The Democratic Socialist Party
Woe to the Democrat Party. The once unified Democrat Party has fractured. They lost the 2024 election by a landslide. They even lost the popular vote, only the second time since 1988.
Economy
Lessons from the Del Monte Bankruptcy
Depressing news from the business world: Del Monte Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, with all divisions potentially up for sale. The Del Monte brand has been around for over 135 years.
Trump sets tariff revenue record; CBO says tariffs can offset spending by $3 trillion over the next decade
Since Trump returned to office five months ago, the federal government has collected $106 billion from tariffs and related customs fees, Axios reported. That’s more than the $83 billion the U.S. collected all of last year.
The Big Broke Bill Keeps Getting Worse
Big Bills are awful. Because they’re awful. Nigh no one reads the monstrosities. Certainly almost none of the people voting for them do.
Trump celebrates Canada Day; TACO becomes POCA—President’s Opponents Cave Again.
Canada needed prodding from the leader of the free world to not impose a retroactive tax (Canada would reach back three years to take money) to do the right thing is the reason for her shame.
The Almighty Dollar: The World’s Favorite Toxic Asset by John Geraci
For a country that spends like a teenager with a stolen credit card, the United States sure has a lot of trust from the global economy.
Income up 8 times inflation
It is too early to declare victory for Trumponomics, but America seems to be rid of the covid era and is back in business. Tariffs and ICE are doing the trick.
The Marked: How the Social Security System Rewrote American Identity, Part 2
In this part, we turn to the early years of the SSN itself, the numbers that were forbidden, and the unlikely rebellion that began not with violence, but with a strange, silent act of civil disobedience: using a fake number on purpose.
The Marked: How the Social Security System Rewrote American Identity
Part 1 We Gave Up Our Names for Numbers: The Quiet Birth of the System That Owns You Looking back from the age of digital surveillance and algorithmic oversight, perhaps the greatest act of control wasn’t when the government began reading our emails—but when it gave each of us a number and took away our …
To Save the USA – We MUST Stop Being 70+% Consumption Economy
The United States is currently a 70+% consumption economy. Meaning for every $10 of economic activity? $7+ dollars of it is someone buying something.
Education Priorities
Reports are emerging that college students are using AI to write term papers and required assignments. Are these future leaders demonstrating innovation by utilizing the latest technology to prepare them for the real world or just cheating?
Ending Globalism with Chinese Characteristics; Red China’s strategic initiatives face severe headwinds from the Trump administration
For the last quarter-century or more, the Chinese Communist Party has been building the case for, and the framework of, a Beijing-led new world order.
China’s Problems Are Our Problems or Soon Could Be, by George Mcclellan
At last count, China owns thirteen big American food production facilities, like Smithfield Foods. The Biden administration permitted or did not interfere with China’s scheme to buy American farmland and/or those thirteen or so food production companies.
Trump economics works; Wages rise faster than inflation while the economy grows
Trump used the power of anti-trust law to get Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. Steel. Congress empowered presidents to do this over a century ago and Trump uses that power for the public good.
How’s it Going to End – If We Do Nothing?
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the old movie “The Truman Show.” Not so much about the fictional enactment of a television director’s vision of utopia, but about the movie’s big question: “How’s it going to end?”
A Sanctions Regime as a Foreign Policy Tool
When a head of state – such as the President of the United States, for example – wants to encourage certain behaviors in a foreign government, the toolbox is limited.
Intellectual Property Theft with Chinese Characteristics; China has reaped the benefits of foreign IP theft for decades
IP and technology theft by Chinese entities is ongoing and pervasive. The communists understand the benefits of short-circuiting development costs by incorporating stolen IP and patented technologies.
The Death Of A Democrat On Wednesday, Prevented Massive Tax Increases In 2026
US Rep Gerry Connolly passed away on the early morning of May 21st. Being a member of the Party of Greed, he would have vote “no” to this bill and “no” to continuing tax relief to low-income and moderate-income Americans. His vote would have produced a tie, thus killing the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
Red China accepts 30% tariff; Nevertheless, our media declares President Trump capitulated
President Trump is negotiating. This is not nuclear science. He asks for the stars and settles for the moon. But the media says Trump capitulated while Xi—who will pay triple the tariffs Americans will pay—won.
Trump Triumphs in Saudi Arabia…Again.
Trump spoke at a business forum of Arabs and our tech tycoons. The builder of Trump Towers and resorts all over the world talked about the cities Arabs are building.