Raw Data: Coal and Renewable Production in China
Here’s some more China data for you: That’s likely a new record for 2019. China also produces about one-third of the world’s total of solar and wind power, but it’s still a drop in the bucket compared to coal. China’s coal production in 2019 was more than five times that of the next biggest country:…
The US Trade Deficit With China Returned to Normal in 2019
The Wall Street Journal, based on data from China, reports that the US trade deficit with China declined substantially in 2019. And that’s true. But it’s worth noting the trendline during the eight years since the end of the Great Recession: The thing to notice here is not that 2019 was way below trend, but…
The Most Racist Thing I Saw Today Was This Campaign Ad Attacking the Squad and Kaepernick
Since announcing a bid for his old Senate seat, ex–Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a racist without portfolio, has been relatively quiet. Into the void has stepped Rep. Bradley Byrne, one of Sessions’ opponents in Alabama’s March primary. Last week, Byrne unveiled a campaign ad that managed to exploit the legacy of his dead Army veteran…
FEMA Spent a Ton Fighting California’s Fires. Now It Wants Victims to Pay It Back.
Mason Trinca (Washing Post via Getty Images) When disasters strike and overwhelm cities and states, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is supposed to step in and help emergency response and recovery efforts. Unfortunately, FEMA is best known for its failures—dangerously slow response times, public relations scams, languishing aid—and it seems now the agency has hit another…
Donald Trump Is (Yawn) Making Up Stuff Yet Again
Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Donald Trump tweeted today that he’s the guy who “saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your Healthcare.” Even conservatives can’t bring themselves to defend this. Here is NR’s Robert VerBruggen: Trump didn’t “save” these protections; to the contrary, the GOP’s various failed replacement bills would have weakened them to a debatable extent, and…
An Even More Deranged Monday Morning of Tweeting for President Trump
Ron Sachs/ZUMA On Monday, President Donald Trump’s Twitter account kicked off an unusually active round of inflammatory and offensive activity that saw multiple falsehoods, typos, and cheap shots against his Democratic presidential rivals. In what could be considered the most appalling moment, the president retweeted a fake, poorly Photoshopped image of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)…