A Less Trumpy Version of Trumpism Might Be the Future of the Republican Party
The Republican Party is already repositioning itself.
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“I’m Sorry,” Says Ro Khanna, “An Unelected Parliamentarian Does Not Get to Deprive 32 Million Americans the Wage Raise They Deserve.”
The Biden Administration proves it cares only about the donor classes by standing pat as its own $15 minimum wage proposal founders.
Read more...Eviction Moratorium Deemed Unconstitutional by Federal Judge in Texas
The Trump and Biden stimulus on the cheap, of having landlords support income-starved renters in lieu of subsidies, is now in trouble.
Read more...Deathbed Confession: FBI and NYPD Responsible for Malcolm X Assassination
US police forces at a minimum set up the conditions that allowed for Malcolm X to be killed. How far does their culpability extend?
Read more...FAIR Act: Will Congress Finally Complete the Project the CFPB Fumbled and Ban Mandatory Arbitration Clauses?
With the reported support of Biden, will Congress ban mandatory arbitration clauses in common consumer and employment contracts?
Read more...Sanders ‘Confident’ $15 Minimum Wage Possible Through Senate Reconciliation
“Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is not incidental to the federal budget and is permissible under the rules,” Senator Bernie Sanders says.
Read more...Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 6 – U.S. Airlines Lost Over $35 Billion in 2020
The airline biz is on track to being America’s biggest welfare queen.
Read more...Google’s Dominance of Online Ads is a Big Deal. Here’s How to Fix It.
Legal scholar Dina Srinivasan talks to INET’s Lynn Parramore about reining in Google and restoring fairness to a regulatory Wild West.
Read more...Feds OK’d Export of Millions of N95 Masks as U.S. Workers Cried for More
Despite a national shortage of N95 masks, the U.S. government quietly granted an exception to its export ban on protective gear.
Read more...Republicans Offer Preview of Brutal Climate Policies in Texas
Some Republicans are not letting the crisis in Texas go to waste.
Read more...Hoist on His Own Petard? Kentucky Attorney General’s Apparent Plan to Settle Landmark Pension Case Mayberry v. KKR Likely to be Undermined by Discovery
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron may have outfoxed himself by joining a landmark case against grifting private equity moneybags.
Read more...Cold Truth: The Texas Freeze is a Catastrophe of the Free Market
Yves here. The collateral damage of the Texas power grid power failures is getting worse and worse. Extensive burst pipes now mean that 14 million (no typo) are without potable water. From the Wall Street Journal: More than 14 million people in Texas are without safe drinking water, as the fallout of a severe winter […]
Read more...Thomas Frank: YouTube Censorship and Now What’s Happening in Kansas –
Thomas Frank and Paul Jay discuss censorship by tech monopolies and changes in the political landscape of Kansas.
Read more...Pandemics Swing Elections, But Not as Much as You Think
A discussion of election outcomes, using the Spanish flu as a case study.
Read more...CDC School Reopening Guidance Suppresses Aerosols Based on Thin Evidence and Driven by Budgetary Concerns
Third strike for the CDC?
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