Remember when the media would be pissing its pants with excitement every time the jobs numbers were above 200,000 in any month during the Trump years? Apparently the goal posts have been moved for the Biden administration. Now forecasters’ predictions – which have been spectacularly wrong all year – set unrealistically high expectations which are … Read more
The Hill reports, Congress averts shutdown after vaccine mandate fight: The Senate on Thursday night passed a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown after a dayslong fight over President Biden’s vaccine mandate threw the legislation into limbo. Senators voted 69-28 to pass a stopgap bill to fund the government through Feb. 18. The legislation, which … Read more
Phoenix City Councilwoman District Seven Yassamin Ansari has only been in her position for six months but she is already making an impact on an area that she has profound expertise in: fighting climate change and building an equitable and just sustainable future for Phoenix Residents. In the last six months, she has worked with … Read more
One of the public intellectuals (though I suspect Chuck might scoff a bit at that label) whom I admire greatly these days is Mr. Chuck Marohn. I have a great deal of appreciation for his counter-to-conventional-wisdom insights into the many mistakes America has made in building our infrastructure, planning our urban development, and financing our … Read more
The Hill is reporting, Pelosi: Vote on spending bill ‘hopefully will take place this afternoon’: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said a vote on the Democrats’ social spending and climate package “hopefully will take place this afternoon.” [Most likely late this evening.] The timeline is ambitious. House Democrats had suggested the vote on the … Read more