Rep. Devin “Midnight Run” Nunes, the former House Intelligence Committee chair and Trump sycophant who tried to compromise the Trump-Russia investigation by leaking intelligence to the suspect and running interference for him, is leaving Congress so he can be a Trump sycophant full time. The Washington Post reports, Rep. Devin Nunes to leave Congress to … Read more
Remember when the media would be pissing its pants with excitement every time the jobs numbers were above 200,000 in any month during the Trump years? Apparently the goal posts have been moved for the Biden administration. Now forecasters’ predictions – which have been spectacularly wrong all year – set unrealistically high expectations which are … Read more
Mitch McConnell’s and Donald Trump’s federal court packing with Federalist Society and [Confederate] Heritage Foundation approved radical right-wing judges paid dividends this week when Two Trump-appointed judges block Biden administration vaccine mandate for health-care workers: [I]n a 32-page ruling issued Monday in St. Louis, U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp, a Trump appointee, said a … Read more
Update to Inflationary Psychology and GQP Fear Mongering Over Inflation. The corporate media is complicit in creating an inflation panic that can become a self-fulfilling outcome as a result of panic. It is reckless and irresponsible reporting. Fortunately, there are some more responsible reporters who are pushing back against this GQP fear mongering over inflation, … Read more
Neil Irwin recently wrote at the New York Times, Americans Are Flush With Cash and Jobs. They Also Think the Economy Is Awful. Americans are, by many measures, in a better financial position than they have been in many years. They also believe the economy is in terrible shape. This is the great contradiction that … Read more