The Post-Partisan Emporium

  I’m still not sure which was more outrageous- the home invasion/kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and his wife, or the subsequent declaration by US President Donald Trump that we would “run” the country and hand over the nation’s oil reserves (the world’s largest) and infrastructure to Exxon Mobil. How quickly we moved on from those “drug boats”. Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez said the kidnapping had a “Zionist tint” to it. If the Trump Administration thinks she will now hand over her nation’s oil to the Four Horsemen they will be sorely disappointed. They have no clue as to the depth of the working class support for the twice democratically-elected Maduro and his cabinet. Meanwhile Trump has embarrassed our country in much the same way that his regular house guest Bibi Netanyahu has destroyed the international reputation of his. It’s not the first time the US has tried to derail the Bolivarian socialist revolution underway in Venezuela. And judging...

  Farewell To FARA Mark Wauck What do you do with a law that’s in your way when you’re charged with enforcing it? Those charged with enforcing laws belong to the executive branch. They can’t repeal laws. However, at the higher levels—say at the Attorney General level—what they can do is rewrite regulations and, in particular, prosecutorial guidance to emasculate enforcement of the offending law. Many readers who are unfamiliar with FARA—the Foreign Agents Registration Act—will be inclined to simply say, Good Riddance! That inclination will be based upon the abuses of FARA during the Russia Hoax—abuses that had no connection to the intent of FARA, which is simply to require those who work for foreign powers in the United States to register as agents of those foreign powers. Can we agree that throwing the baby out with the bath water isn’t a solution to the problem of abuse of a law for political purposes? Requiring politicians and media figures to register as foreign agents when the...