Trump Threatening Europe . . . Kareem Takes on the News, Substack Retaliation is Not a Strategy A Summary: The Pentagon announced on May 1, 2026, it would withdraw approximately 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany within the next six to twelve months> this beginning a move that followed a public dispute between President Donald Trump […]
Executive orders by president: Who has signed the most? USAFacts When a president takes office, they often sign executive orders soon after inauguration, sometimes on Inauguration Day itself. An executive order is a presidential action that directs federal agencies on how to operate. It carries the effect of law provided it aligns with constitutional powers. […]
From a PBS post on Facebook yesterday: “On May 5, 1925, Dayton, Tennessee high school teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution. “It all began when the state of Tennessee passed a law making it a crime to teach evolution in public schools. The newly-organized American Civil Liberties Union responded immediately, placing an ad […]
I get weary of listening to the constant blame game of Biden did this or that and we were paying for it in this presidency, A convenient way for Trump to hide and Republicans to blame the past presidency. It is B.S. “The post-pandemic recovery is an economic policy success story: Policymakers took the best […]
This decrease has been a long time coming. In 2006. population growth was at breakeven. I documented this in “population is growing at the rate of almost 1 percent per year, Angry Bear. Joel Garreau wrote the article in Smithsonian “300 Million and Counting” and It was in 2006 when the United States was at […]
Coming from a man who is overweight? It appears as if they are doctoring Trump’s appearance also. Maybe, I am the last to notice this> “‘Disgusting’: Republicans Applaud as Trump Brags About Taking Food Aid from Millions,” Common Dreams US President Donald Trump received a standing ovation from Republican lawmakers and administration officials Tuesday night when he […]
– by New Deal democrat The advance report for Q1 GDP was a study in contrasts, both in terms of the leading indicators and also the sources of strength. Let me start with the general information: on a nominal basis, GDP in Q1 increased a mediocre 1.4% at an annual rate (blue). After adjusting for inflation, […]
As I told a guy today up at Slater Park, I plan to live to 100 because very few people die after that age. I didn’t tell him that I plagiarized that George Burns line. I could also have quoted Woody Allen: I plan to achieve immortality by not dying. There are certainly things one […]
The crisis is epistemic. The cognitive infrastructure that allows citizens to share a world, to deliberate together, to recognize one another as participants in a common project, has been corroded by industrial-scale disinformation, by the collapse of shared informational ecosystems, by the deliberate cultivation of factional reality. ~Mike Brock
Good read to make you womder about the legal process. “James Comey Indicted for Playing with Sea Shells in New Low Point for DOJ Integrity,” Above the Law Joe Patrice It’s said that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. When it comes to indictments, the Trump administration’s Department of Justice has streamlined […]