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“late-night raid on Chicago apartment building”

More violence involved with raids on apartment building than on the streets of a city. This is occurring in what is called targeting gang members. What I am reading it is becoming more of a sweep of children and women. Small families who have come to the United States, have lived here for a while […]

Invoking the Insurrection Act?

Trump’s Plan” by Robert Reich To invoke the Insurrection Act The direction we’re going is either martial law or civil war. AB: Maybe there is another Gen. Mark Milley who will say “no” to Trump. Or maybe Milley will speak up again? Americans from so-called “red” states, with the backing of their Republican governors and […]

Why do Republicans hate women?

“Twenty-five years ago, the FDA made a decision that changed the course of reproductive health in America. By approving mifepristone (Mifeprex) for medication abortion, the agency gave people access to one of the safest, most effective, and most studied medications in modern medicine. “Since then, more than 7.5 million Americans have relied on it to […]

Car-Free Zurich?

Like many other places I have been in Europe? The cities of Switzerland also have excellent public transport. This might work there and be a model of other cities which have similar ways to get around without cars. “Initiative launched” A broad civil society committee has submitted 4,500 signatures in favor of the traffic reform […]

Estimated Initial and Continuing Claims Last Week Continued in the Neutral Range

I can not drop the f-bomb here as it would not be looked at kindly by most. It is no surprise to me, New Deal democrat doing additional work to present on his site and at Angry Bear. We are and I am very fortunate to have New Deal democrat presenting his data at Angy […]

Conspiracy Theories on What Motivated a Shooting

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar giving us his take on the most recent violence the United States has experienced. By the way, I lived in Michigan. I did not see what is being said. If anything, the state was controlled by automotive, One squeak of relocation is bound to whip people into obedience. The other thing to keep […]

Summer Covid Wave

In the past and through the epidemic, r.j. sigmund has been reporting on Covid and the waves that have hit the U.S. He is a good read on the topic of Covid. ~~~~~~~ Summer’s Covid wave continues to recede, based on the sketchy data we’re still getting. The CDC’s Covid Surveillance page shows that “test positivity”, (or […]

ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double . . .

I have been dwelling on healthcare, healthcare insurance, the ACA, and potential changes to the ACA. There is a lot going on with providing healthcare insurance which could impact Recipients of healthcare who had good insurance programs. And yes, Congress and the president in 2021 took on the issue and made provisions for healthcare insurance […]

Drop in the bucket

The Chicago police force has over 12,000 sworn officers, the 2nd largest police force in the US. Trump plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, most or all of whom will be sent to Chicago. That’s a 2.5% increase in total law enforcement, a trivial increase. Of course, that assumes they’ll all […]

Campaign Finance Reform Should be the Focal Point of any Progressive Policy Agenda

Two point six billion dollars flowed into the 2024 election mainly focusing on the election of D. Tr_mp. I also believe there was a dislike for the candidate who replaced Joe Biden as the Democrat presidential candidate. A second time a well-qualified person (a woman) failed to be elected. I jabve heard all the arguments […]