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Donald Trump is now apparently planning to request a $600 billion increase in annual military spending starting in October, financed by another...
Simple question folks: how much money was stolen in the fraud hyped by Republicans and media clown Nick Shirley? My guess is that if we did a poll of...
When George W. Bush and his team invaded Iraq, ostensibly about weapons of mass destruction (something like drugs with Venezuela),
When George W. Bush and his team invaded Iraq, ostensibly about weapons of mass destruction (something like drugs with Venezuela), their claim was...
Trump has been just fine with public sector fraud in the past. The largest single biggest rip-off in U.S. history occurred under the Paycheck...
The year 2025 ends the way Donald Trump began his foray into politics: full-fledged, unapologetic racism. Team Trump is pushing his anti-Somali...
Meta recently announced that it was sharply cutting back its Metaverse division so that it could put more money into its AI projects. This is after...
Most people stopped taking the Washington Post opinion section seriously since its billionaire owner Jeff Bezos decided to make it
Most people stopped taking the Washington Post opinion section seriously since its billionaire owner Jeff Bezos decided to make it another prop for...
In Donald Trump’s imagination, trillions of dollars are being invested in the United States. In the real world, factory construction, adjusted for...
The government shutdown made the November jobs report especially hard to read. There was not just the problem of missing a month of jobs data for the...
The government shutdown made the November jobs report especially hard to read. There was not just the problem of missing a month of jobs data for the...
With the country and world being inundated with Trump craziness on a daily basis, it feels wrong to step back to deal with more basic points about...
During his first term, after repeatedly promising the country a terrific health care plan, Donald Trump famously commented, “Nobody knew that health...
It’s clear to all but the determinedly ignorant that Europe and the United States under Donald Trump are no longer allies. Trump is prepared to go...
I suppose it is not nice to make fun of a 79-year-old man suffering from mental decline. But when that person is president and threatening to throw...
A friend correctly harangued me about this New York Times piece on Donald Trump’s deal on prescription drugs with the United Kingdom. According to...
Trump 2.0 continually impresses everyone for its craziness. The latest venture into the absurd was Trump’s preemptive pardon of Democratic...
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified possible sources of fraud in the Affordable Care Act exchanges. GAO identified...
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified possible sources of fraud in the Affordable Care Act exchanges. GAO identified...
Trump first announced his massive tariffs on “Liberation Day,” which was April 2. This was supposed to be the beginning of the United States...
The Guardian had a fascinating piece on how the Dollar store chains (both Dollar General and Family Dollar) seem to have a practice of advertising...
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified possible sources of fraud in the Affordable Care Act exchanges. GAO...
There are so many absurdities coming out of the Trump administration on the economy that it’s hard to keep up. But one recurring theme with a solid...
Everyone in my public school third-grade class learned arithmetic. Apparently, this puts us way ahead of Donald Trump and much
I haven’t given my diatribe on cheap drugs for a while, but what the hell. It’s a huge deal and no one in a position of power gives a damn (just...
Ezra Klein had a classic column in the New York Times today where he advertises in his title, “America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart.” The...
The data nerds among us were happy to finally get their September jobs report fix, even though these data are
The data nerds among us were happy to finally get their September jobs report fix, even though these data are somewhat stale now. However, we still...
The idea of generational warfare is pernicious tripe. It gets pushed endlessly in the media because rich people would rather see kids lashing out at...
Donald Trump may not be able to remember what things were like five years ago, when he handed the economy and the country to Joe Biden, but it is...
Donald Trump is so lost on so many issues that he can’t even understand how lost he is. This is perhaps most evident with his “$20 trillion” in...
I have followed economic reporting for many decades. I don’t generally give it high marks. Maybe I’m just stupid for thinking the purpose of...
I have followed economic reporting for many decades. I don’t generally give it high marks. Maybe I’m just stupid for
The person heading the Federal Housing Financial Authority (FHFA), the agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, usually doesn’t get much...
Trying to understand the economy is always like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. We get all sorts of pieces of
Donald Trump’s mind is a scary place; no one really knows what goes on there. But it sometimes is interesting
I learned basic arithmetic skills in third grade. I wasn’t exceptional; everyone in my public school third-grade class learned them.
Donald Trump’s mind is a scary place; no one really knows what goes on there. But it sometimes is interesting to speculate. Trump is now proposing...
There is an old children’s tale about Rip Van Winkle. He fell asleep for 20 years and wakes up after
)ver 300 million people would be getting Trump’s $2,000 checks. That comes to more than $600 billion. Trump’s tariffs are raising around $270...
There is an old children’s tale about Rip Van Winkle. He fell asleep for 20 years and wakes up after the America Revolution and finds the world has...
We all take for granted that Donald Trump lies as easily as he breathes. But most of us still expect
From most accounts of the justices’ reactions, it seems they were unimpressed with the argument from Donald Trump’s lawyers about
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