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| second: Why are so many congressional Republicans retiring? You’d quit, too. The options for congressional Republicans are painfully clear.?Option One: They can quit. Option Two: They can keep silent. Option Three: Accept that there is a price to be paid for Trump-worship. Jumping on the Trump bandwagon delivered control of the White House, Senate and House. But the cost of their idolatry is piling up.?Republicans are fleeing Congress at a similar rate as they did in advance of the 2018 midterms, when Democrats captured the House majority by winning 41 seats. [go to link]/ |
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| THG: THG: THG: World leaders eye alliance to blunt Trump’s tariff shockwave THG: Trump tariffs cost average US household $1K last year: THG: 'Backtracking and blowing things up' defines Trump’s 'whiplash' second year: report THG: Billionaire Trump donor moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China
THG: Trump administration CFPB pullback cost Americans $19 billion, report says |
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| THG: THG: World leaders eye alliance to blunt Trump’s tariff shockwave
THG: Trump tariffs cost average US household $1K last year:
THG: 'Backtracking and blowing things up' defines Trump’s 'whiplash' second year: report
THG: Billionaire Trump donor moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China |
| THG: Trump administration CFPB pullback cost Americans $19 billion, report says |
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| second: Applications for vacant slots in U.S. attorneys’ offices, once apolitical questionnaires, now include requirements to weigh in on Mr. Trump’s policies. “How would you help advance the president’s executive orders and policy priorities in this role?” “Identify one or two relevant executive orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.” Candidates who expressed support for administration policies were moved forward for final interviews, even those with weak academic records and little litigation experience. [go to link] |
| THG: World leaders eye alliance to blunt Trump’s tariff shockwave |
| THG: Trump tariffs cost average US household $1K last year: |
| THG: 'Backtracking and blowing things up' defines Trump’s 'whiplash' second year: report |
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Billionaire Trump donor moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China |
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| second: The leaders of Denmark and Greenland do not think the crisis over the Arctic territory has ended and believe President Donald Trump is still "very serious" about acquiring the territory. "I think the desire from the U.S. president is exactly the same," said Denmark's prime minister. [go to link]/ |
| second: Trump donor who criticized offshoring to close Ohio plant and move work to China. Workers decried John Paulson’s plan after billionaire painted himself as advocate for domestic manufacturing. Paulson, like Trump, has publicly criticized offshoring. “We can’t have American producers closing American factories and offshoring. We need to protect American jobs and protect American manufacturing,” he said. A longtime Trump donor, he served on Trump’s economic policy team during his first presidential campaign and raised $50.5m for the president at his Palm Beach home in April 2024. He was in the running to serve as secretary of treasury during Trump’s second term but withdrew because of “complex financial obligations”. [go to link]
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| THG: Science given the boot at White House |
| THG: Scientists warn Earth may be tipping into an irreversible hothouse |
| second: The Trump administration has gone to war against any and all efforts to limit climate change. The administration is also imposing a “blockade” against wind and solar projects, delaying or even revoking permits, whether or not these projects have received federal subsidies.
Now, there isn’t a genuine scientific dispute about the reality of global warming and its causes. There isn’t even a serious dispute about the costs of fighting climate change: the economics of green energy are more favorable than they have ever been.
So what’s going on? In the case of energy, its destructive policy largely reflects the corrupting influence of big money. [go to link] |
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