Trump Insists His Racist Tweets Were “NOT Racist”
Evan Vucci/AP President Donald Trump on Tuesday once again defended his racist weekend tweets targeting four Congresswomen of color, this time insisting that he doesn’t “have a Racist bone” and accusing the lawmakers of “hat[ing] our Country.” …..Congresswomen, who I truly believe, based on their actions, hate our Country. Get a list of the HORRIBLE…
“This Is Outrageous”: Elizabeth Warren Unloads on Trump’s Pentagon Nominee
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper testifies in front of the Senate Armed Services panel during his confirmation hearing to lead the Pentagon.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tore into Mark Esper, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Pentagon, during a series of heated questions at Esper’s confirmation hearing Tuesday morning. Esper was a top…
A Couple of Things About Busing
It’s not really worth writing much about the whole Harris-Biden busing hoo-ha. Forced busing for purposes of addressing discrimination is 50 years in the past and no one seriously thinks it’s going to make a comeback. But today is a dex day, so I’m feeling energized to write about a couple of things that maybe…
“This Country Is Worse Than Cuba”: The Trump Era’s Cruel Reality for Cuban Asylum Seekers
Midalis Rodriguez, right, at her home in Hialeah, Florida, in May with other Cubans whose relatives were being detained by ICE.Noah Lanard/Mother Jones Sitting in her living room in Hialeah, Florida, Midalis Rodriguez said something I hadn’t expected to hear in America’s most overwhelmingly Cuban city: “This country is worse than Cuba.” In 2016, Hialeah…
The US Government Has Done “Almost Nothing” to Stop Cyber Attacks
Kalousek Rostislav/CTK via ZUMA In 2004, as he sat before the commission investigating the 9/11 attacks, Richard Clarke famously declared, “Your government failed you, those entrusted with protecting you failed you, and I failed you,” before asking for understanding and forgiveness. Clarke, a former senior government counterterrorism official, told the world that before the terrorist…
The Rent Is Too Damn High (For the Very Poor)
More housing charts! I came across these while reading about the shortage of starter homes, and they were interesting in different ways. First up is a chart from Bloomberg that shows total rent as a percent of total disposable income: There are two ways to look at this. The rental market obviously goes though a…