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Employment Situation Report: November 2025
Read more: Employment Situation Report: November 2025The November 2025 employment report reveals a stalling job market with only 64,000 positions added, unemployment climbing to 4.6%, and nearly one million more Americans forced into part-time work. Federal job cuts continued for the seventh month.
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Consumer Price Index for November 2025: Inflation Holds Steady at 2.7 Percent Despite Government Shutdown Data Gap
Read more: Consumer Price Index for November 2025: Inflation Holds Steady at 2.7 Percent Despite Government Shutdown Data GapThe Consumer Price Index rose 2.7 percent over the 12 months ending November 2025, with a federal government shutdown in October disrupting normal monthly data collection and requiring the Bureau of Labor Statistics to report a two-month change instead.
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Trump’s Prime-Time Address: Economic Progress Claims and Policy Announcements
Read more: Trump’s Prime-Time Address: Economic Progress Claims and Policy AnnouncementsAssistance from Claude AI. Summary President Donald Trump delivered a sweeping prime-time address on December 17, 2025, claiming unprecedented economic and policy achievements in his first 11 months back in office. The president announced a surprise “Warrior Dividend” of $1,776 for 1.45 million military service members before Christmas, unveiled dramatic prescription drug price reductions through…
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The Biggest Mistake in the Wichita Sales Tax Proposal Is . . .
Read more: The Biggest Mistake in the Wichita Sales Tax Proposal Is . . .Dion Lefler argues that Wichita’s proposed sales tax fails as property tax relief because money collected from nonresidents would largely flow back out of the city to absentee property owners.
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Wichita Forward Moves to Quiet Sales Tax Opposition, Won’t Release Survey Data
Read more: Wichita Forward Moves to Quiet Sales Tax Opposition, Won’t Release Survey DataWichita Forward limited public criticism of its proposed 1 percent sales tax by restricting discussion at a forum and refusing to release polling data, drawing complaints from residents and city council members about transparency.
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Understanding H.R. 6703: The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act
Read more: Understanding H.R. 6703: The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans ActH.R. 6703 represents House Republicans’ alternative approach to addressing rising health insurance costs without extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that are set to expire on December 31, 2025. Rather than continuing subsidies that help millions of Americans afford marketplace insurance premiums, this bill focuses on what sponsors call the “root causes”…
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Evaluation: Trump Responds to Death of Rob Reiner
Read more: Evaluation: Trump Responds to Death of Rob ReinerTrump’s response demonstrates a communication style marked by extreme personalization, hostility, and delegitimization of critics through psychiatric labeling. He frames political opposition as evidence of mental defect, enabling moral disengagement and reducing empathy toward individuals associated with dissent—even in contexts involving death or violence. Recurrent themes include grievance, self-vindication, and a rigid narrative of persecution…
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Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy: A cross-source fact-checking analysis
Read more: Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy: A cross-source fact-checking analysisThe Trump administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy represents the most dramatic departure from post-Cold War American foreign policy consensus in modern history—a finding upon which ten distinct sources across the political spectrum largely agree. Released December 4, 2025, the 29-page document abandons the “great power competition” framework that Trump’s own 2017 NSS established with bipartisan…
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Secretary of War Hegseth Unveils Trump Administration’s “Peace Through Strength” Doctrine at Reagan Forum
Read more: Secretary of War Hegseth Unveils Trump Administration’s “Peace Through Strength” Doctrine at Reagan ForumSecretary of War Pete Hegseth announced major policy shifts at the Reagan Defense Forum: Operation Midnight Hammer destroyed Iran’s nuclear program, NATO allies committed to unprecedented 5% GDP defense spending, and the administration is building “Golden Dome” missile defense with protection expected this term. Hegseth positioned Trump as Reagan’s true heir while sharply criticizing decades…
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Did Trump Stop Eight Wars? Fact-Checking Presidential Claims About Health and Achievements
Read more: Did Trump Stop Eight Wars? Fact-Checking Presidential Claims About Health and AchievementsDetailed fact-check of Donald Trump’s social media post claiming unprecedented presidential achievements. Analysis reveals multiple false or exaggerated statements about stopping wars, economic records, border security, and cognitive testing. Examination identifies logical fallacies, hubris, conspiratorial thinking, and lack of self-awareness in characterizing media criticism as seditious.
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Evaluation of Donald Trump’s Statement on Inflation and Prices (December 12, 2025)
Read more: Evaluation of Donald Trump’s Statement on Inflation and Prices (December 12, 2025)The statement by Trump is economically incorrect. It demonstrates a misunderstanding of inflation as a level rather than a rate, and it incorrectly equates disinflation with falling prices.
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Fact-Check: Major Claims from Trump AI Executive Order Signing
Read more: Fact-Check: Major Claims from Trump AI Executive Order SigningExamining the significant factual claims made during this December 11, 2025 event, explaining what’s accurate, what’s exaggerated, and what context is missing. This analysis focuses on verifiable statements rather than subjective political opinions. Assistance from Claude AI. For a summary of the meeting, see Trump Signs Executive Order Centralizing AI Regulation Under Federal Control. Summary:…