Famous last words from our “Dear Leader”: Feb. 26: “So we’re at the low level. As they get better, we take them off the list, so that we’re going to be pretty soon at only five people. And we could be at just one or two people over the next short period of time. So … Read more
The United States is about to lose a cherished American institution and essential service, and some 630,000 U.S. Postal employees during depression-level unemployment because Donald Trump and Republicans want to kill the U.S. Postal Service (and along with it voting by mail). The Washington Post reports, White House rejects bailout for U.S. Postal Service battered … Read more
Update to If Republicans succeed in killing the U.S. Postal Service, there will be no mail voting. “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” — only hostile Republicans who want to kill the U.S. Postal Service can accomplish this. The New … Read more
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
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