Quick Comments on the Biden-Harris Covid Plan: Not Much Sizzle and No Steak
The Biden transition team has abandoned most of the Biden campaign Covid promises, particuarly the ones that cost money.
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Victims of Nuclear Bomb Tests on U.S. Soil 75 Years Ago Continue to Seek Justice
The US conducted nuclear tests that damaged the health of generations of New Mexico residents—who remain uncompensated.
Read more...Who Is Michèle Flournoy, Biden’s Rumored Pick for Pentagon Chief?
Rumor, as in press reports, has it that Biden plans to install uber hawk Michèle Flournoy as Secretary of Defense.
Read more...“What It Took”: The Price of Democrat Victory in 2020
A cri de couer about election 2020.
Read more...What to Know as ACA Heads to Supreme Court — Again
The central issue in the case is whether the requirement in the law to have insurance — which remains even though Congress eliminated the penalty or tax — is constitutional.
Read more...Is Fear of AOC Why Chuck Schumer Is Pumping a Non-Starter “Cancel Student Debt by Executive Order” Scheme?
It’s odd to see Democrats talking about a Biden “100 days” when Obama did nothing like that when he actually did have a mandate to do so that he ignored. Did they not get the memo that their blue wave didn’t hit the beach? It’s even odder to see Chuck Schumer affecting a Damascene conversion, […]
Read more...All About Exit Polls (with a Plea for Caution and Reporting)
The two major exit poll vendors, their methodological challenges, why we don’t know which is more trustworthy, and a plea for reporting by humans about humans
Read more...Replacing Rentier Capitalism Is One of the Defining Challenges of Our Age
Housing itself is just the most egregious tip of a very large iceberg. Everywhere you look, COVID-19 is widening the gulf between those who own assets and those who owe debts.
Read more...Whining Pundits
Quelle surprise! Some pundits are trying to distance themselves from their pre-election calls.
Read more...Why Google Is Facing Serious Accusations of Monopoly Practices
The regulatory worm seems to be turning against Google in many countries, even in the U.S. where it had been hibernating.
Read more...Michael Hudson on Financialization and Deindustrialization
Michael Hudson on how Trump’s policies have not addressed the fundamental forces that gutted industrial jobs under the both parties
Read more...Trump’s Pennsylvania Lawsuits Invoke Bush v. Gore – But the Supreme Court Probably Won’t Decide the 2020 Election
Trump is trying to put Pennsylvania in play, legally. What are the odds his case will go anywhere?
Read more...Americans Didn’t Vote for Change. For Many, It Wasn’t on the Ballot
Yves here. There will be many articles trying to explain what happened to the Democrats’ blue wave. This one is close on the heels of the result, which means it reflects beliefs at or shortly after the vote, as opposed to later lines of thought. And the writers made an effort to speak to Trump […]
Read more...Outsourcing: A Personal Window on the Rise of Grifting
Some vignettes from the rise of outsourcing.
Read more...New Jersey’s “Best in US” Plastic Ban Still Very Limited, Makes Concessions
A new law in New Jersey makes clear how far we have to go on getting rid of plastic.
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