This afternoon, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. Almost immediately, it will produce results. A 30% tax credit for energy-efficient windows, heat pumps, or newer models of appliances will lower people’s energy costs; the cost of drugs will be capped at $2,000 per year for people on Medicare; and health care premiums will fall for certain Americans. In the longer term, it will be easier for the country to switch to renewable energy, and wealthy Americans and corporations will bear more of the tax burden than they have paid since the 2017 Trump tax cuts.
Ok, Liz Cheney has conceded defeat in the Wyoming GOP primary. The Trumpist won. Remember, Mitch McConnell thought he torpedoed Merrick Garland. Instead he got an AG that will not relent. Cheney just might be the Special Prosecutor that drives stakes through hearts. She is now a free agent, and a national figure of consequences. Private citizen Cheney will not go quietly into the night, and in the process may make others wish they had.
I had to read this paragraph twice to make sure I hadn't misread it:
"In the search to figure out how and why the text messages from Secret Service members from the time around January 6, 2021, were purged, Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, who hid the destruction from Congress for more than a year, today refused to step down from the investigation. He also said that he would not provide the documents lawmakers wanted to see, or permit House committees to interview his colleagues."
Cuffari appears to be acting like his benefactor: breaking the law, ignoring the rules, refusing to cooperate with those trying to investigate serious wrongdoing and behaving as if he doesn't have to answer to anyone. This Trump appointee is a pathetic disgrace. Why hasn't he been fired yet?
The things that this Congress has achieved despite the Republican’s attempts otherwise is nothing short of miraculous. Now it is up to those of us who value the country’s democratic values to make sure we share the news/facts of these accomplishments, and also make sure everyone knows that their Republican representatives in Congress voted AGAINST these bills. I saw President Biden’s press conference today in which he forcefully did just that.
I've lost track of how many excuses Trump has used to explain why he had Top Secret classified documents at Mar-a-Lardo. It boils down to "Mine! Mine! Mine!" He needs a lengthy time-out...in an orange jumpsuit...in a cell... with a stainless steel toilet. No more gold toilets for you!
Thank goodness for you HCR. So appreciate your letters and your Tuesday politics chat. Hope you are doing well, that you get some sleep, wedding planning is good, and that you have some tiny semblance of how much you mean.
I will be brief: the actions of the president are laudable. Historic. Economically-nation-altering. But the president and the Dems will get nothing from it outside their own house. My prediction.
The struggles to explain/pivot/blame others by the Orang are just that: struggles. Now it’s Meadow’s fault. Eventually the blame game will play out and nobody wants to play duck-duck-goose/gray duck once the stakes are criminal… it will come down to the simple fact that 45 did what he always does: acted above the law. The Archivists (I’ve been scolded for referring to them as ‘librarians’ even though it was just a metaphor) have presented a cogent argument that was the basis for a warrant. Nothing more. If it were able to be resolved in a more discreet fashion, it would have and I trust them for exhausting their remedies.
Our Nation can’t have top-secret materials sitting next to Christmas lights in the basement at Maralago. This should infuriate every American that this is the level of RESPECT given these documents, whether “declassified” or not… there’s no excuse: but 45 just keeps trying.
Wouldn’t any parent simply ask that a child admit to the wrong-doing and expect a mea-culpa when caught? Think about that.
“In his year and a half in office, Biden has demonstrated the opposite: that government can work. The measures that Democrats, and those Republicans who are willing to work across the aisle, have passed are enormously popular: lower medical costs, including a provision finalized today for over-the-counter hearing aids; bridge repair; broadband access; and investment in science.”
Is there a white board somewhere on which Trump keeps scribbling his lies and excuses for stealing secret national security documents from the federal government? If not, how does he keep track of them all, some contradictory?
Of course he hasn't pronounced publicly this astounding claim about the documents that the NYT reported today: "It not theirs, it's mine." In other words, he confessed to felony crimes, including violating the Espionage Act. And there are witnesses.
The breaking news I long for is bigger than Trump's eventual indictment, whether on federal or state charges or hopefully both. That news is evidence that he sold top secret documents to foreign interests for millions of dollars, putting the nation and those who work to protect it in danger.
Liz Cheney is a true patriot. I can’t help but believe she will deliver the defining blow to drumpf by the time she is out of office. She is a phoenix.
Now, where’s that receipt for my new windows, installed just late last month?!? Thank you President Biden and Dems everywhere!
Good morning all. Here on the western edge of Missouri we are, frankly, talking less about the neofascists in our midst and more about "innovative" (read really, really old) ways of grazing cattle--by creating copses of trees and encouraging the use of the wooded areas as "living barns" that provide shade, keep the area cooler, and act as carbon sponges. I heard the MAGIC WORDS this morning on NPR, which had picked up one of our local stories for the national feed (that aired 4 days ago): “That habitat was created intentionally by a lot of indigenous communities that lived here,” said Ashley Conway-Anderson, an agroforestry professor at the University of Missouri. “Intentionally managed with fire, and then once fire opened things up, what came next was grass and what came next was large grazing herbivores.” https://www.kcur.org/2022-08-12/getting-cattle-into-the-forest-could-help-climate-change-farmers-and-the-livestock I cannot tell you how important this is: the longest-lived Big Lie in US history has been the Big Lie of the Empty Land. White people claimed that the First Nations people didn't exist, and when confronted with them, that they were "primitives" who did not manipulate the land to derive benefits. To hear someone at the Ag school at Mizzou admit that First Nations people knew what the f**k they were doing warmed my heart in the middle of all of this nonsense.
Second thought of the day: I knew Cheney would lose, but when I heard the news this morning, I instantly thought that Randy Rainbow should write a song about her, to the tune of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina." And of course, I began constructing lyrics in my head: "Don't cry for me, Grand Old Party: the truth is you f**ked me over. I did my duty; you all are crazy. I kept my promise--now go and bite me . . ."
Reporting on Tax law changes remind me of an costume drama about English nobility with their estate.
The heir says something like -'We must maintain the estate to provide employment for those supporting the estate for the benefit of us all." Employment such as maids, cooks, gardeners and farm labor.
Same GOP argument from employers like Walmart and Amazon. Both employe thousands of low paying retail and warehouse positions earning corporate profits and shareholder wealth increase. The GOP helps further complains these same employees earn so little they often qualify for food stamps, Medicaid etc. These programs allow businesses not to pay a living wage. The government benefits is a huge transfer of wealth to Corporations. An artificially low minimum wage sweetens corporate wealth- as many states to require beneficiaries to work minimum amount. This creates another pool of cheap labor with the real cost of benefits and a substantial savings in labor cost create more corporate wealth.
As usual, the Republicans don't want to reach across the aisle, they want to be both sides of the aisle. So short a time ago, they were bewailing the nasty Democrat's defunding of the police but are now saying that the police are the problem in America. Not just whataboutism, it's WTFism.
Liz Cheney made a concession speech to our nation and the world. It transcends Wyoming or Republican politics. And yet I have been unable to locate a complete version of that speech through Google or major news outlets. The C-Span version was longer but one could not navigate to it after the fact, only seeing an error message that it had been permanently moved.
The inability to obtain news of record is a scandal and another way that our national fabric is breaking down. Does anyone have access to her full speech or at least a full transcript? If so, could you post it please? And have you found reliable sources for the complete versions of such news of record?
HCR, I appreciate that you owned up to your initial low expectation of Biden while acknowledging his experience in foreign affairs. And with the slim margins that he has to deal with in the House and Senate, he has worked hard and passed a Big Deal indeed ! Joe Biden is a Senior Citizen and a hard worker whose heart is in the right place. It's always easier to tear something down than it is to build something up. Thanx for being our news source HCR.
Ok, Liz Cheney has conceded defeat in the Wyoming GOP primary. The Trumpist won. Remember, Mitch McConnell thought he torpedoed Merrick Garland. Instead he got an AG that will not relent. Cheney just might be the Special Prosecutor that drives stakes through hearts. She is now a free agent, and a national figure of consequences. Private citizen Cheney will not go quietly into the night, and in the process may make others wish they had.
I had to read this paragraph twice to make sure I hadn't misread it:
"In the search to figure out how and why the text messages from Secret Service members from the time around January 6, 2021, were purged, Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, who hid the destruction from Congress for more than a year, today refused to step down from the investigation. He also said that he would not provide the documents lawmakers wanted to see, or permit House committees to interview his colleagues."
Cuffari appears to be acting like his benefactor: breaking the law, ignoring the rules, refusing to cooperate with those trying to investigate serious wrongdoing and behaving as if he doesn't have to answer to anyone. This Trump appointee is a pathetic disgrace. Why hasn't he been fired yet?
The things that this Congress has achieved despite the Republican’s attempts otherwise is nothing short of miraculous. Now it is up to those of us who value the country’s democratic values to make sure we share the news/facts of these accomplishments, and also make sure everyone knows that their Republican representatives in Congress voted AGAINST these bills. I saw President Biden’s press conference today in which he forcefully did just that.
I've lost track of how many excuses Trump has used to explain why he had Top Secret classified documents at Mar-a-Lardo. It boils down to "Mine! Mine! Mine!" He needs a lengthy time-out...in an orange jumpsuit...in a cell... with a stainless steel toilet. No more gold toilets for you!
Thank goodness for you HCR. So appreciate your letters and your Tuesday politics chat. Hope you are doing well, that you get some sleep, wedding planning is good, and that you have some tiny semblance of how much you mean.
I will be brief: the actions of the president are laudable. Historic. Economically-nation-altering. But the president and the Dems will get nothing from it outside their own house. My prediction.
The struggles to explain/pivot/blame others by the Orang are just that: struggles. Now it’s Meadow’s fault. Eventually the blame game will play out and nobody wants to play duck-duck-goose/gray duck once the stakes are criminal… it will come down to the simple fact that 45 did what he always does: acted above the law. The Archivists (I’ve been scolded for referring to them as ‘librarians’ even though it was just a metaphor) have presented a cogent argument that was the basis for a warrant. Nothing more. If it were able to be resolved in a more discreet fashion, it would have and I trust them for exhausting their remedies.
Our Nation can’t have top-secret materials sitting next to Christmas lights in the basement at Maralago. This should infuriate every American that this is the level of RESPECT given these documents, whether “declassified” or not… there’s no excuse: but 45 just keeps trying.
Wouldn’t any parent simply ask that a child admit to the wrong-doing and expect a mea-culpa when caught? Think about that.
What a feat and win!
“In his year and a half in office, Biden has demonstrated the opposite: that government can work. The measures that Democrats, and those Republicans who are willing to work across the aisle, have passed are enormously popular: lower medical costs, including a provision finalized today for over-the-counter hearing aids; bridge repair; broadband access; and investment in science.”
Listening to Liz Cheney's concession speech tonite was listening to history, a moment in time which came too soon for this last of the GOP lawmaker.
Is there a white board somewhere on which Trump keeps scribbling his lies and excuses for stealing secret national security documents from the federal government? If not, how does he keep track of them all, some contradictory?
Of course he hasn't pronounced publicly this astounding claim about the documents that the NYT reported today: "It not theirs, it's mine." In other words, he confessed to felony crimes, including violating the Espionage Act. And there are witnesses.
The breaking news I long for is bigger than Trump's eventual indictment, whether on federal or state charges or hopefully both. That news is evidence that he sold top secret documents to foreign interests for millions of dollars, putting the nation and those who work to protect it in danger.
Will anyone be surprised by such headlines?
Liz Cheney is a true patriot. I can’t help but believe she will deliver the defining blow to drumpf by the time she is out of office. She is a phoenix.
Now, where’s that receipt for my new windows, installed just late last month?!? Thank you President Biden and Dems everywhere!
Liz Cheney's new name is Obi Wan.
Good morning all. Here on the western edge of Missouri we are, frankly, talking less about the neofascists in our midst and more about "innovative" (read really, really old) ways of grazing cattle--by creating copses of trees and encouraging the use of the wooded areas as "living barns" that provide shade, keep the area cooler, and act as carbon sponges. I heard the MAGIC WORDS this morning on NPR, which had picked up one of our local stories for the national feed (that aired 4 days ago): “That habitat was created intentionally by a lot of indigenous communities that lived here,” said Ashley Conway-Anderson, an agroforestry professor at the University of Missouri. “Intentionally managed with fire, and then once fire opened things up, what came next was grass and what came next was large grazing herbivores.” https://www.kcur.org/2022-08-12/getting-cattle-into-the-forest-could-help-climate-change-farmers-and-the-livestock I cannot tell you how important this is: the longest-lived Big Lie in US history has been the Big Lie of the Empty Land. White people claimed that the First Nations people didn't exist, and when confronted with them, that they were "primitives" who did not manipulate the land to derive benefits. To hear someone at the Ag school at Mizzou admit that First Nations people knew what the f**k they were doing warmed my heart in the middle of all of this nonsense.
Second thought of the day: I knew Cheney would lose, but when I heard the news this morning, I instantly thought that Randy Rainbow should write a song about her, to the tune of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina." And of course, I began constructing lyrics in my head: "Don't cry for me, Grand Old Party: the truth is you f**ked me over. I did my duty; you all are crazy. I kept my promise--now go and bite me . . ."
Reporting on Tax law changes remind me of an costume drama about English nobility with their estate.
The heir says something like -'We must maintain the estate to provide employment for those supporting the estate for the benefit of us all." Employment such as maids, cooks, gardeners and farm labor.
Same GOP argument from employers like Walmart and Amazon. Both employe thousands of low paying retail and warehouse positions earning corporate profits and shareholder wealth increase. The GOP helps further complains these same employees earn so little they often qualify for food stamps, Medicaid etc. These programs allow businesses not to pay a living wage. The government benefits is a huge transfer of wealth to Corporations. An artificially low minimum wage sweetens corporate wealth- as many states to require beneficiaries to work minimum amount. This creates another pool of cheap labor with the real cost of benefits and a substantial savings in labor cost create more corporate wealth.
As usual, the Republicans don't want to reach across the aisle, they want to be both sides of the aisle. So short a time ago, they were bewailing the nasty Democrat's defunding of the police but are now saying that the police are the problem in America. Not just whataboutism, it's WTFism.
Liz Cheney made a concession speech to our nation and the world. It transcends Wyoming or Republican politics. And yet I have been unable to locate a complete version of that speech through Google or major news outlets. The C-Span version was longer but one could not navigate to it after the fact, only seeing an error message that it had been permanently moved.
The inability to obtain news of record is a scandal and another way that our national fabric is breaking down. Does anyone have access to her full speech or at least a full transcript? If so, could you post it please? And have you found reliable sources for the complete versions of such news of record?
HCR, I appreciate that you owned up to your initial low expectation of Biden while acknowledging his experience in foreign affairs. And with the slim margins that he has to deal with in the House and Senate, he has worked hard and passed a Big Deal indeed ! Joe Biden is a Senior Citizen and a hard worker whose heart is in the right place. It's always easier to tear something down than it is to build something up. Thanx for being our news source HCR.