Author Archives: John Lusk

It’s Time for Congress to Pass the Mueller Protection Bills – Lawfare

Source: It’s Time for Congress to Pass the Mueller Protection Bills – Lawfare

«As I wrote in the Washington Post back in January, there’s an easy way for these members of Congress to put their money where their mouths are. Rather than spouting empty platitudes on Twitter and the Sunday shows, they could pass the pending, bipartisan legislation that would make it all-but impossible for Mueller to be fired without good cause.»

 

Economic disparity from childhood to adulthood

Lots of pretty pictures (animated graphs) that I can’t easily share from my tablet. Rich white kids stay rich, rich black ones don’t, in a nutshell.

https://twitter.com/JustinWolfers/status/975687803018383360?s=19

«I’ve never seen a better graphical representation of the reproduction of inequality and racial gaps. So good. https://t.co/fVzTMDKYil»

Also, poor white kids get rich, poor black ones don’t.

Maine House candidate who attacked 2 survivors of Florida shooting drops out of race – Portland Press Herald

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2018/03/16/house-candidate-who-insulted-florida-teens-drops-out-of-race/

This is gonna be interesting. 28-year-old Democratic female political neophyte (I’m guessing) vs. a 52-year-old Republican male former politician (state senator). In a normal year, my money would be on the Republican, but….

«“I would really have been happy to partake in representative democracy by voting,” Gilchrist said.

Gilchrist, 28, a Connecticut native who works for a medical device company based in Bowdoin, is a 2013 graduate of Bates College.

Martin said on Thursday he felt compelled to run after he read Gibson’s strident comments about the two Florida students.

Martin, a former state senator from Benton, said it is important to have a candidate who represents real Republican values.

“After those recent unfortunate comments, I couldn’t sit back,” Martin said.

Martin, a 52-year-old contractor, said that people have to realize “that our words and actions have consequences.”»