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* Trump’s billionaire Treasury chief nominee says minimum wage should stay at $7.25 per hour: Billionaire businessman Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department, argued that the federal minimum wage should remain at $7.25 an hour. [More]

* Economist Editor-in-Chief Warns the ‘Trump Doctrine’ Could Result in ‘Chaos on a Global Scale’: Economist Editor-in-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes offered a scathing takedown of the “Trump Doctrine” of foreign policy in her weekly editor’s picks newsletter on Thursday. [More]

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* Trump Treasury Pick’s Economic Plan Would ‘Require Massive Cuts to Anti-Poverty Programs’: Scott Bessent’s “3-3-3” agenda “requires brutal cuts to health and nutrition and higher costs for families at the grocery store,” said analysts at the Center for American Progress. [More]

* Jamie Miller, Fmr. Exec. Dir of Florida GOP debates Republican contradictions, policies, and more: Former Executive Director of the Florida Republican Party discussed Jan 6, Trump, healthcare, and more. Much was an alternate state of reality on many issues. [More]

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* Neil Aquino – Communicating in an authoritarian age: If leaving social media sites enabling authoritarianism, consider how you’ll keep in touch with grassroots activism. [More]

* Republicans defying Michigan wage increases: Michigan Republicans attempted to stretch out the $12 minimum wage increase to 2030! On July 31, 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the 2018 legislature’s “adopt and amend” strategy was unconstitutional. The Court ordered the original law to go into effect on February 21, 2025, with adjustments for inflation. [More]

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* Latin America suffers because our Oligarchy fears Americans may critically think and wake up: The fear of neoliberals, our oligarchy, is the democratization of our economy. Why did Biden wait until he was leaving to remove Cuba from the terrorist list? Here’s the big picture. [More]

* Elizabeth Warren exposes Pete Hegseth: Generals must wait 10 years to work for contractors, not him: Senator Elizabeth Warren had a fundamental question for Pete Hegseth. Will he abide by the 10-year period he specified that generals should not work for defense contractors? [More]

* Hey Elon and Vivek! Here’s What a Real ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Would Do: A new report identifies what a DOGE “based on evidence, not ideology, would include—from slashing drug prices to ending privatized Medicare to reducing the wasteful Pentagon budget.” [More]

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* Elizabeth Warren exposes Pete Hegseth: Generals must wait 10 years to work for contractors, not him: Senator Elizabeth Warren had a fundamental question for Pete Hegseth. Will he abide by the 10-year period he specified that generals should not work for defense contractors? [More]

* Sen. Tammy Duckworth to Pete Hegseth: Let’s not lower the standard for you! You are not qualified: Senator Tammy Duckworth did not disappoint as she made it clear that Pete Hegseth is incompetent and not qualified to be Secretary of Defense. [More]

* ‘Far Too Little, Far Too Late,’ Say Critics as Biden Finally Removes Cuba From Terror List: “Seriously? You wait until six days before leaving office to do what you promised to do during your 2020 campaign?” said one observer. [More]

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* The Revolving Door Project Condemns Democrats’ Cowardice In The Face Of Trump’s Nominees: Rather than fight for the best interests of the American public, Senate Democrats have been eager to accede to the policies, culture wars and nominees of Donald Trump. This capitulation will not help the party or its base, it will simply embolden the felon soon to be in the White House. [More]

* MAGA Christians do not understand the principles they ascribe to, willfully?: A TikTok influencer whose husband is a Theology Master and is well-read on the Bible and uses scripture to expose their hypocrisy and hate. [More]

* Now Is the Time for Progressives to Take Over the Democratic Party: This moment of crisis is an opportunity to get the party on track. We should not squander it. [More]

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* The Revolving Door Project Condemns Democrats’ Cowardice In The Face Of Trump’s Nominees: Rather than fight for the best interests of the American public, Senate Democrats have been eager to accede to the policies, culture wars and nominees of Donald Trump. This capitulation will not help the party or its base, it will simply embolden the felon soon to be in the White House. [More]

* MAGA Christians do not understand the principles they ascribe to, willfully?: A TikTok influencer whose husband is a Theology Master and is well-read on the Bible and uses scripture to expose their hypocrisy and hate. [More]

* Now Is the Time for Progressives to Take Over the Democratic Party: This moment of crisis is an opportunity to get the party on track. We should not squander it. [More]

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* The Revolving Door Project Condemns Democrats’ Cowardice In The Face Of Trump’s Nominees: Rather than fight for the best interests of the American public, Senate Democrats have been eager to accede to the policies, culture wars and nominees of Donald Trump. This capitulation will not help the party or its base, it will simply embolden the felon soon to be in the White House. [More]

* MAGA Christians do not understand the principles they ascribe to, willfully?: A TikTok influencer whose husband is a Theology Master and is well-read on the Bible and uses scripture to expose their hypocrisy and hate. [More]

* Texas governor abandons federal code to raise flag for Trump: Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas announced on Monday that he is ordering flags to be flown full-staff on Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day, a blatant disregard of federal code that says flags should be flown half-staff for 30 days after a current or former president dies. [More]

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* We pay for the California fires and all disasters as a form of subsidy to the rich: Every time you see wildfires, hurricanes, floods, tornados, and the destruction they cause, you are witnessing the poor and middle class subsidizing the rich. [More]

* Why doesn’t MD Anderson accept Affordable Care Act insurance plans? The answer is complicated: MD Anderson is one of the best cancer centers in the nation, offering cutting-edge treatments that attract patients from around the world. But that treatment is likely out of reach for millions of people covered by health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act. [More]

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* ‘The Next President of the United States Is a Felon’: Trump Sentenced: “Donald Trump will have no penalty for criminal wrongdoing, which is an affront to accountability and to a system where no one is above the law, though the judge had little alternative,” said one ethics expert. [More]

* My regular white supremacist caller gave me the opportunity to expose an inconvenient reality: This regular white supremacist caller to the Politics Done Right illustrates that there are some who hate has irrevocably damaged them. [More]

* FINALLY, The myth of a failed Jimmy Carter presidency was imploded with this eulogy: Former White House Domestic Affairs advisor Stuart Eizenstat dispelled the fallacy that President Jimmy Carter’s presidency was less-than-effective. In fact, it was one of the most impactful. [More]