Let’s tackle taxes first. Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager about to become Trump 2.0’s treasury secretary, warns of “economic calamity” if Congress doesn’t pass tax cuts for billionaires (see story here). If you believe this, you deserve to pay taxes so he doesn̵[...]
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How stupid are Trump voters?
In the final days before Trump retakes office, the news media are full of stories about federal spending cuts. Raw Story noted here, “A CNN analysis found that all 15 of the states that rely most heavily on federal support for public schools in 2022 backed Trump in November, while all but two[...]
This is Trump’s Attorney General? Are you kidding me?
At her confirmation hearing, Pam Bondi “refused to confirm that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, declined to oppose pardons for violent January 6 attackers, would not say if she would carry out an illegal order from Trump, and professed ignorance of a wide array of controversial statements by [...]
Black busker attacked by neoNazis awarded $2.75 million
Charles Murrell, a black classically-trained saxophonist, headed for a Boston library on July 2, 2022, to play his sax on the sidewalk. He never got there. Dozens of toughs from Patriot Front, a neo-Nazi hate group (details here), were outside the library. When they saw Murrell, they attacked him, s[...]
Jon Stewart raked GOPers over the coals and they had it coming (video)
He specifically called out Trump, of course, and also Alabama’s dumb-as-hammers senator, Tommy Tuberville (R), who never has anything intelligent to say because he has no intelligence; see story here, and watch video below. Related story: Tuberville, America’s dumbest senator, attacks sc[...]
January 13th, 2025 - 4:00 pm § in Politics
Debunking b.s. about the L.A. fires
The L.A. fire department’s budget was increased, not cut. There’s no such thing as a “water restoration declaration.” Southern California’s reservoirs had more water than ever before. The hydrants ran dry because of unlimited demand, not limited supply. Given the wind g[...]
What’s with the financial markets?
A week before Trump begins his second term, U.S. stock and bond markets are rebelling. But against what? I’ll explain below. Stocks initially rose after Trump won the 2024 election, but all three major indexes (the Dow Industrial Average, Standard and Poor’s 500, and NASDAQ) are now belo[...]
Steve Bannon calls Musk “truly evil”
Steve Bannon, a Trump pal, pardoned fraudster, and podcaster (read his bio here), has something in common with the liberals he battles with daily. Bannon, who looks like a homeless camper (photo, left), thinks Elon Musk is “truly evil” (read story here). These days few liberals would dis[...]