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Trump’s praise of Carter in death after jeering him in life deepens a contradictory relationship
3 days, 22 hours ago

Trump’s praise of Carter in death after jeering him in life deepens a contradictory relationship

Associated Press  

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Living to 100 let Jimmy Carter fulfill his wish to vote for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris against Republican Donald Trump in November. He thought giving away the Panama Canal was a good thing.” “I didn’t want to bring up the Panama Canal because of Jimmy Carter’s death,” he added, even though he had first mentioned …

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Democrats, Bernie Sanders, and populism: James Carville, David Brooks, and Rahm Emanuel are singing a new tune.
55 years ago

Democrats, Bernie Sanders, and populism: James Carville, David Brooks, and Rahm Emanuel are singing a new tune.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Go big, go populist, stick to economic progress.” Carville’s analysis lines up with that of former White House chief of staff and mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel, who wrote last month in the Washington Post that the Dems have …

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'Fake populism': Columnist pulls the lid off MAGA's plans to gut tax collection
1 week, 1 day ago

'Fake populism': Columnist pulls the lid off MAGA's plans to gut tax collection

Raw Story  

The Bulwark's Jill Lawrence on Thursday took President-elect Donald Trump and his allies in the Republican Party to task for their seeming obsession with gutting funding to the Internal Revenue Service. Among other things, Lawrence notes, the increased funding has drastically reduced the average wait times of calls to the agency and has launched a free tax-filing tool that means …

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The US, China and India must pursue policies aimed at the common global good
1 week, 2 days ago

The US, China and India must pursue policies aimed at the common global good

Live Mint  

In the evolving landscape of global economics, the world’s three largest economies confront distinct yet interconnected challenges. India’s democracy must evolve to focus on long-term development over short-term political gains. To make consumption a significant driver of growth, China must enhance social safety nets, promote service-sector growth, inject substantial fiscal stimulus, incentivize spending and undertake income redistribution among the middle …

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The new right celebrates Trump at a conservative conference and sidesteps inconsistencies
2 weeks, 5 days ago

The new right celebrates Trump at a conservative conference and sidesteps inconsistencies

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — As Washington heaved over the possibility of a partial government shutdown, leading far-right figures gathered with thousands of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters and, for the most part, gloried in splintering the president-elect’s party. Jennifer Pacheco, a 20-year-old student from Southern California, said she embraced Turning Point because she likes Kirk’s unapologetic Christianity and believes “we need to …

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Democrat Sherrod Brown says US Senate departure won’t be the last Ohioans hear from him
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Democrat Sherrod Brown says US Senate departure won’t be the last Ohioans hear from him

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown made clear during a farewell speech Tuesday that he does not plan to abandon his career-long fight for American workers despite suffering a bitter defeat last month in Ohio, where it’s become nearly impossible for his party to win statewide elections. Brown said only that he would return to Ohio in January …

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Trump is playing his anti-establishment cards: We mustn’t follow suit
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Trump is playing his anti-establishment cards: We mustn’t follow suit

Live Mint  

If there is one thing other than personal loyalty common to US President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet choices, it is that they are all anti-establishment. It is indeed ironic that this wave comes in the year that the Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to a trio of professors whose life’s work has been on the importance of institutions. While their …

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Why Arvind Kejriwal prioritises freebies over fiscal prudence
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Why Arvind Kejriwal prioritises freebies over fiscal prudence

India Today  

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, in a bold yet contentious move aimed at consolidating voter support in the run-up to the Delhi assembly elections, has announced an enhancement to the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana, promising a monthly Rs 2,100 as financial assistance to women above the age of 18, more than double the Rs 1,000 proposal initially announced in …

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Trump’s bringing several billionaires — and their conflicts — to Washington
1 month ago

Trump’s bringing several billionaires — and their conflicts — to Washington

Politico  

The billionaires set to join the second Trump administration include Howard Lutnick, a Wall Street CEO who Trump tapped to be Commerce secretary; Warren Stephens, the CEO of an Arkansas financial services firm who he picked to be ambassador to the United Kingdom; presumptive NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman; and deputy Defense secretary Steve Feinberg. Morgan Ackley, a spokeswoman for …

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The next 18 months will decide whether Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is a serious party or just Candy crush
1 month ago

The next 18 months will decide whether Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is a serious party or just Candy crush

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Nigel Farage Farage’s poll surge The recent polls have shown a …

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Opinion: Why California’s Latino voters are shifting toward Trump and Republicans
1 month ago

Opinion: Why California’s Latino voters are shifting toward Trump and Republicans

LA Times  

Thirty years ago this fall, California’s Latino voters coalesced into a multigenerational ethnic voting bloc for the first time in response to a draconian, citizen-led initiative targeting immigrants who were in the state illegally. While it was ultimately ruled unconstitutional, the proposition catalyzed a generation of Latino voters and politicians into a movement, binding the Latino electorate to the immigrant …

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Why Bidenomics let Democrats down despite its focus on helping the US working-class
1 month ago

Why Bidenomics let Democrats down despite its focus on helping the US working-class

Live Mint  

As US president, Joe Biden charted a new economic path for the Democrats by siding unabashedly with the working class and introducing a wide range of industrial policies to reinvigorate US manufacturing, reshore supply chains and promote the green transition. Donald Trump’s appeal, like that of right-wing ethno-nationalists elsewhere, owes much to rising levels of economic insecurity, which many regard …

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Farage’s Reform UK in poll surge as Labour loses support after Starmer reset
1 month ago

Farage’s Reform UK in poll surge as Labour loses support after Starmer reset

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The polling of 1,644 voters took place in the wake of Sir Keir Starmer’s reset …

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Deep in debt, Himachal Pradesh is a case study in how not to run a state
1 month ago

Deep in debt, Himachal Pradesh is a case study in how not to run a state

Live Mint  

Shimla: Twenty-three-year-old Kiran Kumar is both frustrated and angry. The Himachal Pradesh high court, at the end of November, ordered the attachment of Himachal Bhawan, the state’s guest house in New Delhi, for non-payment of ₹64 crore to a power company. Economically unviable The financial vulnerability began on 25 January 1971 when then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, announced Himachal Pradesh …

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You call this populism?
1 month ago

You call this populism?

Politico  

You call this populism? On Wednesday, hedge fund billionaire KEN GRIFFIN called Trump’s tariff threats “small ball” compared to other geopolitical concerns — a line that’d be unthinkable if Lighthizer was set to run Treasury. One such contract, obtained by POLITICO, outlined that the influencer would post during “peak posting times,” that “content must appear genuine,” and it could not …

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Democrats need to take the working class seriously and literally
1 month, 1 week ago

Democrats need to take the working class seriously and literally

Salon  

The Democrats, mainstream news media and other political watchers are continuing with their postmortems of the 2024 election. This is our country!” I also heard the complaints and anger, on more than several occasions, that the migrants got “free money, cars and nice apartments from the government" and are “living better than us.” I also witnessed many more acts of …

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Ascendent Trumpism: Why Americans rejected hyper-liberalism
1 month, 1 week ago

Ascendent Trumpism: Why Americans rejected hyper-liberalism

Firstpost  

Culturally, the working-class group is at odds with the globalist liberal elite of cultural leftism. The cultural left is seen as a threat to core American values Donald Trump defeated Democrat candidate Kamala Harris in one of American history’s most acerbically contested presidential elections. Ills of Hyper-Liberalism At the core of the current social and political division of US domestic …

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VVD struggling with shaky Cabinet as voter confidence plummets
1 month, 1 week ago

VVD struggling with shaky Cabinet as voter confidence plummets

NL Times  

The VVD is struggling with the wobbling Cabinet and some members are pushing the party to back off on populist positions and return to its liberal core values. VVD voters are also quickly losing confidence in this government with less than a quarter still believing in it, RTL Nieuws reported after the VVD conference in Den Bosch this weekend and …

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VVD leader Yeşilgöz criticizes opposition parties amid budget talks
1 month, 1 week ago

VVD leader Yeşilgöz criticizes opposition parties amid budget talks

NL Times  

VVD leader Dilan Yeşilgöz addressed party members on Saturday at the VVD congress in Den Bosch, where she emphasized the importance of liberalism in countering populism and criticized opposition parties amid ongoing budget negotiations in the Senate. Yeşilgöz began her speech by asserting the strength of liberalism, calling it “the only answer to populism.” She told attendees at the Brabanthallen, …

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'This is key': Report reveals 'different' side of man who's 'idolized by Trumpian right'
1 month, 1 week ago

'This is key': Report reveals 'different' side of man who's 'idolized by Trumpian right'

Raw Story  

A world leader who is revered by MAGA fans doesn't quite fit in with Donald Trump's political perspective, a new report suggests. "Argentina’s president is idolised by the Trumpian right," the piece says. In terms of where Milei fits in from the lens of American politics, the Economist states that, "The left detests him and the Trumpian right embraces him, …

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Polls and freebies: Who doesn’t love cash transfers but are these really the answer?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Polls and freebies: Who doesn’t love cash transfers but are these really the answer?

Live Mint  

Results of the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand brought the incumbents back to power. While the Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana in Maharashtra offered ₹1,500 per month to women aged 21 to 65 years, the Maiya Samman Yojana in Jharkhand offered ₹1,000 per month to women aged 21 to 49 years. Even in Haryana, the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party government …

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Maha mandate: Sops success and surge of populism
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maha mandate: Sops success and surge of populism

New Indian Express  

The turnaround of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra has few parallels in political history and can only be compared with a legendary triumph in cricket. In June 1983, in a World Cup match against Zimbabwe, India was reeling at 17 for 5 when skipper Kapil Dev stepped in. In the Lok Sabha polls in June 2024, the Mahayuti alliance …

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I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.

Politico  

This is what Orbán did so successfully, which is why he has inspired other autocrats. Steve Bannon has called Orbán “Trump before Trump.” Vice President-elect JD Vance has cited Orbán as an inspiration, who “we could learn from in the United States.” Orbán’s power grab program runs on two components that you can think of as hardware and software. Vance …

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Maharashtra poll: Whose populism will win the day?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra poll: Whose populism will win the day?

Live Mint  

Mumbai/Palghar/Uran: Ranshet, a small village in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, is 130 kilometres away from Mantralaya, the seat of power in the state. With a budgetary allocation of ₹46,000 crore this year, Ladki Bahin Yojana is the centrepiece in a host of populist cash transfer and welfare schemes offered by chief minister Eknath Shinde’s Mahayuti government in its bid to return …

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