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The Fed and Job Growth

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On February 19, 2017
Nothing excites the blood like the fed and monetary policy. So here's a great piece by Dean Baker getting after the fed for raising interest rates and causing unemployment. However, there is little basis for concern about sudden spikes in the inflation rate. We haven’t...
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I would hope that the horrors of Trump would have moved workers against this anti-worker fascist president who attempts to name utterly horrible humans as Secretary of Labor. But with the Democratic Party having no answer on industrial jobs, if anything, even more union members...

12) Obama

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On February 18, 2017

CSPAN's latest survey of presidential rankings is out. Obama comes in at #12, one spot above James Monroe. Given that I can't think of anything particularly notable Monroe did except.

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General Strikes

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On February 16, 2017
I have an interview in the Denver-based publication Denverite, presumably in no way connected to our Bronco fan commenter, about this idea of general strikes. Again, I'm skeptical. Erik Loomis is an assistant professor of history at the University of Rhode Island and his areas...

Ambush

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On February 16, 2017

After Fidel Castro died and my response of "Castro did this that was good and he did this other thing that was bad" was picked up by conservative media as.

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The Nazi in the White House

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On February 15, 2017
I know, you are asking which one. In this case, Stephen Miller. Not only does he look like Joseph Goebbels, but he holds the same worldview. Or at least the same worldview of David Duke, who he follows on Twitter and who he approvingly liked...
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