
Reviews of The Deficit Myth
Reviewers try to come to grips (or not) with the insights of Modern Monetary Theory.

The Clinesmith Information Suggests that John Durham Misunderstands His Investigation
In the Kevin Clinesmith Information, John Durham made the same mistake that DOJ IG made, mistaking a counterintelligence investigation for a criminal one. His entire investigation may be based on embarrassing mistake.

There's Lots of Reason to Think Steve Bannon Lied; But He May Also Have Told the Truth, Once
Among the people SSCI referred for further investigation is Steve Bannon. But there's reason to believe he told the truth, at least once.

Bill Barr Deems 11 Months to Charge False Statements, "the Proper Pace"
According to Bill Barr, 13 months is a proper pace for charging false statements, meaning the Mueller Investigation was actually really quick by comparison.

Three Things: They Look Like Phones [UPDATE-1]
Those three things sure look like phones -- like something you should be using to make phone calls ASAP. Call about what, you might ask? How about the U.S. Post Office?

Not the Right Kind of Monster, Says the Racist [UPDATE-2]
A once-respected news organization has now become cursed by its terminal adherence to bothsides-ism, in which monsters are permitted equal time.

A Newfound Obsession with Paul Manafort's iCloud Account
For over a year after the end of the Mueller investigation, some material pertaining to Paul Manafort has been stored somewhere other than standard FBI evidentiary files, inaccessible to normal searches on DOJ systems.

Jeff Wall: It Would Cause Attorney General Barr Irreparable Harm If He Had to Reveal His Secret Reason He Moved to Dismiss Flynn's Prosecution
Today Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall claimed that DOJ would suffer irreparable harm if they had to explain why they moved to dismiss Flynn's prosecution AND ALSO admitted there were secret reasons Barr was trying to hide.

Semi-Open Thread: Biden's Vice President Will Be... [UPDATE-4]
It's that time - the VP announcement has been made. Bring your comments about the Democratic Party's VP nominee here in this thread alone though other topics are welcome.

Hurricane COVID-19: GOP's Fiscal Restraint Pisses into the Winds
Trump, Meadows, Mnuchin...they just don't get it. They are unable to lead in the face of this massive ongoing catastrophe which has wiped more than 162,000 American lives off the map, even though they had experts and forecasts.

Trump's Latest Executive Orders: Head Fakes and Head Games
The White House isn't interested in addressing the pandemic's economic problems any more than they are interested in addressing the pandemic itself. It's snowing the media with head games and propping up Trump using head fakes while letting the country burn.

Social Security And Other Entitlements
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and SNAP are essential sources of funds for huge numbers of us. Republicans use them to scare old people.

GOP Senate Walked Out of DC for a Reason: Voter Foreclosure, 2020 Edition [UPDATE-1]
The media needs to stop bothsides journalism and get the GOP on the record: why has the GOP not already funded financial aid and stimulus along with a moratorium extension on evictions? Is the GOP going foreclose on voters to save Trump's ass this November?

DOJ's Accounting of Its FISA Errors Cannot Be Compared to the Carter Page Report
Many people are suggesting that the results of DOJ's review of 29 FISA applications in which DOJ IG found a bunch of errors shows that Carter Page's application was exceptionally bad. On the contrary, it only shows that Bill Barr's DOJ applies different rules to measure the Russian investigation than it has other investigations.

Three Things: Death, Death, and More Death
During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, every step along the way Trump failed to do what was necessary to save American lives.

In Previously Undisclosed December 2018 Interview, Jared Kushner Got Warned Falsely Claiming to Not Recall Is Still a Lie
A heavily redacted Jared Kushner interview report makes it clear he attempted to skate using the same strategy his father-in-law used: by not recalling the damning things he had done.

The Maryland US Attorney's Office Included Erik Prince in a FOIA Response on the Stone Sentencing
Perhaps the most interesting detail in the response from Maryland's US Attorney's office to a Jason Leopold FOIA request on the Roger Stone sentencing is that they included an email on the Erik Prince investigation.

Killer Clown Attacks American's Freedoms...and Dr. Fauci
'Gym' Jordan went off as he does regularly, this time on Dr. Fauci in Friday's hearing before the House Select Committee on COVID Oversight. We need a better circus act -- one which doesn't further genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Ben Wittes Gets Stung by the Trump Effect
Federal intelligence targeting networks -- especially when wielded by those who don't understand the networks they're looking at -- will always impinge on First Amendment activities. It just so happens that now it is impinging on the First Amendment activities of those who used to applaud such approaches.

Three Things: Look Over There, Not at Trump's Failures [UPDATE-1]
Trump's Thursday morning tweet stirred up people more than his average tweets do -- which is saying a lot since his average tweets are pretty annoying. From what was he trying to redirect our attention?