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Obama’s bogus voting-rights gripe, look who fears ‘politics’ at the Fed and other commentary

Conservative: Bam’s Bogus Voting-Rights Gripe

“Fainting spells on the left” over the Supreme Court’s nixing of race-based gerrymandering were “probably to be expected” because Democrats “reject colorblind public policies” and “scoff at clear evidence of America’s racial progress,” notes The Wall Street Journal’s Jason L. Riley. Ex-Prez Barack Obama’s claim that the decision will “dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities” is “nonsense,” because he is “pretending that the decision somehow threatens the black franchise” though the court has not touched “Section 2 protections against efforts to restrict black voting.” Obama’s real gripe “has nothing to do with voting rights” and everything to do with “the ability of Democrats to use the 1965 act to gain a partisan advantage in drawing political maps.”

Economist: Look Who Fears ‘Politics’ at the Fed

As his time as Federal Reserve chairman ends, Jerome Powell is still staying on the board for now, claiming concern for “political factors”’ “Cry me a river,” scoffs Brian Wesbury at RealClearPolitics. For 18 years, “Fed policy has had more impact on the political environment than” ever. Its post-2007 “quantitative easing” tripled the money supply, worsening inequality, with young people losing out most — and blaming capitalism; “Mayor Mamdani is the poster child for upset youth.” Plus, the........

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