Marianne

I don’t get it. If DOGE stands for Department Of Government Efficiency, what is the standard of efficiency they are using, because how does cutting staff at the IRS or Social Security Administration reduced telephone hold times or get one in to speak to an agent more quickly? How does cutting the number of aircraft controllers reduce aircraft…[Read more]

War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge

If you’re a war hero whose surname is “Gay” or if you’re the legendary WW2 bomber named Enola Gay, you’re too “woke” or “light in the loafers” for Trumplandia.

WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay…[Read more]

PopeBeanie wrote:
I do wonder if SCOTUS might possibly evolve a change of heart about Trump & Company?

Justice Barrett seems clearly to be signaling that nobody bought her vote.

@Enco

If his Wisconsin rally is any indication, as a certain musician would say, “The times they are a-changin’.” Go, Bernie!

I don’t think Bernie Bros were ever much of a thing if they existed at all. In a country the size of the U.S., you can find a few people who believe just about anything.

By the same token, there may be a vocal cadre of…[Read more]

The GOP has been telling its congress(wo)men NOT to hold public town halls for now because of the hostility they get from angry constituents and either not do them at all or move online where interactions can be better managed.

This opens up an opportunity for Democrats to hold their own “open to everyone no matter what party” town halls. Bernie…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
OK kids, drop those phones and get out there. There are better ways to encourage production in the US than tariffs and trade wars.

A MAGA acquaintance of mine thinks that with the immigrant farm workers gone, people receiving entitlement money can/will take their place. I find this to be hopelessly and unrealistically optimistic.…[Read more]

The U.S. is more vulnerable than Trump and his advisors seem to believe. He instituted tariffs supposedly to benefit American workers and the auto industry. In response, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum shows that Mexico actually holds American auto workers’ jobs in her hand. Trump apparently didn’t notice that the American auto industry was…[Read more]

Trump is learning the hard way that when you try to force people to do things, you are actually giving them an opportunity to go to a Plan B. Trying to force Ukraine to accept giving up land or mineral resources, countries like Poland, France, and Finland seem ready to step up to keep that from happening. Soon, the entire E.U. may unite against…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
Deciding what to do for a living in the US often comes down to random events unless you have a wealthy family. High schools offered little help back in my day. You would think something this important would involve some constructive planning.

When I was in high school back in the 1960’s deciding which foreign language to study, I…[Read more]

Is Trump a functional illiterate?

Focusing on the economy (“It’s the economy, stupid”) wouldn’t have worked because The Orange One’s attack on the Democrats’ economy was only one of several potent tools he had: immigrants raping and murdering, immigrants bringing in fentanyl, immigrants stealing jobs in the country while Dems were allowing jobs to migrate outside the country, Dem…[Read more]

@ Reg

Yes, the truth is always more complicated than can be summed up in one sentence. All the things you detailed were true, but it was her good looks more than anything else that saved her. Her pretty face kept her in the news cycle.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
The Democrats should have reused the brilliantly simple political messaging strategy that helped Bill Clinton defeat George H.W. Bush in 1992.  James Carville’s famous phrase “It’s the economy, stupid” was a reminder to the Clinton campaign to stay focused on what truly mattered to voters: economic issues. Yes, Har…

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@ Reg

The Democrats forgot that they need to give people reasons to vote for them rather than reasons to vote against them. The average American (myself included) doesn’t want to hear about pronouns, doesn’t want “females: with male bodies competing against their daughters in sports, doesn’t want to share restrooms with people of indeterminate or…[Read more]