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What the crypto crash tells us
Last Sunday night, as cryptocurrency prices plummeted, Celsius Network — an experimental cryptocurrency bank with more than one million customers tha…
3 years, 7 months ago
Office Hours: Is there any way to push Garland to prosecute Trump?
Friends,
Bennie Thompson, chair of the January 6th Committee, has told reporters that the committee has no plans to make a criminal referral to the Ju…
3 years, 7 months ago
What you really need to know about the likelihood of a recession
Last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its May Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, which showed inflation worsening. Yet the bigger stor…
3 years, 7 months ago
Liz Cheney for President?
Friends,
I trust Joe Biden’s steadiness and judgment, and if he runs again, I’ll probably back him in 2024. But today I want to suggest someone who i…
3 years, 7 months ago
How do we measure the success of the Jan 6 hearings?
My informal weekly coffee with Heather Lofthouse (Executive Director of Inequality Media Civic Action, and my former student), discussing the past we…
3 years, 7 months ago
A final thought on the hearings: How Trump will be held accountable
What’s the use of the hearings by the House committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection —hearings that began last night and will run for the …
3 years, 7 months ago
For me, the 2 biggest questions about tonight's hearings on Trump's attempted coup
Tonight, we learned several things from the first hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol:
1. Aft…
3 years, 7 months ago
Can't believe it? How Biden gets re-elected in 2024
My friends, I’m going to press the pause button on today’s news — including the House January 6 hearings that start this evening — and try to answer …
3 years, 7 months ago
Another reason to detest Musk
Last Friday — after Elon Musk said he planned to cut thousands of jobs at Tesla and also expressed worry over the economy — Joe Biden dismissed him w…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Week Ahead: Why everything depends on Liz Cheney
The televised hearings of the House Select Committee on the January 6 insurrection, which begin Thursday, mark an historic milestone in the battle be…
3 years, 7 months ago