Via CNN: Judge blocks part of Trump’s sanctuary cities executive order Washington (CNN)A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a threat to take away funds from sanctuary cities — the latest blow from the federal judiciary to President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. In a ruling delivered Thursday, Judge William H. Orrick …
Rome (Italy) Meetup?
Commenter bystander is in Rome (Italy) for a few weeks and was wondering if there are any readers in the area who’d like to have a meetup? I’m happy to coordinate so just drop me a line [email protected] And yes, I’ll be posting this during better hours for any European readers, but some folks here …
In Swarthier Times
Isn’t this interesting: White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short outlined in a letter to the House oversight committee how it would not complete the request from the panel, referring some requests to the Department of Defense, saying the office doesn’t have custody of some of the other documents or simply stating “we are …
Sing, Michael, sing
Here’s hoping that Flynn testifies against others to avoid jail time: Former national security adviser Michael Flynn likely broke the law by failing to disclose foreign income he earned from Russia and Turkey, the heads of the House Oversight Committee said Tuesday. Trump’s greatest accomplishment in his first 100 days has been getting Bloomberg View …
Surely the Germans have a word for this…
I’ve long thought we’d be better off if the entire Beltway media contingent were summarily converted to Walmart greeters and their papers’ foreign correspondents recalled to replace them, then instructed to cover domestic politics as if still writing dispatches from a foreign capital. That view was reinforced this morning by the spectacle of the German …
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Clinical Narcissism And Our Brand New War
This is but a mere sign of the insanity: Top Trump administration officials will hold a rare briefing on Wednesday at the White House for the entire U.S. Senate on the situation in North Korea. All 100 senators have been asked to the White House for the briefing by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary …
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Cutting subsidies to spend more on subsidies
That is what the Kaiser Family Foundation is projecting. If Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) subsidies are eliminated with enough time for insurers to price the change into their 2018 products, the federal government will spend on net more money on Exchange than if they are funded. NEW: Fed govt could see net ↑ of $2.3 …
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