Trump’s Tariffs Are Causing an Economic Boom for D.C. Lobbyists

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President Donald Trump’s trade war is causing economic problems for American manufacturers, farmers, energy producers, big box stores, small businesses, investors, and consumers. But there is one industry that’s prospering due to tariffs: Lobbying firms in Washington, D.C. Lobbying expenditures on trade issues were a staggering 277 percent higher in the first quarter of 2025 than in the first quarter of 2024, according to data reported to the clerk of the House of Representatives and compiled by Advancing American […]

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The Kellogg Framework Is a Disaster for Trump

The Kellogg Framework Is a Disaster for Trump

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All of Kellogg’s underlying assumptions lacked any basis in reality. Yet Trump seemingly took them on trust. Political warfare in Washington is endemic. But the body count at the Pentagon has started to rise precipitously. Three of Secretary of Defence Hegseth’s top advisors were placed on leave, and then fired. The war continues, with the Secretary now in the firing line. Why this matters is that the Hegseth attrition comes amid fierce internal debates in the Trump administration about Iran […]

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We should not need to pay back central banks AT ALL let alone interest

We should not need to pay back central banks AT ALL let alone interest

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title.. if you look into the history of central banking it will immediately become obvious that not only are central banks a con, but so are the governments that idly allow them to milk the public.. If the Bank of England was made public in 1949, why do the English need to pay them back? We do need a central bank probably to make sensible monetary supply in accordance with population or if there is a genuine crisis […]

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As pessoas neste mundo parecem desconhecer a essên… Leonardo Pimentel Menin

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As pessoas neste mundo parecem desconhecer a essência do amor. Suas palavras de afeto são frequentemente desmentidas por suas atitudes. O amor que professam é seletivo, meritocrático, condicional, parcial e tão frio quanto sua indiferença à dor dos menos favorecidos. Contemplam o belo e o sublime, mas desprezam o singelo, o simples e o desprovido de ostentação. Seu apreço não passa de sentimentos superficiais que privilegiam o nobre e ignoram o humilde.

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STF mantém prisão de Roberto Jefferson

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A ministra do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) Cármen Lúcia rejeitou um novo pedido de habeas corpus apresentado pela defesa do ex-deputado federal Roberto Jefferson. A solicitação, que incluía requerimento de medida liminar, buscava reverter decisão anterior do Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ). O órgão, do mesmo modo, negou o pedido no início do mês. Jefferson está detido preventivamente desde outubro de 2022, depois de descumprir uma ordem de prisão expedida pelo ministro do STF Alexandre de Moraes. O […]

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