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Trump’s Age of Ignorance Threatens Humanity

He seems hell-bent on ushering in an era where expertise is not just ignored, but actively disdained. This has manifested itself all over his still-short list of appointees, but the nominees related to science and health seem particularly egregious. These are Trump’s “unspecialists”—anti-experts, candidates that would be laughed off as absurdities if we weren’t living in the middle of a Philip K. Dick dystopia.

Trump-Funded Operative CAUGHT Soliciting Illegal Acts to Disrupt Inauguration

This story fell through the cracks. Really scary.

Repeal of liquidation tool would be a major unnecessary error

The OLA is a new bankruptcy-type provision included in Dodd-Frank that gives the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the authority to resolve insolvent systemic financial institutions (think future Lehman-like episodes). It allows the FDIC to borrow funds from the Treasury to support the liquidation of such firms with the proviso that in the event of any… Continue reading Repeal of liquidation tool would be a major unnecessary error

Goldman Sachs Completes Return From Wilderness to the White House

“Government Sachs” is back.

That swamp just got ten feet deeper.

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Conway: Dems trying to humiliate Cabinet picks

They want to be treated like special snowflakes and spared the humiliation of answering questions about the jobs they’ll do.

The Case for Not Being Crybabies

Why are we still saying Trump isn’t doing enough to avoid conflicts of interest? He’s made clear he wants to profit off his presidency. Let’s accept that. That is what he wants to do. If you’re a journalist, start documenting the details. If you’re an activist or politician start mobilizing against his corruption.

Anti-Trump Republicans and Trump’s ‘Blacklist’

The thing to keep in mind here is that these jobs are technocrat jobs and the people in the blacklist are life long Republicans with experience in government. It’s spectacularly bad judgment to block these people when the Trump administration is so understaffed.