Global Level 4 Travel Advisory: Stealth Subsidy for Insurers?
The State Department’s global level 4 health advisory,recommending US citizens not travel internationally, has travel insurance implications.
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A Modest Proposal: Make Sure the Public Knows, in Real Time, When Congresscritters are Dumping Shares
The COVID-19 specter led Congresscritters to coo reassurance, and dump shares. A modest proposal: require immediate disclosure of trades.
Read more...Prisons and the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Must Be Done NOW to Prevent Catastrophe
Interview with prison expert Michele Deitch about what can be done to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in prisons: NOW!
Read more...Closing Polling Places Is the 21st Century’s Version of a Poll Tax
Voter disenfranchisement via shuttering polling sites.
Read more...Who’s Responsible? How the “Independent Contractor” Dodge Guts Employment Protections
On establishing legal responsibility for employment in the fissured workplace.
Read more...Is the U.S. Fracking Boom Based on Fraud?
Is the seamy side of fracking the only side?
Read more...Chief Justice John Roberts Denounces Chuck Schumer’s ‘Threatening’ Remarks About Gorsuch and Kavanaugh
Chuck Schumer channeled his inner Trump. The results were not pretty.
Read more...New MH17 Leak – Dutch Prosecutors Have Received No US Satellite Evidence of the Shoot-Down by a Buk Missile
Yves here. Helmer is still keeping tabs on MH17 developments. By John Helmer, Moscow. Twitter: @bears_with. Originally published at Dances With Bears A new document, leaked from the files of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in The Netherlands, reveals that Dutch prosecutors told the Australian, Belgian and Ukrainian representatives on the team, that the US […]
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How To Roast the Planet with Good Intentions: The Climate Equity Act
A new bill illustrates how not to tackle climate change.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Congress Considers Bill to Impose Extended Producer Responsibility, AKA ‘You Break It, You Buy It’
The Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act would impose extended producer responsibility.
Read more...What the Heck Happened to Surprise Billing Legislation? (Or, It’s Never Too Late for the Lobbyists to Win)
Surprise billing is proving awfully hard to kill.
Read more...The Public’s Right to Know: HA! How Courts and Federal Agencies Stonewall on Citizen Access to Government Information
Summary of some ways the US government de facto restricts access to public information.
Read more...Ponzi Schemer Bernie Madoff Asks to Be Released From Prison Under “Compassionate Release,” Igniting Debate Over Fairness
Pondering Madoff’s petition to be freed and the general question of compassionate release programs.
Read more...Brexit: Warmed Over Chicken
Brexit trade talks are about to begin. The UK is back in drama queen mode.
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