by jpitney | May 2, 2025 | Judiciary, Public Service
Ned Parker, Mike Spector, Peter Eisler, Linda So and Nate Raymond at Reuters: Reuters identified more than 600 posts on social media and right-leaning message boards since February targeting family members of judges who ruled against the Trump administration. The...
by jpitney | May 1, 2025 | civic virtue, Civility
Samuel Abrams at AEI: Being community-focused, knowing one’s neighbors, and being helpful to others should be instinctual and a common part of our daily lives rather than occasional and worthy of praise. While it is undoubtedly not the case that we have to be best...
by jpitney | Apr 30, 2025 | California Politics
Alene Tchekmedyian and Paul Pringle at LAT: LAFD union leaders have padded their own paychecks with overtime, even as they complained that the LAFD did not have enough money to keep the city safe. Union President Freddy Escobar more than doubled his base salary with...
by jpitney | Apr 29, 2025 | California Politics, Public Service
Megan Myscofski at CapRadio: 916 Ink is a Sacramento nonprofit that provides reading and writing tutors to local students. Executive Director Ian Hadley says AmeriCorps volunteers make up just over half of its workforce, but he received a notice Sunday night ending...
by jpitney | Apr 28, 2025 | California Politics, Economic Policy
Allysia Finley at WSJ: California is losing jobs—54,800 during the first three months of this year. Valero this month announced plans to close a major refinery, portending gasoline shortages and price spikes. Insurance and electricity rates are soaring. Fifty-four...
by jpitney | Apr 28, 2025 | Congress, Economic Policy, Trade
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: The first tangible sign of bipartisan pushback to the president’s tariffs occurred in the Senate where Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced a bill to undo the 25 percent tariff against Canadian goods. On April 3, that measure passed, 51-48,...
by jpitney | Apr 27, 2025 | Congress, Law
Bruce Mehlman compares the number of executive orders and laws during the first hundred days of recent presidents:
by jpitney | Apr 26, 2025 | Public Service
Tobi Raji Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service has ordered AmeriCorps to terminate close to $400 million in grants — roughly 41 percent of the national service agency’s total grant funding, according to three people with knowledge of the matter who spoke on the condition of...
by jpitney | Apr 25, 2025 | Civility, Dreier
Anne Bergman at CMC Magazine: The Dreier RoundTable (DRt) at Claremont McKenna College took to the national stage during the 2024-25 academic year, presenting Civility Awards to U.S. Governors Spencer Cox and Jared Polis. The duo were honored for bridging...
by jpitney | Apr 24, 2025 | Economic Policy, Taxes, Trade
Understanding the Effects of Tariffs By Kyle Pomerleau | Erica York Abstract We provide an overview of the major implications of tariffs on the economy, federal revenue, and households. Tariffs do not directly affect the trade deficit, which is driven by net lending...
