Ladies and gentlemen, your GOP nanny state: “House Republicans are exploring ways to prevent Zohran Mamdani from ever being sworn in as mayor even if he prevails in Tuesday’s election by using the Constitution’s “insurrection clause,” The Post has learned. “The New York Young Republican Club is pushing to prevent the NYC mayoral frontrunner from […]
– by New Deal democrat With the shutdown of almost all economic statistics from the federal government, one of the most important remaining sources is the Fed and its regional banks. All 5 of them that publish manufacturing and services reports have now done so. Which means that we have a decent placeholder proxy for […]
Keep in mind much of the issue during the last four years pre-Tru_p was the result of Covid and the stimulus packages put in place to help Americans. Many companies took advantage of government loans which were later forgiven. Others took advantage of a Covid economy by increasing prices in various manner such as packaging. […]
I have been looking around for more information, accurate information on the forthcoming increases in ACA healthcare insurance costs. I have yet to find something accurate. There is a lot of speculation or forecasting. Nothing solid right now. Best place to read (I read him also) is Charles Gaba @ ACA Signups. ~~~~~~~ Republicans blame […]
Much of this might not be so bad if Tru_p had any taste for architecture. I suspect the Beverly Hill Billies might have better architectural taste than our president. Probably best to get used to it and correct it after he is gone. ~~~~~~~ “I Asked My Cellphone Service Provider T-Mobile What the Deal Was […]
I voted for Obama both times. I don’t regret that at all. I think he was among our better presidents, although that’s a pretty low bar. One of the things I fault him for is that he didn’t do much to build the party he led. Looks like I’m not alone. From a paywalled CNN […]
Most of us have read about tariffs and rising prices. Coupled together a piece from The Economist and Robert Reich’s latest. “Trump’s impact on the economy and the nation? The damage from the tariffs that are in place is starting to be felt. The collapse in migration is an enormous and underappreciated shock to the economy. […]
The perception being, citizens are viewing it as not as serious for a second year. “Crime in U.S. Seen as Less Serious for Second Straight Year,” GALLUP WASHINGTON, D.C. — Building on last year’s less-negative assessments of crime in the U.S., Americans’ perceptions have again improved in 2025. Less than half, 49%, now say crime is an […]
Tariffs do not make the United States secure. Many countries like to sell and supply to the US because it is a large market. The people are more secure and can afford many things. The US relies on foreign countries to supply many different things to it. Some of the hazards of such a reliance […]
J.P. McJefferson The dysfunction of today’s federal government is not simply the product of political division or individual leaders; it is rooted in the internal rules of Congress itself. The Founders, in one of their few major oversights, granted Congress the authority to make its own procedural rules (Article I, Section 5) without establishing any […]