• 'Fiasco': Steve Bannon rages against Republicans after fumbled impeachment hearing

    The congressional hearing with former Hunter Biden associate Tony Bobulinski failed to advance the GOP's impeachment investigation of President Joe Biden — and even former President Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon knew it.On Wednesday's edition of "War Room," he raged about Republicans' inability to control the forum, calling the whole thing a "fiasco" and complaining that Democratic members like Reps. Jamie Raskin and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ripped the whole thing to shreds in front of the...

  • Perceptions that the economy’s bad can cost you an election, even if the economy isn’t actually bad

    “Perceptions are more important than reality,” said Marc Hetherington at UNC Chapel Hill. “People vote on their perceptions, not on the the actual data itself.”

  • Labour set to ditch ANOTHER key pledge on the economy as vow to transform UK into the fastest growing economy in the G7 is downgraded

    Sir Keir Starmer vowed last year that he would transform the UK into the fastest growing economy in the G7 by the end of Labour's first term in office.

  • Republican Disarray

    Today on TAP: How fractured are the Republicans in Congress? Let us count the ways.

  • Our Economy And Politics Are Broken

    Our Economy And Politics Are Broken Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Awakening from the dream of painless financial / political solutions, we find the status quo is not the solution, it is the source of our decay. Our situation as a society is akin to awakening from a dream of loved ones to the realization that they passed away long ago. Our economy and politics are broken, yet we continue dreaming that they are functional. Let's start with politics. American...

  • The Road to a Republican Senate

    Republican chances of winning control of the U.S. Senate improved Wednesday when a Washington Post poll showed Larry Hogan (R., Md.) trouncing his potential Democratic opponents by double digits. The popular former governor, known for his independence and common sense, has been supporting Israel as his Democratic rivals squabble for left-wing votes. Though Hogan remains the underdog to replace retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D.), his successful record and unique profile will force Democrats to play...

  • [In This Economy] Marcosian 'delulunomics'

    At the rate growth dipped from 2022 to 2023, 8% growth is a moonshot. This is peak delulu. If we settle at 5.6% from now on, we will never ever get back to the pre-pandemic trajectory.

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    Why Netanyahu is cozying up to Republicans again

    As he appears to grow more estranged from President Joe Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering an old strategy — going around the White House and straight to Republicans in Congress. A close student of U.S. politics, Netanyahu first tried this maneuver in 2015 when he was denied a meeting with then-President Barack Obama and responded by accepting an invite from Republican leaders in the House and the Senate to address a joint session of Congress. His speech railing...

  • The problem with Japan’s economy

    Japan’s increase of its interest rates to being from negative to positive for the first time in 17 years was…What to read next: The Great Covid Debate | Australian Universities Accord to take the hammer to TAFE | Is corporate Australia ashamed of Easter? | The art of ugliness

  • ​Cycling’s good for the economy

    ​That’s according to a new report by Sustrans, the charity that works for and with communities to help them ‘come to life’ and create healthier places and happier lives for everyone through the promotion of walking, wheeling and cycling. It’s quite astounding. The report also estimates that 1314 serious long-term health conditions are prevented thanks to the health benefits of walking and cycling. Crucially and with the news that the world is warming faster than experts predicted, 42,000 tonnes...

  • On stuttering presidents and Republican bullies

    “Donald Trump mocks Joe Biden’s stutter,” the headlines blare, and I am confronted (again) with (more) proof that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee hates people like me. I don’t remember when they told me I stuttered, but I do remember the banana chips I got as “rewards” in the speech room in my Ohio grade school. I learned tricks that worked well and tricks that didn’t, tricks that I still use to this day, and tricks I’ve long forgotten. I don’t remember if I got picked on for...

  • There never was a Republican House majority

    You might be forgiven for thinking that the Republican Party had a majority in the House of Representatives. After all, it secured slightly more seats than the Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections. But believing that the GOP had a majority in the House would be a mistake. Since the 118th Congress convened in January […]