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[unable to retrieve full-text content]This is straight out of the GOP playbook. Dipf. . . . . . . s. . . billionaire Elon Musk told Republican lawmakers he is not to blame for the firings of thousands of federal workers, including veterans. Has he ever heard of DOGE? It’s not the best publicity to fire veterans. Musk alleged […] The post Don’t Blame Me for Federal Firings of the People I Fired appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content] – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. The malign and moronic “policies” of the 2nd T—-p Administration so far have driven Economic Policy Uncertain to all time record highs: But despite that, the rumblings under the surface of the data have been quite minor so far. There are changes in […] The post New Deal democrats Weekly Indicators March 3 -7 2025 appeared...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Trump was only supposed to hurt “those people”: “Jennifer Piggott proudly hung a red-and-blue Trump campaign flag outside her one-story home during the November election race. Now, after she was abruptly fired from her civil service job, her days of supporting the president are over. “Piggott is among more than 125 people dismissed in February […] The post DOGE for thee, but not for me appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton simply replied, “Because that’s where the money is.” DOGE is targeting the IRS for massive cuts. And that’s where the money is, to be sure. But robbing the IRS of personnel will ensure that the wealthy and corporations will keep the money they were supposed to pay […] The post DOGE goes where the money is appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Healthcare and healthcare insurance was not cheap a couple of years ago and not cheap last year either. If anything, prices have increase resulting in higher Commercial Health Insurance costs. Then too deductibles for Medicare increase ~$10. Supplemental also increased. The costs for Medicare and supplemental are less than Commercial Healthcare Insurance. We are talking […] The post Could Elon Musk Take on Healthcare and Healthcare Insurers and...

[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, […] The post “Less than 1 percent of Social Security payments are improper” appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]So they say . . . It was all a bad misunderstanding. So . . . if this is all a misunderstanding, give the fired people back their jobs . . . if they will take them back. “Elon Musk tells Republicans he isn’t to blame for mass firings of federal workers” The Guardian Elon […] The post Musk and Trump sell a Bridge to Federal Workers appeared first on Angry Bear.

[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 […] The post Justice Amy Barrett Caught after Trump’s State of the Union Address appeared first on Angry Bear.

6th of March 2025 My Lords, I will not speak directly to the proposals of the report to improve our military capabilities but will consider the framework in which they are set. The report’s underlying assumption is that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made Europe a much more dangerous place, against which we have to rearm ourselves if we are not to suffer the fate of Ukraine somewhere down the line. The report was published before Trump’s victory in the US election and therefore...

5th of March 2025 My Lords, like other noble Lords, I commend the efforts of the noble Baroness and her committee to shorten and simplify the code and guide. That they have not altogether freed themselves from the bureaucracy involved in all this is more a sign of the times than of any lack of effort on their part. I welcome the obligation to register non-financial interests and reduce registrable interests from 10 to seven, but I still struggle to understand the purpose of the...