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Which of these countries would you say were harmed by NAFTA?

This may be the most subversive, fifth column statement by a Vice President in history. I keep saying this because it’s true and is proven every day. The degree to which the Republican Party is compromised by Russia is one of the great underreported stories of our time. From

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Per the Urban Institute, the federal government spends about $5 on seniors for every $1 it spends on kids. Between all levels of government, seniors get twice as much.

You wouldn't know it from the posts, but I have it on good authority Hillsdale is actually still a functioning liberal arts college and not just a right-wing infotainment slop factory.

Lucas, the KC mayor, said American cities are embedded deeply in the country’s culture. President Ronald Reagan, he noted, called America “a shining city upon a hill.” On the other hand, Lucas said, “we were all raised on Batman”

My Jackson Hole preview: Nothing Powell says will matter as much as Trump failing to land the “$600b EU donation.” That shock leaves the economy ~2% smaller—about $5,000 per household. Rare to see an economic hit this large, this negative, or this <s>unexpected</s>.

Understand the deeper significance of Chief Judge Matthew Brann's ruling that Alina Habba's appointment was legally invalid. Judge Brann comes via the Federalist Society, a member of the NRA, and previously active Republican pol. Read how he begins the legal analysis.⬇️

The silver lining about the Trump push to seize control of the Fed is that we won't need an effective government statistical agency to tell us about the inflation.

I could never work in corporate marketing because I would fail to anticipate new ways in which customers will react like complete idiots to various marketing approaches. Perhaps tomorrow's marketers should major in abnormal psychology rather than business.

Populism!

They told me if I didn’t vote for Trump, we’d get socialism. They were right!

Trump won the primary, but all of his policies are clearly coming from the Liz Warren staffers he hired.

I can’t speak to anyone under the age of 30. But if there is anyone who was a halfway prominent mainstream conservative TV pundit, radio host, columnist, magazine writer, think tanker etc. 10 years ago who now tells me they wouldn’t have screamed about incipient “socialism!” or

For a Reaganite conservative in the Trump Age it’s like living through the Walking Dead. Each day you wake up in fear the a former friend or loved one has turned and is now aimlessly wandering. It’s just instead of eating people they’re mindlessly muttering a defense of tariffs.

Ten years ago, conservatives created a national uproar over a false claim that President Obama was scheming to impose military rule on Texas. youtube.com/watch?v=ItMLoF… Trump is now doing just that in LA, DC, Chicago next - New York soon?

These poll results provide a very unhappy assessment of his followers.