Charter Cities Attempting to Create a Libertarian Paradise
Libertarians are engaging in colonialism 2.0 by setting up self-governing enclaves in poor countries.
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What Happens as Trump’s Losses Mount?
What will Trump do as his policy backfires become too large and frequent to deny?
Read more...Social Murder as a Necropolitical Governance Technology
What is social murder, why is it increasing, and how to fight it.
Read more...Trump’s Appellate Court Tariff Loss: It Isn’t Over Until the Fat Lady Sings
Trump is likely to win his retaliatory tariff battle at the Supreme Court and even if not, he’s too fond of this bludgeon to give it up.
Read more...Fed Governor Lisa Cook v. Trump: “That Mortgage Document Doesn’t Say What You Think It Says”
More on the holes in the Trump allegations that Fed governor Lisa Cook committed mortgage fraud.
Read more...Trump’s Intel Move Looks Like Performance, Not Policy
Yves here. It is remarkable how Trump seems to need to have his name in the hot lights, um, the headlines, all the time and is able to do so. Admittedly, liking bold gestures for their own sake, as opposed to whether they make any sense, helps by giving way more degrees of freedom. As […]
Read more...The President’s “Firing” of Lisa Cook Is Illegal
Georgetown law professor Adam Levitin eviscerates the purported Trump case for removal of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.
Read more...FTC Has Long Said Products Must Back Up Health Claims. A MAHA Lawsuit Would Upend That.
An important legal battle looms about dietary supplement companies being able to make health claims when they lack clinical trial evidence
Read more...New Senate Report Details How Private Equity ‘Devastates’ Hospital Systems
A new report detials the impact of hospital system looting by private equity, here executed by Leonard Greene at Prospect Medical Holdings.
Read more...Can Putin Legally Stop the Ukraine Conflict Without First Controlling All the Disputed Territory?
The Trump team is still talking about Russia cedeing territory in Ukraine, aka land swaps. Some detail on why that is quite a stretch.
Read more...Boycott Lufthansa: Removed Passenger from Flight for Wearing a Medical Mask
Lufthansa behaves badly. Circulate to everyone you know who flies to Europe to warn them of what might be in store.
Read more...Is Price Fixing Protected by the First Amendment?
RealPage continues ugly post-Citizens United trend, and provides more evidence that the Democrat Abundance enthusiasts are full of hot air.
Read more...NYC Mayor Eric Adams in Cahoots With ICE? Sudden Surge in Courthouse Arrests With Failure to Act on Illegal Detentions
Hyper agressive ICE shifts tactics in New York City by arresting targets at court appearances. A sop to Mayor Adams? To NYC oligarchs?
Read more...As the Colorado River Slowly Dries Up, States Angle for Influence Over Future Water Rights
The wrangling over who gets what out of the Colorado Rivers is one of many escalating fights over ever more scarce water.
Read more...Questioning the Corporation
A review of the development and current undue power of corporations provides insightful history but goes off the rails on some current issues.
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