MAHA Three Card Monte? Decision to Axe Advisory Groups Could Spell Trouble for US Food Safety
Concerns that RFK Jr.’s MAHA may set back food safety, particularly with regard to pathogens.
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Leadership in the Senate: New Boss Same as the Old Boss?
Following the money shows why Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell’s shadow will last long beyond his tenure.
Read more...So Much for Trump’s Peace Deal with Russia: US Backs Zelensky with Pre-Rejected-by-Russia Ceasefire Scheme
After the (arguably deserved) humiliation of Zelensky after an Oval Office row, the negotiation plan agreed in Jeddah is a big win for him
Read more...Charting the Uncharted: The (Un)intended Consequences of Oil Sanctions and Dark Shipping
An estimate of the magnitude of dark-shipped oil suggests that removing sanctions would raise, not lower, oil prices.
Read more...The Empire Rebrands: Foreign Policy Under Trump 2.0
The woke imperium is dead. Long live the American AI “post-democratic” empire.
Read more...Links 3/2/2025
Trump’s No-Prisoners Approach to Iran-China Oil Crackdown
The US plans further sanctions on intermediaries like tankers and broker that facilitate Iran oil sales to China. Will they work?
Read more...Links 2/8/2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/29/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Anti-Trump lawfare begins… but with far, far more solid cases; OMB memo RESCINDED. That was fast!; A defense of slowness ~
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/23/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Trump wants nuclear reduction talks with China, Russia; Trump readies Schedule F assault; Energy in the executive; George R.R. Martin back in print ~
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/21/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; January 6 pardons; DOGE Executive order; Improving surgical masks (many methods) ~
Read more...Cold War 2.0 in Mexico: US and Russian Embassies Lock Horns Over International Study Programs
The German embassy also joined the pile-on, with slapstick consequences.
Read more...James Galbraith: How the Fed Became Less Powerful Despite Weakened Congressional Oversight
Fifty years ago the actions of the Fed mattered. Today, as far the aggregate measures of America’s domestic economy go, they do not.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/8/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; LA Palisades Fire: This is fine; Trump’s pivot to the Northern Hemisphere; More weirdness with the Vegas Tesla explosion ~
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/7/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Trump to change “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America”; “FBI Is Still Hiding Details of Russiagate”: Aaron Maté; HPMV in China ~
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