Tagged: Government

No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits

Via: bob-nelson • News & Politics • 76 Comments • 2 months ago

So... the other day, I said that Musk's claim that Social Security was paying benefits to 150-year-olds was due to a COBOL date-management glitch. NT's Usual Suspect Fascists jumped on...

SCOTUS Conservatives Show Their Whole Asses In Trump Immunity Argument - Above the Law

Via: • NEWSMucks • 21 Comments • last year

Cheap Chinese cars from Mexico could be 'an extinction-level event,' U.S. trade group says

Via: outis • Alternative Energy • 25 Comments • last year

I've been a gearhead for over sixty years. When I was a kid, General Motors was by far the greatest industrial company in the world, controlling well over half of the American automobile...

These are the counties with the most bicycle traffic fatalities

Via: outis • History & Sociology • 3 Comments • last year

From what I've seen and read, bike safety is two things: infrastructure and drivers' habits. So what does this say about Florida?

The Coup Next Time | The Nation

Via: revillug • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 3 years ago

The battleground of the coup is not the streets but the corridors of power. As Luttwak observes, the coup "operates in that area outside the government but within the state which is formed by the...

Birds Aren't Real. Movement Says Birds Are Government Drones

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 15 Comments • 4 years ago

U.S. oil industry wants help from farmers to fight Biden's EV agenda

Via: • The Beacon • 15 Comments • 4 years ago

Big Oil will still be trying to kill us when the Sun goes dim... ... and demanding subsidies for their effort!

Trump's China tech war contributes to automakers' chip shortage

Via: • The Beacon • 7 Comments • 4 years ago

Remind me why we're having a trade war against China?? Now we have our farmers on welfare, and our auto factories stopped. And still... no one has explained to me how anything Huawei...

How Joe Biden can jump-start America's recovery by reforming government

Via: • News Viners • 6 Comments • 4 years ago

Reforming government operations won't be accomplished with commissions, czars, or more bureaucratic red tape within the executive branch. President Biden cannot reform or streamline government...

Can Donald Trump pardon himself? The raging political debate goes on

Via: • We the People • 101 Comments • 5 years ago

Pompeo: Russians are 'pretty clearly' behind hack of US government

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 17 Comments • 5 years ago

(Russia, Russia, Russia!)

Granholm, Biden's expected Energy Department pick, could push electric cars

Via: • The Beacon • 21 Comments • 5 years ago

Electric cars ARE coming. We can listen to our usual cohort of "oh, no, no... nothing can be done!!" crybabies... or we can get to work. It's strange... China is doing so many things...

Major Companies Reject Trump Payroll Tax Deferral

Via: john-russell • News & Politics • 0 Comments • 5 years ago

U.S. Drug Crisis Is Made In Mexico With American Raw Materials

Via: • News Viners • 1 Comments • 5 years ago

The dark side of international trade that receives very little public attention. These chemicals can't simply be banned because they are critical for industrial and pharmaceutical production....

Japan's Longest-Serving Leader Abe Resigns Due to Health Reasons - Bloomberg

Via: sister-mary-agnes-ample-bottom • News & Politics • 9 Comments • 5 years ago

Is antifa the greatest movement against free speech in America?

Via: • We the People • 48 Comments • 5 years ago

The progressive climate plan is heavy on symbols and burdens

Via: • News Viners • 2 Comments • 5 years ago

Same reheated tripe, different day. Democrats have no more intention of addressing climate change than do Republicans. Republicans and Democrats are arguing over money. They are not arguing...

End New York City's lockdown now!

Via: • We the People • 4 Comments • 5 years ago

Michael Flynn case should be dismissed to preserve justice | TheHill

Via: • We the People • 1 Comments • 5 years ago

"WE GOT HIM" ! THANK GOD !

By: it-is-me • News & Politics • 139 Comments • 6 years ago

Today we have learned that Roger Stone has been arrested based on a warrant placed by Mr. Special Council Mueller. This is not about the fact that Mr. Stone broke the law as we know it , but...

Thanks To The Shutdown, Americans Have Found Out They Don’t Need Part Of The Government

Via: it-is-me • Op/Ed • 11 Comments • 6 years ago

Trump has never cared about what may seem embarrassing; he has cared about long-term goals. An added bonus to the shutdown? A number of U.S. officials have told me that they have been able to work...

Puerto Ricans Accused of Misusing $8M in Funds

Via: it-is-me • News & Politics • 9 Comments • 7 years ago

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A mayor and two former government officials in Puerto Rico face public corruption charges in separate cases that involve a total of $8 million in federal and local...

Comal County Sheriff's Office Warning

By: split-personality • News & Politics • 72 Comments • 7 years ago