Donald Trump’s “shadow cabinet,” the on air personalities at Fox News aka Trump TV, daily tell the president what to think and then he faithfully parrots back their talking points on Twitter and in his public statements. Normally an authoritarian demagogue tells his propagandists what they should say, but in this case, the tale is … Read more
On April 9, 2020, it was reported that the Arizona Treasury, due to the probable sharp reduction in tax receipts because of the Coronavirus, maybe as much as one billion dollars in the red. According to reporting from AZ Central and Yellow Sheet, this shortfall (which may be considerably less than the worst-case scenario,) would … Read more
The Washington Post reports 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, bringing the pandemic total to over 17 million: The surge of job losses continued last week with 6.6 million Americans applying for unemployment benefits, the Labor Department said Thursday. More than 17 million new jobless claims have been filed in the past four … Read more
It is time to update the “silly wild ass guess” (SWAG) list of candidates running for office in November. Below is a list of candidates who made the cut at the filing deadline to run for either the U.S. Senate or a seat in Congress. The filing deadline for declared party candidacies was April 6, 2020. … Read more
Donald Trump thinks mailing in ballots for voters is bad unless you are (wait for it) Donald Trump. Last week, the Stable Genius said at a Coronavirus briefing that massive cheating and fraud results when people are allowed to mail-in ballots. When a White House Journalist in the Press Pool followed up on Tuesday (April … Read more