[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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[unable to retrieve full-text content]UnitedHealthcare posted profits of $22 billion in 2023, as many Americans struggle to afford the medical care they need. Witty reportedly took home $23.5 million that same year, while Thompson got over $10 million. Yes, United Healthcare is profitable. At whose expense? Delay, Deny, and Defend is a violation of consumer reliance on their insurance companies as written by […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]So, what are nepo babies or nepotism babies? The second name gives the meaning away. A person who gains success or opportunities through familial connections. Especially a child of a famous parent (such as an actor, musician, entrepreneur, or politician), Merriam Webster. Some Examples. There are tax implications benefiting them as explained by Common Dreams author Julia […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Over my 40 something years, I spent much of my time in career in Supply Chain or certain aspects of manufacturing in different industries. The discipline I knew, learned, and was certified in could and was used by me to streamline what companies were doing at the time to their benefit of lowering costs or […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Perhaps, I am wrong? We have Trump and others deciding the livelihood of a nation’s population who have obviously walked a different path to success than those they are making decisions for today. In 2016, Trump first came to office as the Pres (in case you forgot). His taking office was the result of the […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]I am sitting out here in Arizona watching the Semiconductor plants being built. The one we are closest to has been going on for two years now. I am going to guess it is near completion. TSMC Arizona’s first fab is on track to begin production leveraging 4nm technology in first half of 2025. Upcoming […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Getting needed and proper healthcare is a task in the USA. A task in the richest global nation when getting healthcare should not be in the United States. Even if the care is available, it may come at a cost which prevents a person from getting care. The programs which can help a person get […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]– by Bill McBride Calculated Risk Newsletter REO: lender Real Estate Owned We will NOT see a surge in housing foreclosures that would significantly impact house prices (as happened following the housing bubble) for two key reasons: 1) mortgage lending has been solid, and 2) most homeowners have substantial equity in their homes. Last week, CoreLogic reported […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]I subscribe to The Atlantic and have done so for years. It would accompany me on long trips to Asia where I would fall asleep at one page, wake up later, and start reading where I left off. Spending 13 hours in a plane to Norita requires some type of brain stimulation. And then from […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Sorry, our system is f’d up and one of us was murdered as a result. We admit the United Health system does not work as well as it should. At United Health, we can sympathize with all of you hit with higher healthcare costs and bad results. We at United Healthcare are “willing to partner […]
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]I live in Arizona and I will not miss Sinema. “Senate Democrats were livid after Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona.) and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), two longtime members of their caucus, voted Wednesday (12/11/2024) to block President Biden’s  nominee, Lauren McFerran, to serve another five-year term on the National Labor Relations Board.” The impact of which will allow Trump to place an anti-labor member […]
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