Brexit: Why Rescue by Trump, Meaning Via a US-UK Trade Deal, Is a Fantasy
Just because Trump gets on with Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage does not mean that a trade pact with the US will be a salvation for the UK.
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John Helmer: The Western Press Incorrectly Depicts Putin as on the Wrong Side of a Feminist Issue
The Western media goes after Putin on shaky grounds. Evidently, getting him on identity politics sins is more important than real dirt.
Read more...Republicans to Use CRA to Roll Back ‘Midnight’ Rules and Benefit Oil Companies
Next week, Congress will begin to use the Congressional Review Act to roll back recently-issued federal rules; oil and other companies will benefit.
Read more...Bill Black: Not 4 Sale – Why the Corrupt, Worker-Hating New Democrats Must Be Purged
Why the corporate and finance funded, labor-loathing New Democrats have been a disaster for the party and America and need to go.
Read more...Johnson: Elites Eying the Exits Signals America’s Crisis
The elites think they can hide from the pending collapse of civilization.
Read more...How the Media Continues To Aid Trump
The media overinvests in covering Trump’s antics at the expense of his corporate-friendly policies.
Read more...America’s Coming Water Affordability Crisis
A symptom of pressure on water quality and supply: over 40 million American citizens may be unable to afford water in the next five years.
Read more...Consternation as Trump Starts Delivering on Campaign Promises While Making More Crazy Attacks on Critics
As with his campaign, the Trump Presidency is loutish, thin-skinned and thinly staffed, disorderly….and taking ground.
Read more...BluecollarAl on Our Divided Nation
Our nation seems more divided than ever. And that isn’t an accident.
Read more...The Definitive Demise of the Debunked Dodgy Dossier on The Donald?
What the intelligence community’s 25-page “Golden Showers” dossier on Donald Trump looks like to the outside world.
Read more...Reich: 7 Hard Truths for Democrats—The Future Is Bleak Without Radical Reforms
Democrats have to stop squabbling and understand the dire future ahead of us.
Read more...Taxcast: South Dakota as Tax Haven, Stopping Corporate Tax Dodgers
How South Dakota is helping the US become an even bigger player in the tax haven game.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Mnuchin as Sears Director Oversaw Asset Stripping, Underfunding of Pension; Faces Conflict as Treasury Secretary
Treasury Secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin only got his hair messed up a bit at his Senate confirmation hearing.
Read more...Credentialism and Corruption: Deaton on Opioids, Trump (and What Does “Rural” Mean?)
The Case-Deaton study and the counties that went for Trump.
Read more...A Modest Proposal for Improving Communications Between the Executive and Legislative Branches in the Age of Donald Trump
Two words…
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