Duncan Black enters the wayback machine. These were the headlines in November 2024. Trump wasn’t even in office yet. “Politico:The Resistance Is Not Coming to Save You. It’s Tuning Out.The first Trump administration sparked waves of public activism and aggressive media coverage. This time, not so much. “Axios:The Resistance goes quiet “[NYT]:‘Get Somebody Else to […]
During his great purge, Stalin not only killed most of the loyal Bolsheviks that brought him to power, he killed many of the generals. This left the USSR vulnerable to Hitler’s Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR that Hitler prophesied in Mein Kampf. Like Stalin, Trump is bent on dismantling US national defense. Not […]
This sort of viewpoint discrimination is a sign of weakness. Only a feeble nation would interrogate travelers this way. “An Australian man who was detained upon arrival at Los Angeles airport and deported back to Melbourne says United States border officials told him it was due to his writing on pro-Palestine protests by university students. […]
From a couple of days ago. Been too busy trying to get the VA to recognize that my years at Camp Lejeune created some major health issue for myself as well as others. They would rather keep denying it with the hope I and others will die soon. Those of us from the sixties are […]
The law is the law. For me, it is difficult to believe one person (even if the president can continuously usurp the law by appealing to higher authorities each and every time. If it were you or I, this nonsense would come to a swift end. Trump needs to be told no, no more appeals. […]
I did this a couple of years ago. What you are looking at is the current Student Loan Debt carried by former students. Also included is the ages of each group of students. I am using 2025 Quarter 1 numbers owed for the 50- to 61-year-old former students and also the 62 and older students. […]
A rather interesting selection of members for the ACIP Board for Covid. Some are anti-vaxers. There are questions about anti-vaxers being on the board and a resistance to new vaccines. Others believe they may lack enough experience. “what they lack (it seems to me) is the kind of expertise or experience in vaccines that was […]
Weekly Indicators for June 9 – 13 at Seeking Alpha – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. While there were no significant changes in the indicators, there is evidence of a downturn in consumer spending compared with the tariff front-running of several months ago, as well as a continued decline […]
I amongst many are against a premature calling out of the military against civilians. In this instance the California National Guard and the Federal Military. Both are classified as military units. There was no need of either. Trump has hardly moved out of the chair in his lunchroom watching TV while chowing down on a […]
Lower-income person paying 2% of their income on their premium for healthcare insurance pre-covid, now pay nothing. Higher income people currently pay no more than 8.5% of their income on their premium. Pre-covid they were originally ineligible for financial assistance. All of this will change with the passage of Trump’s bill. Enhanced subsidies for Affordable […]