Fed Officials Upbeat On U.s. Recovery

William P. Barr is today's object of abuse. Two-faced, or incapable of reason? Digby has his recent CNN appearance, & Nancy LeTourneau has a speech he gave at Notre Dame in 2019. Speaking of speeches & fascism, Outside the Beltway offers: "Trump’s Increasingly Fascistic Speeches". And everything we missed, from FairandUnbalanced. By M. Bouffant, who won't see any suggestions submitted to mbru@crooksandliars.com. read more

Former Attorney General Bill Barr was one of Trump's most prominent critics, but he came out this week to endorse the four-times indicted former President. Barr told CNN's Kaitlan Collins that Trump "would lose his temper" and talk about having his opponents executed, but he's OK with that because he doesn't "think" Trump would carry through with executing his rivals.

Last week was everything everywhere all at once. Between SCOTUS and the New York trial, it was crazy. Here’s your Sunday cartoon and open thread. Pull up a chair and your favorite hot beverage and tell us what’s on your mind. - Karoli read more

Enlarge / Of all the aquatic spiders, the diving bell spider is the only one known to survive almost entirely underwater, using bubbles of air it brings down from the surface. (credit: Oxford Scientific via Getty) Shrubbery, toolsheds, basements—these are places one might expect to find spiders. But what about the beach?

When David Risher took over as CEO of Lyft about a year ago, the company was losing market share and struggling with morale. Its stock price was approaching an all-time low, down nearly 90% from its IPO high of 2019. One of Risher’s first moves was to cut staff by 26%, affecting hundreds of employees. Risher, a one time Lyft board member and former Amazon executive, is the first non-founder to lead Lyft.