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Trump Claims Nobody Knew Poverty' Before 1929 In Riff About Mar-a-Lago Origin Story

Trump claimed that prior to 1929, nobody understood wealth or poverty, emphasizing lessons learned from history during his gala speech at Mar-a-Lago.

CNN Contributor Defends Great-Grandfather Herbert Hoover: Will Democrats Just Bury the 90-Year-Old Talking Point?'

President Joe Biden made derogatory remarks about former President Herbert Hoover, comparing him to former President Donald Trump.
CNN panel discusses Biden's remarks and the historical context of the Great Depression.

Trump Claims Nobody Knew Poverty' Before 1929 In Riff About Mar-a-Lago Origin Story

Trump claimed that prior to 1929, nobody understood wealth or poverty, emphasizing lessons learned from history during his gala speech at Mar-a-Lago.

CNN Contributor Defends Great-Grandfather Herbert Hoover: Will Democrats Just Bury the 90-Year-Old Talking Point?'

President Joe Biden made derogatory remarks about former President Herbert Hoover, comparing him to former President Donald Trump.
CNN panel discusses Biden's remarks and the historical context of the Great Depression.
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Millions of Americans Still Benefit From These Depression-Era Public Works Projects

The Great Depression led to a dramatic shift in government involvement in the economy through programs like the New Deal.

21 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate America looked during the Great Depression

The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history, with unemployment reaching 25%.

Millions of Americans Still Benefit From These Depression-Era Public Works Projects

The Great Depression led to a dramatic shift in government involvement in the economy through programs like the New Deal.

21 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate America looked during the Great Depression

The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history, with unemployment reaching 25%.
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The Beloved Store-Bought Baking Mix We Can Thank Michigan For - Tasting Table

Jiffy Mix represents Michigan's culinary influence and has become a symbol of economic resilience and accessibility in baking.

The 20 US Cities Where Residents Collect the Most Social Security

The Social Security Act was established to provide retirement income after the Great Depression.

I grew up in a cluttered house. Now, I feel satisfaction from donating things I don't use.

Clutter in my childhood home stemmed from my parents' upbringing during the Great Depression, which shaped my current relationship with cleaning and organization.
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Vintage photos show how the role of women in the workforce has evolved in the last 100 years

The role of women in the workforce has evolved significantly, expanding opportunities in various sectors and shifting societal perceptions over the past century.

Over 1 Million Were Deported to Mexico Nearly 100 Years Ago. Most of Them Were US Citizens | KQED

The deportation of individuals during the Great Depression ignored their constitutional rights, labeling the act as 'lawless'.

Jack Conroy and the Lost Era of Proletarian Literature

Jack Conroy, the forgotten godfather of a revolutionary American literary movement in the 1930s, highlighted the working class's liberatory poetics.

New TikTok Trend Says We're in a "Silent Depression"-Are They Right?

TikTokers claim American purchasing power is lower than during the Great Depression
A battle between Gen Z influencers and economists ensued

The best adverts of the 1930s: what we can learn from vintage advertising

The 1930s was a golden age of advertising, with creativity flourishing despite the economic hardships of the Great Depression.
Guinness's iconic ad campaign featuring circus animals by John Gilroy exemplifies the spirit of creativity and has had a lasting cultural impact.
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He Bid $190 Million for the Flatiron Building, Then Didn't Pay Up

The small auction held last week outside a Manhattan courthouse 11 bidders holding white paddles gathered around a plastic folding table seemed like the last-resort liquidation of some foreclosed house or deserted suburban office park.But the property being sold on the courthouse steps was different.

Banks Are Borrowing More From the Fed: What to Know

Banks are turning to the Federal Reserve's loan programs to access funding as turmoil sweeps the financial system in the wake several high-profile bank failures.The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10 followed by Signature Bank on March 12 prompted depositors to pull their money from some banks and sent the stock prices for financial firms on a roller-coaster ride.

Heaps of Grilled Onions Are the Secret to This 96-Year-Old Oklahoma Burger Icon

As someone who grew up just a 15-minute drive across the border in Northeast Texas, I have done my fair share of shit-talking about the state of Oklahoma: "The wind blows so hard in Texas because Oklahoma sucks," and so on.But as fortune would have it, I fell in love with and married an Okie, which has necessitated spending a lot more time in the Sooner State over the past decade - and a lot more time with the Oklahoma onion burger.

Marilyn Stafford, a Photojournalist Rediscovered, Dies at 97

Marilyn Stafford's journey from aspiring Broadway singer and actress to noted photojournalist and fashion photographer started with a drive to New Jersey and a spasm of fear.One morning in 1948, Ms. Stafford, who was 23, was tagging along with two friends who were driving to the home of Albert Einstein in Princeton, N.J., to make a short documentary about him and his views, as one of history's greatest physicists, on the dawning of atomic weapons.

Working Together Keeps Saving the World

Early in the pandemic, experts projected that the world economy could shrink by almost 10% in 2020.Yet what played out was a contraction of 3.1%still a huge loss of output, but not nearly as dire.To a large extent, this was due to international cooperation.Countries came together to diagnose the problem: a simultaneous shock to supply and demand.

This Day in Braves History: Atlanta re-signs Eric Hinske

Braves Franchise History
2010 - The Braves re-sign Eric Hinske to a one-year deal.Hanse hit .256/.338/.456with 11 home runs in 131 games for Atlanta in 2010.He will appear in 117 games in 2011 while hitting .233/.311/.403with 10 home runs in 2011.MLB History
1915 - The Yankees acquire Wally Pipp from the Tigers off of waivers.

He Bid $190 Million for the Flatiron Building, Then Didn't Pay Up

The small auction held last week outside a Manhattan courthouse 11 bidders holding white paddles gathered around a plastic folding table seemed like the last-resort liquidation of some foreclosed house or deserted suburban office park.But the property being sold on the courthouse steps was different.

Banks Are Borrowing More From the Fed: What to Know

Banks are turning to the Federal Reserve's loan programs to access funding as turmoil sweeps the financial system in the wake several high-profile bank failures.The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10 followed by Signature Bank on March 12 prompted depositors to pull their money from some banks and sent the stock prices for financial firms on a roller-coaster ride.

Heaps of Grilled Onions Are the Secret to This 96-Year-Old Oklahoma Burger Icon

As someone who grew up just a 15-minute drive across the border in Northeast Texas, I have done my fair share of shit-talking about the state of Oklahoma: "The wind blows so hard in Texas because Oklahoma sucks," and so on.But as fortune would have it, I fell in love with and married an Okie, which has necessitated spending a lot more time in the Sooner State over the past decade - and a lot more time with the Oklahoma onion burger.

Marilyn Stafford, a Photojournalist Rediscovered, Dies at 97

Marilyn Stafford's journey from aspiring Broadway singer and actress to noted photojournalist and fashion photographer started with a drive to New Jersey and a spasm of fear.One morning in 1948, Ms. Stafford, who was 23, was tagging along with two friends who were driving to the home of Albert Einstein in Princeton, N.J., to make a short documentary about him and his views, as one of history's greatest physicists, on the dawning of atomic weapons.

Working Together Keeps Saving the World

Early in the pandemic, experts projected that the world economy could shrink by almost 10% in 2020.Yet what played out was a contraction of 3.1%still a huge loss of output, but not nearly as dire.To a large extent, this was due to international cooperation.Countries came together to diagnose the problem: a simultaneous shock to supply and demand.

This Day in Braves History: Atlanta re-signs Eric Hinske

Braves Franchise History
2010 - The Braves re-sign Eric Hinske to a one-year deal.Hanse hit .256/.338/.456with 11 home runs in 131 games for Atlanta in 2010.He will appear in 117 games in 2011 while hitting .233/.311/.403with 10 home runs in 2011.MLB History
1915 - The Yankees acquire Wally Pipp from the Tigers off of waivers.
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ANALYSIS | Global financial contagion means everyone is 'waiting to see where the bodies are buried' | CBC News

Is it possible to talk about financial contagion without perpetuating it?Regulators and public officials are anxious to be reassuring, but for Canadians trying to understand how a series of ostensibly unconnected global bank failures could affect them, being like the meme dog in the burning kitchen that turned 10 this year may not be the best plan either.

What Google Bard Can Do (and What It Can't)

Google has released a new chatbot, Bard, and has shared the experimental technology with a limited number of people in the United States and Britain.Bard competes with similar technologies from Microsoft and its partner, the San Francisco start-up OpenAI.But Google has been cautious with its release as it tries to control the unexpected behavior exhibited by this kind of technology.

Late Night Sums Up the Silicon Valley Bank Situation

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.On Friday, federal regulars seized control of Silicon Valley Bank, which was the 16th largest bank in the United States before its collapse.

What's on TV This Week: Perry Mason' and The Oscars

Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one.Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, Mar. 6-12.Details and times are subject to change.THE VOICE 8 p.m. on NBC.The singing-competition show that discovered Cassadee Pope and Morgan Wallen is back, and one of the judges, Blake Shelton, is gearing up for his 23rd and last season.

Could Adolf Hitler's seizure of power have been prevented? DW 01/30/2023

In the early 1930s it looked as if Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party would be unlikely to ever take power.By the autumn of 1932, the Nazis were losing support as the Depression-hit economy began to improve.In the November 1932 federal election the last free and fair one held before the Nazis seized power Hitler's National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) won the most votes, but failed to obtain a majority, which meant he had to form a coalition amid ongoing political deadlock.

Opinion: How we can rescue California's lost generation of students

Low math and reading indicators on the 2022 California School Dashboard are reviving grim predictions about students' future after COVID shutdowns.Data from the 2021-2022 school year shows that, along with declines in academic performance, the state saw rates of chronic absenteeism triple.Californians are no doubt asking themselves once again that difficult question: Were children's lives so disrupted by the pandemic's turmoil, sickness and learning loss that they'll never fully recover?

ANALYSIS | Global financial contagion means everyone is 'waiting to see where the bodies are buried' | CBC News

Is it possible to talk about financial contagion without perpetuating it?Regulators and public officials are anxious to be reassuring, but for Canadians trying to understand how a series of ostensibly unconnected global bank failures could affect them, being like the meme dog in the burning kitchen that turned 10 this year may not be the best plan either.

What Google Bard Can Do (and What It Can't)

Google has released a new chatbot, Bard, and has shared the experimental technology with a limited number of people in the United States and Britain.Bard competes with similar technologies from Microsoft and its partner, the San Francisco start-up OpenAI.But Google has been cautious with its release as it tries to control the unexpected behavior exhibited by this kind of technology.

Late Night Sums Up the Silicon Valley Bank Situation

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.On Friday, federal regulars seized control of Silicon Valley Bank, which was the 16th largest bank in the United States before its collapse.

What's on TV This Week: Perry Mason' and The Oscars

Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one.Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, Mar. 6-12.Details and times are subject to change.THE VOICE 8 p.m. on NBC.The singing-competition show that discovered Cassadee Pope and Morgan Wallen is back, and one of the judges, Blake Shelton, is gearing up for his 23rd and last season.

Could Adolf Hitler's seizure of power have been prevented? DW 01/30/2023

In the early 1930s it looked as if Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party would be unlikely to ever take power.By the autumn of 1932, the Nazis were losing support as the Depression-hit economy began to improve.In the November 1932 federal election the last free and fair one held before the Nazis seized power Hitler's National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) won the most votes, but failed to obtain a majority, which meant he had to form a coalition amid ongoing political deadlock.

Opinion: How we can rescue California's lost generation of students

Low math and reading indicators on the 2022 California School Dashboard are reviving grim predictions about students' future after COVID shutdowns.Data from the 2021-2022 school year shows that, along with declines in academic performance, the state saw rates of chronic absenteeism triple.Californians are no doubt asking themselves once again that difficult question: Were children's lives so disrupted by the pandemic's turmoil, sickness and learning loss that they'll never fully recover?
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This Day in Braves History: Atlanta announces Chipper Jones will begin his final season on injured list

Braves Franchise History
1995 - Braves replacement player Dave Shotkoski is held up while out for a walk in West Palm Beach during spring training.Shotkoski is murdered by the assailant.Fellow replacement player Terry Blocker will help the police track down Neal Douglas Evans, who was out on parole.

The Loop Fountain by Lily Clark Drips With Tranquility

During the depths of Great Depression, the federally sponsored programs known as the New Deal put millions of jobless Americans back to work in service of constructing a modern civic landscape that left nearly every city and town marked by inspiring communal structures characterized by their utility, craftsmanship, and artistry.

'Perry Mason' returns for Season 2, but the reboot is less fun than the original

Matthew Rhys plays the unbeatable defense attorney Perry Mason in HBO's series.Merrick Morton /HBO Movies and TV have always been notorious for taking literary works and then making adaptations that flatten them out.But lately, ambitious writers and directors have been trying to do just the opposite.

Google salvages and adapts older parts of downtown San Jose village

Sunlite Bakery Bread Depot building at 145 South Montgomery Street in downtown San Jose, entrance.(Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) SAN JOSE Google has pushed ahead with efforts to salvage parts of older buildings as well as rescue complete historic structures that are within the footprint of the search giant's downtown San Jose transit village.

'It's gonna linger.' USC haunted by collapse to Tulane in Cotton Bowl

Caleb Williams stood in the deepest recesses of Tulane territory, his back suddenly, inexplicably against the wall, his team suddenly, inexplicably unraveling before our eyes.It wasn't supposed to be this way.Not after USC had vowed to finish its terrific turnaround season on a high note.Not after USC led by 15 in the final minutes.

At Round House Theatre, a literally magical 'Tempest'

From left: Ro Boddie as Ferdinand, Eric Hissom as the sorcerer Prospero and Megan Graves as Miranda in "The Tempest: at Round House Theatre.(Scott Suchman) The magic tricks in Round House Theatre's "The Tempest" are not, to steal Prospero's phrase, an insubstantial pageant.Rather, say co-adaptors and co-directors Aaron Posner and the magician Teller (of Penn & Teller), the show's many conjuring effects serve a substantial purpose: They pull the audience into the story.

Fuck the Holidays

It's the worst time of the year.Spending time with family not bad, but fuck the stress that goes with it.Don't want the drama of others politics, I swear to Christ people forget what little they know about driving during the holidays.Food?Traditional spread?Might have been awesome during the great depression, but now it's an unappetizing fiscal drain.
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