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From David Dayen / #AmericanProspect prospect.org:
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“The reason is that it’s an #election year, & #Republicans have once again decided that their path to victory goes right through the U.S.-Mexico #border. Inflation & the economy were effective complaints in 2023, but they are starting to recede. Transgender rights have been a disastrously unproductive wedge issue for Republicans. But #immigration is the one area where they’ve put Joe #Biden on the back foot….”

In his #AmericanProspect editorial, "What Comes After Neoliberalism?", #RobertKuttner declares "we’ve just about won the battle of ideas. Reality has been a helpful ally...Neoliberalism has been a splendid success for the top 1 percent, and an abject failure for everyone else":

prospect.org/economy/2023-03-2

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pluralistic.net/2023/03/28/ima

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