How We Know Inflation Was Not Transitory

Will anyone from Team Transitory go on the record by predicting deflation in the coming years? If not, they should stop claiming inflation was transitory. Source link

Fani Willis Campaigned in 2020 on Not Engaging in Sexual Misconduct

Fulton County prosecutor Fani Willis campaigned in 2020 on not engaging in sexual misconduct, as her predecessor was accused of doing. The irony of Willis’s campaign promise was evident after allegations of her own affair surfaced, along with financial implications. When asked in 2020 about her qualifications to be elected Fulton County’s prosecutor, Willis …

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Urban Surveillance Is More Menacing Than Ever

Society / Column / February 16, 2024 Cameras aren’t just monitoring us in public—now they’re actually yelling at us. Ad Policy (Shutterstock) Last week, as I was walking to the used bookstore during my lunch break, a startling voice yelled at me. The voice was not human but, like Siri and many other digital …

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Why Democrats might reject New York’s new House map

The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ​LEADING OFF ● NY Redistricting: New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission approved a new congressional map on Thursday, but the state legislature—where Democrats enjoy supermajorities—could still …

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Biden Set to Visit East Palestine, a Year After Fiery Train Derailment

One year after a fiery train derailment spilled thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, President Biden will travel there on Friday and face a politically divided community anxious over the long-term health consequences of an environmental catastrophe. Mr. Biden, who promised to visit soon after the disaster, has faced criticism …

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