The Ninth Circuit Rules That There is no Chilling Effect in Forcing GOP Leaders to Hand Over Phone Records to Democrats. The impact on political speech could be not just chilling but glacial. Will SCOTUS step in and stop forced disclosure of political associations under the First Amendment?

via jonathanturley: There is an important ruling out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week where a divided panel held that Kelli Ward, the Chair of the Arizona Republican Party and former senatorial candidate, cannot …

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Biden’s $15 min wage hike in effect

Federal agencies are being directed to raise the minimum wage for government employees to $15 an hour, according to new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management. The directive will affect nearly 70,000 federal workers, most of whom work at …

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Government interventions and the Cobra effect

by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch Almost two decades ago, German economist Horst Siebert coined the term the “Cobra effect” to describe the real-world consequences of “well-intentioned” government interventions that go awry and produce the exact opposite results from what they aim for. The term was …

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Another Effect Of Rising Wages

BY JOHN RUBINO After decades of stagnation, wages are finally rising. McDonald’s, believe it or not, has made the whole $15 minimum wage movement obsolete by starting its burger flippers at $21 an hour. This is a good thing, but …

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Greenwald: A Backfire Effect Exercise

by Dave I’m curious if anyone who believed in Russiagate can make it all the way through Glenn Greenwald’s lengthy takedown of the many “bombshell” claims, which he was helpful enough to first quote, then append the Mueller Report’s conclusions …

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