Donald Trump Is Too Dumb to Implement His Own Policies
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump seems to believe that presidents are allowed to change policies with the stroke of a pen. They aren’t. Longstanding law requires that changes can’t be arbitrary or capricious, which means the executive branch has to explain why they’re changing things. As the Washington…
The Midwest Is Powering the Marijuana Legalization Revolution
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The 2018 edition of the General Social Survey is out, so I thought I’d browse through it and look for something interesting. How about this? Overall, support for legalizing marijuana has gone up from 16 percent in the early 90s to 62 percent in 2018.…
“Detached From Reality”: Following Twitter Lawsuit Over Mockery, Devin Nunes Again Gets Mocked
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Feb. 27, 2018.Bill Clark/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, news broke that Donald Trump’s “very courageous man” in Congress, Rep. Devin Nunes from California’s Central Valley, would be suing Twitter and three of its…
Florida Gave Former Felons the Right to Vote. Legislators Want Them to Pay First.
Thanks to Amendment 4, Yolanda Wilcox, left, fills out a voter registration form as her friend looks on at the Supervisor of Elections office on January 8 in Orlando John Raoux/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last November, Florida passed a ballot measure to reenfranchise as many as 1.4 million…
Remember 3% Growth? It’s Now Down the Memory Hole.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Trump’s illustrious Council of Economic Advisers issued its annual report today. But you have to go to page 527 to find the straight dope: As illustrated in figure 10-16…the Administration anticipates economic growth to remain at or above 3.0 percent through 2023, assuming full…
Quote of the Day: There Is No Cat Named Brexit
Nathalie Loiseau hurries to hide from the press after investigative reporter forces her to admit she LIED about having a cat.Panoramic via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From Nathalie Loiseau, France’s Europe minister: J’ai fini par appeler mon chat Brexit. Il me réveille en miaulant à la mort parce…