So much bullshit comes out of the Trump White House every day that I’m going to need a bigger shovel to dig out and try to explain what is actually going on. The latest is a complex innovative policy initiative that, in my opinion, is badly branded by criminal justice reformers: “defund the police.” Could … Read more
60 Minutes on Sunday aired a report on the farm bailout program meant to compensate farmers for the damage Donald Trump’s trade war with China has done to their livelihood, and that was before the coronavirus pandemic hit disrupting food supply chains around the world. Family farmers, as opposed to the large agribusiness corporate conglomerates, … Read more
When historians write the history of the politics of our era there will be two great villains identified who were most responsible for the destructive scorched earth hyper-partisan politics that has undermined America democracy: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, The Man Who Broke Politics, and his ideological successor, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the man … Read more
Update to GOP socialism Bailouts for farmers, hunger for the working poor with new SNAP (food stamp) regulations. It turns out that all the bribe money Trump is paying to America’s farmers to stick with him as a bailout of their losses from his disastrous trade war policies is not enough. Some of America’s farmers … Read more
Bloomberg News recently reported Trump’s $28 Billion Trade War Bailout Is Overpaying Farmers: President Donald Trump’s $28 billion farm bailout may be paying many growers more than the trade war with China has cost them. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s calculations overshot the impact of the trade conflict on American soybean prices, according to six … Read more