Can Zuckerberg Survive Facebook’s Stock Selloff?
To think it was not all that long ago that Zuckerberg was contemplating a presidential bid…
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Corporate PACs Plot Counterstrategy to Thwart Campaign Finance Reform
The National Association of Business Political Action Committees (NABPAC), which lobbies on behalf of PACs, believes the problem with America’s system of campaign finance is there’s not enough money in politics.
Read more...Don Quijones: Wall Street Mega-Landlord Blackstone Turns Screw on Spanish Government & Property Market
Blackstone is a major operator in the Spanish property market. This post discusses the Spanish government’s plans to enact modest protections for tenants by reforming rent laws. Will the government respond to tenant needs, or give way to the private equity firm’s implicit threat to reduce its Spanish property investments? Alas, it looks likely that the government will fail to deliver on its reform pledge.
Read more...Brexit Is an Issue Too Deep To Go Away: It Will Be the Theme of English Politics for Decades to Come
Musings about what Brexit will mean to the British people.
Read more...Moscow & NATO Playing a ‘Dangerous Tit-For-Tat Game’ in the Ukraine
The Ukraine-Russia row heats up again.
Read more...White House Doubles Down On Coal Despite New Climate Report
Yet more official climate change denialism…
Read more...Brexit: More Thrashing About
Expect Brexit craziness to get even worse.
Read more...As Zuckerberg Refuses to Testify, UK Seizes Thousands of ‘Potentially Explosive’ Documents Facebook Has Tried to Keep Secret
The costs of Mark Zuckerberg’s hubris keep rising.
Read more...Dirty Work: Buying Votes at the UN Security Council
Quelle surprise: pay to play in Security Council votes.
Read more...Taking an Inventory of Senator Bernie Sanders’ Town Halls in 2017 and 2018
How many Town Halls has Sanders done? What were they about? Are there implications for 2020?
Read more...Brexit: Even More Confusion
Brexit politics have become even more deranged.
Read more...‘A Staggeringly Bad Idea’: Pelosi Pushes Tax Rule That Would ‘Kneecap the Progressive Agenda’
Nancy Pelosi proposes a tax rule that would shackle Democrats by requiring a supermajority to raise taxes on the bottom 80% of the population, thus effectively stymieing their ability to enact any major new spending programs.
Read more...The Fracking Industry’s Wastewater Injection Well Problem
The fracking industry has a wastewater disposal problem and finds itself in a pick your poison situation, with no good alternatives. Americans will continue to bear the environmental costs of the nationwide fracking experiment.
Read more...New York Media Touts Private Equity Obamist Deval Patrick as Presidential Candidate
Why is the media covering up that Deval Patrick became wealthy via asset-stripping at Bain Capital?
Read more...Sunrise Movement and AOC Push Pelosi for a Green New Deal, Highlighting Job Creation
Young climate change activists and AOC push Pelosi for a Green New Deal, despite expected hostility in the Senate.
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