Observing conservatives over the decades, I’ve noticed they usually fall into the same trap: They believe their own bullshit or, in the parlance of our times, they get high on their own supply. They delude themselves that their policies are popular and act on that conviction, then seem surprised at the backlash. That’s probably why newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson said sure, we’ll pass aid to Israel – as long as the money comes out of your intended IRS focus on rich tax cheats. Mitch McConnell joined the White House in trashing that proposal.
GM became the last of the Big 3 automakers to reach an agreement on a new UAW contract. Now the rank and file has to vote. I’m not about to predict which way they’ll go – a lot of these people are Trump voters, so by definition they don’t know what’s good for them.
This headline seems straight out of Bizarro World: Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has introduced a bill that would ban political spending by publicly traded corporations. See, ever since the culture war got a new name, the War on Woke, MAGA types have declared publicly traded corporations – but only publicly traded corporations – as evil promoters of wokitude. They’ve still got nothing against billionaires bearing gifts.
Bethany Hall-Long isn’t the only female politician whose career is being rocked by an irresponsible partner. Giorgia Meloni, prime minister of Italy, 86’ed her partner of 10 years, a TV news anchor, after leaked audio of him flirting and making lewd comments to colleagues was released. At least he didn’t steal her opponent’s campaign signs.
Medicare Advantage plans aren’t just bad for the health of retirees. They’re also dooming rural hospitals by denying care in areas where government subsidies are the only thing keeping them afloat. Turns out that the older-than-average populations in rural areas are heavily dependent on government spending – you know, the government spending they’re always bitching about because somewhere a Black person is also taking advantage of it.
Reminder for gardeners: Northern Delaware is expected to see temperatures below 30° F tonight, part of a cold front stretching across much of the nation. Before you scoff about global warming, this will also be the first frost of the season, coming 10 to 20 days after the historically established date for that annual event, a trend that’s been going on for at least two decades now.
The floor’s yours.