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OPINION by @duckworth.senate.gov:
“Our heroes signed up to defend Americans’ right to free speech — not to intimidate Americans exercising that right.”
READ MORE:
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“Our heroes signed up to defend Americans’ right to free speech — not to intimidate Americans exercising that right.”
READ MORE:
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Opinion | I’m a veteran and a U.S. senator. Here’s why I voted against the Defense Authorization bill.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., writes that she could not support the National Defense Authorization Act and help enable President Donald Trump to continue misusing U.S. troops.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
OPINION by @duckworth.senate.gov:
“Our heroes signed up to defend Americans’ right to free speech — not to intimidate Americans exercising that right.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
“Our heroes signed up to defend Americans’ right to free speech — not to intimidate Americans exercising that right.”
READ MORE:
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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A report card for the Hype Man (quotes from January 2025):
1) "we'll have unsupervised FSD in almost every market this year"
Grade: Fail
2) "Teslas will be driving "in the wild" with no oversight in Austin by June"
Grade: Fail
1/2
1) "we'll have unsupervised FSD in almost every market this year"
Grade: Fail
2) "Teslas will be driving "in the wild" with no oversight in Austin by June"
Grade: Fail
1/2
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A report card for the Hype Man (quotes from January 2025):
1) "we'll have unsupervised FSD in almost every market this year"
Grade: Fail
2) "Teslas will be driving "in the wild" with no oversight in Austin by June"
Grade: Fail
1/2
1) "we'll have unsupervised FSD in almost every market this year"
Grade: Fail
2) "Teslas will be driving "in the wild" with no oversight in Austin by June"
Grade: Fail
1/2
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Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
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Question #9 for 2026: What will happen with house prices in 2026?
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Question #9 for 2026: What will happen with house prices in 2026?
Earlier I posted some questions on my blog for next year: Ten Economic Questions for 2026. Some of these questions concern real estate (inventory, house prices, housing starts, new home sales), and I’...
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December 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Question #9 for 2026: What will happen with house prices in 2026?
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The Supreme Court rejected the federal government’s request to deploy the National Guard in Illinois.
It’s time to let our troops go home to celebrate the holidays with their families — and stay home.
It’s time to let our troops go home to celebrate the holidays with their families — and stay home.
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Supreme Court rejected the federal government’s request to deploy the National Guard in Illinois.
It’s time to let our troops go home to celebrate the holidays with their families — and stay home.
It’s time to let our troops go home to celebrate the holidays with their families — and stay home.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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It's awful that Donald Trump has taken over 60 Minutes and CBS, but we need to do more than whine cepr.net/publications...
The Rich Control the Media: Whining Is Not a Strategy
CBS’s decision to pull a 60 Minutes segment highlights how wealthy owners shape media coverage and silence dissent under Trump.
cepr.net
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's awful that Donald Trump has taken over 60 Minutes and CBS, but we need to do more than whine cepr.net/publications...
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In Donald Trump's economy kids may only get one doll, but their parents need multiple jobs cepr.net/publications...
Donald Trump’s Economy: One Doll, but Multiple Jobs
The November jobs report points to weak growth, more involuntary part-time work, and rising multiple jobholding under Trump.
cepr.net
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In Donald Trump's economy kids may only get one doll, but their parents need multiple jobs cepr.net/publications...
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It’s simple. Other countries don’t have this many guns. Other countries don’t have this many senseless bloodbaths that too many government officials don’t do anything to prevent.
My heart breaks for the victims, their families and friends, and the entire Brown community.
My heart breaks for the victims, their families and friends, and the entire Brown community.
December 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It’s simple. Other countries don’t have this many guns. Other countries don’t have this many senseless bloodbaths that too many government officials don’t do anything to prevent.
My heart breaks for the victims, their families and friends, and the entire Brown community.
My heart breaks for the victims, their families and friends, and the entire Brown community.
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This level of incompetence is extraordinary even by Donald Trump standards. They arrange to have someone extradited to face criminal charges, then Kristi Noem's team moves to have her deported for being an "illegal" www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Feds bring woman to U.S. to face charges, then say she’s here illegally
A federal magistrate judge called the situation “Kafkaesque” at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This level of incompetence is extraordinary even by Donald Trump standards. They arrange to have someone extradited to face criminal charges, then Kristi Noem's team moves to have her deported for being an "illegal" www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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If the Supreme Court strikes down the IEEPA tariffs, it'll be worse than Pearl Harbor? Trump thinks so... #EconSky
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December 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
If the Supreme Court strikes down the IEEPA tariffs, it'll be worse than Pearl Harbor? Trump thinks so... #EconSky
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econbrowser.com/archives/202...
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One aspect of the "affordability" story that the great minds who write on this shit seem unable to see is that Trump and his rich friends are trying to end work from home and force people back to the office. This is equivalent to an 8% pay cut, but I guess that's too simple.
December 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
One aspect of the "affordability" story that the great minds who write on this shit seem unable to see is that Trump and his rich friends are trying to end work from home and force people back to the office. This is equivalent to an 8% pay cut, but I guess that's too simple.
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There are glimmers of a post-Trump world. JP Morgan CEO saying he wasn't going to bribe Trump was a big deal cepr.net/publications...
Trump Crazy #54,278 and Glimmers of a Post-Trump World
Trump’s latest abuses, collapsing conspiracies, GOP defections, and signs of a post-Trump political landscape.
cepr.net
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
There are glimmers of a post-Trump world. JP Morgan CEO saying he wasn't going to bribe Trump was a big deal cepr.net/publications...
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🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
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And Donald Trump is still calling affordability a “scam.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
And Donald Trump is still calling affordability a “scam.”
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"Dishonorable and Inhumane."
These are the precise words the DOD Law of War Manual uses to describe attacking those who are shipwrecked.
This week's episode of the Main Justice pod covers the latest on the killing of two stranded survivors of the first boat attack.
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These are the precise words the DOD Law of War Manual uses to describe attacking those who are shipwrecked.
This week's episode of the Main Justice pod covers the latest on the killing of two stranded survivors of the first boat attack.
open.substack.com/pub/weissman...
"Dishonorable and Inhumane."
These are the precise words the DOD Law of War Manual uses to describe attacking those who are shipwrecked.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"Dishonorable and Inhumane."
These are the precise words the DOD Law of War Manual uses to describe attacking those who are shipwrecked.
This week's episode of the Main Justice pod covers the latest on the killing of two stranded survivors of the first boat attack.
open.substack.com/pub/weissman...
These are the precise words the DOD Law of War Manual uses to describe attacking those who are shipwrecked.
This week's episode of the Main Justice pod covers the latest on the killing of two stranded survivors of the first boat attack.
open.substack.com/pub/weissman...
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The other day, House Republicans passed a resolution condemning socialism. It was simply a smear that conflated socialism with communism. Well two can play at that game. I compiled a list of the crimes of capitalism. It's just as bad if not worse. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/which-is-w...
Which Is Worse: The Crimes of “Socialism” or the Crimes of “Capitalism”?
A Brief Comparison
brucebartlett.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The other day, House Republicans passed a resolution condemning socialism. It was simply a smear that conflated socialism with communism. Well two can play at that game. I compiled a list of the crimes of capitalism. It's just as bad if not worse. brucebartlett.substack.com/p/which-is-w...
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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Final Look at Housing Markets in October and a Look Ahead to November Sales
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Final Look at Housing Markets in October and a Look Ahead to November Sales
After the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) releases the monthly existing home sales report, I pick up additional local market data that is reported after the NAR.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Final Look at Housing Markets in October and a Look Ahead to November Sales
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When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
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Trump's rantings about replacing the income tax with the revenue from his import taxes (tariffs) is 25th Amendment stuff deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-craz...
Trump Crazy# 27542: Replacing the Income Tax with Tariffs
This is 25th Amendment stuff
deanbaker22.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump's rantings about replacing the income tax with the revenue from his import taxes (tariffs) is 25th Amendment stuff deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-craz...
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Everyone is looking for someone to blame for the DC National Guard shooting. Instead of that wasted energy, we should be asking the question nobody is asking, how did the shooter get his guns? What can we do as a country to make gun violence less likely?
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Everyone is looking for someone to blame for the DC National Guard shooting. Instead of that wasted energy, we should be asking the question nobody is asking, how did the shooter get his guns? What can we do as a country to make gun violence less likely?
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Five Economic Reasons to be Thankful
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Five Economic Reasons to be Thankful
Here are five economic reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving. (Hat Tip to Neil Irwin who started doing this years ago) 1) The Unemploym...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Five Economic Reasons to be Thankful
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