Dean Baker
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Economist at the Center for Economic Research. Father to two dogs.
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emptywheel
37 minutes ago
Yes, confront GOP House and Senate members endlessly. But don't ASK them questions about TRUMP--that always fails. ASK them about themselves: About what they are DOING to impeach Trump for having given such pardons. Don't give them a choice to outsource this to Trump.
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Marc Elias
36 minutes ago
As the election year begins, my law firm is currently litigating 78 voting and election cases in 39 states. The 2026 midterm elections are shaping up to be a fight to protect free and fair election. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now.
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use a liberal standard, comparable to what the IRS does with qualifying for non-profit status. You say what journalism/reporting you do and you qualify, subject to audits if there is suspicion.
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emptywheel
about 3 hours ago
We can use the date when Justin Sun funded Trump's crypto scam as the date (November 25, 2024) after which all Trump actions must be reversed.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News
about 3 hours ago
Is there any group hiring former prosecutors to start putting together these cases in exile? There should be.
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Brendan Nyhan
about 3 hours ago
Unprecedented corruption. Everyone gets a taste. "Salus had never received a federal contract before, according to government spending records."
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We need to change the playing fieid, individual tax credits can be done at the state or local level
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Mark Andrew Price
about 6 hours ago
There are many Americans that endorsed directly or implicitly a horrendous policy that facilitated the death of thousands of Palestinian children. It’s definitely part of the American experience to be so evil but it is not a proud experience that will be remembered as anything other than evil.
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George Takei
about 7 hours ago
Happy New Year to the happy couple!
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More fun at the Kennedy Center
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Ted Lieu on X: "When Trump and his sycophantic enablers vandalize the Kennedy Center, good Americans push back. The https://t.co/BfgNhQspqv website is awesome. https://t.co/UBCRJotW6J" / X
When Trump and his sycophantic enablers vandalize the Kennedy Center, good Americans push back. The https://t.co/BfgNhQspqv website is awesome. https://t.co/UBCRJotW6J
https://x.com/tedlieu/status/2006430785948008466
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More fun at the Kennedy Center
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Ted Lieu on X: "When Trump and his sycophantic enablers vandalize the Kennedy Center, good Americans push back. The https://t.co/BfgNhQspqv website is awesome. https://t.co/UBCRJotW6J" / X
When Trump and his sycophantic enablers vandalize the Kennedy Center, good Americans push back. The https://t.co/BfgNhQspqv website is awesome. https://t.co/UBCRJotW6J
https://x.com/tedlieu/status/2006430785948008466
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Mark Jacob
about 14 hours ago
Republicans did this. We must keep reminding people of that.
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Indivisible ❌👑
about 14 hours ago
Let’s get to work:
indivisible.org/groups
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Jon Cooper
about 14 hours ago
Ha! 🤣🤣 I’m STILL not going to see anyone perform at the Kennedy Center as long as the asshole’s name is on the building.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald
about 13 hours ago
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MAMDANISTAN!
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Great project for 2026
paydayreport.com/2-026-fund-t...
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$2,026 Fund to Train Citizen Journalists to Write Labor Newsletters in 2026
2026 will be my 10th year producing Payday Report full-time. It’s going to be one of Payday’s more transformative years as we seek to hold workshops and train others in how to build a movement of news...
https://paydayreport.com/2-026-fund-to-train-citizen-journalists-to-write-labor-newsletters-in-2026/
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Mike Elk
1 day ago
We are launching a $2,026 fund to help launch training workshops for labor newsletter writers in 2026. Donate to help us launch our first workshop in January. Feliz Ano Novo to yinz!
paydayreport.com/2-026-fund-t...
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$2,026 Fund to Train Citizen Journalists to Write Labor Newsletters in 2026
2026 will be my 10th year producing Payday Report full-time. It’s going to be one of Payday’s more transformative years as we seek to hold workshops and train others in how to build a movement of news...
https://paydayreport.com/2-026-fund-to-train-citizen-journalists-to-write-labor-newsletters-in-2026/
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Greg Sargent
1 day ago
Deeply sick stuff, but they'll be lucky if they can reach even 2 million deportations at the current rate they're going. As
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
tells me in this piece, they won't be able to deport even half the undocumented population:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
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Heather Turiello
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1 day ago
Or Musk is another right wing lying piece of shit who you can’t trust. It’s just easier to understand if you write it this way
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Kyle Cheney
1 day ago
BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript:
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Chad Loder
1 day ago
In the 1920s, the KKK circulated rumors that Catholics had amassed a huge arsenal of weapons and explosives and hidden them in the basements and sewers beneath the University of Notre Dame, in preparation for a Catholic takeover of the US. Thinking about this today for no particular reason.
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Kevin M. Kruse
1 day ago
The entire reason they’re locked is to prevent weird freaks like this who have no right to be there from marching in and endangering the kids.
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the Mountain Goats
1 day ago
THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS
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John Moe
1 day ago
I live in Minnesota. I’m not from here but chose it, in part because of the diversity, the supportive environment for kids and families, and the overall sense of community that makes those sides work well. Now it’s all under attack by the federal government and the President of the United States.
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Leah McElrath
1 day ago
Target a vulnerable group and invoke racism, misogyny, homophobia, or transphobia. It’s a reliable redirection playbook for the right-wing.
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CJ
1 day ago
What are they going to do when they find out that the overwhelming majority of Medicaid/Medicare fraud is committed by the rich white owners of hospitals, healthcare providers, and insurance companies?
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Looks like the Epstein files are up to 5.2 million pages
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
I remember when they were sitting on Pam Bondi's desk last March.
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As rumors swirl after political killings, this GOP lawmaker draws a line
Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman knew both Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/30/political-killing-conspiracy-kirk-minnesota/
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Trumpers are pushing the Somali Medicaid fraud because racism sells and it distracts from the Esptein files
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Fraud, Drugs, and Hope for 2026
Trump lies about Somali fraud and drug prices, but there is hope on global warming
https://deanbaker22.substack.com/p/fraud-drugs-and-hope-for-2026
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Fraud, drugs, and hope for 2026
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Fraud, Drugs, and Hope for 2026
Trump leans on racism, exaggerates fraud, and fails on drug prices, while climate progress abroad and US politics offer hope for 2026.
https://cepr.net/publications/fraud-drugs-and-hope-for-2026/
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Calvin Chann
1 day ago
Big desk she’s got.
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Thanks Aaron -- best in the New Year
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Trumpers are pushing the Somali Medicaid fraud because racism sells and it distracts from the Esptein files
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Fraud, Drugs, and Hope for 2026
Trump lies about Somali fraud and drug prices, but there is hope on global warming
https://deanbaker22.substack.com/p/fraud-drugs-and-hope-for-2026
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Looks like the Epstein files are up to 5.2 million pages
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...
I remember when they were sitting on Pam Bondi's desk last March.
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As rumors swirl after political killings, this GOP lawmaker draws a line
Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman knew both Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/30/political-killing-conspiracy-kirk-minnesota/
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Looks like MAGA is falling apart, Republicans are telling Trump to stop the whacky conspiracy theories
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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As rumors swirl after political killings, this GOP lawmaker draws a line
Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman knew both Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/30/political-killing-conspiracy-kirk-minnesota/
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2 days ago
The GOP decided sometime in the 1990s that reality was whatever they decided it should be, and with Fox News to enforce that, it became religious orthodoxy. That’s what old Musky is doing now; just remaking reality the same way that filth Cheney did.
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Aaron
2 days ago
Sahil Lavingia told Fast Company govt was efficient. Thanks to DOGE, Gumroad’s founder has a second job with the VA The creator economy pioneer Sahil Lavingia on his eyebrow-raising decision to embrace DOGE—and, after thinking it over, open source.
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🏁 The Gas Man 🏁
2 days ago
Did he indicate what percentage of that wound up in his account?
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Over at the other site, Elon Musk is claiming that at least 20% of the federal budget is fraud
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Guess the jerk can't remember that he ran a whole department whose job was to weed out fraud. Musk must have caught Trump's dementia.
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Etaoin Shrdlu
2 days ago
Like Mark Twain giving up smoking - he's done it a thousand times!
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Marc Elias
2 days ago
I am writing about how useless Big Law has become in the fight for democracy and I came across this from 2021. It was bullshit then -- the SWAT teams never existed. But it's notable that firms like Paul Weiss felt the need to act like they cared. Now, they don't even need to pretend.
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geraldmcgrew
2 days ago
*... A US official said that the purpose of the oil blockade is to cause an “economic calamity” that could force Maduro from power. However, a new piece argues that US pressure is unlikely to unseat the leader*
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US Escalation in the Caribbean and Latin America - Live Updates
As the Trump administration escalates involvement through Operation Southern Spear, CEPR will track developments across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Washington.
https://cepr.net/publications/americas-live-updates/#dec30300pm
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Eric Rauchway
2 days ago
"Alfonsi, displaying a maximum effort at transparency and credibility, spends precious minutes of screen time showing how investigators conducted the verification process for claims made about CECOT. This is journalism."
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Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
https://www.forever-wars.com/watching-bari-weiss-murder-investigative-journalism-at-cbs/
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Christine Kinser
2 days ago
🐶🆘DON’T KILL ZEKE Volunteer ses: Zeke is just a big old teddy bear…cuddly & so so handsome... He wiggles up to us, rubbing against us & even showing us his excellent playing! … he is happy to show us all his tricks. His shyer personality is well worth the wait 🙏Repost to find a
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Trump is so good at settling wars that he has settled some of them more than once.
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Jason Leopold
2 days ago
How the SEC Responded to Trump’s Inspectors General Purge Newly released emails obtained by FOIA Files reveal the number of inspectors general fired by Trump and how the securities regulator’s watchdog prepared for the possibility she would be next
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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How the SEC Responded to Trump’s Inspectors General Purge
Newly released emails obtained by FOIA Files reveal the number of inspectors general fired by Trump and how the securities regulator’s watchdog prepared for the possibility she would be next.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-11/how-the-sec-responded-to-trump-s-inspectors-general-purge
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Jason Leopold
2 days ago
Trump Filed a FOIA Request. We FOIAed His FOIA. When the then-former president was under investigation for unlawfully retaining classified docs, he filed a FOIA request with NARA about his case. It wasn’t the first time Trump wielded the public records tool
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Trump Filed a FOIA Request. We FOIAed His FOIA.
When the then-former president was under investigation for unlawfully retaining classified documents, he filed a Freedom of Information Act Request with the National Archives for a wide range of recor...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-04/trump-filed-foia-request-to-national-archives-about-classified-docs
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Jason Leopold
2 days ago
What Happened When the Trump Administration Ordered a CDC Blackout Documents obtained by FOIA Files reveal the chaotic turn of events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the Trump admin ordered the agency to stop communicating with the public
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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What Happened When the Trump Administration Ordered a CDC Blackout
Documents obtained by FOIA Files reveal the chaotic turn of events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the Trump administration ordered the agency to stop communicating with the pu...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-21/trump-administration-ordered-a-cdc-blackout-what-happened-next
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Over at the other site, Elon Musk is claiming that at least 20% of the federal budget is fraud
x.com/esjesjesj/st...
Guess the jerk can't remember that he ran a whole department whose job was to weed out fraud. Musk must have caught Trump's dementia.
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