Trump recognizes exactly what a good con is worth.

By Matthew Yglesias @ Vox.com, Aug. 21

[....] The media, for understandable reasons, likes to cover controversy more than consensus. But attention to controversy can in its own way be misleading. And the extent of expert consensus on the economic impact of both trade and immigration is important to understand [....]

I thought they’d let me be a real journalist at Sputnik news. I was wrong.

By Andrew Feinberg @ Global Politico @ Politico Magazine, Aug. 21

A two-week campaign through Rust Belt states will ask why the administration hasn’t done more and why it is undoing Obama-era regulations labor groups support, as union leaders increasingly suspect that the White House will squander economic gains by ignoring actions that could increase wages.

By Dave Wiegel @ WashingtonPost.com, Aug. 19

Labor leaders, once courted by President Trump, are stepping up their campaign to turn workers against the White House if it does not deliver more on jobs and trade — and if it does not stop undoing Obama-era regulations.

By Matthew Continetti @ Washington Free Beacon, Aug. 18

[....] When political scientist Lee Drutman analyzed voter data from last year's election, he found that the Republican Party is divided by ideology: "By making questions of national identity more salient, Donald Trump succeeded in winning over ‘populists' (socially conservative, economically liberal voters) who had previously voted for Democrats."

By Sabrina Tavernise @ nytimes.com, Aug. 19

[.....] “Let’s be honest, the people who are currently outraged are the same people who have always been outraged,” said Ms. Hicks, 35, a lifelong Republican who lives in Boston. “The media makes it seem like something has changed, when in reality nothing has.” [....]