Treasury Implements Bottom of the Barrel New Russia Sanctions on Sunday May 8; How Broad a Nexus for Russia Retaliatory Sanctions Later This Week?
More sanctions sparring, with the latest US move looking petty and lame.
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Experts Warn GOP War on Abortion Will Turn Red and Blue States Into ‘Mutually Hostile Legal Territories’
How a reversal of Roe v. Wade plus the plans of some states to criminalize abortions as broadly as possible could produce a legal train wreck.
Read more...#NoMowMay: A Step Toward Abolishing the Lawn?
Hopefully, lawns will collapse in The Jackpot, so there’s an upside!
Read more...Why Canceling Student Debt Is a Matter of Racial Justice
Student debt disproportionately impacts black and brown Americans. It’s time for Biden to this collective financial burden.
Read more...Did UN Secretary-General Guterres Commit A War Crime At Azovstal?
A key scene from the protracted Azovstal steel factory drama.
Read more...CalPERS Long-Term Care Program Fiasco
Another presentation by unhappy retirees about the CalPERS long-term care train wreck.
Read more...Texas GOP Governor Considers Challenging 1982 Ruling Requiring Free Public Education
As the reaction of Texas governor Abbot confirms, the expected reversal of Roe v. Wade is inviting other challenges to key precedents.
Read more...Biden Makes America’s Militarized Southern Border Wall Even Bigger Business
How the Biden Administration is investing heavily in border militariization, with more of a tech flavor than than the Trump scheme.
Read more...JJ Jelincic Appeals His Largely-Successful Ruling Against CalPERS to Obtain Still-Hidden Parts of Transcript and Undermine Matt Jacobs Protection Racket
JJ Jelincic and his attorney believe the court made serious errors in a CalPERS Public Records Act case that went largely in their favor.
Read more...The Washington Quid Pro Quo and a Comment on Roe v. Wade
Has Washington corruption, metastasized in both parties, broken our country for good?
Read more...Putin Signs Executive Order to Begin “Special Economic Measures” aka Sanctions
Russia will soon launch economic sanctions, as directed in a Putin executive order.
Read more...Michael Hudson Talks with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté About the Broader Ramifications of the US/NATO Conflict with Russia
Michael Hudson expliains how the US hopes to benefit from its proxy war with Russia.
Read more...Leaked Draft Opinion Shows Supreme Court Set to Strike Down Roe v. Wade
It wasn’t hard to see that this Supreme Court would narrow or overturn Roe v. Wade. But a draft opinion is often an internal lobbying document
Read more...The Coming EU Embargo of Russian Oil, Russia’s Economic Challenges, and the Question of Operational Capacity
The EU is planning to punch Russia hard with yet another embargo, this of its oil. But will this wind up being more rope a dope?
Read more...CalPERS Drops Long-Term Care Settlement, Which Was Designed to Suck More Money into Ponzi Scheme and Then Fail
How CalPERS set out to further screw its already abused long-term care policyholders.
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