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By nearly every metric, Bidenomics was a roaring success. It would be a mistake to ignore or forget the lessons that can be gleaned from the administration’s robust economic policy.
Published December 17, 2024:
Published December 17, 2024:
Bidenomics Was Wildly Successful
The president’s domestic record wasn’t just extraordinary. It might put Democrats back in power in four years.
newrepublic.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
By nearly every metric, Bidenomics was a roaring success. It would be a mistake to ignore or forget the lessons that can be gleaned from the administration’s robust economic policy.
Published December 17, 2024:
Published December 17, 2024:
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“We stress that the concept of a U.S. car maker with parts all from the U.S. is a fictional tale that does not exist and would take years to make this concept a reality,” one analyst wrote.
Trump’s Extreme Tariffs Are Already Wrecking the Auto Industry
Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, meanwhile, promised that employment would go up as a result of the tariffs.
newrepublic.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“We stress that the concept of a U.S. car maker with parts all from the U.S. is a fictional tale that does not exist and would take years to make this concept a reality,” one analyst wrote.
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“Somebody has to stay to help clean up the mess that they’re most likely going to make,” a public health advisor on infectious diseases at the CDC said. “If you want to get rid of me, you’re basically going to drag me kicking and screaming out of here.”
‘Health Security Is At Risk’: Inside the Purge of HHS
Employees are grappling with buyout offers as public health crises mount. “Somebody has to stay to help clean up the mess that they’re most likely going to make,” one said.
www.motherjones.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“Somebody has to stay to help clean up the mess that they’re most likely going to make,” a public health advisor on infectious diseases at the CDC said. “If you want to get rid of me, you’re basically going to drag me kicking and screaming out of here.”
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"This is an attack on my family. That's how I see it," she said. "It's on my family name. It's on my great-grandmother. I find it very personal."
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
Enola Gay pilot's granddaughter decries 'shameful' Trump Defense Department DEI word purge
The granddaughter of the man who flew the Enola Gay during World War 2 is speaking out.
www.dispatch.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"This is an attack on my family. That's how I see it," she said. "It's on my family name. It's on my great-grandmother. I find it very personal."
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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“Vice President JD Vance has tried to justify Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda as in keeping with Christian teachings… Yet that claim is so preposterous that it was denounced by Pope Francis.” https://newrepublic.com/article/191578/trump-musk-scandal-usaid-leaked-memo
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo
Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor?
newrepublic.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“Vice President JD Vance has tried to justify Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda as in keeping with Christian teachings… Yet that claim is so preposterous that it was denounced by Pope Francis.” https://newrepublic.com/article/191578/trump-musk-scandal-usaid-leaked-memo
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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jamelle is correct
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
jamelle is correct
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They found a “fool” to sign the dismissal motion.
February 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
They found a “fool” to sign the dismissal motion.
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article... what clowns. No, I apologize to clowns. Dangerous dopes. That is better.
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... what clowns. No, I apologize to clowns. Dangerous dopes. That is better.
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The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.
February 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
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The most surreal and maddening feature of the campaign was that everyone agreed that high prices were the main issue but the guy explicitly, consistently running on a platform of raising everyone’s prices won voters most concerned about high prices.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
February 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The most surreal and maddening feature of the campaign was that everyone agreed that high prices were the main issue but the guy explicitly, consistently running on a platform of raising everyone’s prices won voters most concerned about high prices.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
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I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
January 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
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By nearly every metric, Bidenomics was a roaring success. It would be a mistake to ignore or forget the lessons that can be gleaned from the administration’s robust economic policy.
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
Bidenomics Was Wildly Successful
The president’s domestic record wasn’t just extraordinary. It might put Democrats back in power in four years.
newrepublic.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
By nearly every metric, Bidenomics was a roaring success. It would be a mistake to ignore or forget the lessons that can be gleaned from the administration’s robust economic policy.
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
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While MAGA genuflects at altar of “meritocracy”—casting aspersions on women and non-Whites in the military, the Los Angeles fire department, and the Supreme Court—they suspend all critical evaluation of TV hosts, tech bros, and billionaires.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The Greatest DEI Disaster Ever
Democratic Senators--especially the women--shed a glaring light on a sketchy, uninformed nominee who has no business lording over the Pentagon
open.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
While MAGA genuflects at altar of “meritocracy”—casting aspersions on women and non-Whites in the military, the Los Angeles fire department, and the Supreme Court—they suspend all critical evaluation of TV hosts, tech bros, and billionaires.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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The Trump transition team has waged an intense and unprecedented behind-the-scenes campaign ahead of Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing to silence potential witnesses, aimed at keeping Republican senators in line and in the dark, @janemayer.bsky.social reports.
The Pressure Campaign to Get Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary
Supporters of Donald Trump’s nominee have intimidated potential witnesses and suppressed the F.B.I. background check of the former Fox News host in the run-up to his Senate hearing.
www.newyorker.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
The Trump transition team has waged an intense and unprecedented behind-the-scenes campaign ahead of Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing to silence potential witnesses, aimed at keeping Republican senators in line and in the dark, @janemayer.bsky.social reports.
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“There aren't enough lesbians in San Francisco to man the 82nd Airborne. You’re going to need guys in Kentucky who love the country.”
With Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing now underway, read @smencimer.bsky.social on how the former Fox News host would bring the culture war to the Pentagon.
With Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing now underway, read @smencimer.bsky.social on how the former Fox News host would bring the culture war to the Pentagon.
Pete Hegseth is ready to bring the culture war to the Pentagon
The Fox News host is a perfect choice for implementing Project 2025.
www.motherjones.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“There aren't enough lesbians in San Francisco to man the 82nd Airborne. You’re going to need guys in Kentucky who love the country.”
With Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing now underway, read @smencimer.bsky.social on how the former Fox News host would bring the culture war to the Pentagon.
With Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing now underway, read @smencimer.bsky.social on how the former Fox News host would bring the culture war to the Pentagon.
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As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.
newrepublic.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.
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One of the worst things in sports is when there's a doink and then all the replays after the missed field goal don't have the doink sound again
January 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
One of the worst things in sports is when there's a doink and then all the replays after the missed field goal don't have the doink sound again
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Schiff: "I've been in Congress a long time approving aid after disasters. I never once even considered 'is this hurricane hitting a red or blue state?' ... we need the incoming president to view it that way."
January 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Schiff: "I've been in Congress a long time approving aid after disasters. I never once even considered 'is this hurricane hitting a red or blue state?' ... we need the incoming president to view it that way."