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The California Job-Killer That Wasn’t

Rogé Karma The Atlantic
The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept rising. So why has the law been proclaimed a failure?

Some Guardrails Hold

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
More Trump screwball nominations are going down, and he belatedly agrees to let the FBI vet nominees—meaning that still more will fall.

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Man Overboard

Rebecca Onion Slate
"Josh Hawley’s long-threatened tome about American masculinity is here," writes this reviewer. "Savor it with me."

Playing Hardball

Arkadi Gerney, Sarah Knight The American Prospect
Rebalancing conflicts over state policy will require that blue states wield power differently.

Florida Republicans Aim To Block Climate Declaration

Freddy Brewster, Katya Schwenk, Helen Santoro The Lever
As the storm bears down on their districts, fossil fuel-backed Reps. Greg Steube and Byron Donalds are pushing legislation claiming the climate crisis is a “false emergency.”
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