The Buffalo Chronicle
Washington
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Tribal leaders ask Pelosi to step aside ahead of midterms
(December 28, 2021) — Clint Halftown, the federally recognized leader of the Cayuga Nation of New York, has privately asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi to step aside from the Speakership post as soon…
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Biden slammed by indigenous groups for selection of Ambassador to Canada
Indigenous groups are slamming President Joe Biden for his selection of David Cohen as the United States Ambassador to Canada. Cohen served as the CEO of Comcast and as the Chairman of…
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US allots $3.5m to provide bicycles for rural communities in sub-saharan Africa
BY TOM FITTON While Americans struggle through pandemic-induced financial hardships and a supply chain crisis, the U.S. government is dedicating millions of dollars to provide bicycles for residents of sub-Saharan Africa. It’s…
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Judicial Watch sues for info on Biden administration shut down of China-COVID investigation
Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State for records related to an investigation into the origins of COVID by the Bureau…
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House reconciliation bill struggles with Biden’s flawed $400,000 tax pledge
By Alan D. Viard During his successful presidential campaign last year, Joe Biden made a sweeping and misguided pledge about his tax plan: “Nobody making under 400,000 bucks would have their taxes raised, period,…
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The House reconciliation bill’s 3 percent surtax has a broader base than the regular income tax
By Alan D. Viard The budget reconciliation bill recently assembled by the House Budget Committee includes numerous tax increases on high-income households. One novel provision (section 138206) calls for a new 3 percent surtax…
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A fraught linkage: US-China trade, US-EU tech
By Claude Barfield Over the past weeks, the Joe Biden administration has pursued two geographic bookends of US foreign economic and strategic policy — namely the first public statement of US trade and investment…
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The Biden administration’s new (old) China trade policy
By Claude Barfield On Monday, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai gave a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies laying out “the starting point of [the] administration’s strategic vision for realigning our…
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Australia stands alone again in social media content rulings
By Bronwyn Howell In February, Australia led the world with its competition-based law requiring Facebook and Google to reach a compensation agreement with media firms regarding the use of copyrighted news material on social…
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When talking about the role of Social Security in the income of the elderly, it is important to get the data right
By Andrew G. Biggs and Mark J. Warshawsky The Wall Street Journal recently published an article reporting on the 2022 Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment that included a significant misstatement by the AARP.…
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Hochul may task Hillary Clinton to lead a trade mission to Haiti
Sources tell The Chronicle that Governor Kathy Hochul may task former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to lead a trade mission to Haiti in the coming weeks. Hochul wants Clinton to negotiate the sale…
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If NDP wins a majority, Singh will formally recognize hereditary indigenous sovereigns
Jagmeet Singh, the Leader of the New Democratic Party, is promising to formally recognize the hereditary sovereigns of indigenous governments that pre-date colonial Canada, if he is given a majority government in…
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House earmarks requests: Why, what, and who?
BY KEVIN KOSAR and ZACHARY COURSER This year, after a 10-year moratorium, the majority leadership in the House of Representatives reinstituted the ability of members to submit federal funding requests for projects…
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After Mike Calvey’s flawed trial, who will invest in Russia?
BY ELISABETH BRAW Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny’s trial and conviction in February this year were closely watched and condemned by a range of international organizations. Good. But a similarly important Russian…
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Trade deficit with China grows by $158 billion
BY DEREK SCISSORS Remember when our trade deficit with China mattered? Half-year figures for Sino-American goods trade were published Friday, but you’re in good company if you missed it. It’s hard for…
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Miriam Adelson wants to joint venture with Trump on a Vegas theme park
It’s been widely rumored in Republican circles that Miriam Adelson, the widow of the late billionaire casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson, wants to launch a joint venture with former President Donald Trump on…
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Schumer wants Tribes to use Old Senate Chamber, but Pelosi is slow to agree
At the urging of Tribal leaders from across the continent, United States Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer is eager to allow Tribes full and permanent use of the Old Senate Chamber —…
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Pelosi ends Congress’s use of Air Marshals following criticism
A scandal-plagued “VIP” program that provided members of Congress with Federal Air Marshals (FAM) often yanked from high-risk fights has been canceled after Judicial Watch exposed it earlier this month. As a result, hundreds…
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Protecting IP in the Endless Frontier Act
BY DEREK SCISSORS The Endless Frontier Act is getting hard to follow. The April version, championed by Majority Leader Schumer, was 160 pages long. The version passed this week by the Senate Commerce Committee more…
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Finding ways to stop the endless cycle of cyberattacks
By Shane Tews The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack was disruptive in numerous ways. It shuttered a pipeline that “delivers nearly half of the jet fuel and gasoline used on the Atlantic Coast,” and this past…
