Beyond GDP: Redefining Economic Success by Measuring What Really Matters Reimagining how we measure the economy: moving beyond GDP to focus on key indicators of American well-being, such as health, security, opportunity, and political voice. 06/7/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Welcome to the age of space skepticism—and a growing revolt against elites Over the past decade, a new form of skepticism about human activities in space has emerged. It seems to be based exclusively in the western world, and centered around the idea that increasingly ... 06/6/2024 - 5:15 am | View Link
Genetic Study Investigates Relationships Between Iron Age Elites An analysis of DNA samples suggests that elite Iron Age Celts may have passed power along matrilineal lines, according to a Live Science report. The samples were taken from 31 skeletons recovered from ... 06/5/2024 - 7:51 am | View Link
‘Elites’ don’t want you to vote There is no lack of polls in an election season. Some track the presidential race on a daily basis, others President Joe Biden's approval ratings. 06/4/2024 - 6:41 am | View Link
Needing Help to Stay in Power, Modi Loses His Aura of Invincibility Though Narendra Modi will take up a third term as India’s leader, the election was closer than expected, forcing him to rely on coalition partners that don’t share his Hindu nationalist agenda. 06/4/2024 - 6:06 am | View Link
At one point during his speech to House Republicans, Donald Trump pointed at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) while saying: “Hello Marjorie, are you being nice to him?”
“Donald Trump told House Republicans that Milwaukee – the site of the Republican National Convention — ‘is a horrible city,'” Punchbowl News reports.
“Trump said there should be exceptions in anti-abortion laws. And he mused about having a romantic relationship with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi.”
“Needless to say, Trump said little about reconciliation or the 2025 legislative strategy in his meeting with House Republicans at the Capitol Hill Club.
Charlie Cook: “This race has been the most stable, least volatile presidential race in the 52 years that I have watched these contests. As this column noted last week, it is a ‘mature’ race with extreme partisanship anchoring much of the vote. Both parties’ nominees-in-waiting have total name recognition and definition in the minds of voters, a long-held view that Trump was no Boy Scout and that Biden embarked on a more aggressive policy agenda than the mandate given to him by a narrow Electoral College win, a 50-50 Senate split, and a half-dozen-seat margin in the House.”
“Both 2017 and 2021 proved the point that nowadays, no win is too small to declare a landslide.
CNBC: “Campaign finance experts say a unique combination of fundraising tactics and legal maneuvers have helped the Trump campaign climb out of a financial sinkhole that raised questions about his ability to compete in the race.”
“Since he left the White House in 2020, Trump has taken advantage of a little-known loophole in campaign finance law to pay for his mounting legal costs, which Federal Election Commission filings show amount to around $90,000 per day over the past three years.”
“Campaign disclosures show Trump has used a web of political action committees, or PACs, to funnel donor money to a leadership PAC he founded called Save America, which is primarily paying his legal bills.
TPM: “Through a series of prosecutions, federal law enforcement effectively decapitated the Proud Boys’ leadership. It’s left an organization that is vulnerable, unclear in its organization, more prone acting at the local level, far weaker than it was at the end of the Trump administration, but still resilient and capable of inflicting harm.”