And no rules A law professor sent Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick a chilling note suggesting, she said, “if Jim Jordan won the speakership, he would simply never certify a Biden election win.” Erica Newland, formerly with the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice, did research on the matter for Protect Democracy. She concurs. If the current iteration of the GOP controls the House in January of 2025, there is no way they will certify a Democratic victory. Ian Bassin, Protect Democracy’s co-founder and executive director, tells Lithwick that on the bright side a handful of Republicans thwarted Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) bid for House speaker: And I think if that holds, and that’s a big if, this is one of the most important developments in this country over the last seven-plus years. And here’s why. I’m going to invoke another recent story in the news that I think is really important to pay attention to, which is the elections this past week in Poland.
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To help celebrate our twenty-fifth year of being on the information superhighway, we have reached out to some of our favorite former columnists for check-ins and updates. Today features the glorious return of Tendency legend Ben Greenman, who wrote several fake musicals for us between 2000 and 2012, many of which can be found here. Others can be read in our 2012 collection The McSweeney’s Book of Politics and Musicals.
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[KEVIN McCARTHY, facing a government shutdown, cuts a deal with House Democrats. He is proud while facing cameras, but when he turns away, there is terror in his eyes.]
Russian offensive military campaigns in eastern Ukraine have been partly behind a 90% increase in Russian casualties recorded by Ukraine, according to an intelligence update from the UK Ministry of Defence.
Russia has been carrying out offensive operations in the area of Avdiivka, a small city just to the north of Donetsk.
We’ll note first that UK intelligence has been just a wee bit biased. So if they say 90%, well, take it with a tablespoon of salt.
There are few groups in history who have suffered as many waves of dispossession and displacement in such a short period as the Palestinian people. On May 15 1948, over 700,000 Palestinians were driven out of their homeland and over 500 Palestinian villages were destroyed in what is known as the Nakba or ‘catastrophe’. The […]
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Those in America looking for a way out of the toxic Trumpian cycle should look to Poland as a starting point
Campaigners say the most polluting vehicles must be taken off the roads to save lives
Why won't the Government tell the public who's attending – and who's being left out in the cold?
On October 10, 2022, I realised that there was no hope of ever reforming mainstream economics, since on that date, Ben Bernanke and two other Neoclassicals were awarded the “Nobel” Prize in economics for their work on banking. They assumed the validity of the “loanable funds” model of how banks operate—as Bernanke said in his … Continue reading "Why Credit Money Matters"
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October 23rd, 2023: My new book DANGER AND OTHER UNKNOWN RISKS is out and it's getting really good reviews, so hopefully Scottish-born economist – Angus Deaton – recently published his new book – An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality – in which he provides a swathing critique of the state of the economics profession, particularly in the way that it impacts on policy making and societal well-being. He is a microeconomist who made a…
We’ll give you crazy Rudy says Biden is an Iranian spy: “He’s on Iran’s side and he’s on Hamas’s side. He is not on our side. He’s got a bunch of spies in his Admin. This guy is working for Iran. Why? Maybe because they’ve infiltrated his Admin the way the communists infiltrated FDR’s Admin.” pic.twitter.com/pBudDVycaM — Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 22, 2023 This is the man the putative GOP nominee for president hired to represent him. Meanwhile, in MAGA: THIS WEEK IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Oct 14 – Oct 21, 2023 pic.twitter.com/9kR7YkCZmL — Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 22, 2023
The Opposition’s shadow minister for home and foreign affairs, Barnaby Joyce, has put out an urgent call for anyone in the Armidale area who has a donkey that he could borrow for his upcoming bucks party. ”The Bucks party was... Read More ›
And they aren’t positive I never much cared for Mitt Romney over the years but I did admire his willingness to vote to impeach Trump and sign on to bipartisan legislation from time to time. That’s a pretty low bar but in GOP politics these days it makes him a unicorn. But in his new book he doesn’t hold back about his impressions of his fellow Republicans and I am here for it: Christie, Chris Mr. Romney’s advisers in 2012 suggested that he consider Chris Christie, then the governor of New Jersey, as a running mate, according to the book. But Mr. Romney had reservations about Mr. Christie’s “prima donna tendencies,” and worried that the governor was not “up to the physical demands” of being on the ticket and was plagued by “barely buried” scandals, Mr. Coppins writes. The two also came into conflict in 2016 after Mr. Christie became one of the first establishment Republicans to back Mr. Trump. “I believe your endorsement of him severely diminishes you morally,” Mr. Romney wrote in an email. He added: “You must withdraw that support to preserve your integrity and character.” Evaluating Mr.
In a recent column, the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen wrote, “What Henry Luce called ‘the American Century’ is over.” Cohen is right. All that remains is to drive a stake through the heart of Luce’s pernicious creation, lest it come back to life. This promises to take some doing. When the Time-Life publisher coined his famous phrase, his intent was to prod his fellow citizens into action. Appearing in the February 7, 1941 issue of Life, his essay, “The American Century,” hit the newsstands at a moment when the world was in the throes of a vast crisis. A war in Europe had gone disastrously awry. A second almost equally dangerous conflict was unfolding in the Far East. Aggressors were... Read more Source: Farewell, the American Century appeared first on TomDispatch.com. Το DiEM-ΜέΡΑ25 ξεκίνησε συλλογή υπογραφών για την απομάκρυνση της κας Ursula von der Leyen από την Προεδρία της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής. Υπόγραψε εδώ. Ακολουθεί το βίντεο-μήνυμα του Γιάνη Βαρουφάκη προς την κα von der Leyen. Κυρία von der Leyen, τη στιγμή που προσγειωθήκατε στο Τελ Αβίβ όχι ως υπέρμαχος του άμεσου τερματισμού των εγκλημάτων πολέμου από […] The post «Κυρία φον ντερ Λάιεν, ώρα να παραιτηθείτε!» Υπογράψτε εδώ το ψήφισμα του DiEM25-ΜέΡΑ25 appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis. DiEM25-MERA25 has launched a petition for the removal of Mrs Ursula von der Leyen from the Presidency of the European Commission. Below is the text of Yanis Varoufakis’ video message to Ms. von der Leyen. To sign the petition please click here. Mrs von der Leyen, the moment you landed in Tel Aviv, not as […] The post Sign here DiEM25’s petition: Time for Europe’s greatest liability, Mrs Ursula von der Leyen, to go! appeared first on Yanis Varoufakis. | ||
