Axios

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12 March 2025 03:48

Education Secretary Linda McMahon confirmed to Fox News this evening today's mass layoffs at the Education Department were the first step toward President Trump's plans for a total shutdown of the agency.

Josh Marshall

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12 March 2025 03:47

We're back to that saw from five years ago: the best protection from the disease is getting the disease.

Sherrilyn Ifill

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12 March 2025 03:45

Exactly.

Don Moynihan

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12 March 2025 03:44

The whole thing is important, but listen until the end: the US depends a lot on the flow of capital into the country because it is perceived as the safest port in a storm. Once that is no longer true, a lot of things Americans take for granted go away.

Josh Marshall

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12 March 2025 03:43

good to watch. but there's one part in here that most will probably overlook. stability, the constitution and the rule of law are magnets for capital. an elemental observation that's at the root of basically every study of economics and capitalism.