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GOP Sen. Tillis not seeking re-election after opposing Trump-backed bill
NBC News· 2025-06-30 00:00
Tonight, Democrats forcing the Senate clerk to spend nearly 16 hours reading every word of what President Donald Trump has dubbed his big beautiful bill. 139 L. The following.That bill could add more than $3 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years. The GOP wants to overhaul social programs like SNAP, also known as food stamps, and Medicaid. The cuts to Medicaid are what led North Carolina Republican Senator Tom Tillis to vote against moving the bill forward, prompting threats from President Trump to ...
Zohran Mamdani: 'I don't think we should have billionaires'
NBC News· 2025-06-29 22:31
You are a self-described democratic socialist. Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist. I don't think that we should have billionaires because frankly it is so much money in a moment of such inequality.And ultimately what we need more of is equality across our city and across our state and across our country. And I look forward to work with everyone, including billionaires, to make a city that is fairer for all of them. Well, let me ask you about what Donald Trump, the president of the United S ...
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The Economist· 2025-06-29 21:00
The democratic socialist calls himself “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare—as a progressive, Muslim immigrant.” But Republicans may be as delighted by his victory as progressives are https://t.co/CQiWvK5TNaPhoto: Alamy https://t.co/sS3E5KybYj ...
‘The tools of capitalism can be neutral’: Author Rachel Laryea talks ‘Black Capitalists’
MSNBC· 2025-06-29 19:45
I'm back now with Rachel Laurier. She is the author of the brand new book, Black Capitalists, a blueprint for what is possible. Rachel, I just want to start with the concept black capitalism.Talk to me about that. I think that there is a visceral reaction that some people have to just the idea before they even explore it. So, walk us through that to begin.Yeah. So, it's the case that race makes a difference in how we participate in capitalism. And that difference really teaches us how we can create a more e ...
Mamdani responds to Trump's attacks: 'No, I am not' a communist
NBC News· 2025-06-29 19:30
All right. You are a self-described democratic socialist. Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist.I don't think that we should have billionaires because frankly it is so much money in a moment of such inequality. And ultimately what we need more of is equality across our city and across our state and across our country. And I look forward to work with everyone, including billionaires, to make a city that is fairer for all of them.Well, let me ask you about what Donald Trump, the president of th ...
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The Economist· 2025-06-29 16:43
The young socialist could exemplify the sort of leader the Democrats need. He also offers Republicans an easy target https://t.co/gEviXZUSA2 ...
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IcoBeast.eth🦇🔊· 2025-06-29 15:49
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Can Socialism Work for Business in NYC?
Bloomberg Television· 2025-06-29 14:05
Zohran Mamdani is a very charismatic 33 year old young man who has been an assemblyman for less than four years and is somebody who, from the business community standpoint, came out of nowhere. He latched on to the issue that is the biggest one in our city and in America, which is financial insecurity. 90% of the people in New York are not sure they can continue to afford to live here.We are the most expensive city in America, the third most expensive city in the world. So there's a disconnect between the w ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-06-29 07:25
Any measures to ease inflation in Japan must be speedy and shouldn’t impede the government’s ability to fund social services, Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said https://t.co/aYQJ7rOrTY ...