Alice
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The FBI is full of tough minded, hard charging, patriotic people—mostly Republicans—who have devoted years of their lives serving the country and placing mission over money. Many there now feel unfairly targeted by political operatives for doing things they were assigned to do. They are furious.
February 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The FBI is full of tough minded, hard charging, patriotic people—mostly Republicans—who have devoted years of their lives serving the country and placing mission over money. Many there now feel unfairly targeted by political operatives for doing things they were assigned to do. They are furious.
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February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Can’t beat a Kansas sunset!
February 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Can’t beat a Kansas sunset!
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“It took immense courage to create our constitutional republic, and now immense cowardice is placing our system of justice under threat,” our columnist David French writes.
Opinion | Kash Patel Is a Warning Shot
Senators, take heed.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“It took immense courage to create our constitutional republic, and now immense cowardice is placing our system of justice under threat,” our columnist David French writes.
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the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
the point is not that it's fast -- the point it that it's systematic.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
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Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers.
Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers
The new levies on America’s top trade partners could drive prices higher for cars, electronics, lumber and more, threatening to crimp an economy that the president has vowed to improve.
www.nbcnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers.
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It’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
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Businesses will pass these higher costs onto consumers—costing the average family almost $830 MORE this year.
That’s BEFORE we account for the cost of retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada, which could launch us into a trade war and recession.
taxfoundation.org/research/all... (3/3)
That’s BEFORE we account for the cost of retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada, which could launch us into a trade war and recession.
taxfoundation.org/research/all... (3/3)
Tracking the Economic Impact of the Trump Tariffs
The Trump administration imposed nearly $80 billion worth of new taxes on Americans by levying tariffs on thousands of products in 2018 and 2019, amounting to one of the largest tax increases in decad...
taxfoundation.org
February 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Businesses will pass these higher costs onto consumers—costing the average family almost $830 MORE this year.
That’s BEFORE we account for the cost of retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada, which could launch us into a trade war and recession.
taxfoundation.org/research/all... (3/3)
That’s BEFORE we account for the cost of retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada, which could launch us into a trade war and recession.
taxfoundation.org/research/all... (3/3)
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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
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February 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.