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Senator Cory Booker filibuster against the trump administration Megapost
Wait, Cory Booker has some pepper?
That’s Great!
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Removing work requirement from California child tax credit doesn't cause parental labor drop, study finds
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it reduces child poverty!
I guess downvotes love keeping kids poor
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Elon Musk’s government efficiency push falls short as Treasury data shows spending up sharply since Trump’s inauguration: report
So they stole it
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Miyazaki’s Right: Local Governments Boost Birthrates by Investing in Families (While Nations Fail)
Feel like the best way to beat down JD Vance and his ilk is the mountain of evidence that "culture" don't raise birth rates, actually caring about families and trying to be better does
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Japan ‘on verge of no longer functioning’ after birth rate plummets to record new low
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Jokes on you
America has higher rates of overwork and suicide!
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Aging Workforce, Stagnant Youth: The Consequences of the Growing Age Pay Gap
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Agree on that part,
But it is a useful summary of an interesting research paper considering how anyone under the age of 40 is miserable
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Huntington Beach can't use Reagan's CEQA; The city violated state housing law, judge rules
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I think the writer have the same opinion considering the way they use “Reagan’s CEQA”
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Colorado Bill Mandates Higher Density Housing Near Transit
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Not the first time these guys love their eccentric thumbnails
https://www.population.news/p/midlife-crisis-is-dead-in-34-countries
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Process and Performance: How America traded systematic improvement for quick wins—and lost both
I thought this article was useful in explaining why "moderates" constantly fail at "being good at government"
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Colorado Bill Mandates Higher Density Housing Near Transit
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It's a underrated cut of steak
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Berkeley Embraces Condo Conversions for ADUs
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Increase housing supply of anysort suppresses rent growth
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Belgium & Overeducation Risk: Job Market Friction vs Education Overinvestment
TLDR: Job market is shitty and rigged
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Transcript: Trump Voters Suddenly Shocked at How Badly He Screwed Them
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On that not didn't Ed Koch's incompetence with an Ice Ring help make Trump more famous in New York?
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France: Job insecurity reduces fertility especially for the well-off
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Ask software engineers that same question or anyone working at GE during Jack Welch's tenure
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Work Simplification, Historical Government Efficiency & Management Practices
When Neolibs and DOGE bros keep screaming about government efficiency, toss this at them. It's a rare discussion on how the government was so efficient in the past, and why cutting stuff isn't efficiency
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Don Quixote's Fried Eggs: Purpose Of A System Is What It Does
Unemployment benefits: Benefits vary widely across states, often misaligning with political stereotypes and cost of living differences (e.g., Texas offering more generous unemployment benefits than California).
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America's (Lack Of) Customer Service in National (and Local) Governments
It looked like it was going to be another "both sides" slop, but it just ended up a big takedown on centrists
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America's (Lack Of) Customer Service in National (and Local) Governments
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HEY!
McKinsey killed a lot of kids, and if are caught with one dead kid, who knows how many other dead Disney land kids they killed
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What this community is for (and welcome!)
Hello
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Rural Minamiminowa’s 1.76 Birth Rate and 150 Years of Growth
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Probs, but the information is useful