The Biden transition team has abandoned most of the Biden campaign Covid promises, particuarly the ones that cost money.
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Thursday, September 18, 2025
Quick Comments on the Biden-Harris Covid Plan: Not Much Sizzle and No Steak
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Health care, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:50 am | 82 Comments »
Victims of Nuclear Bomb Tests on U.S. Soil 75 Years Ago Continue to Seek Justice
The US conducted nuclear tests that damaged the health of generations of New Mexico residents—who remain uncompensated.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:36 am | 13 Comments »
Who Is Michèle Flournoy, Biden’s Rumored Pick for Pentagon Chief?
Rumor, as in press reports, has it that Biden plans to install uber hawk Michèle Flournoy as Secretary of Defense.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:46 am | 33 Comments »
“What It Took”: The Price of Democrat Victory in 2020
A cri de couer about election 2020.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:55 pm | 237 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/9/2020
~ “Bright college days” ~ Election fraud affidavit emerges, sorta ~ is Pfizer Son of Gilead? ~ GSA “ascertainment” and the Biden transition ~ Malls on the upswing, or not? ~ Mason jar shortage ~ Shutting up Amazon Echo ~ SAD ~ Karl Kraus
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 173 Comments »
What to Know as ACA Heads to Supreme Court — Again
The central issue in the case is whether the requirement in the law to have insurance — which remains even though Congress eliminated the penalty or tax — is constitutional.
Topics: Health care, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 11:35 am | 37 Comments »
Links 11/9/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 298 Comments »
Is Fear of AOC Why Chuck Schumer Is Pumping a Non-Starter “Cancel Student Debt by Executive Order” Scheme?
It’s odd to see Democrats talking about a Biden “100 days” when Obama did nothing like that when he actually did have a mandate to do so that he ignored. Did they not get the memo that their blue wave didn’t hit the beach? It’s even odder to see Chuck Schumer affecting a Damascene conversion, […]
Topics: Dubious statistics, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Student loans
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:12 am | 126 Comments »
The Collateral Damage to Children’s Education During Lockdown
High-quality before and after tests in the Netherlands suggest at-home lockdown education was a complete bust for primary school kids.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Pandemic, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:35 am | 29 Comments »
All About Exit Polls (with a Plea for Caution and Reporting)
The two major exit poll vendors, their methodological challenges, why we don’t know which is more trustworthy, and a plea for reporting by humans about humans
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 3:55 pm | 43 Comments »
Links 11/8/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 533 Comments »
Replacing Rentier Capitalism Is One of the Defining Challenges of Our Age
Housing itself is just the most egregious tip of a very large iceberg. Everywhere you look, COVID-19 is widening the gulf between those who own assets and those who owe debts.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Real estate, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:25 am | 83 Comments »
Links 11/7/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 445 Comments »
Whining Pundits
Quelle surprise! Some pundits are trying to distance themselves from their pre-election calls.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:53 am | 64 Comments »
Jobs Picture Emerges of Weird Recovery to Historically Awful Level
Jobs not galore. And the target keeps moving.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:15 am | 34 Comments »