Republicans Like to Use Human Misery as a Bargaining Chip. Maybe It’s Time For That to Stop.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. How should Democrats respond to President Trump’s immigration proposal? Before I answer, let’s take a look at what the public thinks of immigration. First up, here is Gallup on support for cutting immigration levels: Second, here is Pew on who supports building a border wall:…
How Are Democrats Really Doing in the Fundraising Battle?
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s a headline in the Washington Post this morning: Republican National Committee has huge financial edge heading into 2018 midterms I had a point I thought I wanted to make about this, but then I clicked the link and read…
An Updated Lead-Crime Roundup for 2018
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A few weeks ago I promised an updated roundup of evidence about the link between lead poisoning and violent crime. Here it is. It’s in three parts. Part 1 is the basic story. Part 2 is various bits of commentary explaining different details and predictions…
Maybe the Economy Isn’t as Great as We Think
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Is the economy getting close to full capacity? Arguing for the affirmative is the unemployment rate, which is very low. Arguing for the negative is the inflation rate, which is also low. If the economy were truly running at capacity, companies would be bidding up…
California Is Pondering a New Kind of Bank
A marijuana consultant helps a customer at a San Diego dispensary on January 1, the day pot became legal in California.Brian Cahn via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. States can legalize marijuana all they want, but it’s still a federally prohibited Schedule I drug. This presents legal marijuana dealers…
The Trump Administration Just Dealt a Major Blow to Clean Water Protections
Mitchell Resnick/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt formally suspended the Obama-era Clean Water Rule for two years, while the Trump administration works to repeal and replace the rule with their own, industry-friendly version. Also known as Waters of the United States (WOTUS), the rule…