Daily News Thread 3/1

Ryan and Bannon Forge Unexpected Alliance on Border Tax

Trump’s top strategist once described Ryan as “the enemy,” but now the former Breitbart News chief is the speaker’s best chance to win approval for his border-adjusted tax, which Republicans currently say has almost no hope of clearing the Senate.
bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-28/ryan-said-to-forge-unexpected-alliance-with-bannon-on-border-tax

Bernie Sanders Takes On Drug Pricing (Again), This Time With Help From ‘Big-Pharma Dems’

Aiming to lower the “outrageous” cost of prescription drugs, a group of lawmakers led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday introduced legislation that would allow Americans to import low-cost medicine from Canada.
truthdig.com/report/item/sanders_tackles_drug_pricing_again_this_time_with_20170228

DeVos Slammed For Calling Black Colleges 'Pioneers' Of School Choice

DeVos' statement painting African Americans' efforts to create higher education options for themselves in a segregated society as a "choice" earned her criticism from Democratic members of Congress and others.
talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/devos-slammed-for-linking-black-colleges-school-choice

Trump administration would ignore WTO rulings it sees as anti-U.S.: FT

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to ignore any rulings by the World Trade Organization that it sees as an affront to U.S. sovereignty, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing a report prepared by officials.
reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wto-idUSKBN16832U

EU to Reject Trump’s Protectionism at Summit, Draft Shows

“The EU remains strongly committed to a robust trade policy in an open and rules-based multilateral trading system,” leaders will say, according to a draft version of the March 9 summit’s conclusions obtained by Bloomberg News.
bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-01/eu-leaders-to-reject-trump-protectionism-at-summit-draft-shows

70% of the benefits of Trump's childcare credits will go to households earning $100K and up

The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center has run the numbers on Trump's childcare credit proposals and concluded that it is a massive gift to the richest American households, with little-to-no benefit for the poorest Americans who struggle most with childcare costs.
boingboing.net/2017/03/01/eat-the-rich.html

Economists May Be Underestimating How Fast the Robots Are Coming

“The potential for simultaneous and rapid disruption, coupled with the breadth of human functions that AI might replicate, may have profound implications for labor markets,” BOE regional agents Mauricio Armellini and Tim Pike wrote in the Bank Underground post.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-01/economists-may-be-underestimating-how-fast-the-robots-are-coming

States Be Warned: High-Risk Pools Offer Little Help At A High Cost

ACA itself offers insight into this type of program and, as our report for the Century Foundation suggests, high-risk pools’ flaws may be more fatal than previously thought.
healthaffairs.org/blog/2017/02/28/states-be-warned-high-risk-pools-offer-little-help-at-a-high-cost/

UK Parliament to hold inquiry into algorithmic transparency

Mathisen explains that algorithmic decision-making is poorly understood and yet widely acclaimed, which sets the stage for a lot of bad outcomes.
boingboing.net/2017/03/01/open-the-pod-bay-doors-hal.html

MEPs revoke Marine Le Pen's immunity over violent Isis images

theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/28/meps-say-marine-le-pen-can-be-prosecuted-over-violent-isis-images

Jean-Claude Juncker faces dissent over EU's 'five pathways to unity' survival blueprint after Brexit

Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, will launch a blueprint for Europe's survival after Brexit today amid growing dissent from poorer eastern states over plans to deepen EU integration.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/28/jean-claude-juncker-faces-dissent-eu-survival-blueprint/

Samsung Group chief charged with bribery, corporate nerve center dismantled

South Korean prosecutors charged Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee with bribery and embezzlement on Tuesday as the top conglomerate announced the dismantling of its corporate strategy office.
reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-politics-idUSKBN1670G2

Other urls found in this thread:

theintercept.com/2017/03/01/trumps-use-of-navy-seals-wife-highlights-all-the-key-ingredients-of-u-s-war-propaganda/
jacobinmag.com/2017/02/garton-ash-free-speech-milo-yiannopoulos/
archive.is/TLJsA
archive.is/FqH4B
prospect.org/article/trump’s-hiring-freeze-puts-veterans-out-work
versobooks.com/blogs/3112-mutations-of-fascism-an-interview-with-enzo-traverso
dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/day-without-immigrants-freedom-cities-workers-rights
jacobinmag.com/2017/03/health-care-privatization-nhs-private-finance-intiative-blair-new-labour-unison/
counterpunch.org/2017/03/01/the-fictitious-economy-hiding-how-the-economy-really-works/
monthlyreview.org/2017/02/01/marx-on-immigration/
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/02/free-trade-vs-protectionism-weapon-mass-distraction.html
mondediplo.com/openpage/losing-a-war-one-bad-metaphor-at-a-time
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/uber-is-melting-down-ceo-i-must-fundamentally-change/518256/
youtube.com/watch?v=gTEDYCkNqns
twitter.com/AnonBabble

OP/EDs

Trump’s Use of Navy SEAL’s Wife Highlights All the Key Ingredients of U.S. War Propaganda

While there is certainly truth in their claim that Trump’s use of the suffering of soldiers is politically opportunistic, even exploitative, this tactic was hardly one Trump pioneered. In fact, it is completely standard for U.S. presidents.
theintercept.com/2017/03/01/trumps-use-of-navy-seals-wife-highlights-all-the-key-ingredients-of-u-s-war-propaganda/

A Socialist Approach to Free Speech

Liberal defenses of free speech ring hollow. But socialists can’t abandon the principle.
jacobinmag.com/2017/02/garton-ash-free-speech-milo-yiannopoulos/

Trump’s Budget Proposal Is an Attack on the Working Class

Trump’s vision to make American great again would actually eviscerate the already disintegrating social-safety net.
archive.is/TLJsA

Donald Trump Goes All In for the Military-Industrial Complex

The president’s address signaled his plans for domestic austerity and military bloat.
archive.is/FqH4B

Trump’s Hiring Freeze Puts Veterans Out of Work

President Trump’s across-the-board federal hiring freeze is particularly damaging to veterans, who rely heavily on the government for jobs once they leave military service.
prospect.org/article/trump’s-hiring-freeze-puts-veterans-out-work

Mutations of Fascism: an interview with Enzo Traverso

Enzo Traverso and Régis Meyran discuss the continuities and discontinuities between the fascist movements of the twentieth century and the "post-fascist" far right of today.
versobooks.com/blogs/3112-mutations-of-fascism-an-interview-with-enzo-traverso

From a Day Without Immigrants to a City Without Fear

If Trump seems hell-bent on bringing a certain kind of “law and order” to the country by terrorizing the most vulnerable, immigrant communities are resisting with the most effective weapon: a refusal to be afraid.
dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/day-without-immigrants-freedom-cities-workers-rights

After Privatization

Even after public services have been privatized, workers have opportunities to fight back.
jacobinmag.com/2017/03/health-care-privatization-nhs-private-finance-intiative-blair-new-labour-unison/

The Fictitious Economy: Hiding How the Economy Really Works

Michael Hudson, author of the newly released J is for Junk Economics, says the media and academia use well-crafted euphemisms to conceal how the economy really works.
counterpunch.org/2017/03/01/the-fictitious-economy-hiding-how-the-economy-really-works/

Marx on Immigration

Immigrant rights advocates have ignored Marx’s thoughts on the issue, especially his remark—which reflects his assessment of how the capitalist system operates—that the influx of low-paid Irish immigrants to England forced wages down for native-born English workers. In fact, many present-day supporters of immigrants’ rights have taken the side of liberal economists who insist that immigration actually boosts wages for native-born workers.
monthlyreview.org/2017/02/01/marx-on-immigration/

Free Trade vs Protectionism: Weapon of Mass Distraction

Struggles between advocates of free trade vs protectionism always were first and foremost struggles between industries who stand to gain more from one than the other
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/02/free-trade-vs-protectionism-weapon-mass-distraction.html

Losing a war one bad metaphor at a time

Thrashing about in the Afghan petri dish.
mondediplo.com/openpage/losing-a-war-one-bad-metaphor-at-a-time

It's kind of weird seeing Trump going against WTO. WTO was setup in such a manner as to benefit US interests abroad. US undermining it would effectively neuter it.

BUMP

fucking idiot.
reminds me of Trump and his "nobody knew that healthcare was that complicated"

WTO only benefit corporations.

As Uber Melts Down, Its CEO Says He 'Must Fundamentally Change'

The ride-sharing giant’s full-blown PR crisis is getting worse.

It took eight years and at least as many back-to-back-to-back-to-back controversies to break Travis Kalanick.

After a stunning month of scandals at Uber, Kalanick, its founder and CEO, sent an emotional and uncharacteristically apologetic memo to his employees Tuesday night. “This is the first time I’ve been willing to admit that I need leadership help,” Kalanick wrote. “And I intend to get it.”

Uber has always been controversial, but never like this.

Kalanick’s message came hours after a video surfaced that showed dashboard-camera footage of him arguing with an Uber driver who had just given him a ride. In the video, Fawzi Kamel, who gave a recording of the conversation to Bloomberg, tells Kalanick that he and other drivers suffered as a result of lower fares for riders. “People are not trusting you anymore,” Kamel tells Kalanick. “I'm bankrupt because of you… You changed the whole business. You dropped the prices.”

“Bullshit,” Kalanick repeatedly says, raising his voice, criticizing the driver, and eventually exiting the car with the slam of a door.

theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/uber-is-melting-down-ceo-i-must-fundamentally-change/518256/

TRAVIS KALANICK ON SUICIDE WATCH.
You can only be so porky until it bites you in the ass.

I just heard the recording on democracy now! Utterly disgusting. The CEO tried to give the line that some people just like to blame their problems on everybody else. The same never seems to apply to them while they take personal credit for all of their successes.

I wonder if these people have any self awareness.

Bump