Whenever Sen. Joe Manchin (D–W.Va.) raised the hackles of left-wing activists for opposing some trillion-dollar progressive priority during the Biden administration, liberal writer Matt Yglesias would defend the senator on the grounds that he was performing above replacement value. Instead of comparing Manchin to other progressive senators, Yglesias argued lefties should compare him to his most likely replacement, which would almost certainly be a very conservative West Virginia Republican. All things considered, he was the best West Virginia […]

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5 years ago May 2020 “A brainchild of then–Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was supposed to safeguard the interests of American consumers by implementing and enforcing a wide array of federal regulations. The CFPB was also designed to be independent. The agency was placed in the hands of a -single director appointed by the president to a five-year term. Despite wielding many executive branch–like powers, the director of the CFPB does not […]

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Uma publicação nas redes do empresário e analista internacional Gustavo Segré repercutiu entre os internautas nesta semana. O vídeo mostra uma fila de pessoas interessadas em pegar a “esmola do PT”, enquanto a cabine que oferece “emprego” permanece vazia. Ver essa foto no Instagram Uma publicação compartilhada por GUSTAVO SEGRÉ (@segre.gustavo) Em seis dias no ar, entre Instagram e X, a publicação crítica ao Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) soma mais de 600 mil visualizações, além de mais de […]

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