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The Donald’s $8 Trillion Simulacrum of MAGA, Part 2
Sorry.
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Why Trump-O-Nomics Will Fail, Part 1
If you have even a middling regard for sound money, fiscal rectitude, free markets, minimum government and maximum liberty you should have no illusions…
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The GOP’s Reconciliation Bill Flameout
It might be all over except the shouting.
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The Donald’s Art Of The Nothingburger
At least the Donald isn’t very picky about his “wins”.
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The Donald Hits A Bull’s Eye—Powell’s!
Well, here he goes again, and we actually love it!
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The Swamp Spenders Already Have The Donald By The Short Hairs
Folks, you don’t know how utterly corrupt and duplicitous the Washington Swamp has become when it comes to the nation’s fiscal accounts.
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Now Comes MAMGA (Make American Movies Great Again!)
The man gets more farcical every day.
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Jobs Friday: No DOGE, More Same Old, Same Old
Talk about “Where’s Waldo?”
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Empty Shelves In (The Donald’s) Crazy Town!
Here’s what the Donald had to say yesterday about the 0.3% shrinkage in first quarter real GDP.
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April 2025

100 Days Of Economic Humbug
Well, just how much of this economic humbug and tin-horn partisanship do they expect us to put up with?
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Now Comes The Congressional GOP’s Fiscal Clown Show, Part 1
Do we think Congressional Republicans amount to a sniveling pack of hypocritical cowards when it comes to the nation’s explosively growing public debt?
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American Capitalism’s Worst Nightmare
Donald Trump’s War on America’s $5.4 trillion of two-way trade with the rest of the planet is surely one of the most senseless acts of state aggression…
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