Here’s an article describing how depressing and dangerous Washington DC has become. Now, you might say that DC has been that way for a long time. But it’s clear that it’s recently gotten even worse. You also might say “Who … Continue reading →
The TikTok divestiture bill has passed the House. It’s bipartisan, and Ace explains why: The bill does not outlaw TikTok or shut it down. What it does is required the ChiCom owner of TikTok, a state-controlled entity called ByteDance, to … Continue reading →
Here’s the story: As part of its portfolio optimization, initially announced late last year, the company will close 600 of its Family Dollar stores in the first half of 2024. An additional 370 Family Dollar stores and 30 Dollar Tree … Continue reading →
A discussion of the topic in today’s open thread has convinced me to write a separate post about Trump’s position on aid to Ukraine. Hungary’s Orban – Putin’s closest ally in Europe – has started a rumor that Trump won’t … Continue reading →
Words such as “sadism” to describe what Hamas – and some Gazan civilians – did on October 7 are not strong enough. No words are strong enough. If you want to read a new report on the subject, which will … Continue reading →
Judge Engoron is quite creative in discovering ways to tie Trump into knots. It’s not just the verdict and the monetary award. There’s also this (emphasis mine): But before any other court can review Engoron’s decision, Trump will have to … Continue reading →
William Jacobson says get out of New York while you can: Rough politics has given way to the political weaponization of prosecutors’ offices. It’s dangerous and sets a tone for the entire state that political opponents of those in power … Continue reading →
Dershowitz and Jarrett (Gregg, not Valerie) understand what’s going on here: And this is a good way to put it, too: We've reached the point where your political beliefs combined with what venue your case is heard are the primary … Continue reading →
For example, this legal travesty: A New York judge ordered Donald Trump and his companies on Friday to pay $355 million in penalties, finding they engaged in a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated … Continue reading →
In 2022 the California legislature passed a bill with the intention of implementing “equitable” electricity charges – in other words, charge the non-poor more. Must have seemed like a great idea to the California legislators at the time, but guess … Continue reading →
Who predicted a year ago that this would be happening in Argentina? I certainly didn’t. Milei gets to work: Argentine lawmakers took a first step Friday toward approving President Javier Milei’s sweeping economic, social and political reform package, which has … Continue reading →
This is disturbing – a shortage of chemo drugs, as well as other generic medications. The reason seems at first to be one of those “unintended consequences” things: In interviews, more than a dozen current and former executives affiliated with … Continue reading →