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Bloomberg QuickTake

QuickTake

“Today I am instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization,” says President Trump in today’s #pressbriefing MORE: The WHO says the U.S. has contributed $893 million

THE Red-Headed libertarian™

TRHLofficial

I want to talk about these 3 commitments of the recent antisemitism bill congress passed on Wednesday. You’re not going to believe what I found out. So let’s break it

William Hogeland

WilliamHogeland

Classic bad nationalism. "American nationalists were headed by ... George Washington, John Adams, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Morris, Gouverneur Morris, James Wilson ... They regarded America as one nation

David Andolfatto

dandolfa

Great question, Erik. Here are my own thoughts (not to be attributed to FRB St. Louis or the Federal Reserve System).https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1387469641933545474 The Federal Reserve is obliged to do the best

Max Kennerly

MaxKennerly

The ACA case is a perfect example: the plaintiffs don't have standing ($0 tax doesn't affect them), their theory is absurd (Congress can't zero-out a tax?), and the remedy is

Rep. Anna V. Eskamani 🔨

AnnaForFlorida

The FL Legislature voted to raise taxes on consumers – so they could cut taxes on businesses – by more than $1 billion/year. Now my colleagues may pass $300M more

Josh Barro

jbarro

I want to note one thing about the risk to the ACA from a change in the composition of the court: The remaining legal issues about the ACA are statutory,

Asha Rangappa

AshaRangappa_

Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 12 of the Constitution requires Congress to appropriate funds for the Army every two years. Why? It's because the Framers were afraid that a strong

ProPublica

propublica

1/ Our tool lets you compare senators’ voting records head-to-head. For example: Harris and Sen. Bernie Sanders voted the same way 92% of the time (not including votes one or

AG

AGHamilton29

Floyd case could have led to serious reforms on body cams, arrest tactics, QI, decriminalization etc.Taylor case could have led to reform on no-knock warrants etc.Instead we will get blocked

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 #StaySafe

CyrilRamaphosa

Let this be a turning point in our fight against corruption. As President of the African National Congress, as part of the national leadership collective, I am fully aware of

Mark Meadows

MarkMeadows

In the time that I’ve known @realDonaldTrump, both as a member of Congress and most recently serving as his Chief of Staff, I’ve seen publicly and privately how he treats

Jan Wolfe

JanNWolfe

I'm seeing some claims that these coalitions of state governors are unlawful under the Constitution's Compact Clause. Here's why I believe that's a bad take. 1/4 The Constitution reads: “No

Tom Scocca

tomscocca

Harvard's choice to do belt-tightening while sitting on a $41 billion endowment nicely shows how austerity is fundamentally a ritual performance meant to overwrite a moral narrative onto the set

Indivisible Guide

IndivisibleTeam

Hello Indivisibles! It’s time for your weekly to-dos, strategic actions you can take while safely social distancing! Call your senators this Friday to ensure safe, secure elections for all. We

The Punisher

PunishDem1776

The Creation of the Federal ReservePart 2In 1694, a template (that will be repeated around the world) a private controlled bank lending money to governments with interest that it prints