Tim Evanson
@timinthecle.bsky.social
Writer, political scientist, historian, photographer. My treeing Walker coonhound is Ellie Mae. I live in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. I'm from Montana.
This has garnered NO ATTENTION from the media.
But Trump just demanded a massive Defense budget increase.
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
But Trump just demanded a massive Defense budget increase.
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T
President Donald Trump is proposing setting U.S. military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing “troubled and dangerous times.”
www.militarytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
This has garnered NO ATTENTION from the media.
But Trump just demanded a massive Defense budget increase.
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
But Trump just demanded a massive Defense budget increase.
www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
Gee. The mass media catches up on why Venezuelan oil would devastate the American oil sector.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US frackers were already facing a global oil supply glut. Trump’s Venezuelan dream could make it worse
Picture is as murky as a barrel of oil, with US companies in 2026 expecting their first production drop in four years
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Gee. The mass media catches up on why Venezuelan oil would devastate the American oil sector.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Congress approved the expenditures, but Trump has subpoenaed the Federal Reserve claiming it misspent billions.
That's gotta inspire confidence, right? Uh, right?
apnews.com/article/fede...
That's gotta inspire confidence, right? Uh, right?
apnews.com/article/fede...
Federal Reserve Chair Powell says DOJ has subpoenaed central bank, threatens criminal indictment
The Federal Reserve chair said the central bank has been threatened with a criminal indictment over his testimony about building renovations.
apnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Congress approved the expenditures, but Trump has subpoenaed the Federal Reserve claiming it misspent billions.
That's gotta inspire confidence, right? Uh, right?
apnews.com/article/fede...
That's gotta inspire confidence, right? Uh, right?
apnews.com/article/fede...
January 10, 2017 – Dr. October debuts in Detective Comics #948 (cover dated March 2017).
Created by writers James Tynion IV and Marguerite Bennett and by penciller Ben Oliver, she is a transgender bioweapons expert and physician, and ally to Batman.
#VictoriaOctober #DrOctober #Batman #DCComics
Created by writers James Tynion IV and Marguerite Bennett and by penciller Ben Oliver, she is a transgender bioweapons expert and physician, and ally to Batman.
#VictoriaOctober #DrOctober #Batman #DCComics
January 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
January 10, 2017 – Dr. October debuts in Detective Comics #948 (cover dated March 2017).
Created by writers James Tynion IV and Marguerite Bennett and by penciller Ben Oliver, she is a transgender bioweapons expert and physician, and ally to Batman.
#VictoriaOctober #DrOctober #Batman #DCComics
Created by writers James Tynion IV and Marguerite Bennett and by penciller Ben Oliver, she is a transgender bioweapons expert and physician, and ally to Batman.
#VictoriaOctober #DrOctober #Batman #DCComics
Settling in to snack on fresh veggies and dip, have some coffee, and read a book while snuggling under a winter blanket on the couch in the living room on a snowy day.
Life is wonderful.
Life is wonderful.
January 11, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Settling in to snack on fresh veggies and dip, have some coffee, and read a book while snuggling under a winter blanket on the couch in the living room on a snowy day.
Life is wonderful.
Life is wonderful.
That is some bitter cold wind out there. Wind chill is down to 14F.
January 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
That is some bitter cold wind out there. Wind chill is down to 14F.
RIP
Howe's Pulitzer Prize-winning "What Hath God Wrought" became an acclaimed chronicle of the technological and social changes in the U.S. in the first half of the 19th century.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Howe's Pulitzer Prize-winning "What Hath God Wrought" became an acclaimed chronicle of the technological and social changes in the U.S. in the first half of the 19th century.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dead at 88
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel Walker Howe has died at 88
abcnews.go.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM
RIP
Howe's Pulitzer Prize-winning "What Hath God Wrought" became an acclaimed chronicle of the technological and social changes in the U.S. in the first half of the 19th century.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Howe's Pulitzer Prize-winning "What Hath God Wrought" became an acclaimed chronicle of the technological and social changes in the U.S. in the first half of the 19th century.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
"What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848" tells the history of the U.S. from the Battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War.
American integrated into a pluralistic nation with mass political organizations, communication tools, and transportation.
more
American integrated into a pluralistic nation with mass political organizations, communication tools, and transportation.
more
January 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848" tells the history of the U.S. from the Battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War.
American integrated into a pluralistic nation with mass political organizations, communication tools, and transportation.
more
American integrated into a pluralistic nation with mass political organizations, communication tools, and transportation.
more
Muppet Show. Old Sicientist - Time in a Bottle (s02e07)
YouTube video by aarnis
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January 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Rex Smith turns 70 today.
He was my first rock-n-roll crush. First celebrity crush, too, come to think of it.
He was my first rock-n-roll crush. First celebrity crush, too, come to think of it.
January 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Rex Smith turns 70 today.
He was my first rock-n-roll crush. First celebrity crush, too, come to think of it.
He was my first rock-n-roll crush. First celebrity crush, too, come to think of it.
January 10, 1933 – The Vampire Bat premieres.
One of the more stylish horror films of the early 1930s, visually it ranks up there with Dracula and Frankenstein.
The plot is pretty junky, and Fay Wray and Melvyn Douglas admitted that they phoned in their performances.
One of the more stylish horror films of the early 1930s, visually it ranks up there with Dracula and Frankenstein.
The plot is pretty junky, and Fay Wray and Melvyn Douglas admitted that they phoned in their performances.
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
January 10, 1933 – The Vampire Bat premieres.
One of the more stylish horror films of the early 1930s, visually it ranks up there with Dracula and Frankenstein.
The plot is pretty junky, and Fay Wray and Melvyn Douglas admitted that they phoned in their performances.
One of the more stylish horror films of the early 1930s, visually it ranks up there with Dracula and Frankenstein.
The plot is pretty junky, and Fay Wray and Melvyn Douglas admitted that they phoned in their performances.
HAPPY 95TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 9, 1931 – #LittleCaesar premieres.
Warner Bros. was almost a B-movie studio at the time. Its A pictures had budgets of less than a million, at a time when most other studios were spending closer to $1.5 million for roadshow films.
more
January 9, 1931 – #LittleCaesar premieres.
Warner Bros. was almost a B-movie studio at the time. Its A pictures had budgets of less than a million, at a time when most other studios were spending closer to $1.5 million for roadshow films.
more
January 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
HAPPY 95TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 9, 1931 – #LittleCaesar premieres.
Warner Bros. was almost a B-movie studio at the time. Its A pictures had budgets of less than a million, at a time when most other studios were spending closer to $1.5 million for roadshow films.
more
January 9, 1931 – #LittleCaesar premieres.
Warner Bros. was almost a B-movie studio at the time. Its A pictures had budgets of less than a million, at a time when most other studios were spending closer to $1.5 million for roadshow films.
more
January 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
HAPPY 60TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9 January 1966 – Dracula Prince of Darkness premieres in the UK.
It has one of the greatest vampire resurrection scenes in all cinema.
#HammerFilms #Hammer #Dracula
9 January 1966 – Dracula Prince of Darkness premieres in the UK.
It has one of the greatest vampire resurrection scenes in all cinema.
#HammerFilms #Hammer #Dracula
January 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
HAPPY 60TH ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9 January 1966 – Dracula Prince of Darkness premieres in the UK.
It has one of the greatest vampire resurrection scenes in all cinema.
#HammerFilms #Hammer #Dracula
9 January 1966 – Dracula Prince of Darkness premieres in the UK.
It has one of the greatest vampire resurrection scenes in all cinema.
#HammerFilms #Hammer #Dracula
Misleading headline. Ohio spends billions on BUSINESSES.
Not to create jobs.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/09/o...
Not to create jobs.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/09/o...
Ohio spends billions to create jobs. Economists say the lack of jobs is making people leave • Ohio Capital Journal
GOP leaders spent billions on "economic development." But economists say Ohio's loss of population is tied to a lack of job opportunities.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Misleading headline. Ohio spends billions on BUSINESSES.
Not to create jobs.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/09/o...
Not to create jobs.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/09/o...
17 Republicans joined with all the Democrats yesterday.
The House of Representatives passed legislation to re-establish #Obamacare subsidies for three years.
The legislation now heads to the Senate. Trump has vowed to veto it.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The House of Representatives passed legislation to re-establish #Obamacare subsidies for three years.
The legislation now heads to the Senate. Trump has vowed to veto it.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US House breaks with Trump to revive Affordable Care Act subsidies
Seventeen Republicans join Democrats to pass a three-year extension of tax credits cutting ACA premiums
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
17 Republicans joined with all the Democrats yesterday.
The House of Representatives passed legislation to re-establish #Obamacare subsidies for three years.
The legislation now heads to the Senate. Trump has vowed to veto it.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The House of Representatives passed legislation to re-establish #Obamacare subsidies for three years.
The legislation now heads to the Senate. Trump has vowed to veto it.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Oh for chrissake...........
#DOGE actually COST taxpayers $10 billion.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#DOGE actually COST taxpayers $10 billion.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Doge cuts cost US taxpayers $10bn to cover workers’ paid leave, analysis finds
Analysis estimates Trump administration ‘wasted’ billions to compensate over 154,000 federal employees on leave
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Oh for chrissake...........
#DOGE actually COST taxpayers $10 billion.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#DOGE actually COST taxpayers $10 billion.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Misleading headline.
Hiring did indeed hold firm. It held firm at the LOWEST LEVEL SINCE THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN. Just 45,000 jobs.
The breakeven employment growth number is 153,000 jobs a month.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Hiring did indeed hold firm. It held firm at the LOWEST LEVEL SINCE THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN. Just 45,000 jobs.
The breakeven employment growth number is 153,000 jobs a month.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US hiring held firm in December capping weakest year of growth since the pandemic
Employers added 50,000 jobs, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, despite a year of uneven growth
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Misleading headline.
Hiring did indeed hold firm. It held firm at the LOWEST LEVEL SINCE THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN. Just 45,000 jobs.
The breakeven employment growth number is 153,000 jobs a month.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Hiring did indeed hold firm. It held firm at the LOWEST LEVEL SINCE THE PANDEMIC SHUTDOWN. Just 45,000 jobs.
The breakeven employment growth number is 153,000 jobs a month.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"War is peace, ignorance is strength"
#FirstEnergy #bribery #corruption
www.crainscleveland.com/energy/convi...
#FirstEnergy #bribery #corruption
www.crainscleveland.com/energy/convi...
Ohio utility corruption defendants to SCOTUS: Bribes are free speech
If the court rules in favor of a former lawmaker and a lobbyist convicted in Ohio’s HB 6 scandal, it would have huge implications for the utility sector and beyond.
www.crainscleveland.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"War is peace, ignorance is strength"
#FirstEnergy #bribery #corruption
www.crainscleveland.com/energy/convi...
#FirstEnergy #bribery #corruption
www.crainscleveland.com/energy/convi...
Housing starts fell to their lowest level since the early days of the pandemic shutdown in May 2020.
So what does Trump do? Order Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("my representatives", he calls them) to buy up $200 billion in mortgage debt.
YIKES! #FNMA #FHLMC
more....
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
So what does Trump do? Order Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("my representatives", he calls them) to buy up $200 billion in mortgage debt.
YIKES! #FNMA #FHLMC
more....
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
Trump Orders Fannie and Freddie to Buy $200 Billion in Mortgage Bonds
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Housing starts fell to their lowest level since the early days of the pandemic shutdown in May 2020.
So what does Trump do? Order Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("my representatives", he calls them) to buy up $200 billion in mortgage debt.
YIKES! #FNMA #FHLMC
more....
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
So what does Trump do? Order Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("my representatives", he calls them) to buy up $200 billion in mortgage debt.
YIKES! #FNMA #FHLMC
more....
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
