NYT: Russian Lawyer’s Oppo Came From the Top
Russian Look via ZUMA Remember that meeting last year between Don Jr. and the Russian lawyer? It was nothing. No connection to the Russian government at all. Just an understandable interest in a bit of oppo that never panned out. Ahem: Interviews and records show that in the months before the meeting, Ms. Veselnitskaya had…
Trump Wants to Raise the Gasoline Tax—Maybe
Donald Trump wants some money to pay for his infrastructure ideas: President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser raised the possibility of increasing the federal gasoline tax next year to help pay for the administration’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan, U.S. Representative Tom Reed said. National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn brought up the fuel tax as a…
A Top Chef’s Beef With Farm-to-Table Food
Dan Barber seems like he’d be a champion of the farm-to-table movement. His Manhattan culinary temple Blue Hill rose to acclaim on the great local-ingredients wave that has dominated high-end US cuisine over the past 25 years; and more than a decade ago, he plunked down another Blue Hill outpost on a diversified organic farm called Stone Barns just…
Obamacare Sabotage Is Working Great So Far
Emily Bazar reports on the current state of Obamacare in California: If the comments on Covered California’s Facebook page are any indication, you’re all suffering from acute health insurance confusion: “I wanted to sign up again this year … I’m hesitant now because of what Trump has done. Should I still consider?” “Does the removal…
Blockchain Is the New Pets.com
Here’s the latest from the world of internet bubble-osity: This company added the word “Blockchain” to its name and saw its shares surge 394% https://t.co/oYWaWhrZQK via @lisapham pic.twitter.com/1YnMpgIFwG — Bloomberg Markets (@markets) October 27, 2017 Bloomberg provides the details: A British company that has been investing in internet and information businesses is having its best…
Trump Just Screwed the Millions of Americans Addicted to Opioids
“President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, left, leave the East Room of the White House in Washington, after speaking on the opioid crisis.”Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press On Thursday, President Trump declared the nation’s opioid epidemic a public health emergency. “We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic,” he said. “We can…