Above Graphic: h/t Buzzflash.com. Donald Trump just admitted that he is trying to prevent mail-in votes from being counted by sabotaging the United States Postal Service. Trump says Postal Service needs money for mail-in voting, but he’ll keep blocking funding: President Trump on Thursday repeated his unfounded claim that the U.S. Postal Service is incapable … Read more
Our reality TV show president and authoritarian wannabe tin pot dictator pulled an election year stunt on Saturday in a pathetic attempt to make it appear as if he is actually doing something, which he is not. In the process, he demonstrated just how uninformed and unfit for the job he is. Trump attempts to … Read more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress with overwhelming, bipartisan support and signed into law by President Trump on March 27th, 2020. The expiration date set by Congress was July 31, 2020. This expiration date deadline should have been circled in red on everyone’s legislative calendar. It’s not like … Read more
Above Image: From Der Spiegel magazine cover (June 2020). The U.S. cannot solve its economic crisis until it solves its COVID-19 crisis. There are mitigating measures the U.S. could be taking before a vaccine is developed and becomes widely available, but the Trump administration and far too many governors simply refuse to do it. The … Read more
Among the package of bills being belatedly offered by Senate Republicans, dubbed the Heals Act, for the next round of coronavirus pandemic relief is one that has not received much attention in press reports. It is Senator Mitt Romney’s attempt to revive President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform aka the “Simpson-Bowles Commission” on reducing … Read more