Trump seems to genuinely believe that he can rule the world through tariffs by using them as a cudgel to make foreign countries stop laughing at us. But there’s another reason he loves them. They give him power over American businesses and a massive opportunity for corruption: The sweeping tariffs that President-elect Donald J. Trump imposed in his first term on foreign metals, machinery, clothing and other products were intended to have maximum impact around the world. They sought to shutter foreign factories, rework international supply chains and force companies to make big investments in the United States. But for many businesses, the most important consequences of the tariffs, enacted in 2018 and 2019, unfolded just a few blocks from the White House. In the face of pushback from companies reliant on foreign products, the Trump administration set up a process that allowed them to apply for special exemptions. The stakes were high: An exemption could relieve a company of tariffs as high as 25 percent, potentially giving it a big advantage over competitors.
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Jamelle Bouie sent this along in his newsletter today and I thought is was perfect for the moment: Most Americans who know of Frederick Douglass know that he lived to see the destruction of chattel slavery and the liberation of Black Americans from the despotism of human bondage. Less well known is the fact that Douglass would also live long enough to see the slave stand free, stand a brief moment in the sun, and move back again toward slavery, to paraphrase W.E.B. Du Bois in his book “Black Reconstruction.” Douglass died in 1895 as the counterrevolution to Reconstruction and the agrarian rebellions of the 1880s and 1890s took final shape. In 1890, Mississippi imposed its Jim Crow Constitution. Other states in the South soon followed suit. In 1896, the Supreme Court would affirm “separate but equal” in Plessy v. Ferguson, a landmark ruling that would stand until 1954, when it was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education. In 1894, at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington D.C., Douglass delivered the last great speech of his career.
Is the Doctor Who Christmas Special titled "Joy to the World" or "Joy to the Worlds"? New Disney+ key art has us confused. Plus, new images!
Check out a key art poster and teaser animation for Showrunner Russell T. Davies's Doctor Who Christmas Special "Joy to the World."
THE donation of an innovative piece of equipment is set to revolutionise breast cancer surgery at Coffs Harbour Hospital. Acquiring the Magseed Localiser was made possible by a remarkable $94,000 donation from Coffs Harbour’s Pink Silks Perpetual Trust. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us...
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AN exhibition of work from TAFE photography students opens next Wednesday, 27 November. Called “PICS”, the end-of-year showcase features work by the Certificate IV in Photography and Digital Imaging class at Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC). Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02)...
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THE native stingless beehive installed at Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary almost a year ago reached a significant milestone last week. Maintained by the Coffs Harbour branch of the Australian Native Bee Association (ANBA), the beehive was home to a healthy population of Tetragonula carbonaria bees, but had reached capacity. Advertise with News of The Area...
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THE upcoming Made with Love Christmas market will have special meaning this year for organiser Alison Paul. And not only because it supports local cancer patients by raising thousands of dollars for the CanDo Cancer Trust. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02)...
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I’m just going to leave this here. If you have a few minutes, listen to Project 2025 author Russell Vought, Trump’s budget chief, talk about what he plans to do in the new administration. He’s not just a faceless bureaucrat. He’s got a vision. A Christian Nationalist vision.
LORRAINE Kaemphel celebrated turning 100 by tap dancing; first in her dance class just days beforehand and then at her family party on the big day. The local centenarian attends three dance classes a week; one at the Julie Ross Dance Studios (JRDS) and two at the Marian Grove retirement home where she lives. Advertise...
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MID North Coast ceramicist group Coastal ClayMakers is celebrating clay, community and creativity with an open weekend at the CWA Hall, Bellingen. This weekend’s celebration, 23-24 November, is part of Australian Ceramics Open Studios and Bellingen Shire Arts Trail. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone...
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Airing on the BBC on December 23rd, Doctor Who classic "The War Games" is getting a colourised 90-minute cut with interesting new additions.
Employers have to free their captives, the Feds curb a health care giant’s shopping spree, Google’s big breakup levels up, scam call crackdowns are showing results, and Facebook’s anti-shareholder effort gets blocked.
‘We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster’, scientists conclude. Donkeys: feral pests or nature’s saviours? Climate change threatens global food security and farmers’ incomes. ‘Perilous times on planet Earth’ ‘We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric Continue reading »
The novel It Can’t Happen Here, written by Sinclair Lewis was published in 1935 during the rise of fascism in Europe. It tells the story of Berzelius “Buzz” Windrip, a demagogue who is elected President of the United States, after fomenting fear, and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and traditional values. After his Continue reading »
In honor of Doctor Who Day, check out these deleted scenes from the 60th Anniversary Specials and Season 1 that were released.
For anyone naive enough to believe that Central Bank governors’ work is based on solid evidence-based science — forget it! What the newly broadcasted Swedish documentary Debt Fever convincingly demonstrates is that the work of Central Bank governors is little more than subtle storytelling charlatanry—and they know it themselves! In the documentary, Financial Times journalist […]
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In honor of Doctor Who Day, a look at how the anniversary specials have evolved from ratings-grabbing events to character-centred efforts.
Sixty years ago Milton Friedman wrote an (in)famous article arguing that (1) the natural rate of unemployment was independent of monetary policy and that (2) trying to keep the unemployment rate below the natural rate would only give rise to higher and higher inflation. The hypothesis has always been controversial, and much theoretical and empirical […]
Since the early days of his G20 leadership, Brazil’s President Lula put fighting inequality centre stage, and at the Heads of State Summit this week, delivered a groundbreaking agreement that could begin to tackle the extreme and destructive chasm between the super-rich and the rest. Leaders meeting in Rio signed and sealed a historic deal […]
Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 17 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly or even fully funded) and special issues, 13 postdoc positions, 5 job openings, 5 PhD scholarships, 2 summer schools, 2 grants, 2 visiting positions and an award in economic sociology, political […]
Animal Thanksgiving! That’s from a couple of years ago, but I have to assume that zoos around the country will be doing something similar this year. Those are lemurs enjoying their T-Day dinner. The Oregon zoo: Denver Zoo: We aren’t the only ones feasting today! Our leucistic raccoon sisters, Pecan and Cashew, enjoyed a delicious Thanksgiving feast made up of hard-boiled eggs, clams, crawfish, pineapple, edamame, sweet potato, green beans, peas and carrots. Raccoons are omnivores, so these items are all staples of their daily diet. Our Nutrition Team presented these foods in a fun new way for our girls! These goats at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, had a lot to be thankful for this season, given a huge Thanksgiving feast of vegetarian fare and even “mocktails” made from beet juice, according to the zoo.
