For months, we were subjected to campaign ads from Republicans complaining about: Inflation (Republicans have no plan) Immigration (This was more about the Great Replacement Theory, Republicans have no immigration plan because they don’t want to fix the problem; they need a scapegoat for their “brown invasion” fear mongering to motivate their racist voters) Crime (This … Read more
I am so sick and tired of lazy “horse race” political reporting masquerading as “economics” reporting, especially from the the New York Times. Alan Rappeport is an economic policy reporter for The New York Times, based in Washington. He covers the Treasury Department and writes about taxes, trade and fiscal matters. He is also good … Read more
Update to Oligopoly In Baby Formula Production Leads To Shortages, Republicans Want To Starve Babies In Immigrant Detention. This point cannot be emphaisized enough: Republicans have NO PLAN to address the baby formula shortage caused by the oligopoly in baby formula production. They’ve got nothing! Zero, zilch, zip, nada – nothing! The Republican Party is … Read more
Above: The Patriot (MIM-104) is a long-range, all-altitude, all-weather air defence system to counter tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircraft. It’s tell-all book time, again, and this time it is former secretary of Defense Mark Esper. The New York Times reports on a passage from his memoir, Trump Proposed Launching Missiles Into Mexico to … Read more
Americans, in particular the anti-science, anti-masker, anti-vaxxer crowd, are fond of saying that they are done with Covid-19, they are going to live their life as normal. Even more responsible Americans, those who have had both shots of their Covid-19 vaccination and the booster shot, also are saying that they are done with Covid-19, they are … Read more