Folks tweeting about low unemployment miss the picture. First, that stat only measures active job seekers. Discounts chronic unemployed.
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Second, there is polarization in the job market. Squeezed middle, growing low-end, insecure, low-pay jobs. Of course people are anxious.
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When ordinary people talk about jobs, they mean good, secure job that support a family on ~40 hours a week. "Oh, they're gone" is no answer.
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No, old-style manufacturing jobs aren't coming back, and no "job-training" for jobs that don't exist and aren't realistic is no answer.
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Huge historical transition in the social contract, from politics, tech & globalization can't be dismissed. Way out is new social contract.
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What is the court that Cuba is suing the United States for reparations? Trump thinks Cuba is going to International Court of Justice?
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Umm, so I observed a Trump rally yesterday. You are not going to out-Trump on "I'm tough on Radical Islamic Terrorism". It's his corner.
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Future generations will neither understand nor forgive how glib we were about climate change. Single most depressing moment.
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What does the world thinks about the US? Well, I keep getting asked about Trump. "Is he real?" "Will he win?" "Is he real? "Really real?"
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I was at rally protester got punched. It wasn't visible to the crowd. Trump did say: "If a protester punches, I hope we could punch back".
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See thread about how his rallies feel on the ground. (hint: it feels different than later media depiction).https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/707939273010446336 …
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Trump said the black protester was punched because of trade deals & Cruz because of Obama? So much for politics of personal responsibility.
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