Contrary to what Paul Krugman tells you, we can do something about getting government support for independent media, even in the age of Trump deanbaker22.substack.com/p/contrary-t...

At least with Trump no one has to spend lots of time ferreting out corruption, it is right there in front of our faces.

Saudi officials used President Trump’s state visit in May to pique his interest in a major real estate development, the latest example of Trump blending governance and family business, particularly in Persian Gulf countries. nyti.ms/4r7mboU

It's a good idea. And you're right, it could be done at the state and local level, as well as the federal gov.

Not all Republicans are prepared to take orders from a 79-year-old man suffering from dementia

Looks like Indiana's Republicans are telling Trump to eat shit and die when it comes to redistricting. I guess not every Republican is prepared to take orders from a 79-year-old man suffering from dementia www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...

I've always appreciated this proposal first articulated by @deanbaker13.bsky.social (also championed by Bob McChesney over the years). It's a way to publicly finance local journalism from the bottom up. Should definitely be part of the conversation.

Thanks Tanya

The US "used to heavily subsidize newspapers" via USPS -- 0.2% of GDP, "almost $60 billion a year in today’s economy." Here's "a serious way to support an essential public service like local newspapers." "The gov could give people a tax credit to "support the news outlet of their choice."

sounds better

Maybe others have better ideas, but don't say we can't do anything.

Here's my idea, an individual tax credit modeled on the charitable contribution tax deduction www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Definitely worth reading, but the end is infuriating. They talk about the decline of local journalism and conclude "what can you do?"

Krugman interviews Margaret Sullivan on the media, two people I greatly respect paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...

Obviously, we cannot do anything at the national level, but we can have policies to support journalism at the state and local level.

Remember, REPUBLICANS in Indiana told Trump to go to hell www.politico.com/news/2025/11... This is very good news.

Donald Trump has been (and likely will be) getting his ass serially handed to him on tariffs. He and his rubes are declaring victory. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zjd...

That would be 100,000 food stamp person-years went to Kristi Noem's friends for her ads.

Krugman interviews Margaret Sullivan on the media, two people I greatly respect paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...

Pence's revenge?

don't you feel safer?

The only thing missing is Walter Cronkite announcing the Viet Cong body counts on the CBS Evening News.

PRO PUBLICA: “The Strategy Group’s ad work is the first known example of money flowing from Noem’s agency to businesses controlled by her allies and friends.” These people are all so corrupt it’s actually insane. Looting our country to enrich themselves. www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Shame on NYT.

I wonder how many Venezuelans Trump will kill to distract from the Epstein files www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Marjorie Taylor Greene on Trump: “It’s astonishing really how hard he’s fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out that he actually goes to this level.”

Aurora, Colorado, saw a political shift as progressive candidates won city council seats, ousting conservative incumbents who focused on anti-immigrant rhetoric. The election results reflect a broader national trend of Democratic gains.

Looks like Indiana's Republicans are telling Trump to eat shit and die when it comes to redistricting. I guess not every Republican is prepared to take orders from a 79-year-old man suffering from dementia www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...

It changes the distribution. You are ignoring spending by the rich, not anyone else. FWIW Zandi puts it at almost 50%,I believe this is from banking data www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

we can argue over the causes, but the fact that healthcare costs far less than was projected when the ACA was passed is indisputable. The NYT did LIE when it said the opposite.

The New York Times pushes lies about Obamacare cepr.net/publications...

Fact check: false

Eyes on Memphis!

Imagine what this number will look like when health insurance premiums go through the roof and countless people will have no coverage.

Trump missed the debate on healthcare reform over the last two decades cepr.net/publications...

It's been a while since I looked at these data, but isn't it top-coded? 23 percent for the decile seems way too low. They only spend a bit more than twice the average?

I wonder how many Venezuelans Trump will kill to distract from the Epstein files www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

sounds about right

The New York Times pushes lies about Obamacare cepr.net/publications...

I take advantage of what I learned in third grade, unlike Republican politicians.

The latest Mostly Economics has Sasha Abramsky talking about his new book, American Carnage, the story of federal workers under attack by Elon Musk and his gang prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...

As Trump keeps telling us, he barely knew Epstein

This is a good summary of the dump.

The corporate US media systematically misrepresented the nature of the economy and consistently refused to report at all on Biden's policies and programs to help Americans...all of which was entirely his own fault bc obv.

The New York Times lied again to its readers for Trump. Healthcare cost growth slowed sharply after Obamacare passed deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-new-yo...

50-year mortgages is what Bill Pulte works on in his spare time from digging up dirt on Trump's political opponents cepr.net/publications...

Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & me: new docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show DHS trying to obtain drivers license data from all 50 states to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud & possibly remove voters from rolls before midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

haven't seen a single congressional Democrat comment on the Trump administration's unprecedented designation of Antifa as foreign terror orgs

Chicago ICE detention center: