The stock market partially recovers today, then drops again: The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 320 points after giving up an earlier surge of 1,460, while the Nasdaq composite lost 2.1%. Uncertainty is still high about what President Donald Trump … Continue reading →
Some news: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the bloc offered President Donald Trump a deal concerning tariffs on industrial goods. Von der Leyen said at a press conference (emphasis the LI author’s): “These tariffs come first … Continue reading →
This news is unsurprising. I noticed the phenomenon among some people I know even in Trump’s first term, and not all of them would even define themselves as leftists. And it’s only gotten worse – plus, as the report describes, … Continue reading →
Here’s another post on tariffs, because they’re a big deal right now. As I’ve said several times, I haven’t decided what I think about them and am willing to adopt a “wait and see” attitude. But in the meantime, they … Continue reading →
I don’t put much trust in experts’ prognostications, and haven’t for a long time. I think it began when so many failed to predict the fall of the Soviet Union. I was a Democrat back then, and I didn’t see … Continue reading →
Europe is angry at Trump. You might ask: what else is new? Europe has been angry at Trump for a long time – that is, when it’s not busy ridiculing him for things like warning them (pre Ukraine War) about … Continue reading →
Nice try, although I doubt that this EO of Trump’s will hold up. The president does not have the authority to set nationwide voting rules for federal elections. However, as you can see, the EO is cleverly drafted and in … Continue reading →
I know I’m supposed to care deeply about Jeffrey Goldberg’s entrée into the administration’s Signal discussion of an attack in Yemen. And I probably should be writing more about it. But it’s just not of any real interest to me; … Continue reading →
This article caught my eye. It describes what you might call the Rosie O’Donnell phenomenon of people leaving the country because of their hatred of Trump and fear of what he has in store for them. Ordinarily the latter bears … Continue reading →
Here’s the story from Professor William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection: That political change includes plans to scale-down the U.S. Department of Education. Not truly to “eliminate” it, which would require an act of Congress, but to eliminate the leftist-NGO funding … Continue reading →
These judges apparently consider themselves the firewall against Trump and the troglodytes who elected him: More nationwide injunctions and restraining orders have been issued against Trump in the past month that were issued against the Biden administration in four years. … Continue reading →
Now that he’s Trump’s Secretary of State, Marco Rubio has been giving a lot of interviews. A few examples can be found here and on many blogs. I’ve noticed a pattern in the comments – which usually seem to be … Continue reading →