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Crime Rates in D.C. More Presidential B.S.

Washington D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser: “While this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can’t say that given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we’re totally surprised. I can say to D.C. residents that we will continue to operate our government in a way that makes you proud.” Fact checking Tr__P’s claim […]

Washington D.C. and Trump

TR__p appears to be scrambling in any direction he can to deter any review of the Epstein files which Pam Bondi says his name appears there. Crime in Washington appears to be one avenue. After all, one of the DOGE guys met up with a bunch of young teens who took him to task. It […]

Trump vs Krugman

Apparently, the guy who bankrupted casinos has called economics Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman a “deranged bum.” LOL! Trump is pissed at Krugman for criticizing Trump’s tariff policy and firing of the BLS person. “Claiming that economic data you don’t like is fraud perpetrated by a deep state conspiracy has been standard practice on the right […]

A decline in the immigrant labor force is not a valid reason for Wall Street’s optimism

 – by New Deal democrat Despite some very soft employment and production data in the past several weeks, Wall Street has been on something of a tear, making repeated new all-time highs. Over the weekend I saw the following comment, which piqued my interest: It certainly does seem that Wall Street is dismissing the news […]

Over half the MAGA Murder Bill’s healthcare carnage will kick in Before the Midterms

Fellow Michiganer Charles Gaba has an excellent post on his site ACA Signups, “Head’s up: Over half the MAGA Murder Bill’s healthcare carnage will kick in BEFORE the midterms.” Brief introduction: Good place to go to for Tr__p’s Beautiful Bill Act information impact on healthcare. There is a large degree of developing uncertainty coming out […]

AZ Tr__p Supporters Who Did Not Learn from the Last Time he was in Office

This is history and some whining also. But it it is worthwhile to look it over again. I read pieces like this and wonder. What the hell did you think Tr__p was going to do? Furthermore, what was wrong with Kamala Harris to cause you to vote for Tr__p? Tr__p has a history of lining […]

Careful what you wish for

It its quest to eliminate diversity in America, the Trump Administration is demanding admissions data from colleges and universities to hunt for evidence of discrimination against white kids and kids from red states. In fact, there’s a history of affirmative action for white kids in admissions that goes back a century: In the early 20th […]

Cost of Healthcare – Yearly Premium Changes

I broke Section 1 into two parts. The first part discussed the various types of plans available for single employees and employees needing family coverage. This part of Section 1 discusses premiums for sigle employees and employees with families. There is a match according to salary increases, inflation growth, and earnings. As you can see […]

Seems like Robert Changes his Mind on Flu Vaccine

Quiet on Vaccine Endorsements, Loud on Vaccine Attacks HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last month quietly endorsed recommendations from his hand picked vaccine advisors that everyone in the U.S. ages 6 months and older receive a flu shot for the upcoming season. The backdated notice appeared this week on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendations page without […]

BLS BS

Trump fired BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer for allegedly manipulating statistics to make him look bad. In support of the firing, he pointed to what he said were exaggerated jobs numbers in the Biden administration that had to be revised downward by—wait for it—BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer! “How could downward revisions released during Biden’s presidency have […]