Not an economics post, but I cannot resist.
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Taking the President at His Word: Deportation As a “Military Operation”
Full quote:
“We’re getting really bad dudes out of this country, and at a rate that nobody’s ever seen before,” Trump said Thursday. “And they’re the bad ones. And it’s a military operation.”
The Nominee for the Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers
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Coretta Scott King’s Letter Opposing Sessions’s 1986 Federal Nomination
Since the Senate Majority Leader has closed down “the greatest deliberative body in the world” by invoking Rule XIX against Senator Elizabeth Warren, I take the opportunity to share what Mitch McConnell was so afraid to have heard.
A quote:
“Anyone who has used the power of his office as United States Attorney to intimidate and chill the free exercise of the ballot by citizens should not be elevated to our courts.”
Our President
On the occasion of Black History Month [1]:
“Frederick Douglass is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice.”
’nuff said.
“Deportability”
From Draft Executive Order dated 1/23/2017:
…DHS and State Department to establish new standards and regulations for determining when aliens will become subject to the “public charge” grounds of inadmissibility and deportability (i.e., their likelihood of requiring public assistance after being admitted into the United States);
Guest Contribution: “Distributional Implications of the Border Adjustment Tax for U.S. Households: Lower- and middle-income households may be hard hit”
Today, we are fortunate to have a guest post written by Kadee Russ, Associate Professor of Economics at University of California, Davis, and formerly Senior Economist for International Trade, Council of Economic Advisers.
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The Trump Administration SOP
Expect prolific and extensive citation of “alternative facts” going forward:
Source: Search term: “alternative facts”, Google Trends accessed 8:17 PM CST 1/22/2017.
EconoFact: Bringing Facts and Data to Policy Debates
EconoFact is a non-partisan publication, online starting today, designed to bring key facts and incisive analysis to the national debate on economic and social policies. It is written by leading academic economists from across the country who belong to the EconoFact Network, and published by the Edward R. Murrow Center for a Digital World at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. The co-editors are Michael Klein and Edward Schumacher-Matos.
Marches across the Nation Today
Source: NYT.