The residents of the Central Valley are faced with a utility service company that, in the past two decades, has become a tax collector forced to be under the protection of the federal bankruptcy court for the second time. In this situation, debtors and sophisticated investors seek to game the...
Susan Rice Says U.S. Has ‘Sold out the Kurds’ With Syria Move
[aggregation-styles] PBS News Hour Susan Rice served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and national security adviser in the Obama administration. In a new book, she shares her story of raising kids while navigating some of the country’s toughest foreign policy and national security issues. Rice joins Judy Woodruff...
After Avoiding Safety Upgrades, PG&E Hired Lobbyists and Public Relations Instead
[aggregation-styles] The Intercept Power shutoffs affecting more than 1 million residents, scheduled by PG&E this week throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, have sparked a massive backlash, with many community members telling reporters that they are shocked that the company has not done more to upgrade its...
I’ve Long Opposed Impeaching Trump. That’s Different Now.
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription I have long opposed the various efforts to impeach President Trump. Overturning an election should be a rare event, undertaken in only the most extreme circumstances. The process would create deep wounds in an already divided nation. And, as a practical matter, since it’s highly...
The Man Without a Plan: Donald Trump Suddenly Withdraws From Northern Syria
[aggregation-styles] The Economist Subscription Behold the “great and unmatched wisdom” of President Donald Trump. On October 6th he announced that American troops would withdraw from northernmost Syria, all but endorsing a Turkish offensive against America’s Kurdish allies in the region. He did not warn the Kurds, who had fought bravely...
How We Pale to Previous Generations
[aggregation-styles] National Review Many of the stories about the gods and heroes of Greek mythology were compiled during Greek Dark Ages. Impoverished tribes passed down oral traditions that originated after the fall of the lost palatial civilizations of the Mycenaean Greeks. Dark Age Greeks tried to make sense of the...
A neo-Nazi Massacre of German Jews on Yom Kippur Was Averted – This Time
[aggregation-styles] Haaretz For anyone paying attention to the Jewish community's situation in Germany, the attempted synagogue shooting in the East German city of Halle this Yom Kippur was barely a surprise. In fact, the community was already on high alert following an attempt by a knife-wielding attacker to enter a...
Women in Iran Need America’s Help. Why Won’t We Give It to Them?
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription Recent developments show that Iran is succumbing to international pressure — just not the kind the Trump administration has been exerting in the form of economic sanctions. Last week, in surprise reversals of two long-standing policies, Iranian women were — for the first time —...
Bloomberg Law Retracts Story on Labor Department Appointee Leif Olson
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription President Trump finally got to see the kind of military parade he longed for. Unfortunately for him, it was in Beijing, not Washington. You will recall that in 2018, Trump directed the Pentagon to put on a lavish show of arms to demonstrate America’s might....
The Two Psychological Tricks Trump Is Using to Get Away With Everything
[aggregation-styles] The Atlantic Subscription Last Thursday, Donald Trump said something that, on its face, seemed inexplicably self-defeating. Already under attack for having asked Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, he publicly asked China to do the same. This time there was no whistle-blower forcing Trump’s hand. Having already transgressed the once-sacrosanct...
