Trump’s 2024 campaign advisers want him to run on the economy. Good luck with that. He’d rather talk about his personal grievances. But let’s say he does. Bill Clinton, speaking to the 2024 Democratic convention, claimed that since 1989 fifty-one million jobs have been created unde[...]
Archive for the ‘Biden’ Category
No jury would convict him
The GOP’s impeachment probe of Biden sputtered to a halt Monday, out of gas. (Click on image to activate.) Republicans aimed to “showcase that President Biden abused his power and was at the center of a corrupt plot to enrich his family,” The Hill reported on August 19, 2024 (read [...]
Deficit math
The U.S. national debt is $36 trillion as of 2024. Biden and Trump each added $8 trillion of that. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects deficits of $20 trillion over the next 10 years. On top of that, Trump wants to cut taxes by $4 to $6 trillion over that period. Republicans talk about of[...]
Was American still held by Russia “stabbed in the back”?
It was a deal that took more than a year, and intense diplomatic effort, to put together. Russia exchanged 16 foreigners, mostly ordinary people, for 8 Russians who were spies, an assassin, and cybercriminals. It was a lopsided trade in Moscow’s favor, but the only way to bring the 16 detainees ho[...]
McConnell doesn’t like Biden’s Supreme Court reforms
Good. If he did, I’d be very suspicious. Sen. McConnell broke every rule of Senate collegiality when he blocked Obama’s appointee, using “it’s an election year” as an excuse, then jammed through another Trump appointee right before an election. McConnell engineered a co[...]
What have Democrats done for you lately?
They’re protecting consumers again. The Biden administration is proposing a rule that will end the airline practice of charging extra to seat families together (see story here). Meanwhile, Republicans blocked a child tax credit in the Senate, because they don’t want Democrats to get cred[...]
Can the Democrats fix the Supreme Court?
The first question to ask is whether the court is broken. I would argue yes. Many other people think so, too. Polls show this is the least trusted court in generations. It’s widely seen as a partisan body. Vox describes it as “essentially [a] policymaking arm of the Republican Party̶[...]
Trump’s statement on Biden dropping out
Trump issued this statement about Biden leaving the 2024 race: “Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve – And never was! He only attained the position of President by lies, Fake News, and not leaving his Basement. All those around him, includ[...]
Biden put [x] party [x] country first
It’s perfectly clear that Biden wanted to take on Trump, beat him, and serve another term. Even as polling collapsed, and donors and fellow Democrats defected, he clung to that dream. He had to be nudged out. Obama and Pelosi talked to him, gently. Others went public, openly worried he’d[...]
Will corporate communists take over America?
“To each according to what he wants; from each according to his ability to pay” That could become a common corporate mantra in the United States of America. Under the increasingly pervasive personalized pricing system, corporations set prices based on what they know about for you. Need a toothb[...]