I wish I could put the entire article up; but then you would probably not read it. I did quite a bit of editing to get this article to the point of establishing what the Gov did during the pandemic concerning unemployment. Much of which was done during Joe Biden’s presidency. Besides showing the first […]
February construction spending: nominal vs. real makes all the difference – by New Deal democrat Since the turn of the Millennium, a downturn in manufacturing has not been enough to tip the economy into recession. There must also be a decline in construction as well. This morning’s construction spending report for February painted a substantially […]
Arizona is among the states where K-12 public schools rely on federal funding, according to the Pew Research Center. During fiscal year 2022, 19.7% of Arizona school funding came from the federal government, according to the center. Arizona ranks in the bottom 25% of schools for quality of education. Underpaid teachers is one issue. Yet, AZ […]
“The United States led the world in developing the technology that beat the COVID-19 pandemic. Action from lawmakers may leave that legacy—and a $70 billion market—behind.” Abandoning mRNA vaccines is bad science, bad medicine, bad public health and bad business. This is just stupid. Which defines the Trump administration. Trump Administration attacks mRNA vaccines
– by New Deal democrat After this morning’s contractionary ISM manufacturing report, it occurred to me to look at heavy truck sales to see if they confirmed the downturn. They did, but like the manufacturing index. Heavy Truck versus Light Trucks. Which models are they? Heavy Trucks are 14000 lbs+ or class 4. While passenger […]
Or so they say . . . “an error.” I am sure Trump could get Garcia back from El Salvador. He always brags about being able to do this or that. After all, he is the president. The problem here is Trump has issues with people of different cultures. So any rescue by Trump is […]
Winning a judgeship should not be a big deal. Susan Crawford won or will win a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The problem as I see it? This was not about who would be the best judge or better credentials. It was about political party and which political party may or would benefit from […]
– by Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early Washington Monthly also at Z Musk and Trump’s DOGE cuts are a grave threat to veterans’ healthcare and benefits or the VA as many know it as. Earlier this month, Vietnam War veteran Paul Cox went to a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in St. Louis to […]
ISM manufacturing index returns to contraction as the front-running of tariffs has ended – by New Deal democrat [Note: I’ll report separately on construction spending, also released this morning] Although manufacturing is of diminishing importance to the economy, (it was in deep contraction both in 2015-16 and again in 2022 without any recession), the ISM manufacturing […]
“Newsmax raised $75 million in its IPO Friday, with shares priced at $10. Newsmax’s rapid ascent in its first two days of trading pushed the company’s market cap to $16.7 billion. Shares traded around $190 early Tuesday.” Sounds great, right? But scroll down a bit: “The company is facing an ongoing lawsuit from Dominion Voting […]