NPR ran a story the other day, Veterans will be hurt by Trump’s back-to-office order for VA therapists, sources say : Shots – Health News : NPR. The gist of it is that there simply is not enough room at the VA offices to bring everyone back. The telehealth provided by the VA will be…
There’s an article on NPR, ‘Segregated facilities’ are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts : Shots – Health News : NPR. It says what you’d expect from the headline. Trump signed an executive order rescinding a Lyndon Johnson executive order from 1965. The specific clause that was revoked says, “The Contractor agrees that it…
I saw a headline on LinkedIn the other day that said 8.9 million Americans work two or more jobs. It said the number is going up, too. I didn’t read the article, so I’m not going to lay this out as an argument where I’m trying to prove some point. I just want you to…
Congress needs to pass a new spending bill before March 14th to avoid a government shutdown. The Republicans have put forward a bill that they think is going to pass, since they control both the House and the Senate. Trump approves of the bill, so we will likely avert a shutdown. The only way we’re…
Donald Trump just signed an executive order making English the official language of the United States. We’ve never had an official language before, at least not formally. Yes, English has always been the de facto official language, but it’s never been the official official language before now. According to NPR, this erases a Bill Clinton…
In Star Trek, the Borg have a saying, “Resistance is futile.” No exclamation point, they say it matter-of-factly. The Borg are a cold, calculating collective. They care nothing for individual life, species, or civilizations. Their goal is to extract whatever they can from whomever they meet and move on to the next victim. They are…
According to WorldAtlas, there are four criteria that make a nation a pariah state. The United States meets all four criteria. “The first category is nations that acquire, own, or utilize weapons of mass destruction with disregard for current international treaties. The second category is nations or governments that support acts of terrorism or terrorist…
I saw a headline from Barron’s that read “The L.A. Fires Have Edison Stock Plunging”. I can’t link to it because it’s behind a paywall. But it got me thinking even though I couldn’t read the article. It’s really messed up that utilities have stock prices. Utilities are necessities in modern society. Traditionally, they are…
It’s been four years since the infamous insurrection at the US Capitol Building. At the time, I wrote this: We Need More Tepid Takes – Nutmegger Daily. The gist of it is that everyone else was loudly proclaiming all kinds of theories as if they were absolute truth. Meanwhile, I had no idea what to…
Donald Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. He first floated the idea while he was president in 2018. He thought he could do it through an executive order. He didn’t proceed with his plan then. But in 2024, he made ending birthright citizenship one of his campaign promises. He has said that his first day…
