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More Likely than Not, the policy violates both the law and the right to due process

When you hear the term “More Likely than Not,” whoever says such is saying it is not 100%. When you heard the term, it is thought the probably of something occurring is greater than 50%. “The more likely than not’ standard establishes the measure of proof required for a party to succeed in a legal […]

Measles Denial

Heather at Crooks and Liars writing about a conversation between Robert Kennedy and Dana Bash. “Dr. Mehmet Oz’s nonsense that Robert F. Kennedy is supposedly “at the very front of” vaccine advocacy was too much for the usually passive Dana Bash to stomach. Here’s Oz trying to pretend that Kennedy isn’t a raging lunatic antivaxxer […]

Congress and Administration Move Forward on Oil & Gas Leasing

A move by the Trump administration is unneeded as yield is less than the cost of producing. Taxpayers will be paying for a government boondoggle. “two lease sales generated less than one percent of the $905 million the taxpayers were promised.” Reiterating what was going on in 2017, stopped in 2020 (Biden), and back again in 2024 […]

Newly Minted Family Billionaires

It’s good to be the president. Or at least this time around. Trump has managed to increase his worth via the presidency. Not saying this is illegal. The amount of enrichment for the Trump family is rather large. More than many presidents combined. ~~~~~~~ Press Release: “New Report Exposes the Trump Family’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Crypto Empire, […]

In Just the First Month of 2026

First saw a report on a Measles outbreak on Facebook after reviewing a fellow writer’s commentary. I do not know the Facebook author of Science and Tech Page. I did attribute the graph and subsequent words to the author Hashem Al-Ghaili. In any case, I believe it to be important to broadcast such information about […]

Medicaid and ACA Healthcare Cuts

Briefly, we have not gotten to the place where the impact of healthcare insurance cuts are going to occur. I suspect the impact will be devastating to many US citizens. July 2025, Republicans led by Trump passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, otherwise known as the budget reconciliation bill. The law, H.R. 1, has […]

Automotive Manufacturing in Mexico

Since I worked in Mexico for about 26 weeks, I learned quite a bit about what was going on in automotive manufacturing. Some things to understand. The pay is less in Mexico. However, there are benefits for Labor which are covered by government programs.1 “Employee Benefits in Mexico: All You Need To Know.” It is […]

ISM manufacturing for January breaks out to the expansionary upside, with a sidecar of stagflation

 – by New Deal democrat Although it ended almost three months ago, there are still many economic series that have not caught up, including construction spending, which would normally have been reported this morning for December. As of now, it is only updated through October, and November and December are not expected to be reported for […]

Caving on Greenland

A 2000 word read about Trump the president and his interface with Europe which was rather embarrassing for Americans. Threats, invasion threats, and tariff threats are all Trump knows in getting agreements with other countries. It is all he knows and is rather weak in making the threats I know for sure I will not […]