How anti-worker policies, crony capitalism, and privatization keep the South locked out of shared prosperity: Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Part Five, Economic Policy Institute EPI’s Nina Mast covers how Southern lawmakers blocked shared prosperity by neglecting basic worker protections and disinvesting in social safety net programs while offering hefty subsidies to corporations, privatizing […]

What the US thinks It is Number 1 in and its actual rankings . . . June 21, 2025, “Occupy Democrats,” Facebook One could only wish! Various comments on that Facebook page.

“The Current Iran War will Likely end soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up” Juan Cole, Ann Arbor (Informed Comment). The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, Ali Khamenei, and his National Security Council have still not decided how to respond to the […]

A comment by J.P McJefferson who has written tis post at his site in 2023 and again in 2024. It is a great commentary on the House and Senate rules which are political in nature, block crossing the aisle types of legislation, punish constituents as a result, and lead to confrontations amongst citizens who also […]

City workers in NYC are getting a raw deal or some would call it a better deal (if you are the city) on healthcare when one retires. There must be some type of deal going on here. Medicare Advantage does have its coding issues and smaller sources of healthcare places a member can go to. […]

Trump is tossing a hissy because “The FED” has decided to delay any decreases of the FED Rate. Which in my limited opinion of what is going on with a loose cannon government directed by a rogue president is a wise decision. Trump and politicians are not the ones who will bear the brunt of […]

I am fortunate enough to be able to access some sites for this type of information and opinion. I have not seen a faux arrest of a person much less of a Senator. It is getting interesting and serious when a appointed department head can force an elected official out of a press conference using […]

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. […]

As a lawyer and the author, Joyce Vance creates an understanding of Posse Comitatus for us commoners who may not understand what is going on with the Presidency. I know the Presidency has called out the National Guard from time to time. There was only one other time i Know of when Federal troops were […]