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Congratulations everyone! Your buying power just went down! Trump issued in his sweeping tariffs with the push for at least a 10% tariff on everything that is imported into the United States and in the cases of some countries like Vietnam, it is a whopping 46%. Foreign cars will be hit with a 25% tariff.… Continue reading April 3, 2025

Several Executive Orders were signed by Trump last night in what he said was an effort to bring the country and the world together. He said, “There is just too much divisiveness and since I am the great unifier, I am signing these orders.”  Trump has tasked J.D. Vance with adding these tasks to his… Continue reading April 1, 2025

Trump says he is slapping a twenty five percent tariff on foreign-made cars in order to bring all aspects of auto manufacturing back to the United States. If only the world was that simple. Even for cars that are primarily manufactured or assembled here, they often import parts for overseas manufacturers. The bottom line is… Continue reading March 31, 2025

One of Trump’s latest Executive Orders contains language that is right out of Orwell’s 1984 and should frighten everyone. “Mr. Trump directed that Vice President JD Vance work with Congress to prohibit expenditures on exhibitions or programs that “degrade shared American values, divide Americans based on race or promote programs or ideologies inconsistent with federal… Continue reading March 30, 2025

J.D.Vance and his wife landed in Greenland so Vance could make his case for the United States taking over Greenland. Some of the first words out of his mouth were a lie. He said, “We respect the self-determination of the people of Greenland but, ….”  If that were true, he and his wife would be… Continue reading March 29, 2025

No, I have not been ‘disappeared’ – yet! I was AWOL because I was out of town while looking for a new apartment in a different city where I will be relocating in a few weeks. It was unfortunate I was not at my keyboard when ‘SignalGate’ exploded on the scene. The absolute buffoonery that… Continue reading March 28, 2025

It seems that every day in MAGA world begins with asking the question, “Who shall we vilify and hate today?”  It’s a tricky question to answer these days. There are so many choices. It now resembles a menu at the Cheesecake Factory. When I was growing up, although racism and bigotry were around, it wasn’t… Continue reading March 21, 2025

Make America Great Again! Such a catchy slogan. It begs the question, “If you want to make America ‘great again,’ that implies you have some time in mind when America was great and then we entered a period when we lost our greatness, so what point in America’s past is the MAGA reference point for… Continue reading March 20, 2025

Many major disasters end up being the culmination of a number of small errors and missteps that occur over a period of time. The September 11 th terror attack was partially due to the result of a number of intelligence failures that, individually were not big deals but the culmination over time led to a… Continue reading March 19, 2025

Trump has stated many of his policies are based upon what he believes is the increased threat from China. There is no doubt that China’s military power, economic power and presence around the globe is increasing. The irony in what Trump is doing, in my opinion, is the exact opposite of what he should be… Continue reading March 18, 2025