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Solid September Jobs Report, Contributing Factors To Inflation Show Signs Of Improving
October 7, 2022
Good news! The AP reports, US hiring stayed solid in September as employers add 263,000: America’s employers slowed their hiring in September but still added a solid 263,000 jobs — potentially hopeful news that may mean the Federal Reserve’s drive to cool the job market and ease inflation is starting to make progress. Friday’s government
Surprise Surprise: Like His Idol Donald Trump, Mark Finchem Lies…A Lot
October 6, 2022
Trump Republicans, like the twice impeached, twice popular vote loser, twice David Duke endorsed former occupant of the Oval Office, have the shared propensity for lying. Extremist Trump Republican Secretary of State Nominee Mark Finchem is no exception. Over the last month, fact-checkers (mostly PolitiFact) have found Mr. Finchem has lied at least four times
None of Doug Ducey’s Picks for the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority Seems to Have Any Expertise in Water Policy
October 6, 2022
Apparently having expertise in water policy is not the first qualification for a Doug Ducey appointee to serve on the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority, the state organ that “finances the design and construction of water and wastewater infrastructure projects.” According to the recently passed a one billion dollars, water security measure passed at the end
Biden Pardons All Federal Offenses for Possessing Marijuana
October 6, 2022
Today, President Biden pardoned all people charged in federal court with possessing marijuana, called on governors to do the same and ordered a review of why marijuana is even on the DEA’s Schedule One list of illegal drugs. “As I often said during my campaign for President, no one should be in jail just for
OPEC Plus October Surprise To Aid The World’s Authoritarians
October 6, 2022
Robert McElvaine writes at Salon, OPEC’s October Surprise: Higher gas prices a boon to Putin, the Saudis — and Republicans: The October Surprise of 2022 has arrived, from an unexpected source — as surprises tend to do. Led by Russia and Saudi Arabia, the oil-producing cartel OPEC and its partners announced on Wednesday it will slash oil
Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Democratic Party React To Kari Lake’s Two Flip Flops in 24 Hours on Reproductive Freedom
October 6, 2022
Az Blue Meanie and other writers have already reported on the first of Kari Lakes flip flops on a woman’s reproductive freedom this week when she imitated Bill Clinton to a reporter by saying abortions should be “safe, legal, and rare.” She also applied the current bull fecal matter Republican parrot line toward her opponent,
Coup 2.0, An Inside Job: The Republican Plot To Steal Elections
October 6, 2022
In the first of a new series, The Guardian looks at how November’s midterm elections could be an inflection point as election deniers seek to take control of the vote counting process. Democracy, poisoned: America’s elections are being attacked at every level (excerpt): [Sandra Merlino, Nye County Clerk] was alarmed. She knew that what they
‘Krazy Kari’ Lake Hired A Staffer Who ‘Attempted To Kill’ An FBI Informant
October 5, 2022
‘Krazy Kari’ Lake impliedy threatened civil war against the federal government after the FBI executed a valid search warrant at the Coup Plotter’s home in exile in Mar-a-Lago. “This is one of the darkest days in American history,’’ Kari Lake, the Arizona GOP nominee for governor said in a statement. “We must fire the Federal Government.” Lake
