Short Take Politics
Ex-President panned by CEOs
He celebrated his 78th birthday by meeting with corporate leaders but came across as meandering and uninformed, suggesting, among other things, that the justification for a 20% corporate tax rate was that it was a round numbers. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/14/ceos-at-trump-meeting-not-impressed.html
Bump stock ban reversed
The Trump-era on bumpstocks, an adaptation that makes an assault-style rifle fire like a machine gun, has been overturned by the Supreme Court. https://www.axios.com/2024/06/14/bump-stocks-supreme-court-ban-how-works
Justice Thomas’ sugar daddy further exposed
The Supreme Court Justice has been on the take for years, ever since he first complained about being underpaid. Among his chief benefactors is Harlan Crow. It now appears as if Clarence Thomas took more ride’s on Crow’s jet than previously acknowledged. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/13/politics/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-pri…