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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 […] The post What is the Reality in the US Today? appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Hello everyone. It has been a while but… Anyway, this is my thinking on the question asked here a few days ago: Do Democrats and Progressives need a marriage counselor or a divorce lawyer. It is long, so forewarned. First, let’s be clear on the idea of the Overton Window. Wikipedia notes the creator’s view […] The post Democrats, Ignore your Marriage Counselors appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]According to Kevin Drum, the Senate budget resolution earmarks $170 billion for border security; the House budget proposal ponies up $190 billion.  5 minutes of googling was not sufficient to figure out how this unimaginable pile of money will be spent.  Let’s assume half is for deportation.  That’s $85 billion, if we go with the […] The post Somebody better call DOGE . . . appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The current House and Senate budget proposals both include defense increases of about $100-150 billion over ten years, or about $10-15 billion per year in nominal dollars. Toy Sec Def Hegseth is proposing a cut in defense spending of -$70 billion per year. Anyone who thinks the House and Senate will pass a bill with […] The post Ignore Pete Hesgeth appeared first on Angry Bear.

from Peter Radford Yes, I am confused. At least I admit it. There’s a lot going on, and someone like me often wallows in the activity as a way of understanding.  I like to see the systemic rather than the particular.  I am very bad, I admit, at details.  I gravitate to the long term.  What, I usually ask, does all this imply for  what comes next?  And how does it connect with the past? This biases me towards the dramatic.  The swoosh of certainty when an avenue appears within the clutter...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]For those who were duped into believing that DOGE is serious about defense budget cuts rather than centralizing control of spending and aligning spending with the political priorities of the Trump/Musk Administration, here’s Secretary of Defense Hesgeth: “Hegseth said beginning immediately, the Pentagon will pull 8% — or roughly $50 billion — from nonlethal programs […] The post There won’t be defense spending cuts...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Trumps FTC believes the ABA is corrupt. Having been around enough attorneys in my lifetime, they are not corrupt. They are smarter than we are on legalities. Reading the first sentence of Trump’s FTC letter reveals their beliefs: “federal antitrust enforcers and the private antitrust bar have enjoyed a cozy relationship facilitated by the Antitrust […] The post Trump FTC Cuts Ties with American Bar appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]– by New Deal democrat Let’s take our weekly look at jobless claims. These are a short leading labor market indicator. Also, it is likely that the firings in the federal labor force will shortly be reflected in this data. This week initial claims rose 5,000 to 219,000, while the four week average declined -1,000 […] The post Jobless claims: possibly the final “steady as she goes” report appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]“Palantir stock fell 10% for a second day on Thursday, adding to Wednesday’s 10% drop following a Washington Post report that said the Trump administration has told the Pentagon to plan for massive budget cuts over the next five years, casting doubt on a major source of the tech firm’s revenue.” I’d be happy to […] The post Mirabile dictu appeared first on Angry Bear.

[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 […] The post ‘Middle Finger’ to Veterans appeared first on Angry Bear.