Wednesday, April 20, 2022

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What if Public Funds Were Controlled by the Public?
Through the dry-sounding Participatory Budgeting Project, Shari Davis is pushing a quietly radical idea: Democracy shouldn’t be confined to voting. read more
 
Individuals are not good at spending their tax money on the public good.

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Ian Welsh19 hours ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 17, 2022
[image: Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 17, 2022] Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 17, 2022 by Tony Wikrent *Strategic Political Economy* *“The policy of the USA has always been to prevent Germany and Russia from cooperating more closely” * [Swiss Standpoint, via Naked Capitalism 4-12-2022] We forget that Crimea was independent, even before Ukraine became independent. In January 1991, while the Soviet Union still existed, Crimea held a referendum to be managed from Moscow and not from Kiev. It thus became an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Ukraine did not ... read more
 
Socialists believe what they were taught as children.  So do capitalists.
"Its not what you don't know.  Its what you do know that just aint so."
 
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Trump’s Focus on 2020 Election Splits Michigan Republicans
The former president is trying to reshape the battleground state in his image. But his false claims about the 2020 election are driving a wedge between loyalists and those who are eager to move on. read more
 
Trump's treason is clear.
 
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Disney, Built on Fairy Tales and Fantasy, Confronts the Real World
The entertainment behemoth spent decades avoiding even the whiff of controversy. But it has increasingly been drawn into the partisan political fray. read more
 
Disney's wall is not tall enough,
 
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Mar-a-Lago Machine: Trump as a Modern-Day Party Boss
Hoarding cash, doling out favors and seeking to crush rivals, the former president is dominating the G.O.P., preparing for another race and helping loyalists oust officials who thwarted his attempted subversion of the 2020 election. read more
 
The fit is not good.
 
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Mar-a-Lago Machine: Trump as a Modern-Day Party Boss
Hoarding cash, doling out favors and seeking to crush rivals, the former president is dominating the G.O.P., preparing for another race and helping loyalists oust officials who thwarted his attempted subversion of the 2020 election. read more
 
Trump is more of an autocrat than that.
 
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Biden’s Tax Forms Show He and the First Lady Earned $610,702 in 2021
The president and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, also reported donations of $17,394 to 10 charities. read more
 
A tidy sum.
 
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Ian Welsh2 days ago
Open Thread
[image: Open Thread] Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn read more
 
There are lifetimes of incident.
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
 
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As G.O.P. Candidates Face Accusations, Rivals Tread Carefully
In several states, Republican candidates are contending with allegations of domestic violence and sexual assault. Few of their primary rivals want to talk about it. read more
 
There is enough dirt to bury all.
 
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Moskva, Russia’s Prized Ship, Was Hit by Missiles, U.S. Officials Say
The sinking of the Moskva was a major blow to the Russian fleet and the most significant combat loss for any navy in decades. read more
 
Ukraine sank it.
 
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Russian Ship Was Hit by Missiles, U.S. Officials Say
The sinking of the Moskva was a major blow to the Russian fleet and the most significant combat loss for any navy in decades. read more
 
Ukraine sank it.
 
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Trump Endorses J.D. Vance in Republican Primary for Senate in Ohio
The move amounts to a major bet on Mr. Vance’s ability to prevail over a crowded field, and on the former president’s power to alter the course of key congressional races. read more
 
Trump is treasonous.
 
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Oh, Brother: The Not-Quite-Tell-All Books by Presidential Sisters
Valerie Biden Owens is one of a handful of presidential sisters who have taken the opportunity to dish on their brothers. read more
 
Siblings often speak hard truths.
 
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The War in Ukraine Is Upending Biden’s Agenda at Home
President Biden’s domestic ambitions have gotten smaller as the war diverts the attention of the White House and contributes to rising prices. read more
 
The Republican senate did that.
 
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Mike Lee’s Texts Show Encouragement, Then Alarm, Before Jan. 6
Senator Mike Lee and Representative Chip Roy, once backers of President Donald J. Trump’s claims of a stolen election, eventually urged his top aide to change course. read more
 
Some recognized Trump's treason.
 
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U.S. Offers Protection to People Who Fled War in Cameroon
Temporary protected status will allow an estimated 40,000 Cameroonians to legally live and work in the United States. read more
 
The English Language is important to the I.N.S.
 
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Biden to Nominate Michael Barr as Fed Vice Chair for Supervision
Mr. Barr faced pushback from progressives when his name was floated for a different position. read more
 
He is of the wrong party.
 
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Ian Welsh3 days ago
Official Inflation vs. Real Inflation (Rent Edition)
[image: Official Inflation vs. Real Inflation (Rent Edition)] So, rent increases: n the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, median rent rose an astounding 19.3 percent from December 2020 to December 2021, according to a Realtor.com analysis of properties with two or fewer bedrooms. And nowhere was the jump bigger than in the Miami metro area, where the median rent exploded to $2,850, 49.8 percent higher than the previous year. Other cities across Florida — Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville — and the Sun Belt destinations of San Diego, Las Vegas, Austin, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee, all s... read more
 
It looks like inflation.
It is not a spiral as yet. 

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Military Memo Adds to Possible Interstellar Meteor Mystery
The U.S. Space Command seemed to confirm a claim that a meteor from outside the solar system had entered Earth’s atmosphere, but other scientists and NASA are still not convinced. read more
 
Real-time analysis of flashes on the ground.
 
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Jan. 6 Panel Presses Stephen Miller on Whether Trump Sought to Incite Crowd
In about eight hours of questioning, investigators pressed the former White House aide on former President Donald J. Trump’s use of “we” in his speech to supporters before the riot. read more
 
The case for Trump's treachery is stronger.
 
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