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2 weeks ago |
startribune.com | David Banks
Opinion editor's note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. As the Trump administration pursues a scorched-earth approach to immigration enforcement, it's a be-careful-what-you-wish-for message to voters - unless they're without empathy or concern for government transparency, or are uninterested in living in a nation where people can coexist in relative stability.
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3 weeks ago |
startribune.com | David Banks
By David Banks The president is attempting to diversify the nation's reserves by positioning a portion of them speculatively. As always, if you were going to take such a risk, you might prefer not to partner with the Bank of Trump. The news last week that the president's relatively new family crypto business is launching a so-called stablecoin represents a further sinking of conflict-of-interest claws into the endeavor.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
startribune.com | David Banks
A summary of reader responses to — and further thoughts about — a column that connected. January 23, 2025 at 11:31PMWe received dozens of responses to David Banks' Jan. 12 column from those on the customer side. Now we'd like to invite those on the corporate side of things to weigh in. (VICTOR J. BLUE/The New York Times)Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. In my Jan.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
startribune.com | David Banks
I didn't really object to the cap on the deduction. I just minded being told I was getting a tax cut when I wasn't. The cap expires this year and has become a bargaining chip in the broader discussion over extending the 2017 legislation, other aspects of which also are scheduled to sunset in 2025. Some in Congress - including Republicans - want to raise the cap, and Trump is game.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
worcestersucks.email | Clayton Aldern |Gregg Colburn |David Banks |Frantz Fanon
What’s up my merry pranksters!The writing prompt I assigned myself for this year’s ‘in review’ was one month, one paragraph. The year in 12 grafs. I enjoyed the exercise. Behind each sentence you’re about to read is thousands upon thousands of words, hours of work. Interviews, background conversations, five hour stretches on council livestreams, digging through records, submitting FOIAs, reading every stupid thing every stupid person puts on the internet in this city.
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