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Immigrants and Crime in the United States

Brief article on authorized and unauthorized Immigrants to and in the United States. Much of which the article states they are less likely to be involved in criminal activity. “Immigrants and Crime in the United States” Migration Policy Institute Immigrants in the United States commit crimes at lower rates than the U.S.-born population, notwithstandingthe assertion […]

Why are “Mikie” Johnson and Eli Crane Robbing Arizona of Congressional Representation?

New elected Arizona Congressional Representative Adelita Grijalva is blocked from taking office due to Mike Johnson delays in swearing her in to office. Republican Eli Crane is my representative. His lack of support for Representative Adelita Grijalva is causing Arizona to lose representation in the House. At what point does the political party politics stop […]

The U.S.-Born labor force will shrink over the next decade

“Immigration, Population, Replacement, Politics and the Economy,” Angry Bear. Immigration, Population Replacement, Politics, and the Economy are what comes together to ensure national growth. In 2006 the rate of population growth was 1 percent. Since then and in 2021, it has decreased to 4 tenths of 1%. With the present administration removing legal and illegal immigrants, […]

DOGE layoffs hit, but still no significant change in initial or continuing jobless claims

– by New Deal democrat We continue our exercise in flying blind (into terrain?) as the government shutdown prevented the release of housing permits, starts, and construction this morning; and the Fed did not have the data necessary to update industrial production and capacity utilization. The only current information we have on the housing sector is […]

Millions of People Have Been Unfairly Declared as Dead Beats

The result of the governmental cuts to employees in the Department of Education has resulted in many students having loans unable to contact the department in a timely basis. The action of the DE is to place them in a delinquent status. Few can afford to pay for a college or technical school education. What […]

Extraordinary rise in Premiums they are about to face

“Staggering Premium Spikes Due to GOP Subsidy Cuts,” Common Dreams More than 20 million Americans are expected to see their health insurance premiums more than double next year after Republicans refused to extend a tax credit for those who purchase health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. And as the GOP remains firm in its stance […]

Social dissatisfaction and right wing revanchism:  comment

Paul Campos has a post up asking:  “What are the main sources of the immense amounts of social dissatisfaction that have fueled among other things the political ascent of the worst person in the history of American politics to the presidency?”  He lists several factors: Campos’ discussion of these factors is worth reading. Obviously, there […]