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Just to remind everyone this is 100% a Republican shutdown. They control, the House, the Senate, and the White House. They could reopen the government today, if they wanted. Instead they refuse to negotiate anything and are making workers go without pay.
October 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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NO KINGS Syracuse NY · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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June 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Elon Musk's chainsaw did real damage to our economy. Presumably that was intentional, since he is supposed to be really smart stevensalzberg.substack.com/p/the-pointl...
The pointless destruction of the world's leading scientific and medical research system
No one benefits from this
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April 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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A reminder, our huge trade deficit with China does NOT mean the U.S. has an advantage in a trade war cepr.net/publications...
Our Huge Trade Deficit with China Does NOT Give Us the Upper Hand in Tax (Tariff) War
Some commentators are claiming that our trade deficit with China gives us an advantage in the brewing trade war. It's not so simple.
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April 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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In Trump's war on breakfast, there seems to be a truce on the egg front with prices 30 percent higher than a year ago, but he's moving aggressively on coffee prices.
April 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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The cover of this week’s Economist.
April 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM