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The Connecticut Labor Department saw unemployment benefit claims jump 900 percent over four days, from a norm of 3,000 or so filings in a typical week ending Friday to nearly 30,000 on Tuesday. I asked yesterday what the economic indicators were to justify the president’s $1 trillion stimulus package. Well, there they are. But I can’t bring myself to…

Hi. I erred. Jobless claims jumped 900 percent, not 100 percent, in Connecticut. Thanks to the smarties who corrected today’s edition of the Editorial Board. While I have you, please consider becoming a paying subscriber!

It does not feel good to distrust a president at a time like this.

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Now he wants to act like we’re a nation.

The president wants the Congress to pass a massive economic stimulus package worth upwards of $850 billion. Don’t get me wrong. I think the government should step in when the times call for action. But that brings me to ask: Is now the time for action? I mean, I’m no economist, but it seems me…

Everyone agrees the president is weak, but few people understand why. Sure, Donald Trump is a lying, thieving, philandering sadist. That’s never helped his popularity. But I don’t think that alone explains his weakness. I have another theory you might like. You can’t really be a popular president when you’re leading a party that a…

Donald Trump is always right. Ask him.