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Early Filings suggest 2026 ACA Premiums will Be Spiking

Looks like the revenge of the healthcare insurance corporate powers coming next year. If you think Herr Tr__p will be stepping in to control the rising healthcare insurance prices, I tend to think not. Indeed, Joe Biden will take the fall on this as Tr__mp does not have a solution other than to pass blame. […]

Talking Smack about Tr__p

We have three people involved in a potential scandal. The accuser Donald Trump claims Vice President Kamala Harris paid out $11 million to musician and singer Beyoncé for endorsing Kamala Harris. Over the weekend, Trump called for musician Beyoncé to be prosecuted for breaking the law by taking $11 million for endorsing Democratic presidential nominee […]

Healthcare Coverage as a Government Responsibility?

Interesting piece as taken from Gallup about healthcare coverage and who should be responsible for it. Most adult Americans believe the government should be directing a healthcare program for the citizens of the United States. That being said, all individuals would be covered. The article did not break it down by citizen or noncitizen. In […]

A Lesson from History: Judge Frank Johnson on the Right to Protest

I too would call this a history lesson. Read on, it is interesting how these events were perceived. I was around then watching all of this unflod. Civil Discourse The Voting Rights Act Turns 60 Alabama, June 11, 1963. An American president deployed federalized National Guardsmen to help implement  Brown v. Board, the desegregation case. […]

Comparing Trump’s Executive Order Blitz to Past Presidents

Criticizing former President Barack Obama’s for his use of executive orders, Pres. D. Trump claims or states he would prefer to work with Congress to pass laws. Dementia is creeping in as this refers to his first presidency and such is not in play now. I guess this was B.S. like everything else which spews forth from […]

Six Months In Polling

Briefly: Political polling of what the population in the United States could be thinking today? I know what I would br thinking of thinking of besides Tr__p’s first six months. Early on, I believe Tr__p was polling lower than other presidents in office for six months. Given the state of the economy as compared to […]

New Deal democrats Weekly Indicators for July 21 – 25

 – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. With the continued pause in actual tariff increases, the data has rebounded basically across the board from April and May. Even the long leading indicators have improved somewhat, led by some un-inversions of the yield curve and the improvement in corporate profits as […]

Fun at the Department of Justice

Just an abbreviated version of an article about an appointment and how Bondi gets it wrong. In one of the more stupid episodes in an already stupid run of them, Pam Bondi gushed to social media the Trump administration would stand up to “politically minded” judges . . . and then fire Desiree Leigh Grace. […]

Postal Service Changes Have a Disproportionate Impact on Rural Areas

The results of US Postmaster General Louis Dejoy’s efforts to improve US Postal Service in the United States. Steve Hutkins and Mark Jamison have been following USPS issues for years and they have been featured on Angry Bear going back to 2016. This particular piece has been taken from Steve Hutkins site: “Save the Post […]