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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
US national debt tops $40 trillion A cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/08/2026
Breaking News: The U.S. national debt hit $40 trillion after decades of borrowing. President Trump has promised to restore fiscal order, yet many of his policies have only exacerbated the debt burden. nyti.ms/4gpGitS
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 19/08/2026
Breaking news: The US’s national debt has hit a record $40tn as borrowing rises at a historic pace, fuelling investor concerns about the state of America’s public finances despite Donald Trump’s vow to bring spending under control. ft.trib.al/fN5D7I6
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Debt Clock If you're interested in the creative process, the philosophy behind my work, and behind-the-scenes sketches, videos, and commentary, I invite you to subscribe to my Substack newsletter: nickanderson.substack.com For @rawstory.com
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
US national debt tops $40 trillion [NYT Gift Article] U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues
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U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues (Gift Article)
President Trump’s promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America’s debt burden have been hampered by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
[Gift Article] Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’ "Nearly 10 years after Mr. Trump first came to the White House on the slogan of America First, his attack-thy-friends, befriend-thy-enemies approach to international relations has become the feature,"
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Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’ (Gift Article)
The president’s hostility to allies like Oman, Canada and South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may still shock some. But it comes as little surprise after a decade of uphea...
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Vid… @nytimes.com.web.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
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Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’
The president’s hostility to allies like Oman, Canada and South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may still shock some. But it comes as little surprise after a decade of upheaval.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Once again, Trump is assailing America's allies, fawning over an enemy and leaving the international community trying to figure out his "upside down world." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’
The president’s hostility to allies like Oman, Canada and South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may still shock some. But it comes as little surprise after a decade of uphea...
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
[Gift Article] Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’ "Nearly 10 years after Mr. Trump first came to the White House on the slogan of America First, his attack-thy-friends, befriend-thy-enemies approach to international relations has become the feature,"
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Threatening Friends and Courting Enemies in Trump’s ‘Upside-Down World’ (Gift Article)
The president’s hostility to allies like Oman, Canada and South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may still shock some. But it comes as little surprise after a decade of uphea...
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Donald Trump [NYT] Trump’s Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. "Mr. Trump has the support of just 34 percent of Americans in CNN’s latest poll, [...]. He had the approval of just 33 percent in a new AP-NORC survey, tying his lowest since 2017, and 32 percent in Quinnipiac University data..."
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Trump’s Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. Don’t Expect Him to Change Course.
Barely a third of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the job, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president at this stage of his tenure.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Trump is now all but the most unpopular second-term president at this stage of their tenure in the history of polling. The only exception: Nixon had even less public support at this stage but at that point he was just days away from resigning. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...
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Trump’s Polling Numbers Hit a New Low. Don’t Expect Him to Change Course.
Barely a third of Americans approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the job, putting him at historic depths for a second-term president at this stage of his tenure.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/07/2026
Nearly one million people who bought President Trump’s memecoin have lost a total of $3.81 billion, a report from a cryptocurrency analytics firm found.  nyti.ms/4wucpPy
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Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin
A report from a cryptocurrency analytics firm details how those who bought the Trump memecoin have fared, with most retail investors having lost money while sophisticated traders did better.
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Donald Trump [Gift NYT Article] Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin "Cumulatively, these 988,905 wallets have lost a total of $3.81 billion, [...]. The coin was trading at $1.76 as of Friday, down 97 percent from its peak price of $75.35."
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Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Donald Trump [Gift NYT Article] Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin "Cumulatively, these 988,905 wallets have lost a total of $3.81 billion, [...]. The coin was trading at $1.76 as of Friday, down 97 percent from its peak price of $75.35."
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Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The Dealmaker Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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billbramhall.bsky.social @billbramhall.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Cartoon
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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
6/19/2026- Memorandum of Understanding www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ju...
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Iran Deal A cartoon by Nick Anderson Speak Softly
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Iran Deal A cartoon by Matt Davies Art Of The Deal
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Iran Deal A cartoon by Morten Morland‬
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chrisbritt.bsky.social @chrisbritt.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#trump #monuments #grift #Iran #war #gop #reflectingpool
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Mystery Box Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Speak Softly Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com For @contrariannews.org
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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Art Of The Deal. Newsday.com/matt
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
[WSJ] How Jack Dorsey Explained Cutting Almost Half of Block’s Staff “Within the next year, I believe the majority of the companies will reach the same conclusion and make similar structural changes,” [...] “I don’t think we’re early to this realization. I think most companies are late.”
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How Jack Dorsey Explained Cutting Almost Half of Block’s Staff
The entrepreneur said fewer employees is better in the AI age.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 27/02/2026
While some may disagree about the threat private credit may pose to markets, a new crisis reared its head on Thursday: Here’s your Evening Briefing.
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More Banks See Exposure Amid Loose Underwriting Fears
Get caught up.
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CNN @cnn.com · 27/02/2026
Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey.
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Block lays off nearly half its staff because of AI. Its CEO said most companies will do the same | CNN Business
Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 27/02/2026
A federal judge on Thursday rejected Binance's request that customers who accused the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange of illegally selling unregistered tokens that lost much of their value arbitrate their claims.
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Binance cannot arbitrate customer claims over crypto losses, US judge rules
A federal judge on Thursday rejected Binance's request that customers who accused the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange of illegally selling unregistered tokens that lost much of their value arbitrate their claims.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 27/02/2026
Americans are leaving the U.S. in record numbers, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries. on.wsj.com/4rCUlQV
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 26/02/2026
Private credit fund managed by KKR reports jump in troubled loans ft.trib.al/YmwkfaZ
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Private credit fund managed by KKR reports jump in troubled loans
FS KKR shares tumble 15% as markdowns highlight growing strains in debt extended to unlisted companies
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
[NYT] Block Cuts 40% of Its Work Force Because of Its Embrace of A.I. “We’re already seeing it internally. A significantly smaller team, using the tools we’re building, can do more and do it better. And intelligence tool capabilities are compounding faster every week.” - Jack Dorsey
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Block Cuts 40% of Its Work Force Because of Its Embrace of A.I.
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
“What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening' - Donald Trump
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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Fake News. Newsday.com/matt
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 26/02/2026
C3 AI shares plummet as company cuts 26% of workforce, posts wider loss than expected
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C3 AI shares plummet as company cuts 26% of workforce, posts wider loss than expected
Shares of enterprise artificial intelligence company C3 AI sunk after widely missing earnings and announcing layoffs under new CEO Ehikian's restructuring plan.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 26/02/2026
EBay laying off about 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce
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EBay laying off about 800 roles, or 6% of its workforce
The job cuts are occurring across the company, and are a result of its push to focus on "strategic priorities," eBay said.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 25/02/2026
The DOJ has not released records from three interviews the FBI did with a woman who alleged she was a sexual assault victim of Epstein and made sexual abuse allegations against President Trump, according to an NBC News analysis and information provided by a source familiar with the investigation.
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DOJ has not released some Epstein files related to a woman who made an allegation against Trump
The files do not include records from three FBI interviews with a woman who said Jeffrey Epstein abused her and who also made sexual abuse allegations against President Trump, according to an NBC News analysis.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 26/02/2026
Americans are leaving the U.S. in record numbers, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by America's enviable salaries.
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Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 25/02/2026
UK investors unable to put crypto products in Isas from April ft.trib.al/5s1Ninf
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UK investors unable to put crypto products in Isas from April
Government’s crypto Isa move ‘at risk of being a damp squib’
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/02/2026
The Justice Department did not release key records in the Epstein files about a woman who made an unverified accusation against Donald Trump. In 2019, the woman said she had been sexually assaulted by Trump and Jeffrey Epstein decades earlier, when she was a minor. nyti.ms/4ceQAwl
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
[NYT Gift Article] Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/02/2026
Breaking News: The Justice Department did not release key records in the Epstein files about a woman who made an unverified accusation against Donald Trump. In 2019, the woman said she had been sexually assaulted by Trump and Jeffrey Epstein decades earlier, when she was a minor.
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
Documents released by the Justice Department briefly mention a woman’s unverified accusation that Donald J. Trump assaulted her in the 1980s, when she was a minor. But several memos related to her account are not in the files.
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Donald Trump [NYT] Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The State of the Union For @rawstory.com Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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MS NOW @ms.now · 24/02/2026
BREAKING: NPR, MS NOW: Trump-related files missing from DOJ Epstein file release. MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin explains
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Epstein Files Missing Epstein files include interviews with alleged Trump accuser A woman who came forward in July 2019 to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of assaulting and raping her several times in the 1980s, beginning when she was just 13, is also a Trump accuser featured in the Epstein files.
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Missing Epstein files include interviews with alleged Trump accuser
A woman who came forward in July 2019 to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of assaulting and raping her several times in the 1980s, beginning when she was just 13, is also a Trump accuser featured in the Epstein...
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Epstein Files [NPR] Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump "The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds."
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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NPR @npr.org · 24/02/2026
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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Arie Goldshlager @ariegoldshlager.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
State of the Union “In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.” - George Orwell, 1984
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