Democratic Primary: ‘It’s Over’

The Democratic primary election is no longer about the nuanced policy details and differences between the candidates positions on a broad range of issues, if it ever really was (who is best able to beat Donald Trump was always the defining issue). We are now in a global coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is … Read more

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules for House on grand jury materials and unredacted Mueller Report

Last week Judge Reggie B. Walton sharply criticized Attorney General William P. Barr’s handling of the report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, saying that Mr. Barr put forward a “distorted” and “misleading” account of its findings and lacked credibility before the court. The judge ordered the Department of Justice to privately show … Read more

The Saudi Arabia-Russia oil war against U.S. oil producers

Two of Donald Trump’s favorite autocrat buddies, Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Vladimir Putin of Russia, have decided to engage in a price war over oil in an effort to capture market share in Asia, and to force American shale oil producers out of business to reduce American market share. Nice … Read more