Fact-Checking Biden’s Recent Economic Talking Points
As he seeks re-election, President Biden has been trying to sell voters on his approach to the economy and draw a contrast with his likely 2024 opponent, former President Donald…
Why Black Democrats Are Unlikely to Aid Haley in South Carolina
It appeared to be Nikki Haley’s most diverse audience yet. More than two dozen people in a crowd of about 150, gathered this month at an outdoor space in Gilbert,…
In Latin America, Guards Don’t Control Prisons, Gangs Do
Ecuador’s military was sent in to seize control of the country’s prisons last month after two major gang leaders escaped and criminal groups quickly set off a nationwide revolt that…
Trump 2.0 Set To Gut Biden’s Energy and Climate Policies | naked capitalism
Yves here. One of the big characteristics of the first Trump Administration was ineptitude and flailing around. For instance, the tax reform plan that Steven Mnuchin presented was a napkin…
1 in 4 New York City Children Now Lives in Poverty
Driving the Increase: The End of Pandemic-Era Relief The biggest reason for the surge in poverty, both nationally and in New York, was the end of several pandemic-era government policies,…
‘Hotel California’ Trial Centers on Handwritten Eagles Lyrics
In the late 1970s, a writer working on a book about the Eagles that would never be published obtained 100-odd pages of notes and lyrics related to the multiplatinum album…
Where Hostage Families and Supporters Gather, for Solace and Protest
A week after Hamas-led terrorists stormed his kibbutz and kidnapped his wife and three young children, Avihai Brodutch planted himself on the sidewalk in front of army headquarters in Tel…
Alabama Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children, Raising Questions About Fertility Care
An Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen embryos in test tubes should be considered children has sent shock waves through the world of reproductive medicine, casting doubt over fertility care…
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/20/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I got wrapped around the axle on Trump’s fraud case in New York, so the rest of Water Cooler is a bit thin.…
Perfidious Teutons and Their Polish Accomplices – How the Rosneft Refinery in Germany Is Being Expropriated | naked capitalism
Yves here. Forgive me for a long introduction to John Helmer’s discussion of German and Polish scheming over Germany’s hoped-for expropriation of Rosneft assets in Germany. The Russian government is…