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The Supreme Court Vacancy and Labor: Merrick Garland

Hannah Belitz On Labor
An analysis focusing on his opinions in cases involving the NLRB reveals one particular theme: agency deference. This deference to the NLRB has had favorable consequences for labor and unions.

Argentina and the Vultures: the Political Economy of the Settlement

Mark Weisbrot The Hill
According to the U.S. federal judge that has held Argentina financially captive since 2014, all the people of Argentina had to do get a tentative agreement with their vulture fund debt holders was choose the right president to run their country. “Put simply, President Macri’s election changed everything,” Judge Thomas Griesa said when announcing the tentative agreement that would allow Argentina to borrow on the international market again and pay its bills.

Friday Nite Videos -- March 18, 2016

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Rachel Maddow | Bernie Sanders. Masters of War. Transporters and Quantum Teleportation. Making A Killing: Guns, Greed & the NRA. Samantha Bee | Cruz 101.

Rachel Maddow | Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders talks where he sees his path for success and the role of superdelegates in determining the Democratic nominee.

Masters of War

Bob Dylan's prophetic protest, with contemporary video.

P.T. Barnum with Malevolence (Yes, We’re Talking About Donald Trump)

Peter Eisenstadt and Robert W. Snyder History News Network
Trump is P.T. Barnum with malevolence. People know on some level that they are being fooled. Nevertheless, they enjoy the anger, the bombast, the exaggeration, the canned and phony “honesty.” Trump has long operated in an arena in which most people don’t really believe what he is saying, and most people don’t care.