Yes, when you tell corporations (which run on a quarterly evaluation cycle) we are striking a deal to sacrifice our long-term existence for a little short-term gain, of course the stock market will rally. But there is no comfort to derive from that. We still are sacrificing our future.
July 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Yes, when you tell corporations (which run on a quarterly evaluation cycle) we are striking a deal to sacrifice our long-term existence for a little short-term gain, of course the stock market will rally. But there is no comfort to derive from that. We still are sacrificing our future.
Let us call the additional ICE funding in the current budget bill what it is ... a slush fund to build a MAGA secret police. Anyone who thinks this new Gestapo will stop at undocumented immigrants is a naive fool.
July 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Let us call the additional ICE funding in the current budget bill what it is ... a slush fund to build a MAGA secret police. Anyone who thinks this new Gestapo will stop at undocumented immigrants is a naive fool.
The democrats have a distinct disadvantage in the budget negotiations now occurring (even beyond being in a slight minority). It appears they are not wiling to burn the entire country down to get their way.
June 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The democrats have a distinct disadvantage in the budget negotiations now occurring (even beyond being in a slight minority). It appears they are not wiling to burn the entire country down to get their way.
Apparently, some military veteran federal employees feel betrayed because Trump fired them even though they voted for him. Really? You feel betrayed by the man who called you suckers and losers long before you ever voted for him?
March 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Apparently, some military veteran federal employees feel betrayed because Trump fired them even though they voted for him. Really? You feel betrayed by the man who called you suckers and losers long before you ever voted for him?
We must stop talking about the lies coming from Washington as "hypocrisy". This is not some accidental unconscious bias. They know what they are doing. This is not hypocrisy, it is DOUBLESPEAK in precisely the way Orwell described it, with exactly the same intentions.
March 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We must stop talking about the lies coming from Washington as "hypocrisy". This is not some accidental unconscious bias. They know what they are doing. This is not hypocrisy, it is DOUBLESPEAK in precisely the way Orwell described it, with exactly the same intentions.