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USPS Mail Delays in Georgia: Better but still bad

Mail Delays are problematic in Georgia. Once again, we are heading into an election, and postal service to constituents is not what it should be. I believe Senator Ossoff would call the service “bad.” And again, the same two candidates are running against each other. This just adds to the voting issues facing Democrats and […]

Credit Card Debt and Interest Rates

Just Released: New Data on Record Credit Card Debt & Interest Rates – WalletHub, Diana Polk WalletHub analyzed Federal Reserve data released today and found that credit card debt hit a new record high of $1.27 trillion in May 2024, which is 4% higher than last year after adjusting for inflation. With the average credit card APR now even […]

When a bug is a feature

As a subject in the Moderna phase III COVID vaccine trial, I wasn’t told whether I’d get the vaccine or a placebo. Indeed, neither my nurse nor the doctor overseeing the trial knew which subjects got which. It was a double-blind trial. 12 hours after the second jab, I started experiencing a headache, muscle and […]

Trump can’t (and won’t) stop pushing violent rhetoric, images . . . Talk about the Shooting Here

Why Trump can’t (and won’t) stop pushing violent rhetoric and images, msnbc.com, Steve Benen, April 2024 Around this time four years ago, Donald Trump used social media to promote a video in which one of his supporters said, “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” The then-president’s team claimed at the time that he watched the […]

“Since I took office, I have been working to secure funding for the Mobile bridge and get this project underway.”

Except as Alabama Democrat Representative Terri Sewell pointed out, Tommy Tuberville voted against the bill ($550. million) that provided the money. President Joe Biden’s Department of Transportation allocated the funding. If trump Wins the Election . . . July 12, 2024 by Prof. Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American AB: Politicians are too busy […]

What Does Christian Nationalism Stands for and Do the Two Words Reflect Positive Values

I draw upon Joyce Vance to explain such during her interview with Amanda Tyler, a lawyer who is the executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. This is taken from Civil Discourse. Five Questions With Christian Nationalism Expert Amanda Tyler by Joyce Vance Civil Discourse Earlier this week, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley said, […]

Since 2017, Billionaires Doubled Their Wealth

It is no secret. The Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 was skewed to the rich, expensive, and failed to deliver economic benefits. As Americans for Tax Fairness writes, the TCJA benefited billionaires greatly doubling their cumulative wealth. A different take being those making less than $114,000 in 2016 saw “no change in […]

No, democracy doesn’t lead to socialism

Kevin Drum has a post up at jabberwocking.com about a claim by the chair of the Alabama GOP that democracies lead to socialism. I can’t think of a single example of a socialist country that evolved from democracy to socialism. Russia became socialist when the Bolsheviks overthrew the Kerensky government by violent revolution. Socialism throughout […]

American Conversations: Secretary of State Antony Blinken

by Professor Cox Richardson Letters from an American I, Angry Bear will be featuring the commentaries of Prof. Cox (Letters from an American) and also those commentaries of Law Prof. Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse). Both are touching upon today’s issues. Today Prof. Cox is talking to Sec, of State Antony Blinken. As taken from Prof. […]