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******* NYTimes: The Trouble Began When #MeToo Became #ChurchToo
NYTimes.com: How Democrats Lost Their Base and Their Message
How Democrats Lost Their Base and Their Message
Donald Trump’s populist pitch bumped Democrats off their traditional place in American politics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/upshot/democrats-trump-working-class.html?smid=em-share
*********** NYTimes.com: Crony Capitalism Is Coming to America
Crony Capitalism Is Coming to America
Business success may increasingly depend on connections, not competence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/opinion/trump-tariffs-deportations.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: A Political Reckoning Will Come for Trump, Too
A Political Reckoning Will Come for Trump, Too
His cabinet picks show that the Republicans are hollowed out, too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/opinion/trump-republican-party-cabinet.html?smid=em-share
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NYTimes.com: Democrats Don’t Have an Easy Way Out
Democrats Don’t Have an Easy Way Out
The party’s weakened condition leaves it ill prepared to defend itself against a Republican Party determined to eviscerate liberalism and the left.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/opinion/democratic-party-wilderness-trump.html?smid=em-share
Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality.
********* NYTimes.com: Trump’s Project 2025 May Not Be What It Seemed. It’s Worse.
Trump’s Project 2025 May Not Be What It Seemed. It’s Worse.
The early coercive pressures applied by Trump loyalists are a taste of what is to come.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/opinion/trump-patel-vought-project-2025.html?smid=em-share
Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality.
****** [The Washington Post] Biden’s $1 trillion investment is a model for economic growth
The president’s achievement shows that the private and public sectors can work in tandem.
https://wapo.st/41slA6F
*** NYTimes.com: My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment by Paul Krugman
My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment
Where have all the good vibes gone?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/opinion/elites-euro-social-media.html?smid=em-share