Disney Lists $330,000 Crisis PR Job After CEO Insults Striking Actors and Writers
Disney looks for PR help after Bob Iger, who earns $31 million a year, derided strikers as “not realistic.”
Politics
As Republicans Thirst for War With Mexico, Democrats Push to Make Them Vote on It
Populist Republicans’ response to the new war powers resolution highlights the growing pains of their anti-war coalition with progressive Democrats.
New GOP Measure Would Bar Pentagon Assistance to Pakistan
The defense budget amendment would cut off funds to Pakistan amid an ongoing crackdown by the military establishment and its civilian allies.
After Blocking Lockheed Martin Acquisition, FTC Allows Another Defense Firm to Close the Deal
L3Harris hired a former senior Pentagon official who managed defense contracts after antitrust crusader Lina Khan was confirmed as Federal Trade Commission chair.
Voices
Nikki Haley Brings the GOP’s Gender Politics Home
She’s the party’s Hillary Clinton, but don’t mistake her for a feminist.
Payday Lenders Gave Millions to Republican Group That Backed Supreme Court Suit to Annihilate CFPB
The Republican Attorneys General Association fought to help a Supreme Court case against the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
Matt Gaetz Wants to Make the Pentagon Answer for Training Coup Leaders
By targeting the defense budget, Gaetz demands the military tell Congress about trainees who “broke bad.”
Biden Administration Adds Insulin to Drug Price Negotiation List in Major Blow to Big Pharma
“This was an unexpected victory in a long fight against an illegal cartel of three corporations who have raised their insulin prices in lockstep.”
FBI Hoovering Up DNA at a Pace That Rivals China, Holds 21 Million Samples and Counting
China and the U.S. are collecting the same proportion of their populations’ DNA profiles — and the FBI wants to double its budget to get even more.
Voices
How We Forgot the “Jobs” Part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The anti-racism of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech has overshadowed the demands for economic justice at the historic 1963 protest.