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Trump loves to blame other countries, claiming global trade has “looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered” the U.S. economy. Nothing could be further from the truth....

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Trump's Tariffs Are Extremely Dumb, Just Not For The Reasons You Might Think | Common Dreams
This is a con on a global scale. Trump is not rejecting the corporate trade model. He’s weaponizing it.
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April 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“If we’re going to have a mine,” Hawks famously said at the time, “it’s going to be the best damn mine in the world.” billingsgazette.com/news/state-r...
'It's worked beautifully': Ground-breaking good neighbor pact helps miners, enviros clear the air – and water
The story of Sibanye-Stillwater’s mines — or rather the lack of stories on how the company extracts palladium — remains a marvel for groups typically at irrevocable odds.
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January 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Trump appointee Hegseth, citing the study, said ”They knew this was a sham". But the AP found the study, “ignored evidence that pointed to the opposite conclusion.
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Extremism in the ranks
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, sat in front of a screen with the headline: “Study Disproves Military Extremism Problem.”
billingsgazette.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Norman Rockwell Collections
Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” series, published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1943, reflecting the vision that President FDR articulated in his 1941 State of the Union speech: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear.
November 28, 2024 at 4:30 PM
"Trump could reverse the Clinton administration's decision to rescind rules requiring that when government research is licensed to pharmaceutical companies, those companies must offer future medicines to Americans at fair and reasonable prices."

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My DOGE Job Application
David Sirota has a plan for Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Vivek Ramaswamy’s government efficiency department.
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November 27, 2024 at 3:40 PM
After gargantuan industry donations, the government is ready to go all-in on cryptocurrency — at the risk of consumers and the greater financial system. www.levernews.com/the-crypto-t...
November 20, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Stop blaming poor people as the reason you can't have nice things, like affordable healthcare.
November 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
"So we come around to Mr. Trump again and the atmosphere he is likely to foster. No precision of thought or language. Limited freedom, especially for women. No respect for anyone, or anything, really. No love but self-love.
Can writers survive, even thrive, in such an atmosphere? We’d better."
Opinion | How to Be a Writer in the Second Age of Donald Trump
Good writing requires four things: precision, freedom, respect and love. In this political climate, these qualities are especially important.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:31 PM