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What’s in a name?

…no matter the labels thrown upon them, going back 1000s of years. Its recurring features — concentrated power, weak accountability mechanisms, suppression of organized opposition — are structural problems of…

Budget announcement 10:00 AM today

…defense spending cuts. There will be a 5-year freeze in discretionary non-defense spending. 3 year AMT patch will be proposed. What’s not in the budget? Anything relating to Social Security…