Grand Jury in Florida Hints at Unknown Complexities in Trump Documents Inquiry

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Payrolls grew by a surprisingly large 339,000 in May, and the increases for the preceding two months were higher than initially estimated, the Labor Department said Friday. “I don’t think there’s any chance we’re in a recession,” said Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan. The National Bureau of Economic Research, an academic research group and the official arbiter of U.S. recessions, analyzes a slew of economic data to help determine whether the economy is in a recession. Most of those indicators look healthy, Wolfers said. - [Daily Kos t-shirts are going fast. Get one now and show your support for progressive, independent media!]( - [RFK’s assassination and 55 years of paranoia]( RFK’s assassination and 55 years of paranoia, Will Bunch, The Philadelphia inquirer There was a lot of good reason to be cynical when Robert F. Kennedy Sr. announced belatedly in March 1968 that he was running for president. This RFK was the original nepo baby, a product of Kennedy family rivalries that made HBO’s Succession look tame, and just 35 years old when his brother John F. Kennedy shocked Washington by making him attorney general. Nothing he did as AG — from bugging the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to plotting against Fidel Castro — suggested he would become a progressive icon. But his brother’s murder in November 1963 changed RFK for good. After he was elected U.S. senator from New York, Kennedy used his platform to tour rural Mississippi and eastern Kentucky to call for an end to poverty. After launching that ‘68 presidential campaign, he infuriated some advisers by taking a couple of days to spotlight deplorable conditions on the isolated Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, telling them in a handwritten note: “Those of you who think you’re running my campaign don’t love Indians the way I do.” - [Is Accountability Finally Coming?]( Is Accountability Finally Coming?, Steven Beschloss, "America America" on Substack It may be time to expect evidence of Trump taking and keeping classified documents will lead to criminal indictment Remember when he was called Teflon Don (à la mob boss John Gotti)? Are you angered (like me) that as evidence of his crimes keeps piling up prosecutors continue to hesitate from filing charges? Are you worried (like I have been) that nothing Donald Trump has done—or might still do—will ever convince Attorney General Merrick Garland that it is time to indict? 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