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Sunday caption contest: Republican industry
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The deal: The only question that counts right now is whether McCarthy and Biden can get the count
Friends, Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden reached a deal tonight to raise the debt ceiling and prevent the United States from defaulting on…
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This week's truths
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What Dr. Phil wants me to do
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Why did CNN do it?
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My upcoming “retirement.”
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Office Hours: The Republican Party becomes the Christian Nationalist Party
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Time for Collins and Democrats to walk the walk and pass a national right to abortion law
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Inequality and the macroeconomic mess — Class 8
Friends, This week we look at one of the most hidden of all contributors to widening inequality — macroeconomic policies. Given the current fight over…
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The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a “partisan standoff”
It was completely manufactured by Kevin McCarthy and his House Republicans
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The anti-worker robber baron and the anti-woke presidential candidate
[Some of you received an earlier version of this letter last night] Friends, Did you catch Ron DeSantis’s announcement on Twitter? No? Of course not…
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Oops.
Sorry. I intended to send out my latest letter first thing tomorrow morning but was hit a technological glitch of my own making (sort of like DeSantis…
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What unites the anti-woke culture warrior and the anti-worker robber baron?
DeSantis isn’t the big story today. It’s Elon Musk
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Please stop congratulating me on my retirement
And asking what I'll do with all my extra time
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Office Hours: The Republican Party becomes the Christian Nationalist Party
Friends, Another important aspect of the anti-democracy movement in America deserves attention. The wall separating church and state is getting hit with…
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The Roots of Trumpism
Part 1: The roots
Part 2: The myth of the "free market"
Part 3: The Democrats' disease
Part 4: Gingrich
Part 5: McCarthy
Part 6: Talk radio in 1994
Part 7: Wisconsin before the '94 midterms
Part 8: The riot that started the culture wars
Wealth & Poverty
Announcing the last course!
Class 1: What has happened to income and wealth inequality over the last 40 years?
Class 2: The investor's view
Class 3: Globalization, technological change, and you
Class 4: Widening inequalities of place
Class 5: Why corporations have power, and workers don't
Class 6: The vicious cycle of wealth and political power
Class 7: Taxing, redistributing and predistributing
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