Gerald Weinand
@dirigoblue.bsky.social
Architect, political blogger in MidCoast Maine. Spud1 at DailyKos
NPR reports that head of realtors group says would take homeowner 40 years to pay off half of what was borrowed using 50 year mortgage
Who would benefit from this stupid idea? Lenders? New housing developers? There is some scam here for sure
Who would benefit from this stupid idea? Lenders? New housing developers? There is some scam here for sure
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
NPR reports that head of realtors group says would take homeowner 40 years to pay off half of what was borrowed using 50 year mortgage
Who would benefit from this stupid idea? Lenders? New housing developers? There is some scam here for sure
Who would benefit from this stupid idea? Lenders? New housing developers? There is some scam here for sure
And you thought the 50 year mortgage was a stupid idea
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
And you thought the 50 year mortgage was a stupid idea
Pretty sure that those are magnets on my refrigerator but what do I know?
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Pretty sure that those are magnets on my refrigerator but what do I know?
We're going to see a lot more of this And again I have to ask - the goal seems to be to send the US economy into a recession, but why? WHY? Who will benefit from it? Will it be used to pit Americans against each other? Bring about martial law?
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We're going to see a lot more of this And again I have to ask - the goal seems to be to send the US economy into a recession, but why? WHY? Who will benefit from it? Will it be used to pit Americans against each other? Bring about martial law?
Because of course
While Trump murders people on boats for supposedly trafficking drugs, Jonathan Braun, a convicted drug trafficker serving a 10 year sentence he pardoned in 2021, will be sentenced in court today after he sexually assaulted a woman after Trump freed him from prison.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Because of course
Once again national Dems - who continue to demonstrate that they don't know anything about how things work in #MePolitics - are putting their thumb on the scale www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic... #ME02
National Democrats Are ‘Actively Recruiting’ for Maine’s 2nd District
State Auditor Matt Dunlap is already running, but Democrats are not convinced he's the strongest candidate to take on Paul LePage.
www.midcoastvillager.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Once again national Dems - who continue to demonstrate that they don't know anything about how things work in #MePolitics - are putting their thumb on the scale www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic... #ME02
Remember the protests against Israel-Premier Tech in the Vuelta a España? Well the team is done ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/the-war-in... #Gaza
THE WAR IN GAZA FINISHES OFF ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
Premier Tech's departure leaves the team without a major sponsor
ridingwithkaplan.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Remember the protests against Israel-Premier Tech in the Vuelta a España? Well the team is done ridingwithkaplan.substack.com/p/the-war-in... #Gaza
Here's one member of Congress that gets it They are fake christians youtu.be/ADIkT_mmiNs?...
Democrat slams so-called "Christians" who are okay "starving children"
YouTube video by Daily Kos
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November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Here's one member of Congress that gets it They are fake christians youtu.be/ADIkT_mmiNs?...
It's really hard to know what normal is anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's really hard to know what normal is anymore
Here is a physician and senator that doesn't understand how pool insurance works
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Here is a physician and senator that doesn't understand how pool insurance works
It was - and is - a #genocide in #Gaza - there are many war crimes to be tried www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It was - and is - a #genocide in #Gaza - there are many war crimes to be tried www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Another true
Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Another true
There is some good news today
The petition had garnered widespread fears that the court could overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage.
Supreme Court Won’t Consider Overturning Same-Sex Marriage
The petition had garnered widespread fears that the court could overturn its precedent on same-sex marriage.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
There is some good news today
These pardons are not backward looking, but forward, telling the next group of election conspirators that they will be pardoned too www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump pardons Giuliani, Meadows and others over plot to steal 2020 election
Federal clemency towards president’s close allies largely symbolic as some still face legal exposure at state level
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
These pardons are not backward looking, but forward, telling the next group of election conspirators that they will be pardoned too www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Truth
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Truth
This is what Trump et al want to bring to every city and town in the US
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is what Trump et al want to bring to every city and town in the US
While many are lamenting the compromise to end the shutdown (and if the ACA subsidies are extended as promised it will achieve the goal) what it did force out in the open is just how cruel the Trump admin is For example Trump SUED to BLOCK a court order to FEED poor Americans Think about that
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
While many are lamenting the compromise to end the shutdown (and if the ACA subsidies are extended as promised it will achieve the goal) what it did force out in the open is just how cruel the Trump admin is For example Trump SUED to BLOCK a court order to FEED poor Americans Think about that
Kristi Noem using taxpayer dollars to make a campaign stop?
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Kristi Noem using taxpayer dollars to make a campaign stop?
Let them eat cake
For Trump: Seafood towers at Mar-A-Lago
For Americans: Bread lines
For Americans: Bread lines
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Let them eat cake
Sadly true - and there are dozens of close aides enabling it
Chris Coons: "He's not listening to concerns about lowering costs. Instead he's worried about decorating his new Marie Antoinette ballroom or engaging in trying to figure out how to get his name on more statues and stadiums, or he's sitting across the table in the Oval Office with authoritarians."
November 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Sadly true - and there are dozens of close aides enabling it
There are no words www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Sources: Trump wants D.C. stadium named for him
A senior White House source said there have been back-channel communications with a member of the Commanders ownership group, led by Josh Harris, to express Trump's desire to have the $3.7 billion dom...
www.espn.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
There are no words www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Curtis Sliwa tells the BBC that someone offered him $10M to drop out of the NYC mayor's race
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Curtis Sliwa tells the BBC that someone offered him $10M to drop out of the NYC mayor's race
Our daughter will be 28 soon Her rent payment is what our mortgage payment on our first house was 25 years ago
“It’s kind of a shocking number."
The median age of first-time home buyers in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40 in 2025, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. nyti.ms/4hKc58V
The median age of first-time home buyers in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40 in 2025, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. nyti.ms/4hKc58V
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Our daughter will be 28 soon Her rent payment is what our mortgage payment on our first house was 25 years ago
To be clear - the politics are horrible for Trump - how does one explain challenging an order to feed people
The politics of this are horrible so it must be to set precedent for a unitary executive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US supreme court issues emergency order blocking full Snap food aid payments
High court’s order comes after appeals court rejected Trump administration’s request to block November benefits
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
To be clear - the politics are horrible for Trump - how does one explain challenging an order to feed people
I support SCOTUS ruling that POTUS can’t unilaterally impose tariffs but the payback of already collected import taxes will simply be a windfall for importers - there is no way they are going to refund consumers
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I support SCOTUS ruling that POTUS can’t unilaterally impose tariffs but the payback of already collected import taxes will simply be a windfall for importers - there is no way they are going to refund consumers