In selecting Supreme Court clerks, much has changed over the past 25 years—but one thing has not. The U.S. Supreme Court currently stands in recess, but that doesn’t mean nothing’s happening at One First Street. Although the justices generally aren’t in the building, as they typically travel or teach over the summer, July is an […]
Trump has trumpeted his EU fossil fuel deal to sell $250bn worth of US oil, natural gas and nuclear technologies for each of the next three years. Like all things Trump, it’s all bluster. “Analysts were puzzled by a target that would involve decisions by shareholder-owned companies in a continent also trying to decarbonise its […]
– by New Deal democrat Yesterday’s JOLTS survey for June continued to be consistent with a “soft landing” scenario. This is good news, particularly on a relative basis, since the actions of the new Administration, especially on trade, have exacerbated the fear that this might transform into a “hard” landing, a/k/a a recession. As a quick […]
One of the icons of right-wing fairytale economics is the Laffer Curve. It purported to show that if taxes were raised too high, the tax income would fall. Casual inspection revealed that there were no labels on the ordinate or abscissa, so it was impossible to say at what level of taxation “too high” occurred. […]
Looks like the revenge of the healthcare insurance corporate powers coming next year. If you think Herr Tr__p will be stepping in to control the rising healthcare insurance prices, I tend to think not. Indeed, Joe Biden will take the fall on this as Tr__mp does not have a solution other than to pass blame. […]
We have three people involved in a potential scandal. The accuser Donald Trump claims Vice President Kamala Harris paid out $11 million to musician and singer Beyoncé for endorsing Kamala Harris. Over the weekend, Trump called for musician Beyoncé to be prosecuted for breaking the law by taking $11 million for endorsing Democratic presidential nominee […]
I was distraught when Trump won the presidency in 2016 because the economy had recovered from the last Republican President’s recession, Hillary was a competent and experienced politician and Trump was a racist buffoon, but I held out some hope that Trump would not be as bad as I feared. I chalked up his win […]
Interesting piece as taken from Gallup about healthcare coverage and who should be responsible for it. Most adult Americans believe the government should be directing a healthcare program for the citizens of the United States. That being said, all individuals would be covered. The article did not break it down by citizen or noncitizen. In […]
I too would call this a history lesson. Read on, it is interesting how these events were perceived. I was around then watching all of this unflod. Civil Discourse The Voting Rights Act Turns 60 Alabama, June 11, 1963. An American president deployed federalized National Guardsmen to help implement Brown v. Board, the desegregation case. […]
Criticizing former President Barack Obama’s for his use of executive orders, Pres. D. Trump claims or states he would prefer to work with Congress to pass laws. Dementia is creeping in as this refers to his first presidency and such is not in play now. I guess this was B.S. like everything else which spews forth from […]