Deb Darinzo
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Think of your biggest financial risk: it's not your stock portfolio, it's losing your paycheck. That's why unemployment is the single best measure of economic health—when people can't earn a living, everything else in the data is just background noise.
And unemployment is rising.
And unemployment is rising.
December 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Think of your biggest financial risk: it's not your stock portfolio, it's losing your paycheck. That's why unemployment is the single best measure of economic health—when people can't earn a living, everything else in the data is just background noise.
And unemployment is rising.
And unemployment is rising.
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Remember when Trump lied that the Biden administration wasn't sending all the relief money North Carolina needed?
Stein: What is typical after a storm like this is that the federal government provides about 50, 60, even 70 percent of the damages in relief dollars to help a region recover from a massive hit. So far, North Carolina has received about 11 percent.
December 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Remember when Trump lied that the Biden administration wasn't sending all the relief money North Carolina needed?
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It wasn't long ago that women were forced to have a male co-signer to get a credit card or a home loan.
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released by the CFPB would eviscerate longstanding fair lending and consumer protections in three dangerous ways:
nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It wasn't long ago that women were forced to have a male co-signer to get a credit card or a home loan.
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
Now, the Trump administration wants to end protections against such discrimination.
Take 45 seconds today to say "No way." nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/ind...
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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It's too easy to be distracted by the economic story of the day. The more important story is of our system fraying: The rule of law is decaying, Bribery spreading, crony capitalism normalized. It won’t show up in next quarter’s data, but when our kids try to build their lives.
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It's too easy to be distracted by the economic story of the day. The more important story is of our system fraying: The rule of law is decaying, Bribery spreading, crony capitalism normalized. It won’t show up in next quarter’s data, but when our kids try to build their lives.
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The former chief editor of Chinese government-backed Global Times, Hu Xijin, described the paralysis of VOA as gratifying. “The Chinese people are happy to see the U.S. anti-China ideological fortress breached from within,” he said
even more comprehensive, from @wsj.com: China taking advantage of the destruction of US broadcasting
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
China Gets More Airtime Around the World as Voice of America Signs Off
Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after President Trump’s March order to dismantle U.S. government-funded outlets.
www.wsj.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The former chief editor of Chinese government-backed Global Times, Hu Xijin, described the paralysis of VOA as gratifying. “The Chinese people are happy to see the U.S. anti-China ideological fortress breached from within,” he said
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We must not leave this out of the account of what they have done. What Musk and Trump and Vought did. What Johnson and his band of sycophants allowed them to do. What tens of millions of fellow Americans endorse.
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We must not leave this out of the account of what they have done. What Musk and Trump and Vought did. What Johnson and his band of sycophants allowed them to do. What tens of millions of fellow Americans endorse.
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Gift Article - “Over the past five months, many F.B.I. agents… have been fired, pressured to leave or transferred to lesser roles. Hundreds have resigned on their own, unwilling to follow the demands of the Trump administration.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Politicized F.B.I. Has Made Americans Less Safe
www.nytimes.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Gift Article - “Over the past five months, many F.B.I. agents… have been fired, pressured to leave or transferred to lesser roles. Hundreds have resigned on their own, unwilling to follow the demands of the Trump administration.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o...
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Flash floods along Texas’ Guadalupe River have killed at least 24 people and left around 25 people missing.
24 Dead In Texas Flood As State Officials Blame Forecasts From National Weather Service
Flash floods along Texas’ Guadalupe River have killed at least 24 people and left around 25 people missing.
www.forbes.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Flash floods along Texas’ Guadalupe River have killed at least 24 people and left around 25 people missing.
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Anyone still quibbling that this isn't fascism?
The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
June 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Anyone still quibbling that this isn't fascism?
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There is no “one and done” in any conflict.
The opponent always gets a vote, and unless we’ve prepped for all the things Iran may do we’re gonna have some surprises.
The opponent always gets a vote, and unless we’ve prepped for all the things Iran may do we’re gonna have some surprises.
June 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
There is no “one and done” in any conflict.
The opponent always gets a vote, and unless we’ve prepped for all the things Iran may do we’re gonna have some surprises.
The opponent always gets a vote, and unless we’ve prepped for all the things Iran may do we’re gonna have some surprises.
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It's a good thing we have a 22 year old kid in charge of terrorism prevention.
June 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It's a good thing we have a 22 year old kid in charge of terrorism prevention.
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Kind of the whole point
June 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Kind of the whole point
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Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News:
"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
June 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News:
"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
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Very important apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Very important apnews.com/article/nih-...
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NIH scientists air deep concerns about agency policies and cuts
The letter was signed by 92 NIH scientists and many more who remained anonymous across all 27 of the agency's divisions.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Photo: Lydia Polimeni/NIH/Flickr cc
The letter was signed by 92 NIH scientists and many more who remained anonymous across all 27 of the agency's divisions.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Photo: Lydia Polimeni/NIH/Flickr cc
June 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
NIH scientists air deep concerns about agency policies and cuts
The letter was signed by 92 NIH scientists and many more who remained anonymous across all 27 of the agency's divisions.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Photo: Lydia Polimeni/NIH/Flickr cc
The letter was signed by 92 NIH scientists and many more who remained anonymous across all 27 of the agency's divisions.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/p...
Photo: Lydia Polimeni/NIH/Flickr cc
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It’s fucking insane. With HHS, IRS, and Social Security data, a competent intelligence agency (or AI) could create a hyper accurate profile on you. They could predict your daily routine down to a frightening level.
I don’t know what’s next, but nothing good.
I don’t know what’s next, but nothing good.
June 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It’s fucking insane. With HHS, IRS, and Social Security data, a competent intelligence agency (or AI) could create a hyper accurate profile on you. They could predict your daily routine down to a frightening level.
I don’t know what’s next, but nothing good.
I don’t know what’s next, but nothing good.
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
wrd.cm
May 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.
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Donald Trump cut funding for cancer research by 31% in the first three months of his term.
This is an attack on every American family who has loved someone with cancer.
This is an attack on every American family who has loved someone with cancer.
May 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Donald Trump cut funding for cancer research by 31% in the first three months of his term.
This is an attack on every American family who has loved someone with cancer.
This is an attack on every American family who has loved someone with cancer.
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You see it right?!
May 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
You see it right?!
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Trump is literally taking credit for things that were announced when Biden was still in office.
Jessica: We have big headlines, getting investment like $8.5 billion out of Qatar, that was already announced in 2023 and 2024. Abu Dhabi, he says $200 billion… announced during the Biden administration… He likes to show up and take credit for things other people did
May 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Trump is literally taking credit for things that were announced when Biden was still in office.
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Walmart CFO John David Rainey: "We've not seen a period where you've had prices go up this high, this quickly. We're well equipped and experienced in dealing with price increases that are going up 2 or 3 percent, but not 30 percent."
May 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Walmart CFO John David Rainey: "We've not seen a period where you've had prices go up this high, this quickly. We're well equipped and experienced in dealing with price increases that are going up 2 or 3 percent, but not 30 percent."
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There should be bipartisan concern about the reports that DOGE is merging HHS, Social Security, and IRS data into one database.
That is the trifecta of personal information, and any competent person (or machine) could essentially put together a complete profile of your life.
That is the trifecta of personal information, and any competent person (or machine) could essentially put together a complete profile of your life.
May 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There should be bipartisan concern about the reports that DOGE is merging HHS, Social Security, and IRS data into one database.
That is the trifecta of personal information, and any competent person (or machine) could essentially put together a complete profile of your life.
That is the trifecta of personal information, and any competent person (or machine) could essentially put together a complete profile of your life.