"Wholesale prices for fresh veggies soared by a record amount last month, foreshadowing a possible spike at the grocery store soon. ...

The Producer Price Index (PPI) for July rose at the fastest clip in three years, far more than economists expected."

~ Ben Berkowitz

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#Trump #economy #tariffs #inflation #prices #groceries
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https://www.axios.com/2025/08/14/inflation-vegetables-ppi

My apologies for linking this thread from A. Hurst to one on Trump's economy. It was meant to be free-standing.

"For too many men, domination is where masculinity is grounded. Dominating conversations online and offline, dominating the physical space around them, dominating women ('Your body, my choice,' Nick Fuentes tweeted after Donald Trump’s second election victory)."

~ Alexander Hurst

#men #masculinity #gender#MaleDomination#MaleEntitlement #machismo
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/15/loneliness-rife-young-men-get-offline-talk-to-each-other

"Despite their expressed grievance that they are discriminated against because of some wokeness they believe is holding their country hostage, it remains a fact that no one on Planet Earth is more privileged than a white male fortunate enough to be born in the USA and given opportunities that exist nowhere else in the world to build a good and successful life."

#Trump#WhiteMales #masculinity#MaleEntitlement#MaleGrievance #gender #misogyny #heterosexism #homophobia
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"Do not listen to the lament that has become the tired and loathsome refrain of many insecure white (and supposedly) heterosexual men in the Trump era."

~ Robert Mickens

#Trump#WhiteMales #masculinity#MaleEntitlement#MaleGrievance #gender #misogyny #heterosexism #homophobia
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https://www.ucanews.com/news/born-in-the-usa-blessings-and-curses-come-with-first-american-pope/109558