Author Archives: Dave Bradley

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retired in West Liberty

Robert Reich On Medicaid Work Requirements

Here is an oldie (looks like 2019) that is still SO relevant (2 minutes) This may come as a real surprise to many of the MAGA congress members spouting the “waste, fraud and abuse” BS but most people who are … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: It Is Pride Month Edition

40 seconds: So a year ago Stinky Pants was a freshly convicted criminal with 34 convictions of (I believe) falsifying business records. Today he is president actively taking bribes for various things. This week there seemed to be a sale … Continue reading

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Just A Year Ago Yesterday (May 30, 2024)

In dizzying speed the mainstream press then did an about face and focused on President Biden’s age. In less than two months Biden withdrew from the race. Trump’s felony convictions by then were pretty much an after thought. 

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Hey, MAGAs, Here’s Some Places To Find Money

(11 minutes) – Paul Krugman answers questions for Canadian TV: I refuse to give the current president any ground by calling his extreme right wish list bill what he calls it, we must discuss it since it will be the … Continue reading

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The Opposite Of DEI 

(1:45) Pete Buttigieg does a great job of explaining what the opposite of DEI is: You must understand that when someone says they are against DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) they are in effect saying that they are in favor … Continue reading

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson Says

10 minutes: I always love it when I have an excuse to watch some Neil deGrasse Tyson videos: On Facebook Monday, Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson made this observation: If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science … Continue reading

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Sunday Funday: End Of The Republic Edition

Thom Hartmann on the court’s possible loss of the power of contempt as contained in the MAGA Big Ugly Bill (8 minutes): Normally, I would put a little blurb here about Memorial Day weekend. It is Memorial Day weekend and … Continue reading

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So Complex And So Fragile

The passage of the felon president’s Big Ugly Bill in the wee hours of Thursday coming up on a holiday weekend should send a super chill through the backbone of every American who loves this country and its people. This … Continue reading

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She  Runs Because She Knows She Is Wrong

1 minute: Many of you have already seen the short video of Iowa’s first district congress member, Marionette Miller-Meeks, running like a scared rabbit from a man with a recorder who is trying to ask her questions. If you did … Continue reading

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No Surprise Here: Walmart To Raise Prices

  Not as if we didn’t know this was coming. The question was just how to sell it and when to do it. But we all knew that the tariffs that King Donald is using to create mass confusion throughout … Continue reading

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