(Mis)Adventures in Portland and a Visit to Occupy ICE
My visit last week to Portland was more exciting, in the good and bad sense, than I expected it to be.
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Gun Control: Remington Rejects Navajo Nation Bid
Remington rejects bid by Navajo Nation investment trust that would have transformed its business model to reject production of assault weapons and embrace smart gun controls.
Read more...Trump Administration Succeeds at Securing Confirmation of US Attorneys
The Trump administration’s success in filling federal judgeships has been widely noted and will have long-term consequences. Filling US attorney positions allows for follow through on implementing Jeff Sessions’ DoJ agenda.
Read more...From Donald Trump to Theresa May: How a US-UK Network Pushes Climate Science Denial and Lobbies for a Hard Brexit — Mapped
As Trump barrels into the UK, this timely post traces interesting linkages between climate change denialists on both sides of the Atlantic– and extends to Brexiteers.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Which Would Be Harder to Ban, Single-Use Plastic or Money-Bought Government?
Texas Supreme Court strikes down city of Laredo’s plastic bag ban. Real problem is dominance of money-driven politics– which is a far more difficult problem to solve than curtailing the use of plastic.
Read more...Gaius Publius: How to Block the Trump Nomination: Shut Down the Senate
Will the Democrats have the guts to use Senate procedure their advantage?
Read more...SEC Knifes Its Whistleblower Program
Just when you think the SEC can’t possibly to more to demonstrate how toothless it is, it reinforces its sorry reputation in by gutting its Dodd-Frank mandated whistleblower, and worse, in a manner that Commission Kara Stein suggest is illegal.
Read more...Bill Black: Fed Lets Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Off Hook, Investors Profit Billions
Bill Black discusses how even though Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley failed their recent stress tests to determine whether these banks can weather a financial crisis, the Fed allowed them to pay billions in dividends and stock buybacks to investors.
Read more...Gaius Publius: SF Chronicle OpEd – The Next U.S. Constitution Is Forming now
More on our slow-motion Constitutional crisis.
Read more...Anthony Kennedy and Our Delayed Constitutional Crisis
The role Justice Anthony Kennedy played in the deteriorating legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
Read more...EU Calls Trump’s Bluff on Auto Tariffs as Trump Tries Dead on Arrival WTO Exit Plan
The EU is neither happy with nor cowed by Trump’s latest trade threat.
Read more...Women (and Men) of the World, Unite! How to Stand Up to Extremist Orthodox Jews Who Demand You Give Up Your Airline Seat
In the last week, there have been two incidents of women relenting to pressure from airlines to give up their seats to accommodate Orthodox Jewish bigots who refused to be seated next to them. This should be as unacceptable as Klansmen asking blacks to change seats. And let us stress that the ugliest feature of […]
Read more...California Passes Online Privacy Law
California passes privacy legislation, which pre-empts a more sweeping ballot initiative previously scheduled for November.
Read more...Bill Black: Bitcoin Frauds Keep Growing
Another area where bitcoin hype exceeds reality.
Read more...EU to Members: Prepare for No Deal Brexit
An official “put on your life jackets” Brexit warning.
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