[unable to retrieve full-text content]China, China, China. China is not the only offshore manufacturer of automotive wire harnesses, plastic parts, stampings, etc. There is also Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, etc. I know because I was tasked with visiting our plants as a supplier of US materials and parts. Yes, China is in the mix and I would fly into Beijing […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Finding a reputable child care facility or person to watch your child or children has become more difficult and costly. The EPI articles compares the cost to other items as well as costs in each state. For low wage workers the costs have become unsustainable. Policymakers have been pushing for addition sources for preschool care. […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]“The New Know Nothings’ wrecking ball” – by Merrill Goozner GoozNews Pictures from this weekend’s Stand up for Science at the Lincoln Memorial sent me scrambling for the history books. Thousands turned out to protest the cuts in science funding ordered by the New Know Nothings: A president who declares global warming a hoax; a […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]There is no hesitation to lock up a citizen when they defy a Federal judge’s ruling. Trump is no better than a citizen even though he is the president. His rights are no different than our rights. Lock the SOB up if he defies the law. At the least, charge him. The law also applies […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]I acquired this listing of not-to-be used words from Digsby’s Hullabaloo. This looks like a laughable moment that our government would spend time doing this. Or is it? Trump seeking to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, and agencies flagging hundreds of words to limit or avoid. This is according to a compilation of […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Having been a part of supply chain for decades, it was left to me to understand more than distribution. knowing the actual cost provides a foundation to negotiate. I would cost-model components right down to the materials. Having such detail and understanding the other costs allows you to have a basis to negotiate. And yes, […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yet, Musk and Trump would have us believe Social Security is ripe with waste and fraudulent payments to undeserving recipients. I would not say Musk is ignorant as he knows exactly what he is doing in an attempt to turn people against programs which benefit them. As Dale Coberly and Nancy Altman would tell you, […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]You have to kind of wonder what some people doing the job they are supposed to do and perhaps have a different opinion, think. Perhaps, and I do say perhaps, the honorable Justice Barrett gets the weevy-jeevys when the President is nearby. Watch the clip in the link below. Courtesy of Above The Law. The […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]“Hundreds Of Law School Deans, Professors, Law Firm Partners, And Former Judges Demand That Government Officials Obey ‘The Rule of Law,’” Above The Law In the face of danger to our democracy, leaders of the bar are stepping up to the plate to ensure its safety. The rule of law is considered the bedrock principle […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]AB: I apologize as this is way too brief. Women should have and need the right to decide what is correct for themselves without dictates by outside influences. It appears the outside influences want control of the rights of women to decide and are willing to punish them for exercising that right. There’s a new […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]At the most. The GOP leadership keeps trumpeting work requirements and fraud when asked where they’ll find $880 billion in cuts to health care programs. That’s nonsense according to Merrill Goozner. The fraudulent work requirement meme, GoozNews I was glad to see fellow substacker Paul Krugman weigh in this morning on how the Republican Party is attacking […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]When They Come for the Judges, Civil Discourse Utah Senator Mike Lee knows better than this, which means that it’s about politics and not about the law. Specifically, it’s about letting politics trump the rule of law, the principle that there are laws that everyone, including the government, must follow. Apparently, the senator is no […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]AB: Uppity Democrat and Congressional Person Maxwell Frost is in a battle with Florida GOP Chair Evan Power in the aftermath of a rancorous congressional session. “Florida GOP Chair Slams U.S. Congressman Protecting Medicaid, “We Are Laughing at You,” 2Paragraphs Headlines were made when Frost tried to counter a MAGA legislative majority determined to push President Donald Trump‘s […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]As the EPI article says decades of federal policy and court decisions have placed limit on Labor’s to strike as allowed under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Evolving over the years, millions of workers have been excluded from the NLRA right to strike. As you can see on the graph below the numbers of […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]When I started out. it was the money. Kind of hard to buy a house and have kids if together you are pulling in $24,000/year. Then when the family starts, one of us will not be working (that was the plan). Get the first job, change jobs at two years, and work your way up […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]The 2024 Election Voting numbers are shown below. I did break down the votes for others so you could see them. A big factor in Trump winning was a smaller turnout in 2024 as compared to 2020. There was a slight increase in voting for others. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections In 2020, […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]When you start reading this commentary, it consists of a series of purposeful misinformation statements. Some might call them lies. The people making them have nothing else, having a basis to add to this other make stuff up. The system works. Congress does not want to spend the money and fix it. For a small […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]The differences in Republican and Democrat’s views can play out in how they view certain aspects of the US. For example, small businesses versus corporations. Both appear to perceive small business as being positive and take a negative view on corporations. I suspect it is one having a greater impact versus the other. Americans overwhelmingly […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Certainly, it is not what I and others were expecting to see and hear. If I read this commentary properly and understood? Prof. Heather Cox Richardson accuses todays’ US citizenry of living in some fantasy land, disregarding vaccines, taking on fascist activity and symbols, and having a lack of understanding of what the United States […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Trump’s new VA secretary is a bigger threat to veterans’ care than Elon Musk. A ‘Middle Finger’ to Vets – The American Prospect, Suzanne Gordon and George Early In a scene that has become familiar in Washington these days, angry federal workers and concerned members of Congress gathered outside a government office to protest the […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Though you’re gentle, or you’re kind. It don’t think ’bout folks behind . . . (miriam berg’s folksong collection). Neither does Trump pay much mind if you are Democrat or Republican, poor or rich, black or white . . . You are laid off or fired regardless. I guess you have to learn the hard […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Fairly new article on international manufacturing. I broke it down, added information plus another chart, and did some editing. It really was a good article on manufacturing. I just made it better based on my fifty years in supply chain and throughput. Industrial Policy is Back. Is That a Good Thing? What Are the Issues? […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]I grabbed a few of the charts from this recent Gallup ECI report not so much to do a political viewpoint. Just watching the massive layoffs at the US Government which will certainly impact the nation’s Unemployment numbers. That layoff was bad enough when measured against the respect for people. It will have an economic […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]David Frum’s piece in The Atlantic (to which I subscribe) appears to believe the Covid deniers did win. I tend to disagree with his findings. For example and strictly on deaths alone he notes . . . “once vaccines were introduced, Republicans became much more likely to die than Democrats. In the spring of 2021, […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]I did not know Greta Thunberg had $billions and owned companies that our present VP alludes to in his statement. Greta has not been standing next to the German Chancellor the same as Musk does in the Oval Office and next to the President. This while his young son plays there and picks his nose. […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Why am I getting the feeling this exercise in taking over is more serious than Watergate? A series of partial commentaries on the seizure of power by Musk with a rather sedate President Trump looking at Musk’s son in the Oval Office. What a change of events from Biden who was called too old to […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Trump administration drafting executive order to initiate Department of Education’s elimination | CNN Politics The Trump administration has begun drafting an executive order that would kick off the process of eliminating the Department of Education, the latest move by President Donald Trump to swiftly carry out his campaign promises, two sources familiar with the plans told CNN. The […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]‘The Trump Swamp Is Growing’: President Fires Ethics Chief as DOJ Moves to Drop Eric Adams Charges Common Dreams U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday fired the director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) as his administration (packed with billionaires and riddled with conflicts of interest) abandons even the pretense of opposing corruption and lawlessness. A course […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Ten Days later and I am just catching up on this. Typing on a new computer now, I was hoping to transfer all of my old files on to this one. Hard drive on the old one is limping along. I still do not have an update. Anyway, some Claudia Sahm to peak your interest. […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]All The Litigation – by Joyce Vance Civil Discourse At least one federal judge isn’t intimidated by Trump cronies attacking federal judges who have ruled against the new administration during its first three weeks of operation. Those attacks have taken the form of Elon Musk posting that 1% of the constitutionally life-tenured jurists should be fired every […]
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