A Whole-of-Government Response to One Joke
On October 24, a former president compared a gilded White House to a restaurant. By October 31, the sitting president, the Treasury Secretary, a cable news crew, and the right-wing blogosphere had dec…
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The Last Billionaire Who'd Call It What It Was
The richest investor alive just retired at ninety-six, handed the chair to his own son, and ended the last era of American capitalism in which a man that wealthy could still tell the president what he…
Trump Pledges $5,000 Dividend if GOP Wins Midterms
A president who has run up a $40 trillion national debt tells a crowd he can pay every adult American $5,000, and calls it a dividend. "If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It w…