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Stone preached a self-help gospel that he called PMA (for “positive mental attitude”) and claimed to have schooled Nixon in its precepts after his twin political defeats in the 1960 presidential elect... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , History

Simplified: Stone preached PMA and schooled Nixon in its precepts after Nixon's political defeats in 1960 and 1962

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Stone contributed nearly $5 million to Nixon’s presidential campaigns in 1968 and 1972 and later said he would have given $10 million if asked. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: Stone contributed nearly $5 million to Nixon's presidential campaigns in 1968 and 1972

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The odds of a September rate cut have jumped to roughly 90 percent in the futures market, a sharp increase that began after the Aug. 1 jobs report. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Finance , Economics

Simplified: Odds of September rate cut jumped to roughly 90 percent in futures market after August 1 jobs report

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Trade and fiscal policy will reinforce the bifurcated consumer. 0.800

👤 Ryan Sweet, the chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Politics

Simplified: Trade and fiscal policy will reinforce the bifurcated consumer

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It would reduce “real disposable income by 2.5 percent to 3 percent” for the poorest Americans. 0.800

👤 Ryan Sweet, the chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Politics

Simplified: Trade and fiscal policy would reduce real disposable income by 2.5 percent to 3 percent for poorest Americans

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Among Nixon’s most generous campaign donors was the oligarch W. Clement Stone (net worth: $500 million), a deeply eccentric self-made insurance tycoon who wore spats and began each day saying, “I feel... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: W Clement Stone was among Nixon's most generous campaign donors with a net worth of $500 million

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Companies are expected to increasingly pass on the higher costs of levies to consumers in the coming months, Goldman Sachs economists say. 0.800

👤 Goldman Sachs economists 📋 News Article 🏷️ Business , Economics

Simplified: Companies are expected to pass higher levy costs to consumers in coming months according to Goldman Sachs economists

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“Howard Hughes wanted to own the president,” former Hughes deputy Robert Maheu explained in a 1973 deposition after Hughes fired him, “choose his successor, members of the Supreme Court, senators, con... 0.800

👤 Robert Maheu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Business

Simplified: Howard Hughes wanted to own the president choose his successor members of Supreme Court senators congressmen politicians at all levels Robert Maheu sa...

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Another oligarchical aspect of Watergate was its financing by slush funds solicited from corporations (illegally) and the rich, collected on occasion by Nixon’s oligarch best friend and factotum, the... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Legal

Simplified: Watergate was financed by slush funds from corporations and the rich collected by Bebe Rebozo

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Watergate was an oligarchic hiccup, given that the most plausible reason for the Nixon White House–directed break-in at the Democratic National Committee was to retrieve evidence Nixon believed (wrong... 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , History , Legal

Simplified: The Nixon White House break-in at the DNC was to retrieve evidence of a bribe Nixon accepted from Howard Hughes.

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When Hughes gave the bribe, he was worried that the Justice Department’s antitrust division wouldn’t let him buy the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, and also that the Atomic Energy Commission permitted nucl... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Business , Politics

Simplified: Hughes worried Justice Department would not let him buy Dunes Hotel Atomic Energy Commission permitted nuclear testing in Nevada

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Core C.P.I., which excludes volatile food and fuel prices, is expected to have risen by 3 percent on an annualized basis, well above the Fed’s 2 percent target. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Finance

Simplified: Core CPI is expected to have risen 3 percent annualized above the Fed's 2 percent target

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Overall inflation last month most likely rose 2.8 percent year over year, according to estimates by FactSet. 0.900

👤 FactSet 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Finance

Simplified: Inflation rose 2.8 percent year over year last month according to FactSet estimates

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Setting Nixon’s 1968 election as the starting gun and Ronald Reagan’s 1980 election as the finish line, it was the work of a dozen years. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , History

Simplified: Eliminating the New Deal consensus took a dozen years from Nixon's 1968 election to Reagan's 1980 election.

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Concerns are growing that the trade war is forcing companies to slow investment and pull back on hiring, as this month’s lousy jobs report indicates. 0.700

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Trade

Simplified: Concerns growing trade war forcing companies slow investment pull back hiring this month's lousy jobs report indicates

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Economists have warned for months about the looming effect of tariffs on inflation. 0.800

👤 Economists 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Trade

Simplified: Economists warned for months looming effect tariffs on inflation

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Bill Ackman suggests merging Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Business , Finance

Simplified: Bill Ackman suggests merging Fannie Mae Freddie Mac

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Although Kamala Harris outspent Trump overall (demonstrating that money isn’t everything), of the top 10 donors to either candidacy—the bulk of it to outside groups—seven supported Trump. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: Kamala Harris outspent Trump overall but seven of the top 10 donors supported Trump.

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About 44 percent of all the funds that supported Trump in 2024 came from 10 individual donors. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: 44 percent of funds supporting Trump in 2024 came from 10 individual donors.

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Oil prices fell on Monday in anticipation of a potential face-to-face meeting on Friday in Alaska between President Trump and Vladimir Putin of Russia — Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday that neg... 0.700

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Economics , International Relations

Simplified: Oil prices fell Monday anticipation potential meeting Friday Alaska President Trump Vladimir Putin Russia Vice President JD Vance said Sunday negotiat...

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