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Economy | Labor

Productivity Went Up—Pay Didn’t Keep Up (So Who Collected the Difference?)
ByHugh Jass June 26, 2026

Productivity went up. Pay didn’t keep up. Coincidence? Absolutely not—Exhibit A had a pulse. The file says for decades beginning in the 1940s, productivity…

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Follow the Money: “500 Days of Trump Scandals” Timeline 3/7 — Crypto Help, Ballroom Donors, and Taxpayer-Backed Deals

“PUT MONEY NEAR POWER, THEN WATCH THE RULES MOVE” is the only instruction manual anybody reads, and the timeline follows it like a recipe:…

America's Got Governance | Politics

Follow the Emergency, Get Zero Progress

By Holden McGroin

FOLLOW THE EMERGENCY, says the group chat voice: “We can’t sign this bill—so I’m declaring a NATIONAL EMERGENCY of the moment.” Then comes the…

Economy | Labor

Productivity Went Up—Pay Didn’t Keep Up (So Who Collected the Difference?)

By Hugh Jass

Productivity went up. Pay didn’t keep up. Coincidence? Absolutely not—Exhibit A had a pulse. The file says for decades beginning in the 1940s, productivity…

Justice | Politics

Pay. Donate. Invest. Then Watch Government Move: 500 Days of Trump Scandals (Timeline 1 of 7)

By Moses Pray

Officials love to say it’s “neutral enforcement.” Then the timeline drops three dates: Apr 7, 2025, where it claims the Justice Department’s “crypto enforcement…

Economy | Labor

Follow the Money: Your schedule is random—your bills still show up on time

By Harlan Quill

My job is “flexible,” which is HR-code for “we can change your week whenever business needs it.” Your bills are “predictable,” which is bill-code…

Justice | Politics

Stockton’s “Ski Mask” Ordinance: Narrow Rule, Wide Panic

By Holden McGroin

Stockton’s face-covering rule isn’t a blanket “ban all masks.” It’s aimed at concealed identities used in a way that reasonably creates fear of intimidation, threats, or violence—plus it explicitly carves out multiple everyday exceptions. Of course the internet heard “game over” anyway.