Author: Daniel snow
Goldman Sachs sees USD/JPY rally prompting intervention concerns Source link
The Trump tariffs case is before the court this week. Source link
Our military leaders are trained to evaluate the legality of orders they are given. Source link
When Republicans sing Kumbaya. Source link
Dollar steadies near highs; political woes hit sterling Source link
Asia FX muted amid Fed rate uncertainty; Aussie steady after RBA hold Source link
A white nationalist’s rise reveals a seemingly unstoppable ratchet of radicalization on the right. Source link
new video loaded: The Anti-Federalists Saw It ComingtranscriptBacktranscriptThe Anti-Federalists Saw It ComingIn this episode of “The Opinions,” David French breaks down why parts of the original Constitution lend themselves to abuse — and which three amendments could stop another shutdown like this one. “But first,” he says, “we have to get through this moment.”I think there are some lessons we have learned about the original 1787 Constitution that just lend themselves to abuse. And the anti-Federalists spotted this coming from miles away. So, for example, the pardon power. The pardon power is a republic-destabilizing vestige of monarchy that needs to…
new video loaded: Trump’s ‘Forever Shutdown’transcriptBacktranscriptTrump’s ‘Forever Shutdown’The president seems to think “the shutdown gives him more power,” Jamelle Bouie says at the round table on “The Opinions” with Michelle Cottle and David French. But what Trump doesn’t seem to understand, he argues, are the practical implications of keeping this going.I don’t know how this ends, and what I want to say is you can’t have a forever shutdown for very practical reasons. You don’t want every air-traffic controller to quit. You don’t want — you don’t want the properties owned by the federal government to fall into disrepair. Like,…
new video loaded: How the Democratic Party Can Beat TrumpismtranscriptBacktranscriptHow the Democratic Party Can Beat TrumpismThe Democratic Party does not need to choose to be one thing. It needs to choose to be more things.Inside the Democratic Party, in its backrooms and its group chats and its conferences and its online flame wars, an increasingly bitter debate has taken hold over what the party needs to do to become capable of beating back Trumpism. Do Democrats need to become more populist, more moderate, more socialist? Do they need to embrace the abundance agenda? Do they need to produce more vertical…