Monday Stuff

I know I’m a few days late here, but I guess attention must be paid to that ridiculous freak show last Wednesday that masqueraded as a Repug Party prez candidates’ debate...so Vivek Ramaswamy and Mike Pence want a national ban on gender affirming care and requiring that schools “out” kids who may be trans, huh? Nah, we’re not devolving into Nazi Germany much, are we (Francesca and Farron Cousins of The Damage Report discuss)...

...and Robert Reich gives us another useful reminder about what exactly it is that our government is supposed to do for us by taxation; namely, providing services, performing general maintenance for our aging infrastructure, and yes, national defense, among other needs (a response to everyone decrying the allegedly awful “s” word)...



...and the latest from Second Thought tells us more about Why The Government Can’t Run Out of Money (admittedly dry but still interesting stuff on how foreign currency can lead to inflation, among many other points of discussion, to say nothing of price gouging...”The problem with government spending is profit,” which I always suspected, and I’m glad to see that explained here...good to see the point raised at about 13:50 about how we can influence our government’s money decisions...”The only obstacle left is how much improving people’s lives costs the capitalist ruling class” indeed)...



...and Cliff Schecter of Blue Amp Channel brings us Dem U.S. House Rep Jasmine Crockett commendably going off during the utterly bogus Biden impeachment inquiry, along with Repug Rep Brandon Williams smugly telling everybody that he would continue to collect a paycheck during the shutdown even though many, many other federal employees and contractors wouldn’t be able to do that (and yes, yet another temporary agreement was reached as noted here...NSFW/H)...



...and Jayar and Rayy Vana tell us about John Fetterman’s plan to forgive school lunch debt (Sheldon Whitehouse and Peter Welch in the Senate are also on board as noted – Farron Cousins alluded to this earlier)...yeah, let’s throw the “personal responsibility” BS at HUNGRY FREAKING KIDS, you effing Repug ghouls! – and yeah, the stuff about wishing a kid a happy birthday but saying, “you can’t eat” despite that is something out of a Kubrick movie...



...and I hope you're in the mood for a newer, angst-filled Britpop tune, because here it is.