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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Is there a self-enforcing budget deal with Trump? In yesterday’s column, Yglesias makes a critical observation:  “there is genuinely no point in negotiating a bipartisan appropriation bill if the president is going to ignore its terms. . . . the entire premise of a bipartisan spending deal is precisely that money will be spent on […] The post Is there a self-enforcing budget deal with Trump? appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]““Contrary to the hysteria, redirecting billions of allocated NIH spending away from administrative bloat means there will be more money and resources available for legitimate scientific research, not less,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai said.” Here’s how you know they’re lying. If they were telling the truth, there would be no net reduction to the […] The post They’re lying appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Democrats need to win elections, full stop.  As I wrote here, this may mean “heightening the contradictions”.  Michael Dorf: If there is a path back to sanity, then, it probably must travel through a change of heart by the people who support Trump’s assault on democracy. They will not likely be won over by appeals […] The post Some links on the current constitutional predicament appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]People complain about the size of the Federal Government, its costs and taxes, and how the size of it infringes upon the nation’s economy. Complaining of the size of government, Grover Norquist once said, “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into […] The post Worker Shortage in Washington D.C. appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I am finding there are a greater degree of politics going on in economic commentaries. Maybe it was always there and I was just missing it? A bit of Paul Krugman this Wednesday morning on Global Trade and Tariffs. Trump’s threatens countries with tariffs if they do not bow to him and do as he […] The post Threatening the World with Tariffs appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]‘The Trump Swamp Is Growing’: President Fires Ethics Chief as DOJ Moves to Drop Eric Adams Charges Common Dreams U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday fired the director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) as his administration (packed with billionaires and riddled with conflicts of interest) abandons even the pretense of opposing corruption and lawlessness. A course […] The post ‘The Trump Swamp Is...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Suddenly, Trump supporters are no longer fans of district judges: “For those of us who lived through the reigns of Judges Matthew Kacsmaryk and Reed O’Connor (so, like, we who were alive six months ago), this is a surprising turn of events. “The Kacsmaryks and O’Connors thwarted the Biden administration constantly, and on much hackier […] The post Judges for me but not for thee appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Apparently, there’s this weird, ahistorical conspiracy theory out there that the CIA is a leftist organization. Not only is there not an atom of evidence for this theory, there’s ample evidence of CIA involvement in destabilizing and overthrowing liberal and leftist governments in favor of right-wing dictatorships: Here’s a short list of CIA interventions in […] The post The CIA is a “leftist” organization? appeared...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]“Johnson said he “wholeheartedly” agrees with Vice President JD Vance that courts shouldn’t try to control the president’s power as DOGE slashes through the federal government. “The courts should take a step back and allow these processes to play out,” Johnson said at the Capitol.” Pretty Boy Floyd. Al Capone. Bonnie and Clyde. All just […] The post Why didn’t John Dillinger think of that?...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]All The Litigation – by Joyce Vance Civil Discourse At least one federal judge isn’t intimidated by Trump cronies attacking federal judges who have ruled against the new administration during its first three weeks of operation. Those attacks have taken the form of Elon Musk posting that 1% of the constitutionally life-tenured jurists should be fired every […] The post District Courts Push-Back appeared first on Angry Bear.