California’s Controversial Housing Bill Just Died. It Wasn’t Just Because of NIMBYs.
Jae C. Hong/AP The controversial housing bill, SB 50, that’s been roiling California’s state legislature—which would have revolutionized land use and housing in the state—failed yet again in dramatic fashion Thursday afternoon. It was three votes shy from passing out of the state Senate, following an attempt to pass it on Wednesday that also came…
Dershowitz Just Tried To Clarify His Bonkers Statement. His Explanation Was Equally Insane.
Like many people who randomly challenge people to debate them, the President’s attorney Alan Dershowitz is now yelling that he didn’t say something that he did say. Dershowitz said on the Senate floor on Wednesday that it is not corrupt or impeachable for a President to commit a quid pro quo if he’s doing it to get re-elected…
Tom Steyer Takes Credit for Impeachment
Tom Steyer in Knoxville, IowaJack Kurtz/ZUMA With less than a week to go before the Iowa caucuses, four Democratic presidential contenders are stuck in the Senate chamber in Washington, DC, for Donald Trump’s trial. But there’s one candidate who’s free to traverse the Hawkeye State and brag about his role in impeachment. “Those eight-and-a-half million people pulled Washington,…
Wilbur Ross: Coronavirus Could Bring Back Jobs to the US
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Thursday said that he believes the coronavirus is likely to “accelerate” the return of jobs to the United States and Mexico, as companies assess what he described as the potential “risk factor” for doing business in China. “I don’t want to talk about a victory lap over a very unfortunate,…
Let Us Count the Ways the Trump Administration Is Underprepared to Tackle the Coronavirus
Coronavirus. Passengers arrive at Heathrow Airport in London after the last British Airways flight from China touched down in the UK following an announcement that the airline was suspending all flights to and from mainland China with immediate effect amid the escalating coronavirus crisis. AP The coronavirus outbreak is intensifying, with at least 6,065 cases…
Is Bernie Sanders the Next George McGovern—or the Next Donald Trump?
John Locher/AP BerniePanic has set in. As the Iowa caucuses approach, Democratic establishmentarians and we-gotta-beat Trump pundits have begun to fret about the Sanders surge. They fear the prospect of the Vermont (small-d) democratic socialist triumphing in the Hawkeye State, winning in New Hampshire, and then becoming an unstoppable force in the remaining primaries. Is…