The Women’s March Has Gotten Much Smaller. That’s Partly by Design.
An estimated 100,000 people attended the Women’s March in Washington, DC, on January 19th, 2019.Jose Luis Magana/AP Three years ago, nearly half a million women and their allies descended on the nation’s capital to showcase their outrage over the election of Donald Trump and launch a new movement for women’s equality. On Saturday, fewer than…
Medicare For All Is Not a Pipe Dream
Employers currently pay about $10,000 per employee for health insurance. This comes directly out of your paycheck, but most people can’t be convinced of this. If you were to tax them $10,000 for all-in universal health care, they’d see it as losing $10,000 per year. And who knows? Corporations aren’t known for their benevolence, and…
What Is There to Say About Ken Starr?
I’ve now had my morning corn flakes and . . . I still have nothing to say about Ken Starr. He’s certainly bucking for Sean Hannity’s title as most egregious partisan hack of the Trump era, though I’m not sure if this move quite gets him into first place. Time will tell. UPDATE: This gets…
Private Documents Reveal What Wall Street Really Thinks About Elizabeth Warren
Barcroft Media/Getty A major bank that Elizabeth Warren once sharply criticized has some stark warnings for Wall Street investors about her potential presidency. Warren’s corporate tax plan, according to one memo the bank circulated, would “directly impact corporate earnings.” Her nine-point eligibility test for international trading partners—which requires a commitment to protect religious freedom and…
Donald Trump Has a New Lawyer
Richard Graulich/The Palm Beach Post via ZUMA I am awake and I just learned that Donald Trump has hired a new lawyer for his impeachment trial. His new lawyer is Ken Starr. I shall now eat breakfast and try to process this. brb. Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our free newsletters. FACT:…
Bloomberg Intends to Release His Tax Returns, Upping the Pressure on Trump
Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA A lawsuit by House Democrats to force the administration to hand over Donald Trump’s tax returns to investigators was put on hold by a federal judge on Tuesday. But the president may soon feel pressure to disclose more about his personal finances—and separate himself from his business empire—from a different…