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Goodbye, White House. Hello, Trump House. [link removed]

**Elect a would-be dictator**, and the White House gets demolished [link removed]. Trump greatly benefits from the feeling of stunned disbelief, but this action may be different, breaking through in a way that little else has in the last nine months.

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Meet RFK’s Corporate Underlings [link removed]

**The administration’s rhetoric**about breaking corporate power in health care rings hollow, as several top officials in the Department of Health and Human Services worked for the very corporate interests their boss claims to oppose [link removed].

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The Health Insurance Cost Crisis Is Now Upon Us [link removed]

**The price hikes won’t happen until January 1**, but open enrollment begins on November 1, mere days from now—and the average exchange beneficiary will see their premium costs more than double. [link removed]

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Fed Making Key Economic Decisions Without Key Economic Data [link removed]

**The central bank does not have** its usual jobs and unemployment figures because of the government shutdown [link removed]. An errant disclosure may have robbed it of some private data, too.

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The Shrapnel Presidency [link removed]

Trump’s minions planned a firing of 60 howitzer shells over a freeway in L.A. to harass Gov. Newsom and local residents. Instead, friendly fire hit VP Vance’s entourage [link removed]. In there a better metaphor for the Trump administration?

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**Prospect**’s Weekly Roundup:****Presidential Construction Projects

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**Maureen Tkacik**talk about the ICE raid in South Shore Chicago, in the shadow of the Obama Presidential Center, and the destruction of the East Wing of the White House in Washington.

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