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Opinion: It’s Time for Democrats to Play Hardball and Jettison Manchin and Sinema
If they’re going to act like Republicans, then Biden and the Democrats need to treat them like Republicans.
Tagged Trump’s tax cuts
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Opinion: How the Corporate Media’s Treatment of Inflation Abets America’s Authoritarian Turn
This type of coverage of the mere politics, as opposed to the underlying reality of inflation, constitutes in its own right a kind of disinformation campaign that risks turning working-class and middle-class voters back to the very Republican Party.
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Opinion: Trump’s Economic Policies Undermine Democracy and National Security
In the last Democratic debate, candidates challenged the narrative that record-setting stock market performance and historically low unemployment rates signal the success of Trump’s economy. They countered describing how this economy is failing most Americans. Despite low unemployment, wage stagnation means people work multiple jobs. The high cost of housing and healthcare are leaving people…
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Opinion: Fuller Picture Shows Trump’s Policies are Devastating to Americans’ Economic Well-Being
In response to news that the economy created 266,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate dipped to 50-year lows, CNN editor-at-large Chris Cillizza rehashed the tired but nonetheless damaging and deceptive narrative that “the economy” is indeed strong, providing Trump a clear path to re-election if only he were politically deft and disciplined…