The Gig Is Up In September, California's Democratic governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB-5, which requires most companies to reclassify freelancers and contingent workers as full-time employees. But childcare specialists, nurses, writers, and janitors are not afforded the same luxury. All of a sudden, someone I've never talked to Read more…
This lack of retail euphoria promptly was used by the major banks, most notably JPMorgan, as one of the catalysts behind the bank's bullish outlook for 2020, with the bank arguing back in November that 2020 is likely to be the year of Great Rotation II, in a repeat of Read more…
That means Republicans hold the upper hand, and should things get crazy-while there are not currently enough votes to dismiss the trial or outright off the bat acquit Trump-after Democrat partisan gamesmanship there likely would be enough votes to dismiss the whole thing.” Meanwhile, as the two sides battle over Read more…
The Ugly Truth About How Much Americans Have Been Spied On By The Gov't Since 2001 Authored by B.N.Frank via ActivistPost.com, We've all heard about at least some of this before. Thanks to Full Measure for producing this new segment reminding us about why this should tick us off. Amid findings about egregious violations Read more…
He was doing the bidding.” pic.twitter.com/qir3A1gRnK – Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) January 19, 2020 Perdue defended Trump's actions in Ukraine by indicating the administration was concerned about corruption involving an American citizen. In October of 2019, European businessman, Lev Parnas, who claimed to have “explosive information about corruption involving Hillary Clinton and Read more…
The errors come from flaws in traditional economic models. Anti-tariff analysts typically rely on static “partial equilibrium” models. While a tariff on steel might boost employment in that industry, for example, the price of steel would rise for car makers downstream, which would then suffer lower production and fewer jobs. Read more…
After Hilarious 'Where's Putin?' Moment, Little Progress Made At Berlin Peace Conference On Libya Little was expected to come out of Sunday's Germany-hosted Libya peace conference, given several prior ceasefires have failed, and also given Gen. Instead they were holed up for some of the day at separate hotels in Read more…
Bloomberg Journo Fabricates Bernie Sanders Quote About Buttigieg Having A 'Gay Problem' In the latest example of MSM hackery, Bloomberg reporter Emma Kinery took it upon herself to fabricate a quote from Bernie Sanders (I-VA) to suggest that 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg has a 'gay' problem. During an interview with Read more…
The Question For 2020: Can Fundamentals Ramp Up Before Policy Fades Authored by Morgan Stanley's chief cross-asset strategist, Andrew Sheets Markets are always subject to varied and shifting sets of drivers. Then, as markets rose, valuations fell by the wayside… By the middle of 2019, valuations for both global equities and Read more…
One Twitter handle said: “Fire service, please tell us what to do. My neighbourhood is on fire. SOS SOS SOS !!!” Fire service, please tell us what to do. SOS SOS SOS [email protected] @ChifeDr @BOGbadamosi @DrJoeAbah @MBuhari @PoliceNG @NigeriainfoFM pic.twitter.com/Evl5UhuFeR – Emeka Akpa (@emekaakpa_) January 19, 2020 Another user captured Read more…