Economy

Trump at Davos and Europe’s Wile E. Coyote Moment 

Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos left everyone questioning the future of U.S. foreign policy.…

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Welcome to Crazyland: The Many Wars of Donald J. Trump

Trump’s calamitous foreign policy decisions are causing significant ripple effects amongst both the United States’ rivals and allies. It’s not…

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In Search of Optimism About 2026

It’s been a disastrous year in American politics. Donald Trump is going around naming everything after himself and proclaiming everything…

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DSR Daily December 17: Trump’s Blockade of Sanctioned Oil Tankers

On the DSR Daily for Wednesday, we discuss Trump’s order of a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers, an expanded travel…

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Raging Trump Wrecks GOP’s 2026 Message as MAGA Panic Grows: “Disaster”

President Donald Trump keeps ranting furiously that “affordability” is a Democratic scam. But suddenly he’s now promoting video of himself talking about how devoted…

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MAGApocalypse Now

The Republican Senate just voted against extending the Affordable Care Act. Twenty million people could lose their healthcare coverage soon,…

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Trump’s Anger over Prices Goes Nuclear as Fresh Polls Show Him Tanking

President Trump is cratering in two new polls. A Marist survey has his overall approval rating at 39 percent, and a Marquette poll has…

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Trump Wrecks His Own Case for Tariffs as Bizarre SCOTUS Rant Backfires

Signs are mounting that the Supreme Court might invalidate President Trump’s tariffs, and he’s clearly on edge about it. Trump…

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Trump’s Rage over Shutdown Boils Over in Rant that Should Wake Up Dems

Eight Senate Democrats are now providing the votes to move forward with funding the government, but without getting the Democrats’…

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Angry Trump Snaps at Media as Brutal New Data Shows Size of GOP Losses

Under questioning from reporters about last week’s GOP losses, President Trump seethed that worsening inflation on his watch—a driver of the outcome—is…

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Trump Ballroom Fiasco Takes Bad New Turn as Economic Data Gets Brutal

The economic news is getting worse. Major companies are announcing mass layoffs, and it’s dominating the headlines, including in the Rust Belt. Food stamps…

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China Understands How to Deal with Trump, Why Don’t America’s Leaders?

On Thursday, President Trump is going to meet with Xi Jinping for the first time since his reelection and following…

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Trump Accidentally Admits He Screwed MAGA Voters as Econ News Worsens

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump unleashed a strange Truth Social rant declaring straight out that farmers are getting hurt because China is…

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JD Vance’s Scamming of Trump Voters Takes Ugly Turn in Vile New Rants

to ape Trump’s style. Vance lied about the bill’s health care cuts and dissembled wildly about its expected impact on rural hospitals—both times smearing undocumented immigrants…

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Cartman is the New Walter Cronkite 

“Thank God for South Park.” Words Matter is back for another weekly edition of political therapy with Dr. Norm Ornstein…

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“Mind-Boggling”: Trump Voters Suddenly Learn He’s Screwing Them Badly

It’s becoming clearer that many of President Trump’s supporters are realizing how badly they’re getting shafted by his big budget…

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Trump’s Angry Walmart Tirade Backfires, Wrecking His Own Tariff Scam

President Donald Trump’s feud with Walmart is intensifying. After the retail giant warned that its prices will go up due to Trump’s…

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Trump Rages Wildly over Humiliating GDP Data as Aides Calm His Fury

We just learned that President Donald Trump’s economy contracted in the first quarter. Trump unloaded twice over this bad news, attempting to blame Joe Biden for…

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“Madness”: Trump Tariff Fiasco Suddenly Worsens amid Brutal Poll Drop

On Tuesday, largely due to President Trump’s tariffs, the International Monetary Fund downgraded its projections for economic growth in a big way.…

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Fox News Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Tariff Spin as MAGA Panic Worsens

After President Trump’s supposed tariff “pause,” we still have a 10 percent tariff on most global imports, the trade war…

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