Joe Biden’s opening stimulus salvo will carry a $1.9 trillion price tag. Early reports put it at $2 trillion, so I suppose that’s close enough.
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Second Time’s The Charm
Another day in paradise stateside found US lawmakers debating what, on any rational interpretation, isn’t really debatable. “He must go,” Nancy Pelosi said, speaking to
Mitch McConnell Ponders Personally Relegating Trump To Dustbin Of Political History
We’d all be remiss not to take note when reports indicate that Mitch McConnell has finally thrown in the towel on Donald Trump. Regular readers
The ‘Totally Appropriate’ Tail Risk
It’s not likely that Americans, as a body politic, will come to any kind of “consensus” in the near future vis-à-vis the correct course for
Whose Fault Is This, Anyway?
An unchanged landscape provided for nothing in the way of resolution Tuesday, as investors and traders continued to ponder a set of unanswerable questions. Donald
‘A Kind Of Madness’
“We want you to be assured that we will not support candidates who do not respect the rule of law,” Citi’s head of global government
‘It’s Not Clear What He May Do’: America Ponders Perilous Final Days Of Trump Presidency
All eyes will be on Washington this week as Nancy Pelosi ponders the risk-reward calculus of impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump. A new article of
@realDonaldTrump: A Requiem
On Friday evening, Jack Dorsey finally pulled the plug on Donald Trump and, symbolically, on the use of Twitter to promote the kind of rhetoric
Persona Non Grata
To say Thursday was a rough day for Donald Trump would be a “big league” understatement. Indeed, the 45th President of the United States is in trouble.
Concession Speech
Isolated, temporarily banned from social media, and facing a wave of resignations, Donald Trump pledged an orderly transition of power on Thursday after Congress officially
Victims
“The United States Senate has a higher calling than an endless spiral of partisan vengeance,” Mitch McConnell said, defying Donald Trump just a half hour
The Founders Didn’t Want This, Mike Pence Says, Rebuking Trump In Final Days
“It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes
Georgia Blues
“We were told that we couldn’t win this election, but tonight we proved that with hope, hard work and the people by our side, anything
America The ‘Torn Superpower’ Is Biggest Global Risk, Not COVID: Report
You might be inclined to think that COVID-19 naturally lands at the top of every “biggest risks” list for 2021. After all, the pandemic killed
All Trump Wants Is For Georgia To ‘Find’ Him 11,780 Votes. Is That Too Much To Ask?
Adjectives like “stunning” were commonplace on Sunday afternoon, when America discovered that Donald Trump instructed Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to change the
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