Gaius Publius: Trump – A Nation in Crisis, Again
Trump’s opponents are using the Comey scandal to up their efforts to force Trump out. Is this likely to succeed?
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United Tinpot Tyrant Violates Contract, Abuses Customer by Cancelling Ticket for Being Videoed
United hasn’t given up its “kick the customer” service norms.
Read more...Ilargi: Comey and the End of Conversation
Political and media reactions to the Comey firing show that American democracy is becoming dangerously factionalized.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich: What Obsessing About Trump Causes Us To Miss
Why fixating on Trump has the convenient effect of shifting attention away from other important topics. Cui bono?
Read more...NY Times Lets a Charter School Propagandist Distort the Facts on Its Op-Ed Page
Quelle surprise! Card carrying neoliberal David Leonhardt of the New York Times twists facts to try to make a case for charter schools.
Read more...Facebook Hews To Democratic Party Line on 2016 Election Manipulation
Facebook amplifies Team Blue’s message in announcing measures to deal with “information operations” that seek to manipulate public opinion.
Read more...Wall Street Journal Reports on Appearance of Private Equity Self-Dealing at Blackstone and Other Firms Nearly Four Years After We Broke the Story
So why is the Wall Street Journal years late in reporting on private equity self-dealng, and underplays its seriousness to boot?
Read more...Mark Ames: Credit Suisse Decries Russian Inequality After Playing Leading Role in Creating It
Credit Suisse criticizes Russian inequality after having profited handsomely from playing a big role in creating it.
Read more...Democrat Disunity: Hypocritical Media Attacks on Sanders
The Democrats so can’t stand Sanders’ refusal to change his policies that they are undermining their own “Unity Tour” with press attacks.
Read more...Fintech Puts Payday Lending Old Wine in New Bottles
“Fintech” provider Lyric Financial is out to take advantage of financially unsophisticated musicians. Hipness is part of the ruse.
Read more...Health Care “Reform” by Insiders Who Benefit from the Status Quo: Media Fails to Report Conflicts of Interest
Quelle surprise! The press regularly presents highly paid, well-connected health care insiders as independent voices on “reform”.
Read more...Gaius Publius: New Evidence that Syrian Gas Story Was Fabricated by the White House
The Obama White House blamed Assad for a 2013 sarin attack in advance of evidence. The claim fell apart. The Trump White House is making a rerun.
Read more...Skepticism About Private Equity Fees Going Mainstream: Pew and CalPERS Versus Yale and Industry Stalwarts
Private equity is getting defensive about its fees, and for good reason: its justifications for them are being exposed as hollow.
Read more...United Passenger “Removal”: A Reporting and Management Fail
The reporting on United’s aggressive removal of Dr. David Dao has been misleading and also neglected the depth of management lapses.
Read more...The Canadian Establishment and Prime Minister Trudeau Aim at Ousting Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland
Is Canada’s Foreign Minister Freeland, in a scandal over lying about her Nazi propagandist grandfather, being hung out to dry by the PM?
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