Bernie Sanders and Trump’s Pick for Health and Human Services Face Off on Right to Health Care
Sanders remains virtually alone among opposition leaders in being willing to take on Trump Administration policy positions.
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How CalPERS’ Fiduciary Counsels Sabotage Good Board Governance and Quash Dissent
How CalPERS went from being a leader in good governance to being a train wreck, and now fixates on stymieing itsl one effective board member.
Read more...How Experts Enable Corruption: The Role of Conflicted Lawyers at CalPERS and Other Public Pension Funds
As Trump is about to be sworn in, the press and pundits are agog about his and his fellow Cabinet members’ deep and extensive conflicts of interest, and how dangerous they is for democracy.1 But the hue and cry about conflicts of interest is late in coming. They’ve been tolerated more and more over time […]
Read more...John Helmer: Parsing the Dossier on Trump’s Alleged Russian Bedroom Antics
A close reading of the “golden showers” dossier, including sources, methods, and reported payments for information.
Read more...Bill Black: Obama Loved Austerity and the New Democrats Remain Addicted to It
Black blasts Obama for prescribing austerity and presenting it as good for Americans when it is good only for financiers and the rich.
Read more...The California Drought Is on Its Way Out, but Deeper Droughts Lie Ahead
California regularly leads national trends. Water scarcity is a prime example.
Read more...A Tale of Two Countries: Nigeria and the U.S.
How the US and Nigeria wound up with increasingly similar systems, such as centralized, presidential-focused politics.
Read more...Marcy Wheeler: On “Fake News”
If “fake news” is a problem, then it’s a condemnation of the marketplace of ideas largely created by the US.
Read more...More on the Economic Hardship of Young Adults
Young adults have had a very rough go and don’t have good reason to expect their economic condition to improve much.
Read more...Bill Black: Trump Far More Interested in Business Deals than the Business of the Nation
Former financial regulator Bill Black discusses how Trump’s decision to hand off his business to his children poses a huge conflict of interest and is also unconstitutional.
Read more...Tillerson Dodges Discussing Who Knew What When about ExxonMobil’s Efforts to Deceive the Public on Climate Change
Rex Tillerson dodges question about who knew what when at ExxonMobil re promoting and funding climate science denial, as state AG probes continue.
Read more...North Dakota Governor: DAPL Likely to Get Easement Once Trump Is President
Trump is likely to give DAPL, the Dakota Access Pipeline, an easement despite Army Corps of Engineers’ objections.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Who’s Blackmailing the President & Why Aren’t Democrats Upset About It?
The CIA tries a ham-handed stunt to blackmail Trump and Democrats applaud. This is too close for comfort to an attack on democratic rule.
Read more...How To Balance Sovereignty and Integration in a Voluntary EU
Why is the EU project in trouble and what might be done to fix it?
Read more...Debate Over Health Care Yet Again Omits Elephants In the Room: Excessive Costs Due to Terrible Incentives and Pricing, Administrative Costs, Pharma Looting
Health care in America is broken and the press and pundits seem desperate to paper over how bad it is.
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