Because of Republicans’ cut to health care, rural hospitals are closing across the country.
“To lose the clinic is the same as losing a grocery store or a local provider,” says a small business owner in rural Virginia.
The data is clear: working families are shifting their spending toward cheaper items & leveraging discounts, promotions, or pulling back on spending altogether.
Trump says it’s a “con job.”
The Feds' Beige Book is blunt: working families are strained, businesses are uncertain, & tariffs are pushing the economy in the wrong direction.
Trump meanwhile says affordability “doesn’t mean anything to anybody.”
The wealthy are thriving while everyone else struggles to afford the basics. @owenslindsay1 in @wapo on how the economy is fragmenting between the rich & the poor:
“Companies aren’t going to drop prices until people can’t pay it. And there are people who can pay it right…
The Fed’s latest Beige Book confirms what working families have been saying for months: prices are still too high, wages aren’t keeping up, and the economy is losing steam.
Our @AlexSJacquez says it best: economic insecurity is on the rise.
Standard ADP caveats, but in the absence of up to date government payrolls, all other signs point to a further deteriorating labor market
Corporations use AI to change prices in the moment - tricking consumers to pay more without them knowing. That grift might be coming to an end says @owenslindsay1 to @TheProspect:
“It was hiding in plain sight & everyone has found it & you just can’t unsee it… There is a world…
70% of voters report that necessities like housing, groceries, & health care are getting less affordable - & they want their elected leaders to step up.
New report from us, State Innovation, & @LocalProgress outlines 10 popular policies that elected officials should champion 👇…
Don’t be fooled by rosy Black Friday spending headlines: Americans are spending a lot more for a lot less.
Trump’s historic and unaffordable tariffs are partly to blame.
Trump’s tariffs are making your Thanksgiving more expensive.
Just as we enter the coldest months, Americans are paying 11% more for electricity than they were in January, when Trump took office. That’s 3x the rate of overall inflation.
Trump’s Golden Age: Where electricity is a luxury, & keeping the lights on becomes unattainable for…
The Art of the Hidden Fee: Our new resource outlines how corporations use a growing arsenal of deceptive pricing tactics to squeeze all of us & drive up record profits.
Rising prices aren’t by accident - they’re by design.
Let’s talk turkey: Your Thanksgiving dinner costs more this year than last year. Almost everything costs more this year than last year thanks to Trumpflation–resulting in an average household income loss of $1,700 for 2025.
It’s a good thing gratitude is free because this year, everything else is more expensive.
More from @Groundwork @TCFdotorg: https://tcf.org/content/commentary/a-pricier-plate-thanksgiving-costs-climb-nearly-10-this-year/
No grocery store aisle is spared from Trump’s economic agenda.
“Canned goods are up ~20% as a result of steel & aluminum tariffs. The immigration enforcement provisions being touted by this admin are making it either much more expensive or just less possible to produce as much,”…
