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The death of The Washington Post

Jeff Bezos is richer than God. He owns the Washington Post, formerly an icon of objective journalism. “Jeff Bezos could float almost limitless news organization losses forever and barely notice. What we’re seeing is something that should be familiar to any close of observer of the news over the last generation. Let’s call it the […]

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 […]

Some Potentially Interesting Sunday Articles

In the past I would list articles for Sunday reads which I thought might be interesting for Angry Bear readers. I believe these might be such. Just supplying a sentence or two for each article to pique your interest. Angry Bear gets no monetary reward for doing this. We just try to interest our readers. […]

Shutdown ahead?

The murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti have put Trump and his congressional enablers on the back foot.  Senate Democrats may refuse to fund the Department of Homeland Security, and it is not even clear that the other appropriations bills will pass.  Prediction markets now put the odds of a shutdown this week at […]

Shutting Down Minnesota

A piece by Robert Reich is posted earlier today. Robert reports on Minnesota’s reaction to ICE’s efforts in Minneapolis to take control. ICE aggression and harassment of the citizenry is not going over well. People are angry and are pushing back. The citizenry are calling for a shutdown of the state. Given the nature and […]

Mark Carney speaks to the World and Canada

“Leaders realize they will not be able to ‘manage’ Trump for the remainder of his term. Reckoning with the fact that the systems of international order that the US helped craft are crumbling as a result” of his controlling personality. “Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney,” Davos Switzerland The full text of a speech by the […]

The Rest of the Story

A reputable source of information to read and determine for yourself what took place. I subscribe to Letters from an American. I find Prof. Heather to be accurate and forthcoming in her articles depicting what is happening in the United States today. The story is quite different tah what is being broadcast. Indeed, it is […]