Right-wing prof Niall Ferguson plotted to get dirt on a liberal student

The latest campus free speech controversy has a twist: It involves a conservative professor conspiring with students, in emails that sound like they were written by comic book villains, to dig up dirt on a progressive undergraduate. (via Right-wing prof Niall Ferguson plotted to get dirt on a liberal student – Vox) Paid protestors! Campus… Continue reading Right-wing prof Niall Ferguson plotted to get dirt on a liberal student

Trump’s memo response to Mueller’s interview subpoena is tyrannical

This is a particularly extreme version of the “unitary executive” doctrine that conservative legal scholars sometimes appeal to (especially when there’s a Republican president), drawing on the notion that the executive branch of government — including the federal police agencies and federal prosecutors — are a single entity personified by the president. But to push… Continue reading Trump’s memo response to Mueller’s interview subpoena is tyrannical

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The week Trump went full dictator and no one tried to stop him | Will Bunch It sounds bad when you describe it this way: The president of the United States explicitly violating a government rule to divulge secret jobs data, causing a billions-of-dollars move in the world’s financial markets. via The week Trump went… Continue reading Untitled

Admission that Trump dictated statement on Trump Tower meeting raises new questions

“You have the lawyer of the president of the United States, Jay Sekulow — and, on separate occasions, you have had Rudy Giuliani do this — basically lie to the American people repeatedly,” Bharara said. (via Admission that Trump dictated statement on Trump Tower meeting raises new questions | TheHill) This is not normal.

S&P 500 companies return $1 trillion to shareholders in tax-cut surge

S&P 500 companies have returned a record $1 trillion to shareholders over the past year, helped by a recent surge in dividends and stock buybacks following sweeping corporate tax cuts introduced by Republicans, a report on Friday showed. S&P 500 companies return $1 trillion to shareholders in tax-cut surge S&P 500 companies have returned a… Continue reading S&P 500 companies return $1 trillion to shareholders in tax-cut surge

BREAKING: New Trump Executive Orders Target Federal Worker Protections

The Trump administration unveiled a set of executive orders late Friday afternoon aimed at weakening unions that represent federal workers… BREAKING: New Trump Executive Orders Target Federal Worker Protections “Simon said the new executive orders will make it easier for managers to make decisions based on “political loyalty.”” Under the Republicans, facts and reason come… Continue reading BREAKING: New Trump Executive Orders Target Federal Worker Protections

The princes, the president and the fortune seekers

In return for pushing anti-Qatar policies at the highest levels of America’s government, Broidy and Nader expected huge consulting contracts from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, according to an Associated Press investigation based on interviews with more than two dozen people and hundreds of pages of leaked emails between the two men. The emails reviewed… Continue reading The princes, the president and the fortune seekers