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A tale of two crackdowns / Widening sanctuary war / OD smokescreen / Buying off Greenlanders / Spiking food prices / The cost of "war" / Trump phones…
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Trump’s Withdrawal from Global Institutions Will Set Us Back Decades
Pulling out of dozens of organizations signals a further retreat from global cooperation and will undermine international scientific understanding
Jan 14
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On the Money: A Half Dozen Observations on the December Jobs Report
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Jan 12
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Donald Trump, Rough Rider
After embracing William McKinley’s destructive tariff regime, Trump is now channeling Theodore Roosevelt’s disastrous imperialist policy
Jan 8
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