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DJIA: Some Comparisons

· Thursday, March 13, 2025 · 25 comments

Just a little comparison of 2017, 2021, and 2025 plus more thoughts on tariffs.

Government Shutdown When Government is Already Being Shut Down

· Thursday, March 13, 2025 · 42 comments

Democrats are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

Pentagon Shutters Research Programs

· Wednesday, March 12, 2025 · 25 comments

No more woke crap.

USAID Ordered to Destroy Its Records

· Wednesday, March 12, 2025 · 20 comments

Salting the earth and breaking the law.

“Freedom is Slavery”

· Tuesday, March 11, 2025 · 23 comments

Orwell came to mind this morning.

ICE Arrests Protestor

· Monday, March 10, 2025 · 24 comments

A glaring example of trying to terrorize those the administration doesn’t like.

DHS Polygraphing Employees

· Monday, March 10, 2025 · 29 comments

Looking for leakers.

Chaos at the Veterans Administration?

· Monday, March 10, 2025 · 5 comments

Massive cuts are seriously undermining the mission.

‘We Live in a Foreign Country Now’

· Monday, March 10, 2025 · 49 comments

A stark observation.

Two Recommendations

· Sunday, March 9, 2025 · 18 comments

Informed, somber voices in these perilous times.

Careening Toward A Shutdown

· Sunday, March 9, 2025 · 15 comments

A year-long Continuing Resolution or bust?

Two DJIA Charts

· Saturday, March 8, 2025 · 34 comments

And thoughts about Trump’s economic approach to date.

An America First Foreign Policy

· Saturday, March 8, 2025 · 23 comments

Deciphering the meaning of a vague slogan.

DOGEing It Out

· Saturday, March 8, 2025 · 29 comments

Is the DOGE now on a leash?

The Big Chilling Effect

· Friday, March 7, 2025 · 62 comments

Our leaders are afraid to lead.

Trump to Order Education Department Closed

· Thursday, March 6, 2025 · 44 comments

SCOTUS Rejects Trump Bid to Halt Foreign Aid

· Wednesday, March 5, 2025 · 27 comments

A seemingly obvious ruling was nonetheless 5-4.

Trump’s Very Long Congressional Speech Roundup

· Wednesday, March 5, 2025 · 18 comments

It made history in many ways.

X/eet Of The Day

· Tuesday, March 4, 2025 · 43 comments

Who’d of thought that Donald Trump would do what he campaigned on doing?!

“Trade wars are good, and easy to win”

· Tuesday, March 4, 2025 · 57 comments

A quote from the wit and wisdom of Donald J. Trump.

Trump: “The European Union was formed in order to screw the United States.”

· Tuesday, March 4, 2025 · 16 comments

Insights into Trump’s worldview.

The Great Russia Coincidence

· Sunday, March 2, 2025 · 61 comments

Russia, Russia, Russia?

The Artlessness of the Deal

· Sunday, March 2, 2025 · 48 comments

Applying rational analysis to attitude and instinct.

The Myth Of Implosion

· Saturday, March 1, 2025 · 14 comments

Waiting for the other side to self-destruct has always been ridiculous and dangerous.

What Ukraine Has to Contend With

· Saturday, March 1, 2025 · 27 comments

Trump is spouting Russian talking points.

“We are the Federal Law”

· Friday, February 28, 2025 · 17 comments

Governing like a dictator.

Mass Firings Ruled Illegal

· Friday, February 28, 2025 · 29 comments

A judge says OPM has no authority to fire workers in other agencies.

Clown Show

· Thursday, February 27, 2025 · 22 comments

Also known as a cabinet meeting.

Measles Death in Texas

· Thursday, February 27, 2025 · 17 comments

The sadly predicted has come to pass.

That Hat

· Wednesday, February 26, 2025 · 21 comments

A symbol of party and person, not of country.

DOGE “Receipt” Update

· Wednesday, February 26, 2025 · 24 comments

You will be shocked at the news!

Judge Questions DOGE Constitutionality

· Tuesday, February 25, 2025 · 45 comments

The unorthodox non-agency agency run by no one in particular may violate the basic rules of our system.

The Empathy of 47

· Monday, February 24, 2025 · 12 comments

Not to mention maturity and intellect.

The Looming Government Shutdown

· Sunday, February 23, 2025 · 22 comments

Beware the Ides of March.

Taking a Chainsaw to the Federal Workforce

· Sunday, February 23, 2025 · 49 comments

The cruelty is indeed the point.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. delivers remarks during a transition ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 14, 2020. (U.S. Air Force/Eric Dietrich) Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. delivers remarks during a transition ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 14, 2020. (U.S. Air Force/Eric Dietrich)

Trump Purges Pentagon Leadership

· Saturday, February 22, 2025 · 11 comments

Three members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been fired.

Oh Look. That Hand Gesture. Again

· Friday, February 21, 2025 · 16 comments

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Mitch McConnell Announces Retirement

· Thursday, February 20, 2025 · 16 comments

Don’t let the door . . .

One Month

· Thursday, February 20, 2025 · 13 comments

The Most Important Rule Of Surviving A Political Confirmation Fight Is: Don’t Quit!

· Thursday, February 20, 2025 · 8 comments

All of 47’s controversial nominees have been confirmed. Save one.

DOGE Receipts Update

· Thursday, February 20, 2025 · 15 comments

Taking Joy in All the Wrong Places

· Thursday, February 20, 2025 · 23 comments

What’s that meme about cruelty being the point?

“Long Live the King”?

· Wednesday, February 19, 2025 · 27 comments

A Note on Ukrainian Elections

· Wednesday, February 19, 2025 · 7 comments

Countering Russian (and now American) propaganda.

A Grotesquerie for Our Age

· Wednesday, February 19, 2025 · 39 comments

Trump blames Ukraine for being invaded.

DOGE Has “Receipts”!

· Wednesday, February 19, 2025 · 34 comments

The efficiency is something to behold.

Mass Voting Behavior

· Monday, February 17, 2025 · 62 comments

How to create an echo chamber.

The New World Order

· Monday, February 17, 2025 · 38 comments

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

DOGE is a Farce

· Sunday, February 16, 2025 · 43 comments

Unfortunately it is a destructive one.

From POTUS

· Sunday, February 16, 2025 · 15 comments

A country of men, not of laws?

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