This week: Democrats move on DC statehood
April 19, 2021 inPolitics
Democrats are poised to move one of their biggest priorities this week: D.C. statehood. The House, which is set to leave town at the end of the week until early May, will vote on legislation this week to make Washington, D.C., the country’... ...Read more from our friends at The Hill
Rabo: The Angry Public Wants To Give A Red Card To The Whole Global System
April 19, 2021 inEconomics
Rabo: The Angry Public Wants To Give A Red Card To The Whole Global System By Michael Every of Rabobank A red card for the whole system “IT’S RED!” A straight red card for Global Neoliberalism United, that is. 12 of Europe’s top football (‘soccer’) clubs are planning to break away from their already-lucrative elite domestic leagues, and their even-more lucrative Champions League, in order to form a breakaway closed-loop European Super League...
NASA’s Ingenuity succeeds in historic flight over Mars’ surface
April 19, 2021 inPolitics
NASA’s four-pound Ingenuity helicopter made history early Monday -- becoming the first powered, controlled aircraft to fly on another planet. ...Read more from our friends at NY Post
Senate Democrats settling on 25% corporate tax rate
April 18, 2021 inPolitics
The universe of Democratic senators concerned about raising the corporate tax rate to 28% is broader than Sen. Joe Manchin, and the rate will likely land at 25%, parties close to the discussion tell Axios. Why it matters: While increasing the rate from 21% to 25% would raise about $600 billion over 15 years, it would leave President Biden well short of paying for his proposed $2.25 trillion, eight-year infrastructure package. ...
Waters: Fauci 'was being bullied' by Jordan during hearing
April 18, 2021 inPolitics
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that President Biden’s chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci “was being bullied” by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) during the heated House Oversight subcommittee hearing on Thursday at which Waters told... ...Read more from our friends at The Hill
Maxine Waters slammed for urging protesters to 'get more confrontational'
April 18, 2021 inPolitics
Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, told demonstrators at Saturday night’s protest in Minnesota that they need to “get more confrontational” if former police officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted of murder in the death of George Floyd, prompting Republicans to accuse her of stoking an already explosive situation. Ms. Waters appeared ...... Read more from our friends at the Washington Times
Earnings Outlook: Here’s how the ‘pause’ on J&J’s COVID-19 shot may or may not affect the…
April 18, 2021 inEconomics
To what degree will Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing issues and the federal 'pause' over safety concerns weigh on investors' mind when the company reports earnings next week? ...Read more from our friends at MarketWatch
Trump looms over Senate's anti-Asian hate crimes battle
April 18, 2021 inPolitics
Ninety-two senators voted last week to advance an Asian American hate crimes bill. But its passage likely depends on Democrats agreeing to soften language that Republicans say ties hate crimes too narrowly to the characterization of COVID-19 as the... ...Read more from our friends at The Hill
