Dustin P. Walsh
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Blue-eyed son of a mechanic. Defender of rural America. Senior reporter for @crainsdetroit covering health care and marijuana, sometimes economics and labor.
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Joined April 2009
I mean, isn't a K-shaped economy what those at the top of the K want? An economy with wealth generation that benefits them only and technology to make the bottom of the K less and less needed.
Analysts have taken notice of the large share of total U.S. spending attributable to the very highest earners. The concerns are that the emergence of K-shaped growth may put the U.S. in greater economic peril.
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"This younger generation is lonely. They are looking for ways to interact and socialize face to face…For years and years, throughout history, beer has been a product that helps foster that. But there is interest in other experiences with adult products." https://t.co/b8yoWFKuig
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Rep. Joe Aragona is weighing legislation to allow Michigan's marijuana producers to export weed nationally under the 2018 Farm Bill. This would bolster bottom lines while the national "hemp THC" market is phased out in November. https://t.co/UVh7445J7l
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The United States of Oligopoly. Dynamism is uttering its death rattle across America and not a single government agency has given a shit about trust busting in 100 years.
If Paramount Skydance merges with Warner Bros, one giant media conglomerate would control: HBO CNN CBS News Showtime TBS Comedy Central TNT Paramount+ TLC HGTV Nickelodeon CBS Sports Food Network Discovery Channel The CW Network BET MTV VH1 & many more. It’s a terrible deal.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger announced in a conference call that the streaming service will soon feature user-generated artificial intelligence content.
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The rollbacks will focus heavily on beef and citrus products. In the Midwest, ground beef is up more than 11% year-over-year and more than $3 per pound over the last decade. Chuck roast is up 21.5% y-o-y. Bananas up 8.6% and orange juice up 12%, y-o-y.
The Trump administration is preparing tariff rollbacks on goods from countries beyond those that have reached trade agreements with the US in effort to lower prices @AnaSwanson @tylerpager me
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We literally provided military intervention so Chiquita and Dole could own the banana market in the Americas. Like, we knew this 100 years ago.
🚨 BREAKING: In a major development, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirms the PRICE OF COFFEE will go down after an impending announcement for tariff relief "You're gonna see SUBSTANTIAL announcements over the next couple days for things we don't grow in the U.S. Coffee,
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For instance, Altria (Marlboro) invested $1.8 billion for a 45% stake in Canadian cannabis producer Cronos Group.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell has long been aligned with "Big Tobacco," to the point of several contentious battles with late Sen. John McCain. This provision isn't about banning the products permanently, but buying time for legalization that gives Big Tobacco control.
A last-minute provision in the bill to re-open the government would re-criminalize many THC products, reversing their 2018 legalization. Here's what to know.
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And with natural gas up 15.5% and electricity up 5.6% year-over-year, you'd have to eat those eggs raw to realize any savings.
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That's from the latest federal data (September missing due to government shutdown). https://t.co/ap4Cj30QFG
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Great for egg sandwiches. As of August in the Midwest, egg prices down 8.7% and white bread down 5.5% year-over-year. Bad for everything else. Coffee up 41.3%; ground beef up 11.5%; chuck roast up 21.5%; chicken breast up 5%; lettuce up 20.6%; orange juice up 12%; bacon up 4.8%.
The linked DoorDash report says prices "for everyday essentials and breakfast staples are falling or flat, with DoorDash’s Breakfast Basics Index down 14% between March and September 2025." A 14% drop in prices in six months is ... not good
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A full heart of evil.
Italy probes claims that tourists paid to shoot at civilians in Bosnian war
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2001: A Space Odyssey; I Have No Mouth, I Must Scream; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep; Sea of Rust; Neuromancer; I, Robot; The Dosadi Experiment; Exit Strategies; Children of Ruin.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, shares the nine books he thinks will change your life.
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Get a sneak peak inside the new 12-story D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion at University of Michigan Health in Ann Arbor. The $920 million speciality hospital plans to open in the coming weeks. https://t.co/auSHBX434b
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Given tariffs cost the average American $2,400 this year, we each lose $400 plus get saddled with an additional $305B in debt and no rush to reshore factories or jobs. This makes no sense.
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The math don’t math. The feds have raised $128 billion in tariff revenue at last count. $2,000 checks for those 216.9M Americans that make less than $200K would be $433.8 billion. That’s $305 billion in MORE debt. Oh and inflation like a mother …
BREAKING: President Trump announces that he will be paying a “tariff dividend” of at least $2,000 per person. Stimulus checks are officially back.
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