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April 2025

There's a reason everything feels like an emergency under Trump
Because it has to
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Bill Poorman
The tariff war is bad. These Trump actions are WAY worse.
Three executive orders actually threaten our republic more than anything else. We've turned a dark corner.
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Bill Poorman
The economic equivalent of the nuclear button
Trump's tariff war has shown us that we've essentially handed unchecked power for economic devastation over to one person. Do we really want to leave it…
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Bill Poorman

March 2025

Sometimes all we can do is hold on to the truth
Trump continues to lie about what happened on January 6th. Not that it'll matter much, but I just can't let that pass.
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Bill Poorman
Imperial presidency? Congress says, yes, please
Today's Senate vote seems like a normal spending spat. But Republicans are looking to hand Trump - and all future presidents - massive power.
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Bill Poorman
Maybe the whole US is one big Ponzi scheme
Recently, Elon Musk described Social Security as the "biggest Ponzi scheme of all time". Is it? What even is that?
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Guarded sympathy for the Trump tariff war
Tariffs can be part of a national strategy. But Trump isn't up to the job.
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February 2025

Maybe people really want a king?
Sometimes you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
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Bill Poorman
"Defending democracy" is not a winning issue
People can't feel it. And have other, more pressing concerns.
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Centralizing and personalizing power? This will not end well
You might not be so happy when the next guy takes charge
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Centralizing data = centralizing power
Is DOGE doing something we haven't seen before?
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