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[unable to retrieve full-text content]The last 4 years of Border Encounters appears to be more than what the Trump Administration experienced. Is this a bad thing? Why did it occur? Has there been more crime? Encounter data includes U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Title 8 Apprehensions, Office of Field Operations (OFO) Title 8 Inadmissible, and Title 42 Expulsion. Demographics for […] The post Title 8 Apprehensions, Office of Field Operations (OFO) Title 8 Inadmissible, and Title 42...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]– by New Deal democrat This morning’s repeat house price indexes from the FHFA and Case Shiller continued to show deceleration in this metric which is very important to home buyers. Specifically, on a seasonally adjusted basis, in the three month average through August, U.S. house prices according to both indexes rose 0.3%. This is a slight […] The post Repeat home sales accelerate slightly monthly, but continue to show YoY...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]My wife and I are recently retired. We moved to New England to be close to our grandson and his parents. We’re living independently in a three-bedroom detached house. My parents were able to live independently into their early 80s, when my dad began to dement. My mom was much smaller than him, and wasn’t […] The post The business of aging appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]There is considerable doubt about Richard Glossip’s guilt for a brutal 1997 murder in Oklahoma City, for which he has twice been sentenced to death. It also appears unquestionable that he has never gotten a fair trial.  Glossip’s case is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, where his fate may actually be determined by the incoherence of the court’s recusal […] The post And It Makes No Difference Whether...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A bit of a rewrite of an article. The Social Security scandal Trump doesn’t want you to know about by James Downie MSNBC Something else Donald Trump doesn’t want you to know about and how it will impact you. This type of plan always comes out later and then everyone says; “well if I had […] The post Trump’s Proposals Could Bankrupt a Vital and Popular Program Within Six Years appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The issue here? A Woman’s right to decide for herself what care she needs without threats of legal action or hindrance to healthcare. As can be seen in the first map, Illinois is centrally located amongst many states which ban or time-limit getting an abortion. Hence many patients go to Illinois as it is closer […] The post A Woman’s Right to Decide . . . appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]by Bill McBride Calculated Risk News Letter Economist Adam Ozimek and John Lettieri (CEO, Economic Innovation Group) have a new proposal to address the housing crisis in the United States:  How the next president can solve America’s housing crisis U.S. housing costs are out of control. The median home for sale was rarely more than four times […] The post A Proposal to Address the Housing Crisis appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Here at Angry Bear, we’re all about intelligent discourse and diverse viewpoints, as long as the posts are honest and backed by facts and evidence. We will delete comments that support a flat earth, a geocentric solar system or creationism, as well as their political equivalents. We don’t feed trolls here at AB, regardless of […] The post Programming note appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I chose this particular period to present as it depicts the impact of pandemic. It also shows the results of President Biden’s economic stimulus targeting manufacturing. And yes, you can also see the impact of the FED on the economy and their actions to normalize growth. It is a simple read. Yes, there is some […] The post Second Quarter 2024, U.S Manufacturing Report appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Kevin Drum over at jabberwocking.com watched the Trump spectacle over at Madison Square Garden so we didn’t have to. He zeros in on Elon Musk: “Elon used to be smart enough to do simple addition, but he thinks we can cut “at least” $2 trillion from federal spending—which amounted to $6.1 trillion last year, not […] The post Elon Musk can’t do arithmetic appeared first on Angry Bear.