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NJCher

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49. she is unique in her viewpoints
Wed May 20, 2026, 05:10 PM
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No one else does historical context to the extent that she does, and HCR not only goes into it herself, she brings in history colleagues.

I would be happy watching only HCR and Lawrence for political analysis, as long as Lawrence has Andrew Weissman on. The others report this stuff about trump and his agreements for no tax audits as if it's a done deal. Or the fund for compensating J-Sixers. No, its not a done deal. Trump and the DOJ will do what they want, but there will be suits against them to slow or eliminate this entirely. These reporters never go into that, and as I posted yesterday, I think it is that it gets clicks from the sheer anger over it. On edit: tonight on Chris Hayes, it was reported that a discharge position is being considered to prevent the slush fund. In addition, they also reported that Pillow Guy is already counting his $400 million he thinks he's going to get. All these J-sixers are counting their chickens before they are hatched.

If they had to write out the entire story, it would require more interviewing and less sensationalism.

Of course, the argument from here, DU, is always is "this SC," but that is not necessarily the case. The SC getting such a case is a long time coming because it has to go through the federal court system before the SC would rule on it, at least in most situations.

Re your post, I think the best thing we can do is remind them ("Wall Street financiers, railroad monopolists, and conservative political leaders" and I'll add the tech leaders) of how dependent they are on a viable middle class with the ability to spend. It is incredible to me that they can't see it, but they can't.

It's just like a strike with a union. Look at how fast the LIRR workers got an agreement. It cost too much to have them on strike. Same with the middle class. It will cost more to cut them out than it would to have equanimity.

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