated Court Order With Sudden Deportation Flight to Africa www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u... Anyone who claims that trump and his quislings are not out to undermine the rule of law has just become an enabler.
‘I Even Believe He Is Destroying the American Presidency’ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/o... It is very hard to read the news and not get depressed. However, this piece is the most depressing I have read in a very long time.
Opinion | ‘I Even Believe He Is Destroying the American Presidency’
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May 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
‘I Even Believe He Is Destroying the American Presidency’ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/o... It is very hard to read the news and not get depressed. However, this piece is the most depressing I have read in a very long time.