Like yesterday, the English language press is preoccupied with a drama that is not likely to drive the outcome of Brexit, and paying less attention to a bigger story. And in keeping, the UK is obsessed with its own politics, and again ignoring clear messages from the EU. The show today is the last-ditch vote […]
May Hopes to Hold a Fourth Vote on Brexit Deal…
Party On! Congressional Democrats Pile Onto Another Bogus Emoluments Clause Lawsuit…
The New York Times reports that nearly 200 congressional Democrats sued Trump in federal court today, arguing that he accepted funds from foreign governments and thereby contravened the (foreign) emoluments clause of the U.S Constitution, as reported in Democrats in Congress Sue Trump Over Foreign Business Dealings. Democrats continue to pursue a line of similarly […]
GOP Makes Bogus Case for Bank Deregulation as Senate Certain to Curtail House Dodd Frank “Reform”…
We’ve argued from the crisis onward that the limited re-regulation of banking that took place was inadequate. But the Republicans are whinging that banks nevertheless are being treated badly despite a lack of evidence behind virtually all of their claims. The effort to give already-overly-coddled banks an even better deal is lumbering forward. The House […]
“New York Times Article Promotes Price-Fixing in the Drug Market”…
That little cartel-hugging, rent-seeking suck-up, Austin Frakt, just posted that the solution to high drug prices is higher drug prices…