I served with Marcus on the city council, witnessing an infectious devotion to his community.
It’s on the slightest of pretenses, but Trump is getting the showdown he desired in California.
Even if they chafed under Democratic policy, now they’re left to a president’s unpredictable whims.
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DOGE may only break even, and at the cost of some 300,000 deaths from the end of USAID.
Fearing an educated and informed electorate, Trump and MAGA target knowledge, science and reason.
The U.S. Merchant Marine has supplied the country’s fighting forces since the Revolutionary War.
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The head of the failed-DOGE experiment leaves Washington with a black eye and less respect.
After handing over $250 million to elect Trump, he got the job of taking heat for unpopular cuts.
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Trump’s willingness to backtrack when a plan isn’t working may actually help him seal deals.
He told Congress it was a lie, but consider two of thousands of examples of lives lost to aid cuts.
Even as renewables add to their energy mix, Republicans are loathe to admit that it’s working.
What’s melting down now, with America’s retreat from the world, is our standing and economic influence.
By signing his party’s budget and its $9 billion in tax increases, he’s OK’d financial disaster.
Tax cuts never paid for themselves; now they could add trillions of dollars to the national debt.
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By adding $3T to the national debt, we’re kicking millions off Medicaid and giving that money to the wealthy.
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Don’t underestimate the power of mockery, pointing out corruption and the influence held by one person.
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It’s best if you 86 past and present; they only keep you from accepting what’s happening around you.
