{"id":12384,"date":"2026-10-26T00:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/?p=12384"},"modified":"2026-10-26T00:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:59:55","slug":"20261026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/2026\/10\/26\/20261026\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday\u2019s News 2026-10-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n… trying to ‘unbury the lede’<\/h4>\n

Heather Cox Richardson<\/small>:
\nLetters from an American – October 25, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n

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\nTrump and his allies keep saying they are digging the United States economy out of a hole dug by former president Joe Biden, but on October 19, 2024, The Economist called the U.S. economy \u201cThe Envy of the World.\u201d Trump disagreed, insisting that Biden\u2019s economy was horrible.<\/p>\n

He promised the new tariffs he intended to impose would create an economic miracle. Just hours after his second inauguration, he said that tariffs were \u201cthe most beautiful word to me in the dictionary,\u201d because \u201ctariffs are going to make us rich as hell. It\u2019s going to bring our country\u2019s businesses back that left us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now Republicans are studiously avoiding the word \u201ctariffs\u201d …
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Marlon Weems<\/small>:
\nHow prediction markets moved from forecasting tool to political infrastructure<\/a><\/h2>\n
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