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Jerome Powell has long given hope to lawyers everywhere. Yes, you too can pivot away from grinding billable hours through endless redlines to instead get rich in private equity before becoming the world’s most powerful central banker. But even being a registered Republican (and Trump 1.0 appointee!) couldn’t save Powell from a new DoJ probe […]

☝️ That’s the question on everyone’s lips, and one possible answer actually emerged during Iran’s last collapse in 1979: a theory of revolutions from Harvard’s Theda Skocpol. Skocpol later reflected on where her theory (more agrarian-peasant focused) went wide, but it still offers a useful guide, so let’s break it down and adapt it a […]

Now that we’ve briefed you on the initial aftermath of Trump’s brazen move to capture Maduro, it’s time we swan-dive chin-first into the shallow end of a bigger debate still playing out: will Trump’s Venezuela gambit now embolden other autocrats, or deter them? Let’s break down the two main camps, shall we? So come join […]

A shackled Nicolás Maduro used his first brief Manhattan court appearance Monday to argue he’s a) innocent, b) still the president of Venezuela, and c) a decent man. On a) (I’m innocent), the 92-year-old judge (Hellerstein) might eventually get us an answer, though there are some big hurdles ahead — eg, Maduro will claim head-of-state […]