Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

Why doesn’t Donald Trump want to release the Epstein Files?

In the week and a half since the Justice Department released a memo saying there’s no evidence that indicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was murdered, that he never kept a “client list,” and that the department doesn’t plan on releasing any new documents on the matter, the calls from across the political spectrum to “release […]

The three-way battle for the Democratic Party

A three-sided debate has broken out over the Democratic Party’s future.  On one side is the party establishment, damaged by the disappointing end to the Biden era but seeking to rebrand itself with a new agenda it hopes will better appeal to voters. Two main factions have emerged to challenge that establishment, from opposite directions. […]

The Trump administration’s fundamental misunderstanding about deportations

The Trump administration has offered little consolation to American businesses worried about losing undocumented workers to deportations. US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins did offer them one solution last week: to replace immigrant farmworkers with Americans who are now required to work in order to access Medicaid benefits, under the recently signed Republican spending bill.  “When […]

Why Trump betrayed his base on Jeffrey Epstein

Since last Monday, when the Justice Department announced it would not be releasing documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein and his 2019 death in a New York prison, the MAGA movement has been up in arms.  Prominent voices like Megyn Kelly are calling on President Donald Trump to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi. FBI Deputy Director […]

The lie at the heart of Trump’s entire economic agenda

With his tax agenda finally passed, President Donald Trump has turned back to his true passion: making America poorer and more geopolitically isolated for no good reason. Last week, he threatened 25 of America’s trading partners with punishing tariffs, unless they present him with an agreeable trade deal by August 1. These represent a modified […]