Fed Raises Rates For No Good Reason At All
The Fed raised interest rates yesterday by 1/4 of a point despite recent economic performance actually pointing to a slowdown rather...
Tagged: Politics
GOP Beginning To Resemble Parties That Serve Autocracies Such As United Russia
When I was growing up, an important slur used by Republicans was to constantly rail against the “Reds” that were undermining...
GOP Will Use Russian Hack Of Voting Systems To Further Restrict Voting Rights
Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that the Russian hacking of our election in 2016 was far, far broader than had previously been reported...
Mob Boss Of Uber Forced To Step Aside
I’ve been really trying not to write about Uber again but the company continues to shock with its constant criminality and...
Closed Sessions
A few quick words about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ inadequate testimony yesterday. As the NY Times writes today in its editorial,...
Open Sessions
Rachel Maddow made a couple of important points in her show last night about the potential questions for Jeff Sessions. One...
Health Care Lobby's Unwillingness To Confront Congress Over AHCA Speaks Volumes
David Leonhart has an important editorial in the NY Times today where he outlines how timid all the various health care...
America's March Toward Autocracy Moves Swiftly And Largely Unimpeded
America’s march towards autocracy and away from democracy gets more and more frightening each day. The forces of hatred that have...
Never Forget That Susan Collins Is A Partisan Hack, Always Has, Always Will Be
If anyone still has any doubt that Susan Collins is just another Republican partisan hack, take a look at her interview...
The Difference Between British And American
Obviously, there are significant differences between US and UK elections- theirs is a parliamentarian system, their campaign only lasted six weeks, the geography...