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Mike Johnson didn’t offer a handshake. He gave a guarantee. In private, he told his own party he would carve $1.5 trillion in spending cuts into Trump’s domestic agenda package. That was the price. The commitment was locked. April 2025. …
https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnow The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2025 is 1.1 percent on May 1, down from 2.4 percent on April 30. After this morning’s releases from the US Census …
Obama is suddenly very concerned about what the party in power can do to rig elections and weaponize the government against perceived political enemies. What curious timing. While speaking at the ‘Democracy Forum’ the former president talked about the dangers …
If it’s not projection then it is most certainly gaslighting. I don’t think they have the self awareness necessary for it to be gaslighting. 🤣 — Craig Chamberlin (@CraigChamberlin) July 7, 2024 Sen. Marco Rubio argues with CNN's Dana Bash, …
The government’s projection of the fiscal deficit carries a sobering implication: it foresees the Federal debt doubling within a mere 12 years. The government's own estimate of the fiscal deficit implies that the Federal debt will double in 12 years. …