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Warren offers public apology over claim to tribal heritage - The Boston Globe

posted onAugust 20, 2019
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Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday offered a broad apology at a forum organized by Native Americans, publicly acknowledging missteps relating to her claims of tribal ancestry that have fueled discomfort among some Native and progressive activists and made her a target of ridicule by President Trump and other Republicans. “I want to say this, like anyone who’s been honest with themselves,” Warren said at the event in Sioux City, Iowa. “I know that I have made mistakes. I am sorry for harm I have caused.

Trump calls Juan Williams 'pathetic,' 'always nasty and wrong' | TheHill

posted onAugust 19, 2019
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During that segment, Williams called Trump’s approach to China on trade “brutish,” according to Mediaite. “It’s not just Democrats who say, ‘Hey, this guy is inartful.’ The Wall Street Journal” has said that — he then attacked The Wall Street Journal at a rally this week,” he said. “But I think that what you see here is that Trump’s unpredictability, Dana, then risks global recession, and you can do that.

White House offers reassurances amid recession fears as 2020 candidates sound alarm | TheHill

posted onAugust 19, 2019
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MORE’s economic and trade advisers sought to quell fears of a looming recession Sunday morning after a week of turmoil in the markets that has historically served a predecessor to economic downturns. "I don't see a recession at all," White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow insisted on "Fox News Sunday," telling guest anchor Dana Parino, “The Trump pro-growth program, which I believe has been succeeding, we’re going to stay with that.” Last wee

Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey | TheHill

posted onAugust 19, 2019
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Republicans are targeting several House seats they lost to Democrats in New Jersey last year as they look to come back after losing nearly all of their seats in the state. Republicans lost four New Jersey House seats in 2018 as voters angry with MORE and former Gov. Chris Christie (R) punished their party. The GOP had already lost a seat in the state in 2016.  In 2020, the GOP thinks it has a decent chance of winning back three of those seats — if things break the right way.

Report: Billionaire Kochs Peddled Job-Killing Free Trade Agenda to Dems

posted onAugust 19, 2019
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A report by the Intercept outlines a recently released book titled Kochland by Christopher Leonard where the author alleges that brothers Charles and David Koch funded a 2007 report by the left-wing Third Way organization to warn Democrat politicians against the populist, economic nationalist arguments made by Lou Dobbs at the time. The Intercept’s Ryan Grim and Andrew Perez report: Though aligned for the last few decades with Republican lawmakers, the Kochs were major supporters of the economic polici

Navarro: 'Wall St Journal Never Saw a U.S. Job It Didn't Want to Offshore'

posted onAugust 19, 2019
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In an interview with ABC’s This Week, Navarro slammed the Wall Street Journal after the proponents of free trade published another editorial claiming that tariffs imposed on Chinese imports by the Trump administration are slowing down the American economy. “When the Main Street Journal starts attacking this administration, that is when we worry,” Navarro said. “The question for the Wall Street Journal is ‘Where was the Wall Street Journal beginning in 2001 when China got into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and we watched the exodus of over 70,000 of our factories, over fi