Econ Analytica
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Health insurance costs are rising for employers Which means they will be rising for employees
Rising health insurance costs may take a bite out of your paycheck
Health insurance costs for employers have been growing at a high rate. To cope, experts said employers could raise costs, hold off hiring, or cut into employee raises.
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Trump’s Top Lawyer We look into the issues surrounding Todd Blanche’s confirmation.
Trump’s Top Lawyer
We look into the issues surrounding Todd Blanche’s confirmation.
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Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Reports 33% Profit Surge because of IRAN WAR Oil companies are gettign rich while you are losing dollars
Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Reports 33% Profit Surge, Despite Iran War Disruptions
Higher oil prices propelled a quarterly earnings jump for Saudi Arabia’s energy giant, which used pipelines to work around disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
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So now the next step is to find out what Capital One's months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience discovered about Trump's 300+ accounts...
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 22h agoPhang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
TAPPER: Do you know what a tall order it is to believe that 3 women who don't know each other made up accusations of you being violent, and you are telling the truth and they are all lying? That's difficult to believe, right? MAX MILLER: No. Not in this instance.
honestly can't stress enough, as a former family law attorney, how depressingly common Max Miller's behavior and words are, right down to the petty fixation on custody procedure and rules when faced with allegations of shocking violence.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 21h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
What an awful violation of privacy—not that Dr Paul cares
Margaret Manto@margaretmanto.bsky.social · 21h agoExclusive: Sen. Rand Paul published Anthony Fauci's diary entries without redacting the names or medical details of over 20 people, including people with cancer, Ebola or HIV. www.notus.org/health-scien...
TAPPER: Hold on -- hold on, 'cause I'm not done with the list of women who have accused you of violence. Are all three of them lying? REP. MAX MILLER: Yes. And I'm not getting out of the race because in 2016, President Donald J Trump faced the most extreme allegations in the world ...
🚨BREAKING: A pro-democracy legal group sued Tuesday for access to public records that could shed light on a federal immigration agency’s involvement in President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Lawsuit seeks evidence of federal immigration agency’s role in Trump’s voter purge plans
Democracy Forward went to court after USCIS failed to disclose the public records, despite multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests about the agency’s involvement in Trump’s unprecedented a...
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whoa -- Max Miller on CNN threatens Sen. Bernie Moreno with "exposing a deeply and personal embarrassing matter" after Moreno called for his resignation
In a delaying tactic, a desparate attempt to hold on to his job, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) wants House Ethics to probe into his abuse of his wife and child www.politico.com/live-updates...
Max Miller wants House Ethics to probe allegations against him
“I have absolutely nothing to hide,” the embattled Ohio Republican said.
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Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
Klobuchar: "More than six months after Renee and Alex's deaths when I asked Acting AG Blanche if the department would finally fully cooperate with state law enforcement in these investigations, he said 'it depends on what full cooperation means'...Minnesotans deserve transparency and accountability"
Peter Schrank @schrankartoons on #Prison early release #AndyBurnham @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Corporations, Not Immigrants, Responsible for Most Healthcare Fraud theintercept.com/2026/07/31/i...
Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows
Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on healthcare fraud doesn’t even mention them.
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Incredible nonsense from John Cornyn. True, the harm to Epstein’s victims can’t be remedied by a “no” vote. But why should Blanche’s corrupt cover-up of the Epstein files—in violation of a Congressional mandate(!)—be rewarded by “yes”? Can’t get any more craven than this.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn justifies his support for Blanche: "That's one of those things that can't be remedied by a 'no' vote"
DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin