Trump Budget Uses Nonsense Growth Estimates
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I didn’t waste any time yesterday looking at the economic assumptions in the president’s budget, but it turns out they’re pretty spectacular: For no particular reason, Trump has instructed that growth over the next ten years will be 3 percent—so that’s what his economic advisers…
The Georgia House Passed a Bill to Ban Abortions After Six Weeks. Black Female Democrats Had the Best Clapback.
Rep. Park Cannon, left, Rep. Pam Stephenson, and others brought coat hangers to show opposition to HB 481, which would toughen restrictions on abortions. Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In Georgia last week, a white Republican man in the House of Representatives introduced a bill…
Theresa May About to Lose Another Brexit Vote
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From across the pond: From the division lobbies it feels like May’s deal is going down massively again. Only 3 or so Labour rebels voting with the Tories. #BrexitShambles #FinalSay #PeoplesVote — Ben Bradshaw (@BenPBradshaw) March 12, 2019 Hear govt have got around 225-230 —…
Trump Jr. Has Some Thoughts About Felicity Huffman’s Arrest in the College Scam Scandal
Lev Radin/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors charged nearly 50 people, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, in a damning college admissions scam, wherein parents sought to help their children secure admission at prestigious colleges around the country. The scheme, the largest admissions scam ever prosecuted…
Yet Another Topsoil Study Finds Lead-Crime Link
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Brian Guinn of the University of Louisville decided to do his doctoral dissertation on the lead-crime hypothesis. Since lead was fully removed from gasoline more than two decades ago, the main source of lead poisoning today comes from residual lead dust trapped in topsoil. So…
Trump Offers Insight Into Modern Aviation After Fatal Boeing Crashes
Al Drago/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the wake of Sunday’s fatal Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crash, President Donald Trump on Tuesday complained that modern aviation has become “far too complex” and called for “great flying professionals” to take precedence over new technology. “I don’t want Albert Einstein…