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"The sticking points keeping the GOP health care bill in limbo" PBS NewsHour 7/17/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  The vote on the Senate Republican health care bill has been delayed, but the behin… Read More

These Republicans have even resorted to bribing key members by excluding their states from aspects of Trumpcare (aka Deathcare Bill)."What’s in the new GOP health care bill, in one (si… Read More

Jerry Howard, chief executive officer of the National Association of Home Builders, has said that the Republican administration’s latest tax plan, unveiled yesterday in the House of Re… Read More

"The GOP tax plan: Who does it help and hurt?" PBS NewsHour 11/20/2017'Tell a lie often enough and they will believe you.'  The Republican Tax Plan IS a giveaway for the rich.ExcerptSUM… Read More

"What the GOP tax plan could mean for average taxpayers" PBS NewsHour 12/4/2017ExcerptSUMMARY:  The House and Senate are getting to work on reconciling the differences between their tax… Read More

"Why the FBI went public with its objection to the Nunes memo release" PBS NewsHour 1/31/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  Conservative Republicans have been urging President Trump to release the cl… Read More

"Sen. John McCain wants us to see we are more alike than different" PBS NewsHour 5/22/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  While Republican Sen. John McCain has lately undergone treatment for brain can… Read More

aka Republican unethically putting importance money before the health of American citizens."Funding cuts, premium increases and the future of Obamacare" PBS NewsHour 7/11/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:… Read More

"Why this tight Michigan race for attorney general matters" PBS NewsHour 10/31/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  Many states will be selecting an attorney general on Election Day.  From time to… Read More

"How Congress Stopped Working" by Derek Willis (ProPublica) and Paul Kane (The Washington Post), ProPublica 11/5/2018Today’s legislative branch, far from the model envisioned by the fo… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on midterm results and GOP ‘lockstep loyalty’ to Trump" PBS NewsHour 11/9/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times colum… Read More

"What the acting attorney general thinks of the Mueller probe" PBS NewsHour 11/8/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  What does the departure of Attorney General Jeff Sessions mean for the Mueller inve… Read More

This is definitely a person that should be on the Intelligence Committee.  Can anyone else be more qualified?"After historic Virginia win, a former CIA case officer goes to Washington"… Read More

"After latest scandal, does Facebook need to be regulated?" PBS NewsHour 11/22/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  Facebook has been on the defensive since a New York Times investigation found it had… Read More

"Brooks and Marcus on what’s fueling the President’s ‘ramped up’ rhetoric" PBS NewsHour 11/23/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  New York Times columnist David Brooks and Wash… Read More

"Remembering President George H.W. Bush, dead at 94" (video 16:48 min)"A tribute to 41 and his ‘kinder, gentler’ legacy" PBS NewsHour 12/1/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  Less than eig… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Mueller developments and congressional dynamics" PBS NewsHour 11/30/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Broo… Read More

"Why Senate reaction to CIA Khashoggi briefing is ‘unprecedented’" PBS NewsHour 12/4/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  After a briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel, several prominent Dem… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Cohen filings and Bush’s legacy" PBS NewsHour 12/7/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Jud… Read More

"Outgoing Reps. Mark Sanford and Carlos Curbelo on the political peril of disagreeing with your party" PBS NewsHour 12/14/2018aka 'the political peril of having a spine'ExcerptSUMMARY: … Read More

"Sen. Wyden on social media’s ‘excruciatingly slow’ response to Russian interference" PBS NewsHour 12/17/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  A Senate Intelligence Committee has relea… Read More

"Shields and Gerson on Mattis’ resignation, congressional stalemate" PBS NewsHour 12/21/2018ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michae… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on government shutdown, new Congress" PBS NewsHour 1/4/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the w… Read More

COMMENT:  OK, I am a progressive (small 'p') but I was a Registered Republican in 2000.  The GOP has become the enablers of a dictator-want-to-be Trump and his destine for rule-of… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on border wall negotiations, Mueller updates" PBS NewsHour 1/11/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks anal… Read More

"How Illinois Bet on Video Gambling and Lost" by Jason Grotto and Sandhya Kambhampati (ProPublica Illinois) and Dan Mihalopoulos (WBEZ), ProPublica 1/16/2019Legalizing video poker and slots… Read More

"As shutdown drags on, Trump tries to reassure farmers feeling burned" PBS NewsHour 1/14/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  On Monday [Day 24], President Trump said he is hesitant to declare a nation… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on shutdown resolution, Roger Stone indictment" PBS NewsHour 1/25/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks jo… Read More

Sanchez, Baraka, You, and Me in the Agesof Donald Trump and John Wayneadapted from the Afterword and Acknowledgments in This Past Was Waiting for Me by Sarah TrembathSankofa Love Project, 20… Read More

aka "Trump's Anti-Immigrant Policies" the blaming of immigrants of fake national ills.  (right out of the Nazi playbook)"How migrant detention details stalled border security talks" PBS… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump’s national emergency, Democratic platform shift" PBS NewsHour 2/15/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist… Read More

"Months after Election Day, N.C. officials grapple with possible ballot fraud" PBS NewsHour 2/19/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Election Day occurred more than three months ago, but North Carolin… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump declaration, Bernie Sanders’ 2020 bid" PBS NewsHour 2/22/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Bro… Read More

#ReleaseTheFullMullerReport the American people need to know the details if we are to have any confidence in our federal government.  If ANYTHING remains hidden/redacted there will be s… Read More

aka 'What is Barr Hiding'My question, just 48 hours to review a several-hundred page report?  It would have been less suspicious if the review had taking at least a week.#ReleaseTheFull… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Mueller report, Trump’s health care move" PBS NewsHour 3/29/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump’s border threats, Barr’s handling of Mueller report" PBS NewsHour 4/5/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump’s sanctuary city idea, Democrats’ reparation views" PBS NewsHour 4/12/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Biden’s 2020 launch, Trump stonewalling Congress" PBS NewsHour 4/26/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist Davi… Read More

First, I am not a Democrat nor Republican.  The Democrats have a real dilemma here.  Trump is a really talented con-man and can use any push to impeach him as a rallying cry for re… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Barr testimony, Democrats’ dilemma" PBS NewsHour 5/3/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join J… Read More

Attorney General William Barr behavior proves he is actually Trump's personal attorney and NOT the attorney of the American people.Also, he is a believer in the Unitary Executive (aka a… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on abortion law battles, 2020 generational divide" PBS NewsHour 5/17/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump-Pelosi feud, 2020 Democrats" PBS NewsHour 5/24/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Wo… Read More

"Brooks and Capehart on Mueller’s statement, Trump and McCain feud" PBS NewsHour 5/31/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  The New York Times columnist David Brooks and The Washington Post’… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump’s Iran decision, Biden segregationist comments" PBS NewsHour 6/21/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist… Read More

Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal have cut off the WikiLeaks funding eight years back. They together account for the world’s largest payment services market with 97%. The blockade was poli… Read More

On Tuesday, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said that Facebook Inc’s achievements from what they describe as unreliability should prevent the launch of digital currency, indicatin… Read More

This IS about people not understanding that racism can, and often is, inconscient.  People who have racist tenancies often are not aware of them.  It is others, looking from the 'o… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump’s attacks, Biden vs Sanders on health care" PBS NewsHour 7/19/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist Davi… Read More

Let me make it clear, TRUMI IS A RACIST.  He just does not recognize it, like so many others."Why Trump’s verbal assault on Cummings and Baltimore sounds familiar" PBS NewsHour… Read More

"Shields and Brooks on Trump and race, Democrats’ 2020 values" PBS NewsHour 8/2/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks jo… Read More

"David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart on Trump’s mass shooting response" PBS NewsHour 8/9/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jo… Read More

"After El Paso and Dayton, what can be done to prevent similar mass shootings?" PBS NewsHour 8/5/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, left more than… Read More

"Michael Gerson and Karen Tumulty on 2020 Senate races, Israel and Trump" PBS NewsHour 8/16/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  The Washington Post’s Michael Gerson and Karen Tumulty join Amna N… Read More

"What Middle America is saying about climate change and gun violence" PBS NewsHour 9/4/2019ExcerptSUMMARY:  Catastrophic damage from Hurricane Dorian is putting natural disasters, and t… Read More

The markets are weak this morning about 15 min before the open. -1/5% on the average for the indexes with the Nasdaq leading the way. TLT +15% @CL+75% and Vix.x +3.14%This is a lightly neg… Read More

CBD 2020: What to Expect + Our Top Predictions by Aaron Cadena at CBD Origin Over the last decade the CBD market has made some huge strides forward, but, in 2019, the market has exploded. Fr… Read More

“The 100-Guilder Print” – by Rembrandt van RijnToday, I read a front-page article in The New York Times about how the “culture wars,” the political divisions in… Read More

  William Messner-Loebs is a name that most old school comic book fans are probably familiar with. He is a writer and artist that started in the industry in the 80s and made a name for… Read More