– by New Deal democrat Typically the new month begins with important manufacturing and construction reports; but this morning the construction spending report for August became the first casualty of the government shutdown.  The ISM manufacturing report has been a recognized leading indicator for the past 60+ years, although of diminished importance since the turn of […]

The other person, I follow on healthcare and the ACA. He lives in Michigan like I did before we moved to the desert. Kind of miss the Green. “Dear Democrats: I’m the guy who’s moving heaven & earth to get the tax credits extended, and I’m telling you not to cave for a short-term fix.” […]

 – by New Deal democrat In the past year, in contrast to much other data in the jobs sector, the JOLTS reports have been very much consistent with a “soft landing” jobs scenario. In the August report released this morning, the trend weakened slightly. As a quick refresher, this survey decomposes the employment market into […]

Information on what happens if the Senate caves. A post from xpostfactoid (one of my go-to guys for information). Before his words is an example of the difference in cost for healthcare plans Before and after costs as taken out of the comments section: Silver: Was: $607 per month ($7,281 per year) in premiums (which […]

Trump has threatened to withhold federal funds generated in part through NYC taxpayer dollars from New York City if they don’t elect Mario Cuomo as mayor. Zohran Mamdani claps back: “I look for examples across this country that showcase the best way to respond to Donald Trump’s… threats rather is responding with strength,” he continued. […]

The Trump Threats and Stare Offs Tonight I was looking around to see if there was a list of government departments which will shut down due to a Trump and his supplicants and ass-kissers being to afraid to say “no.” But I am sure Democrats will find some means of getting out of this fix […]

More information on the Tylenol issue as created by our President’s claims of Tylenol being dangerous to the developing fetus. It is bad enough he will increase the deficit, cut ACA healthcare subsidies to millions, reduce Medicaid, and threatens those on Medicare. Now he is claiming Tylenol can cause harm to a fetus thereby spreading […]

– by New Deal democrat Last month the indexes of repeat home sales from the FHFA and S&P Case Shiller were the final confirmation that the housing market was in deflation. That continued in this morning’s reports for July. On a seasonally adjusted basis, in the three month average through June, both the Case-Shiller national index […]

Not, likely although there were still recovery issues. This article is ~4 months old. It does not claim the problem of a bad economy when Tr_mp left office in 2020. It also does not state Biden left a bad economy for Tr_mp either. People seem to forget what took place 4 years ago. Donald Trump […]

Different legal opinion by a renowned legal expert. It answers the question of whether ABC infringed on Kimmel’s 1st Amendment rights. However, it should not have caved to the FCC when it threatened to pressure from the FCC. The FCC did violate 1st Amendment Rights of ABC by threatening them. “FCC overstepped in push to […]