
Even the Project 2025 Guys Warned Trump Appointees Against Using Signal
Did top-level Trump administration officials use the Signal app in spite of a warning from the Heritage Foundation about recordkeeping requirements… or because of it?
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Did top-level Trump administration officials use the Signal app in spite of a warning from the Heritage Foundation about recordkeeping requirements… or because of it?
America was once defined by mobility, with a third of its population moving yearly. Today, restrictive housing policies are driving inequality and stagnation.
Social media platforms, energy companies, investment firms, airlines, big banks, and philanthropic organizations have backtracked on their environmental pledges to fall in line with the Trump administration’s anti-climate agenda.
The courts may not have armies, but they have powers.
What better way to gut the rule of law than to castrate the professionals who practice it?
Philosopher John Rawls dared to envision what a truly good and fair society would look like. It doesn’t look anything like us.
Most of us don’t feel prepared to join a movement, much less start one. But it’s not as hard as you think. Doing small things together is how movements start — and grow into the force we want to become.
Think you know how wealth moves through the economy? Dean Baker reveals the hidden rules and policies that actually determine who gets ahead.
Trump’s first-term tax breaks are set to expire at the end of this year. To renew them, Trump needs to raise cash fast. He hopes that tariffs will do the trick.
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