The Self-Set Impeachment Trap
The Democrats are going about impeachment in a particularly stupid way.
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Brexit: Out of Runway
How long can Johnson keep his Brexit deal fantasy going?
Read more...From 2014: R. Hunter Biden Should Declare Who Really Owns His New Ukrainian Employer, Burisma Holdings
ive years later, Richard Smiths’s 2014 deep dive into Ukraine’s Burisma Holdings, then and now of Hunter Biden fame, provides detail you won’t find anywhere else.
Read more...The Cost/Benefit Analysis of No Deal
Looking at the contours of a No Deal Brexit.
Read more...How Facial Recognition Technology Is Bringing Surveillance Capitalism to Our Streets
Facial recognition cameras are bringing the datafication of the internet to the real world, threatening our right to privacy and public space.
Read more...Why Cheaper Drugs from Canada Likely Won’t Cure What Ails US
Why importing drugs from Canada is a band-aid on a gunshot wound.
Read more...Brexit: Gaming It Out
Brexit is getting more fractious but noise does not translate into progress.
Read more...Iran’s Ultimate Middle East Power Play
An overview of Iran’s grand strategy.
Read more...Could Climate Change Fuel the Rise of Right-Wing Nationalism?
How climate change is bad not just for health but also politics.
Read more...Cory Doctorow: Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the Making of a Whistleblower
A review of Edward Snowden’s new book.
Read more...Who Advocates For Surprise Medical Billing? – Private Equity Hides Behind Physicians’ White Coats
Private equity is a danger to your health via its role in suprise billing. To hang onto its meal ticket, it is funding dark money group and ads to block legislation.
Read more...After Climate-Focused 2020 Bid, Inslee Faces Indigenous Campaigners’ Demand to End All Fossil Fuel Projects in Washington
Governor Jay Inslee exposed as a climate change hypocrite.
Read more...Brexit: All Eyes on Boris
Why Johnson may not be over.
Read more...Trump’s Fannie/Freddie Privatization Giveaway: Why GSE Reform Is Hard
GSE reform is baack! Or not.
Read more...India to Ban Single-Use Plastics; Global Recycling Market Still Chaotic
India will soon announce details of its single-use plastics ban; will it be seduced to courting the recycling fairy to address the waste management problems of other countries who don’t understand recycling isn’t a long-term sustainable option.
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