Новости за 28.01.2021

For a brief moment on Wednesday afternoon, CNBC anchor Scott Wapner appeared to be on the verge of an epiphany. Wapner was, in that moment, in a heated debate with venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya about the value of GameStop, the brick-and-mortar gaming retailer whose stock price had been rising exponentially after a group of Reddit users banded together to inflate its share value—and punish the hedge funds that had been shorting its stock. “I still haven’t heard you tell me what the fundamental... Читать дальше...

The ongoing fallout over a group of Redditors boosting GameStop and other heavily shorted stocks has landed—inevitably—at the door of the Trump family. While the former president hasn’t spoken out, Don Jr. has, aligning himself with day traders angry that Robinhood has stopped letting its users buy GameStop, Nokia, BlackBerry, and other now-volatile securities that have been dubbed Reddit YOLO stocks. Adopting his father’s faux-populist mantle, Don Jr. tweeted this morning: “It took less than a day for big tech... Читать дальше...

The best way to think of President Biden’s midweek flotilla of executive actions on climate is as a statement of intent: a signal of how this administration intends to approach the climate crisis. Wednesday, the White House announced it was directing federal agencies to “procure carbon pollution-free electricity and clean, zero-emission vehicles” and in the process create “good-paying, union jobs” in green manufacturing. It came just after a “Buy American” executive order and an announcement that... Читать дальше...

President Joe Biden is looking to make good on a promise that every president since Bill Clinton has formally offered, in some shape or form: to uphold the sovereignty of tribal nations. If he actually follows through, it could change the face of land rights, conservation, and drilling battles across the nation.

On January 26, 45 Republican senators voted for an amendment declaring the upcoming impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump unconstitutional—a stance not shared by legal scholars. Trump is facing a Senate trial for inciting an insurrection that ransacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6; that trial could determine whether Trump is ever allowed to hold elected office again. The amendment failed, and the trial will go on, but the vote was the first test of the Republican Party in the post-Trump era. Читать дальше...

Nearly a year into the pandemic, more than 10 million people are out of work in the United States. That number is partial, excluding the seven million people who are unemployed but have simply stopped looking and the millions more who are underemployed—having some work but not enough to get by.