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Hey, it was “Just a Mistake” . . . We thought He was Someone Else!

This is a recorded piece. The link is below. I think you may be able to hear Joyce Vance and Adam Klasfeld discuss the judge’s questioning the government on what they are holding Abrego Garcia’. Throw on top of that El Salvador stating they had no power to hold 200 people in prison there. Our […]

The Courts

Talking about courts today. If you have ever gone to a Federal Court, it is a matter of just the facts people. Don’t look for sympathy because it is not there if you get this far in the first place. You can have the best of the best in attorneys. Judges will listen and maybe […]

When is a deal not a deal?

Do we say that a blackmailer is trying to reach a “deal?” Is a successful extortion a “deal?” “Harvard’s hundreds of unionized professors are pushing the university not to make any deal with President Trump in its deepening dispute with the White House, and they say they hope to flex their increasing organizing prowess to […]

Promise Kept on Tipped Income?

With the signing of the Budget Bill, persons working at “an occupation which customarily and regularly receive tips” can deduct up to $25,000 of tip income provided their total income does not exceed $150,000. This deduction will be phased out beginning in 2028 unless extended by Congress. Trump made three promises to reduce taxes to […]

Just in time for midterms

“The court announced that it will hear two voting-related challenges when the court resumes in October: a reargument of a long-running dispute of Louisiana’s congressional map and a case that could erode one of the few existing limits on campaign funding. “The Louisiana case is a challenge to the state’s congressional map, which includes two […]

Ideas on Immigration and Being an American in 1907

I was out and about looking around for interesting pieces or articles which I could post at Angry Bear. I saw this article on Infidel753’s Blog. The author of this newspaper article is right or mostly right. My thoughts? One can still be in disagreement in America as long as they are not openly or […]

Your kids’ and grandkids’ tax dollars at work

Trump’s BBB is a huge windfall for the Department of Homeland Security: “The bill gives ICE $29.8 billion to hire new staff and conduct deportations. That will lead to a hiring spurt of deportation officers; an additional $4.1 billion bump goes to Customs and Border Protection for new personnel. “For immigration detention, also overseen by […]

The American Republic, July 4, 2025

 – by New Deal democrat From the Declaration of Independence: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and […]

The Republican bill will cut Medicare

Yes, it cuts Medicaid explicitly. But it will result in cuts to Medicare as well: “But now Republicans have created another problem. They didn’t just cut Medicaid; they also have forced nearly half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare, the health program for the elderly. “Because of a statutory requirement to automatically impose budget […]

It’s starting already

“LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A clinic in southwest Nebraska announced Wednesday that it is closing due to financial challenges, including anticipated Medicaid cuts. “McCook-based Community Hospital said it is shutting down its clinic in Curtis, a town of about 900 people. “The Curtis Medical Center has been in operation for more than 30 years.” But […]