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Moving Student Loans to the Treasury Department

While living in Michigan, I was invited to a Garden Party featuring Senator Debbie Stabenow. Being the person I am, I asked on behalf of student having such loans what she was going to do to grant relief to students who are behind, experiencing economic issues, swindled into taking loans to achieve capabilities which do […]

How Medicare and Medicare Supplemental Insurance Covers me

Comparing Medigap Plan Benefits | Medicare Medicare covers a wide variety of things for oldsters. However, there are gaps which regular Medicare does not cover. What if, the country did expand regular Medicare for all? What if, people could buy into Supplemental Healthcare Insurance to cover the gaps (in regular Medicare) at the same prices […]

‘Escalation Trap’ in Iran as Trump Moves Forward

Kind of hard not to say something about the Iran situation and Trump. This is purposeful by Trump and his political supporters. He feels empowered. The reports from March 2026 suggest the US is increasingly entangled in its “tar baby” scenario with Iran. Initial and limited military goals have escalated into a difficult-to-exit conflict. Increasing […]

One Rule Congress Must Change

“Shared Legislative Power: The One Rule Congress Must Change” J.P. McJefferson Thoughts Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash Congress is widely described as polarized, dysfunctional, and unable to solve the country’s most pressing problems. Those diagnoses are not wrong—but they are incomplete. The deeper issue is not political division. It is structural design—specifically, the internal rules Congress has […]

Salary by Gender has Spread further Apart

The equivalency of education for women and men in the same disciple is not a guarantee of equal pay. This is true even if both went to the same school for their education. Also. more likely than not, a woman from a highly rated school may still get paid less than a man who graduated […]

Another Look at the Mueller Report

Excellent recital of what was in the Mueller report as told by Joyce Vance. Joyce was also a part of the Mueller investigation. Bob Mueller’s legacy to us was uncovering the truth when it was difficult to do so and holding people accountable. All of which various political figures did their best to block the […]

“Trump take housing:” how the Iran war is killing the housing sector’s “green shoots”

 – by New Deal democrat “Trump take egg” was a social media meme popularized by MTSW at Bluesky, highlighting prices that T—-p had promised would come down, but increased instead. The spike in egg prices was due to avian flu, but when it comes to internet memes, nevermind. Which is by way of introduction to saying that […]

“US Gone Rogue”

Thailand gets it. They understand what Trump is attempting to do globally. I am not surprised by this as I have worked with them on and off for years. “Trump goes off-script, US gone rogue,” Bangkok Post Thitinan Pongsudhirak It was not supposed to work like this. “America First” and “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) […]