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It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.
February 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.
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We’ve seen this movie before.
February 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We’ve seen this movie before.
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Anyone know a good arborist?
February 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Anyone know a good arborist?
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Clay Bennett @BennettCartoons on Elon Musk & Child #NewConference #OvalOffice #PresidentMusk #SoEmbarrassing – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Clay Bennett @BennettCartoons on Elon Musk & Child #NewConference #OvalOffice #PresidentMusk #SoEmbarrassing – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruption—both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.
February 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruption—both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.
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From the New Yorker
February 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
From the New Yorker
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Christian Adams @Adamstoon1 @Telegraph on #JDVance #MAGA #MAGAMorons #MEGA #cartoon – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Christian Adams @Adamstoon1 @Telegraph on #JDVance #MAGA #MAGAMorons #MEGA #cartoon – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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Fox News' Brit Hume: “There is no doubt that tariffs in the short run, and perhaps very much so in the long as well, raise prices” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
Fox News' Brit Hume: "There is no doubt that tariffs in the short run, and perhaps very much so in the long as well, raise prices"
www.mediamatters.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Fox News' Brit Hume: “There is no doubt that tariffs in the short run, and perhaps very much so in the long as well, raise prices” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Q: Does a trade deficit serve as a good measure of a country's economic strength or weakness when it comes to trade?
Mary Lovely: It's a very simple answer. No.
Listen to the @npr.org interview here:
www.npr.org/2025/02/09/n...
Mary Lovely: It's a very simple answer. No.
Listen to the @npr.org interview here:
www.npr.org/2025/02/09/n...
What it means to have a high trade deficit — and why it's not always a bad thing
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with economist Mary Lovely of the Peterson Institute about trade deficits and the role they play in international trade.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Q: Does a trade deficit serve as a good measure of a country's economic strength or weakness when it comes to trade?
Mary Lovely: It's a very simple answer. No.
Listen to the @npr.org interview here:
www.npr.org/2025/02/09/n...
Mary Lovely: It's a very simple answer. No.
Listen to the @npr.org interview here:
www.npr.org/2025/02/09/n...
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Conservative commentators are advancing bogus accusations about the USAID, claiming to have uncovered wasteful and corrupt spending.
Read about these claims in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/156854325/...
Read about these claims in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/156854325/...
Bogus Claims that USAID Funded Politico and Epstein
PLUS: Now the Russians Claim Zelensky Bought Hitler’s Mountain Retreat; NewsGuard Finds AI Models Spread False Claim Most Often in Russian and Chinese
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Conservative commentators are advancing bogus accusations about the USAID, claiming to have uncovered wasteful and corrupt spending.
Read about these claims in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/156854325/...
Read about these claims in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/i/156854325/...
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Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze
Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen
-hot meals for elderly and disabled
-groceries for those in need
-maternal & child health services
-a clinic that serves the poor
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen
-hot meals for elderly and disabled
-groceries for those in need
-maternal & child health services
-a clinic that serves the poor
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.
Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority — an...
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze
Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen
-hot meals for elderly and disabled
-groceries for those in need
-maternal & child health services
-a clinic that serves the poor
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen
-hot meals for elderly and disabled
-groceries for those in need
-maternal & child health services
-a clinic that serves the poor
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Perfectly captured.
February 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Perfectly captured.
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Mitch McConnell: Tariffs "will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?"
February 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Mitch McConnell: Tariffs "will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?"
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Patrick Blower @Telegraph @blowercartoons on #tariffwar #tariffs #tariffwars #TrumpTariffsWars #TrumpTariffs #ChinaEconomy – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Patrick Blower @Telegraph @blowercartoons on #tariffwar #tariffs #tariffwars #TrumpTariffsWars #TrumpTariffs #ChinaEconomy – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Pentagon Boots NBC, NPR, NYT, and Politico from Offices – To Be Replaced by Breitbart and One America News
Source: Mediaite
Source: Mediaite
February 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Pentagon Boots NBC, NPR, NYT, and Politico from Offices – To Be Replaced by Breitbart and One America News
Source: Mediaite
Source: Mediaite