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  • The Bougie Fallout of ICE’s Crackdown in DC

    09/20/2025 3:54:42 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 30 replies
    Politico.com ^ | 09/20/2025 02:00 PM EDT | Michael Schaffer
    It turns out that the services benefiting the well-to-do are most impacted by DC’s ICE crackdown.According to Yesim Sayin, who studies the city economy at the D.C. Policy Center think tank, this is all terrible news for the municipal economy, coming at a moment when federal job cuts have made the tax base ever more reliant on hospitality and real estate. “All these actions with ICE are like putting additional weight on something that’s about to break,” she said.But the identity of the most prolific consumers of the impacted industries is also likely to shape the politics around the immigration...
  • Russia gasoline sales hit 2-year low amid Ukrainian drone strikes and harvest-season demand

    09/18/2025 12:44:04 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 16 replies
    Politico EU ^ | 9/18/2025 | ELENA GIORDANO
    Russia’s gasoline sales hit a two-year low on Tuesday as Ukrainian drone strikes and surging harvest-season demand intensify the country’s fuel shortage. Data from the St. Petersburg Exchange, reported by Kommersant on Wednesday, shows that sales of A-92 petrol dropped 21.7 percent to 15,600 metric tons on Tuesday, the lowest level since 2023. Sales of A-95 petrol fell 15.5 percent to 12,060 tons compared with the previous day, bringing total gasoline sales on the exchange down 19.1 percent to 27,700 tons. The sharp decline comes amid unscheduled shutdowns at several large Russian refineries, as Kyiv reportedly escalated its campaign against...
  • Lukashenko’s potato racket sparks outrage from regime opponents

    06/28/2025 4:32:25 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 17 replies
    Politico EU ^ | 6/26/2025 | GREGORY SVIRNOVSKIY
    The Belarusian ruler’s price controls have backfired. Alexander Lukashenko’s stubborn grip on the Belarusian economy plunged the potato-happy country into a spud shortage this spring. Critics of the authoritarian ruler, who in January grabbed a seventh term in power, say he has warped the economy with strict price controls on staples like potatoes — while encouraging citizens to snitch on grocery stores that flout regime rules. The limits, launched by Lukashenko in October 2022 as he aimed to keep prices low and stave off inflation, instead made potatoes far less profitable for farmers to produce. Opponents say that decisions made...
  • He Went to Syria With Tulsi Gabbard. He Has Some Big Concerns.

    01/09/2025 4:14:28 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 27 replies
    Politico ^ | 01/09/2025 10:00 AM EST | Katelyn Fossett
    Mouaz Moustafa says Gabbard’s response to Assad’s atrocities is a worrisome sign of how she’d serve as director of national intelligence.As executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, a nonprofit established to respond to attacks on civilians by former dictator Bashar al-Assad, Mouaz Moustafa has shared crucial information with the U.S. government about the war in Syria. But he isn’t sure he’d continue doing so if Tulsi Gabbard is confirmed as Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence. And it wouldn’t surprise him if U.S. allies around the world followed suit.“If Tulsi Gabbard is running our intelligence services, France, UK,...
  • 7 weeks until Trump: Russia and Ukraine fight for advantage before peace talks are imposed

    11/29/2024 2:24:52 PM PST · by marcusmaximus · 6 replies
    Politico EU ^ | 11/29/2024 | TIM ROSS, ROBBIE GRAMER AND NICK TAYLOR-VAISEY
    There may be only seven weeks left for meaningful fighting in Russia’s war on Ukraine, and both sides are gritting their teeth for what could be the last big push. -snip- As time runs short before the once-and-future president reenters the White House on January 20, Ukraine’s Western-backed military and the Kremlin’s invading forces are straining to take territory and whatever tactical advantage they can — with an eye on increasing their leverage before talks begin. -snip- Trump’s choice of peace envoy is also instructive. In April, Kellogg, 80, coauthored a strategy paper calling for continuing to arm Ukraine but...
  • Trump says he will not enforce law banning abortion pills by mail, angering pro-life groups

    08/23/2024 7:43:30 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 127 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 08/23/2024 | Ryan Foley
    Former President Donald Trump again drew outrage from pro-life organizations this week after he said he would not ban the distribution of abortion pills by mail if elected, drawing outrage from pro-life organizations. In an interview with CBS News on Monday, Trump answered whether he would enforce the Comstock Act if he won the 2024 presidential election. As explained by reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns, the 1873 law could "prohibit the … distribution of medication abortion by mail." "No," Trump responded. "We will be discussing specifics of it but generally speaking, no." When asked again if he would enforce the Comstock Act,...
  • Trump on trial: Poll shows 3 in 5 people want ex-president to face trial before 2024 contest

    08/25/2023 1:56:31 PM PDT · by Golden Eagle · 137 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | August 25, 2023 | Julia Johnson
    Most people say former President Donald Trump should go to trial for his various cases regarding classified documents and attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election prior to the 2024 contest, in which he appears likely to be the Republican nominee. According to a new POLITICO Magazine/Ipsos poll, 62% of people said they believe Trump should stand trial for his storage of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, for which he was indicted in June, prior to the 2024 presidential election in November. Sixty-one percent also believed he should stand trial for cases regarding alleged attempts to subvert...
  • Ukraine can’t retake Crimea soon, Pentagon tells lawmakers in classified briefing

    02/03/2023 7:11:10 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 44 replies
    Politico ^ | February 1, 2023 | ALEXANDER WARD, PAUL MCLEARY and CONNOR O’BRIEN
    Ukrainian forces are unlikely to be able to recapture Crimea from Russian troops in the near future, four senior Defense Department officials told House Armed Services Committee lawmakers in a classified briefing. The assessment is sure to frustrate leaders in Kyiv who consider taking the peninsula back one of their signature goals. It’s unclear what led the briefers to that assessment. But the clear indication, as relayed by three people with direct knowledge of Thursday’s briefing’s contents, was that the Pentagon doesn’t believe Ukraine has — or soon will have — the ability to force Russian troops out of the...
  • After Mocking Beto Puffery, Politico Puffs Beto O'Rourke as Lincoln

    12/01/2018 10:31:19 AM PST · by PJ-Comix · 26 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | December 1, 2018 | P.J. Gladnick
    Are the editors of Politico Magazine even aware of what they have previously published? One has to ask that question since a mere six weeks ago, that periodical published an article by Jack Shafer mocking the the notion of Beto O'Rourke idolatry in the media called "Stop the Press Before It Profiles Beto O’Rourke Again." So what did Politico Magazine do on December 1? It hyped O'Rourke as another Lincoln. I kid you not. Before we dive into Beto as Abe idolatry, let us look at some excerpts from when Politico mocked such silly puffery provided by NewsBusters' Executive Editor, Tim...
  • Politico does weepy story about poor Lois Lerner

    09/22/2014 9:33:38 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 19 replies
    American Thinker ^ | September 22, 2014 | Thomas Lifson
    Do you feel sorry for Lois Lerner? A remarkable long feature article in Politico about the former high-ranking IRS official who pleaded the Fifth Amendment paints a remarkably sympathetic picture of her. The title of the piece by Rachel Bade tantalizingly suggests that some negotiations as to subject matter and tone might have taken place: “Exclusive: Lois Lerner breaks silence.” As Rick Moran pointed out to me, Lerner could have taken her exclusive to the New York Times or Washington Post, and almost certainly they would have been delighted to sit down and talk with her for two hours, as...
  • Politico Catches Obama Campaign In Lie… and Buries It

    08/08/2012 3:24:05 PM PDT · by Lakeshark · 5 replies
    Big Journalism ^ | 8/8/12 | John Nolte
    Right now the biggest political story of the day is the disgraceful ad released by the pro-Obama super PAC, Priorities USA, that shamelessly, openly, and falsely blames Mitt Romney for the death of a woman afflicted with cancer. In the ad, a man named Joe Soptic tells a tragic but completely misleading story that lays the unfortunate death of his wife at Romney's feet. The ad is so outrageous, even the mainstream media has demanded the Obama Campaign repudiate it. The response from the Obama camp has uniformly been to declaratively deny any knowledge of the content in the ad....
  • Politico Thinks the Wisconsin State Flag is a Union Flag

    02/15/2012 11:12:40 AM PST · by TexasNative2000 · 23 replies
    Politico | 2/15/2012 | Vanity
    The active page has been pulled, but here is a screenshot of an earlier Politico report. The reporter claims that President Obama is showing his support of unions by flying a flag representing Wisconsin Local #1848.Sorry, lady. That is Wisconsin's State Flag.Donovan Slack is listed as Politico's "lead writer for '44', a living diary of the Obama presidency."