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Monday, May 05, 2025

Trump and his billionaire toadies like Howard Lutnik and Scott Bessent are peddling a dangerous lie to working-class Americans.

They're strutting around claiming their tariffs will bring back "good paying jobs" with "great benefits," while actively undermining the very thing that made manufacturing jobs valuable to working people in the first place: unions.


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Looking at historic economic data can sometimes be a bit ... bleak ... Over the last 5 decades wages have been left behind by economic productivity, houses have gone from an essential good to a coveted investment, we are saving less money than ever before, prices for everyday goods have outpaced earnings,

The financial industry has become the largest sector in the economy, debt around the world has spiked to unsustainable levels, and inequality has broken new records ...


Donald Trump's former vice-president Mike Pence will receive a John F Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday for refusing to endorse false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. read more


Sunday, May 04, 2025

Voters in South Texas delivered Elon Musk a decisive victory, overwhelmingly approving a ballot measure to establish Starbase, Texas, as its own city. read more


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Runaway Robson!

Ran away from this:

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aka

"In Trump's America, the Oligarchy Is Done Pretending to Care About You

The world's richest people are done feigning concern for vulnerable communities or our democracy. Trump can do whatever he wants, and they can, too"

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-oligarchs-musk-bezos-zuckerberg- 1235242625/

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