Like Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump, I never had to serve in combat. But I’ve read enough history to understand why laws governing conduct of war have emerged. Secretary Hegseth thinks these laws are a sign of weakness and shouldn’t apply to the US military. I’m calling bullshit. But don’t take it from me, take […]
This entirety of this piece by Commonwealth Fund covers more than a Jobs cutback. There is a definite meanness in this legislation by President Tru_p and Republicans. It is meant to skew tax breaks to people who do not need tax breaks at the expense of overall healthcare cuts. This will impact more than just […]
No. No matter how serious the issue, the crime, the anger, the attack, etc.; you do not get to murder people. It is that simple. Apparently, others have a different understanding of what you can do. The results of an investigation will be heavily skewed. Hopefully a couple of people I know who read here, […]
Not so sure why this has been called hidden. It is painfully obvious in accidents. These are made so people can ride around in larger-than-life vehicles. It seems like more of a complex. People compensate for it by getting the largest vehicle they can acquire even if it will not fit in a driveway or […]
Just some basic information and explanation. A few notes on wealth and income and the growth for a few since 1989 K-Shaped Recovery A K-shaped recovery occurs when, following a recession, different parts of the economy recover at different rates, times, or magnitudes. It’s called K-shaped because the path of the different parts of the economy […]
If I am reading New Deal democrat’s commentary correctly today , we definitely are flying blind. We are not getting all the economic detail we need to know which way the wind is blowing economically. Not a good situation to be in and Republicans appear to be ok with this scenario. It can because they […]
Trump is borrowing from the Zohran “Socialist” Mamdani playbook to brand himself as the affordability president. ““I AM THE AFFORDABILITY PRESIDENT,” Trump wrote in the Saturday morning [Pravda Social] post. “Trump based that proclamation on his claim that “DRUG PRICES ARE FALLING AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, 500%, 600%, 700%, and more.” He also suggested […]
This was not the only time I have experienced an increase in tariffs or prices. It also happened during the Covid epidemic. Prices were increasing when there was no reason for them to increase. Packaging size was decreased somewhat. A downsizing that would be hard to notice. When we had issues a decade ago, one […]
“November ISM manufacturing report indicates deepening stagflationary contraction” – by New Deal democrat Normally we begin each month with reports on both construction spending and manufacturing. But even though th federal shutdown has been over for more than three weeks, data releases have been both very sparse and very stale. In particular, construction spending for August […]
In an earlier commentary (a partial take from TPM), we posted about how the arrests being made by the present administration’s masked avengers are not holding up in the courts. Prosecutors and Grand Juries are refusing to take action. How do you bring a case claiming a physical assault with no weapon, against a seventy-year-old […]