My first job in high school was washing dishes at a local restaurant. It wasn't glamorous, but it paid well. Some of my other friends spent that summer picking tobacco in the Connecticut River Valley. Both jobs were hard work, but at $8 an hour -
"I would support you to be spokesperson for the Pentagon," Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal acidly told Pete Hegseth during his hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The insult was a poke in Pete's eye for his career at Fox News.
When Trump unveiled his sweeping tariffs last week, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut made the case that they weren't about economic policy. Instead, he says, they're a tool to force businesses (and countries) to pledge loyalty to Trump.