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The republicans are crowing about the stock market going up. I've lived long enough to know that this does not mean things are good for the average person.


Why Barnes & Noble Wants Smaller Stores
http://fortune.com/2017/11/30/barnes-noble-sales/


Coal baron seeking Senate seat spent a year in prison for disaster that killed 29 miners
Blankenship spent a year in federal prison for conspiring to willfully violate mine safety standards.
https://thinkprogress.org/don-blankenship-senate-run-7b1da187e2bf/


When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work
Twenty states suspend people’s professional or driver’s licenses if they fall behind on loan payments, according to records obtained by The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/business/student-loans-licenses.html


The Root of All Cruelty?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/27/the-root-of-all-cruelty?mbid=social_facebook_aud_dev_kw_paid-the-root-of-all-cruelty&kwp_0=610387&kwp_4=2164246&kwp_1=903961


Sen. Rubio tells a secret: After giving a tax cut to the rich, GOP will cut Social Security and Medicare
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-gop-social-security-20171130-story.html


Tax cut fever: Republican trickle-down theory is lies
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/27/tax-cut-fever-republican-supply-side-theory-hogwash-bruce-bartlett-column/704464001/


Kansans beg Sen. Jerry Moran: ‘Why take this failed experiment nationwide?’
http://amp.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article186974513.html