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Grand flop: How USAID bankrolled anti-Iran groups for botched ‘regime change’ plot…Leaked documents and intelligence reports reveal that Washington had allocated tens of millions of dollars in recent years to subversive groups, Persian-language media, and activists working against the Islamic Republic. But with the cessation of foreign aid, many of these entities find themselves at a crossroads. Ataollah Mohajerani, Iran’s former Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, weighed in on the shift: “From day one, Trump disappointed and […]
The Soviet Union collapsed at the end of 1991, taking down with it the threat of international communism, right? Today’s guest says no, writing that, “Far from dead, Communism as a governing template seems only to be getting started.” Sean McMeekin is a historian at Bard College and the author of the mesmerizing book To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism. Reason‘s Nick Gillespie talks with him about the history of communism, how its focus […]
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On Thursday, I wrote about the case of Hampton Dellinger, who served as the sole director of the Office of Special Counsel. (I use the past tense quite deliberately.) This position has nothing to do with DOJ special counsels, like Jack Smith, who are appointed to investigate the executive branch. Dellinger’s position concerns civil servants, whistleblowers, the Hatch act, and other employment-related matters. Trump removed Dellinger from office. The District Court entered an “administrative stay” ordering Trump to […]
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Jeremy Horepdahl Over the past five years, the US labor market has added, on net, 5.4 million jobs, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics household survey. The establishment survey shows an even larger gain of seven million jobs. The differences between the household (Current Population Survey) and establishment (Current Employment Statistics) surveys is notable, but for the purposes of this post, I use the household survey because it has the necessary demographic information to analyze workers. […]