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Is Ron DeSantis Savvy Or Not?He has been savvy in Florida, but he's not yet translating that to a national general election.
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'Bailout' Is Not a Dirty WordA bailout is never Plan A. But it can be a pretty important Plan B.
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The Subway Is For TransportationWhich means you have to arrest people who smoke fentanyl there
Mar 20
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Jason Furman on the Inflation That Keeps Going and Going and GoingListen now (33 min) | The Harvard economics professor and former adviser to Barack Obama says inflation is not yet cooling down very much, and the Fed has a lot more hiking to do
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This Week in the Mayonnaise Clinic: California Is Still GoodPlus: Daylight saving time is also still good.
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Biden Will Not Be Bullied Into Wasting Political CapitalHe intends to win the next election, which is why he's blocking DC's criminal code reforms
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A Rant: Chocolate Is OverratedOne of two unpopular opinions I hold
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Biden's State of the Union Was a Feisty Return to '90s Politics. Republicans Should Be Afraid.Whining about 'Mediscare' did not do Bob Dole a lot of good in 1996.
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