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AlterNet Crooks and Liars Daily Kos (Note: these articles are from RSS News Feeds websites, and are deleted after 30 days, August 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM EDT A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related | Texas governor promises to rig midterm elections even harder August 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM EDT Small businesses are the United States' economic engine, generating more than half of the country's new jobs in the past 5 years. But President Donald Trump's tariffs are about to slam them with a devastating tax increase""one that big corporations can more easily dodge thanks to armies of lawyers and compliance officers. The Chamber of Commerce estimates that there are about 236,000 small business importers""companies with fewer than 500 employees""that collectively brought in more than $868 billion worth of goods from abroad in 2023. It also calculated that Trump's tariffs, which took effect Aug. 7, will cost those companies $202 billion annually. August 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM EDT Small businesses are the United States' economic engine, generating more than half of the country's new jobs in the past 5 years. But President Donald Trump's tariffs are about to slam them with a devastating tax increase""one that big corporations can more easily dodge thanks to armies of lawyers and compliance officers. The Chamber of Commerce estimates that there are about 236,000 small business importers""companies with fewer than 500 employees""that collectively brought in more than $868 billion worth of goods from abroad in 2023. It also calculated that Trump's tariffs, which took effect Aug. 7, will cost those companies $202 billion annually. August 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM EDT If there were any remaining doubt that President Donald Trump was the most pick-me president the country has ever seen, it should be dispelled by his preposterous cold call to Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg to beg for help getting the Nobel Peace Prize. On Thursday, Politico Europe reported that Trump made the call out of the blue last month, ostensibly to talk about his tariffs, but he also used the opportunity to make his plea for the Nobel Peace Prize. He even had high-level officials on the call""because apparently Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer don't have anything else to focus on. August 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM EDT If there were any remaining doubt that President Donald Trump was the most pick-me president the country has ever seen, it should be dispelled by his preposterous cold call to Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg to beg for help getting the Nobel Peace Prize. On Thursday, Politico Europe reported that Trump made the call out of the blue last month, ostensibly to talk about his tariffs, but he also used the opportunity to make his plea for the Nobel Peace Prize. He even had high-level officials on the call""because apparently Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer don't have anything else to focus on. August 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is quietly working the phones, hoping to persuade former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to enter Alaska's Senate race. Schumer is reportedly lobbying Peltola in private to challenge Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who is up for reelection in 2026. Peltola is the most recent Democrat to win statewide in this deeply red state, and she would give the party a rare asset in this cycle: a proven candidate. August 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM EDT President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, and the selected location is quite intentional. With a possible end to the Ukraine war on the table""one that Trump promised on Day 1 of his second term""the two leaders are meeting to negotiate on land that was once owned by Russia. August 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM EDT California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday his state will hold a Nov. 4 special election to seek voter approval of new congressional map drawn to try to win Democrats five more U.S. House seats in 2026. The move is a direct response to a Republican-led effort in Texas, pushed by President Donald Trump as his party seeks to maintain its slim House majority after the midterm elections. August 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT Following her husband's lead of threatening everyone with lawsuits, first lady Melania Trump is demanding that Hunter Biden retract his statement that accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump. If he doesn't, she's going to sue him for over $1 billion because she has suffered "overwhelming financial and reputational harm" over the comments. What reputation does Melania Trump think she has, anyway? August 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM EDT A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related | RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development August 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT Wholesale prices spiked in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Thursday, as President Donald Trump's idiotic tariffs caused much higher price increases than economists had expected. The Producer Price Index, which measures inflation from the producer's vantage point rather than the consumer's, rose 0.9% in July""far higher than the 0.2% economists had projected, according to CNBC. At an annualized rate, PPI increased by 3.3%""more than the 2% inflation rate the Federal Reserve Bank strives for. August 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM EDT A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related | What the f-ck is Donald Trump doing on the roof? |
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