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Marcus Baram

@mbaram

Journalist: Capital & Main, Crain Currency + Author: Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces of a Man + Skeptic + Dad. (The views expressed here are personal.)

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Charged, investigated or threatened with investigation by Trump or his team just in recent days: Letitia James Andrew Cuomo LaMonica McIver Kamala Harris Bruce Springsteen Beyonce Bono Oprah Winfrey James Comey Unnamed "treasonous" Biden aides City of Chicago Kennedy Center

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NEW in the DOGE Impact Tracker: Budget cuts to HHS are having an impact in Wyoming’s rural Teton County, where the health department lost funding for a program that helps residents navigate Medicaid and other health care programs capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-tr…

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ā€œI said no to DOGE political operatives trying to take over the agency from within. That’s when they came for me." That's Richard Trumka, Jr. who was fired by Trump from the CPSC on May 9. When he complained on X, he was booted from the platform. politi.co/4jbDEak

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The two Israeli embassy staffers were a young couple about to be engaged, Israeli ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter said. 'purchased a ring this week with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem’ reut.rs/3Hm66cc

The two Israeli embassy staffers were a young couple about to be engaged, Israeli ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter said. 'purchased a ring this week with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem’ reut.rs/3Hm66cc
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Man from Denmark studies abroad in Starkville in HS. Meets American girl. Gets married. 4 kids. 1 more on way. Forgets to fill out 1 form 10 years ago after a stillbirth. Trump's goons shackle him. He's been in a cell for 1 month awaiting deportation. šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø mississippifreepress.org/ice-arrests-mi…

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ā€œ2 million children will see food assistance to their families cut because a parent (or grandparent or other caregiver) can’t meet the work requirement,ā€ per Center on Budget cbpp.org/research/food-…

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My latest story, in Fast Company In rural Texas, where Elon Musk lives, his DOGE cuts are devastating local residents fastcompany.com/91337190/in-ru…

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The top holder of $TRUMP coin faced SEC charges for market manipulation, and was avoiding coming to the US for fear of arrest. Now his lawsuit is paused and he’s invited to a VIP dinner with Trump. This guy is bribing the President in plain sight. wsj.com/finance/curren…

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NEW: AfterĀ DOGE cut $400M in AmeriCorps grants, nonprofits in Indianapolis are feeling the squeeze, reports WRTV Indianapolis. ā€œWhen we lose that funding, we lose the support that provides that safe place for kids,ā€ says Maggie A. Lewis, CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-tr…

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Among the White House’s last-minute edits to the MAHA report were references to Roundup maker Monsanto + ā€œdetails of corporate lobbying on ā€˜forever chemicals’ and food labelingā€ as well as of drug industry’s campaign contributions to members of Congress wsj.com/politics/polic…

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ā€œIt’s absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency,ā€ Karoline Leavitt said, before Trump headed to his golf club to dine with 220 people who bought his memecoin, which generates fees for a Trump business entity. nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/…

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NEW: Trump touts "no tax on overtime," but he just made it harder for millions to earn overtime. The US Department of Labor ā€œwalked away fromā€ rule that expanded overtime to 4 million workers, says former agency head. capitalandmain.com/trump-touts-no…

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Hearing that the DOL will hold a press conference tomorrow morning at 9am outside its headquarters — probably to tout these provisions in the reconciliation bill.

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From the NYT: Dinner guests who paid up for Trump’s crypto dinner ā€œsaid that they attended the event with the explicit intent of influencing Mr. Trump and U.S. financial regulations.ā€

From the NYT: Dinner guests who paid up for Trump’s crypto dinner ā€œsaid that they attended the event with the explicit intent of influencing Mr. Trump and U.S. financial regulations.ā€
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NEW: Trump touts "no tax on overtime," but he just made it harder for millions to earn overtime. The US Department of Labor ā€œwalked away fromā€ rule that expanded overtime to 4 million workers, says former agency head. capitalandmain.com/trump-touts-no…

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New TRAC Reports data paints a damning picture of the collapse of corporate and white collar enforcement. As I predicted, Trump's first year is projected to plunge even lower than Biden's record low, which failed to recover after pandemic closures.

New <a href="/TRACReports/">TRAC Reports</a> data paints a damning picture of the collapse of corporate and white collar enforcement.

As I predicted, Trump's first year is projected to plunge even lower than Biden's record low, which failed to recover after pandemic closures.
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Here is the motion at the heart of this story -- in which Trump's DOL paused its appeal of a Texas court decision that overturned the Biden administration's expansion of overtime to 4 million more Americans... while it reconsiders the rule. scribd.com/document/86604…

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"Rather than using its platform to strengthen America, the country’s aristocracy is focusing more on its exit strategy if shit gets real," per Scott Galloway

"Rather than using its platform to strengthen America, the country’s aristocracy is focusing more on its exit strategy if shit gets real," per <a href="/profgalloway/">Scott Galloway</a>
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ICYMI: Trump touts ā€˜no tax on overtime.’ But he just made it harder for millions to earn overtime. via capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/trump-touts-no…

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NEW: Due to funding cuts by DOGE, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment lost a $1 million federal grant to address food insecurity in two counties with poverty rates above national and state averages, reports CJOnline. capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-tr…