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August 13, 2022

The Left, Inflation and Monetary Policy

Andrew Jackson Canadian Dimension

We need to greatly expand the role of fiscal policy relative to monetary policy and address inflation while also promoting low unemployment, needed new investments, decent wages and a much fairer distribution of income and wealth.

August 12, 2022

Friday Nite Videos | August 12, 2022

Can Trump Can Be Indicted In 2022? Jordan Klepper vs. Wisconsin Trump Supporters. Reservation Dogs | Season 2 Official Trailer. Dive Into a Vanishing, Invisible Forest to See What Climate Has Changed. The Fall (and Rise?) of Unions in the US.

August 12, 2022

Why Did Document-Shredding Trump Hoard Documents?

Daniel Strauss The New Republic

What would make the same paper-shredding-president opt to keep a safe with documents that might incriminate him in federal crimes?

August 12, 2022

Search Warrant Indicates FBI Investigating Trump for Espionage Act Violation

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams

"If you're not fed up," said watchdog group Public Citizen, "you're not paying enough attention."

August 12, 2022

How They Won: Kansas Organizers Unpack Their Big Win for Abortion Rights

Poppy Noor The Guardian

The strategies that worked in Kansas – countering misinformation, building a broad coalition – offer lessons for other ballot measures

August 12, 2022

Early Results on DNA Evidence From Decades-Old Rape Cases Are Both Promising and Alarming

Baltimore County police have started testing a backlog of evidence from rape cold cases. Ten of 49 cases processed so far have yielded actionable DNA profiles. In at least one case, the answers came too late.

Can Trump Can Be Indicted In 2022? Yes, History Shows How

August 12, 2022

Donald Trump is bracing for possible indictment. Ari Melber reports on the precedent for indicting a president, drawing on historical comparisons to Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon, as well as foreign states.

Jordan Klepper vs. Wisconsin Trump Supporters

August 12, 2022

Jordan Klepper goes to a Wisconsin Trump rally to discuss all the big midterm issues, like the economy, overturning Roe v. Wade, and which candidates and conspiracies the MAGA crowd is most excited about. #DailyShow #Comedy

Reservation Dogs | Season 2 Official Trailer | FX

August 12, 2022

The pack is back. From creators Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, an all-new season of FX’s Reservation Dogs premieres 8/3. Only on Hulu.

Dive Into a Vanishing, Invisible Forest to See What Climate Has Changed

August 12, 2022

Our underwater forests are largely unobserved, but now they are vanishing. To understand why, scientists dive underwater and look down from space--and their research reveals a complex system at risk of collapse.