Charting the Uncharted: The (Un)intended Consequences of Oil Sanctions and Dark Shipping
An estimate of the magnitude of dark-shipped oil suggests that removing sanctions would raise, not lower, oil prices.
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DOGE: Chaos, Damage, Drama Not Enough to Cover the Stench of Corruption
DOGE is up to even more no good than you imagined.
Read more...Authorities Reject Georgescu’s Presidential Candidacy, Sparking Violence In Bucharest
Western media continue to lie about the reason Romanian courts nullified the country’s November presidential election and are now preventing an anti-NATO candidate from running.
Read more...‘Dangerous Union-Busting’: Trump Rescinds Collective Bargaining for Air Safety Union
The Trump administration tries to rip up the TSA union contract in move that’s bad news for workers across the country.
Read more...How Trump’s $2B Court Battle Over Foreign Aid Could Reshape Executive Authority
Why the Trump effort to cut USAID funding without following Congressional requirements is a key front in the battle over Presidential power
Read more...The GENIUS Act: Setting the Stage for a Federal Bailout When Stablecoins Become Insolvent
Why the GENIUS Act does not live up to its pretenses of making stablecoins safe, thus setting the stage for a Federal bailout.
Read more...Over-Planting of GM Corn Costing Farmers Billions, Study Finds
Yet another example of GM crop induced harm to farmers.
Read more...Trump Will End His Option of Walking Away from Project Ukraine with His Minerals Deal
The Trump-Ukraine minerals deal is on track, and with it, US commitment to continue to support Ukraine.
Read more...New Suit Seeks Clawback of >$4 Billion of Fines and Insider Trading Profits from TD Bank Executives Earned While Running Decade+ Massive Money Laundering Schemes
TD Bank engaged in over a decade of criminal misconduct. A new suit seeks to make its board and executives pay.
Read more...Guantánamo, Donald Trump’s “Immigrant Problem,” and the Rest of Us
Trump’s methods for dealing with immigrants with less than solid visa status are often cruel. That is almost certainly a feature, not a bug.
Read more...A Win in Long-Running Kentucky Retirement Systems Pension Case: Attorney General Thwarted in Scheme to Settle Claims Against KKR and Blackstone on the Cheap
In a step forward for long-suffering Kentucky Retirement Systems (now Kentucky Public Pension Authority) beneficiaries, attorneys for so-called Tier 3 Plaintiffs beat back a scheme by Attorney General Russell Coleman to settle claims against private equity kingpins KKR and Blackstone on the cheap…oh, and completely drop claims against their top partners, here the famed Henry […]
Read more...Is Trump Poisoning the Prospects of Negotiation With Russia Over Ukraine with His Minerals Deal?
The US looks to be throwing a spanner into the possibility of Ukraine peace talks by getting Ukraine to sign over mineral rights to the US.
Read more...Chaos Theory: Assessing the Legal Validity of Trump’s Tariffs
A look at the legality of Trump tariffs. Sadly, another proof that international law does not count for much in practice.
Read more...‘So Much for Lowering Costs’: Fury Over Musk’s Death Wish for CFPB That Returned Over $20 Billion to Consumers
Revealingly, Musk makes closing an agency that keeps billionaires like him from cheating ordinary citizens a top priority.
Read more...ICE Faking News: Games Search Engines to Make Mass Deportations Appear Way More Massive Than They Are
Mass deportation raids have barely started, yet ICE is faking their prevalence! What gives?
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