America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State

On September 20, 1938, a man who had witnessed the rise of fascism packed his suitcases and fled his home in Berlin. He arranged to have smuggled separately a manuscript that he had drafted in secret over the previous two years. This book was a remarkable one. It clarified what was unfolding in Berlin at the time, the catalyst for its author’s flight. The man fleeing that day was a Jewish labor lawyer named Ernst Fraenkel. He completed his manuscript two years later at the University of Chicago (where I…

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Why federal employees are watching the political landscape more than ever

If you wonder why federal employees worry, along with everyone else, consider: mini financial crises, a stubbornly bear stock market, no breakthroughs on Social Security solvency, and the debt-ceiling debate dragging out. For one point of view, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked with John Hatton, vice president for Policy at the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE). Interview transcript: Tom Temin People are concerned. I actually had a reader write to me asking, well, our TSP funds insured? Unfortunately, no. And nobody’s investments are insured yet,…

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Mitt Romney decries US politics: ‘The world is watching with abject horror’ – The Guardian

Mitt Romney decries US politics: ‘The world is watching with abject horror’  The Guardian Republican senator Romney calls out Trump and ‘vile’ US politics  Yahoo News Romney cites Trump’s rhetoric as he denounces ‘vile’ state of American politics  CNN Romney: World Watching US Politics With ‘Horror’  Newser Mitt Romney reprimands Trump, Democrats for ‘vile’ and ‘hate-filled’ politics  USA TODAY View Full Coverage on Google News “us politics” – Google News

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LEAKED: Trump’s day is 60 percent unstructured – ‘tweeting, watching TV and making calls’ – Express.co.uk

LEAKED: Trump’s day is 60 percent unstructured – ‘tweeting, watching TV and making calls’  Express.co.uk As reported by the documents Trump spends 60 percent of his time in unstructured and very private “executive time”. In documents leaked to US news website … “us president” – Google News

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