Angry Bear https://angrybearblog.com/ Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy. Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:35:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 Something Different to Read Today . . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/something-different-to-read-today https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/something-different-to-read-today#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:14:22 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193635 The one-handed economist Book Review: “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut I searched out this 1969 book when we were in Dresden — the eastern German city whose WWII firebombing played a big role in Kurt Vonnegut’s life and perspective. The book is ostensibly about the firebombing but 90 percent of it is devoted to the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/something-different-to-read-today/feed 0 August new housing construction: saying goodbye to the incipient recovery https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-new-housing-construction-saying-goodbye-to-the-incipient-recovery https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-new-housing-construction-saying-goodbye-to-the-incipient-recovery#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:25:08 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193628 – by New Deal democrat This morning’s report on housing construction may be the last decent one for quite awhile. Let’s wistfully take a look. I’ve been writing for most of this year that housing did not look like it was heading towards a recession, but was most consistent with coming out of one. Although […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-new-housing-construction-saying-goodbye-to-the-incipient-recovery/feed 0 Is the casino about to go bust? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/is-the-casino-about-to-go-bust https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/is-the-casino-about-to-go-bust#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:56:22 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193588 Most of our retirement and savings portfolios are in equities. While we have been investors for over 40 years, we don’t gamble with stocks or tried to time the market. We’ve never borrowed to buy stocks. If you’re a stock market gambler, now might be a good time to fold ‘em. “Margin debt went from […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/is-the-casino-about-to-go-bust/feed 4 Robert Reich on Trump https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/robert-reich-on-trump https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/robert-reich-on-trump#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193620 Good piece on Tr__p by Robert Reich. You are going to have to excuse me. I am running on empty after two hospitalizations. I did get most of it fixed. Another invasion in a month or so. Can’t describe it other than to say they roto-rootered an artery causing me some pain. I have low […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/robert-reich-on-trump/feed 2 Brief Descriptive Results in a 7-2 Decision on USPS v California https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/brief-descriptive-results-in-a-7-2-decision-on-usps-v-california https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/brief-descriptive-results-in-a-7-2-decision-on-usps-v-california#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193494 UPDATE #3, September 14, 2026: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, ET AL. v. CALIFORNIA, ET AL. In a 7–2 decision, the Supreme Court denied the administration’s request to put the USPS ballot-mail rule into effect while the litigation continues. Deny stay (7): Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson. Justices Alito and Thomas dissented. The complete […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/brief-descriptive-results-in-a-7-2-decision-on-usps-v-california/feed 0 Why Now, Part 2 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/why-now-part-2 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/why-now-part-2#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:10:54 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193578 Overview and Review In part one, we discussed inflation indicators and began a consideration of the political capital effected by yesterday’s 25 basis point Federal Funds Rate increase, its first increase since July of 2023. In the cool light of the next day, I see that Dr. Black appears to have come to the same […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/why-now-part-2/feed 1 Jobless claims continue near historic lows, forecast continued declines in the unemployment rate https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/jobless-claims-continue-near-historic-lows-forecast-continued-declines-in-the-unemployment-rate https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/jobless-claims-continue-near-historic-lows-forecast-continued-declines-in-the-unemployment-rate#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:27:53 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193590  – by New Deal democrat Let’s take our weekly look at jobless claims. A reminder: I do this because it is a very good leading indicator for the unemployment rate, as well as 1/2 of my “quick and dirty” tool along with stock prices for forecasting the short term economy. And the news on new […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/jobless-claims-continue-near-historic-lows-forecast-continued-declines-in-the-unemployment-rate/feed 0 Middle East War Impact Report https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/middle-east-war-impact-report https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/middle-east-war-impact-report#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193542 Bringing readers up to speed how the United States has suffered damage at their Middle Est facilities from an Iranian counter attack. I suspect this is more than what Tr__p and Hegseth expected. Perhaps, Iran took a lesson from what had occurred with Venezuela. “Pentagon Iran War Report admits to Worst Drubbing since Vietnam” Ann […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/middle-east-war-impact-report/feed 4 What would happen if that same beam was enlarged while keeping exactly the same shape and proportions? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/what-would-happen-if-that-same-beam-was-enlarged-while-keeping-exactly-the-same-shape-and-proportions https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/what-would-happen-if-that-same-beam-was-enlarged-while-keeping-exactly-the-same-shape-and-proportions#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193548 What would Galileo say about giant human beings? “A 400-year-old Galileo discovery revealed why human giants could never walk the Earth like ordinary people,” Daily Galaxy In his 1638 book Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, Galileo explored this problem by imagining a wooden beam made from strong oak. He asked what would happen if that […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/what-would-happen-if-that-same-beam-was-enlarged-while-keeping-exactly-the-same-shape-and-proportions/feed 3 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-51 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-51#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:35:29 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193507 1989 was supposed to be the end of all that: fascism had been defeated, and now communism had fallen, first that year in eastern Europe, and then two years later in the Soviet Union. But history did not end; and the belief that it had accelerated some of the more dangerous trends. Communism continued in […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/why-now/feed 0 Solar Cell Electricity Generation . . . Some Data https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/solar-cell-electricity-generation-some-data https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/solar-cell-electricity-generation-some-data#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:54:54 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193524 Solar Cell Electricity Generation Europe, United States, and Frito-Lay Europe OECD Europe’s net electricity generation in June 2026 reached 285.1 TWh (+3.4% year-on-year, +9.4 TWh compared with June 2025). Net electricity generation from solar in OECD Europe, 2020-2026 – Charts – Data & Statistics – IEA Solar accounted for the largest increase in electricity generation (+13.5% […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/solar-cell-electricity-generation-some-data/feed 0 Expect a Fed Rate Hike Announcement at 2PM Eastern Standard Time – Update https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/expect-a-fed-rate-hike-announcement-at-2pm-eastern-standard-time https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/expect-a-fed-rate-hike-announcement-at-2pm-eastern-standard-time#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:43:03 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193522 The Federal Reserve is on the cusp of what the New York Tines calls a momentous decision. It is expected today to raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, to a new range of 3.75 percent to 4 percent. Not much of a surprise there. A rate increase would immediately put Kevin […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/expect-a-fed-rate-hike-announcement-at-2pm-eastern-standard-time/feed 2 August real retail sales show consumers keep powering ahead – by digging deeper into their wallets https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-real-retail-sales-show-consumers-keep-powering-ahead-by-digging-deeper-into-their-wallets https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-real-retail-sales-show-consumers-keep-powering-ahead-by-digging-deeper-into-their-wallets#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:53:15 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193514 – by New Deal democrat As per my usual intro, real retail sales is one of my favorite economic indicators, because it tells us so much about consumer spending, which is about 70% of the economy, and also because, with a lot of noise, consumption leads employment. Last month, as it does about once a […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-real-retail-sales-show-consumers-keep-powering-ahead-by-digging-deeper-into-their-wallets/feed 0 A Trumpian Quid Pro Quo https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/a-trumpian-quid-pro-quo https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/a-trumpian-quid-pro-quo#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193500 You put my name on the building (next to John Kennedy’s name) or else! President Donald Trump’s 19-month effort to seize full control of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts came to a head Tuesday as its board voted to immediately close the building for a two-year renovation. Roughly a $250 million […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/a-trumpian-quid-pro-quo/feed 0 SCOTUS denies the administration’s request to put the USPS ballot-mail rule into effect https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/scotus-denies-the-administrations-request-to-put-the-usps-ballot-mail-rule-into-effect https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/scotus-denies-the-administrations-request-to-put-the-usps-ballot-mail-rule-into-effect#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193496 J.P. Jefferson: UPDATE #3, September 14, 2026: In a 7–2 decision, the Supreme Court denied the administration’s request to put the USPS ballot-mail rule into effect while the litigation continues. Deny stay (7): Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson. Justices Alito and Thomas dissented. The complete ruling states: “The application for stay presented to […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/scotus-denies-the-administrations-request-to-put-the-usps-ballot-mail-rule-into-effect/feed 0 Kill Bambi to control tick-borne diseases? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/kill-bambi-to-control-tick-borne-diseases https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/kill-bambi-to-control-tick-borne-diseases#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:27:42 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193485 Malaria was eliminated from the US by a concerted effort to eliminate Anopheles mosquito habitats and the application of DDT. Now, tick-borne diseases are replacing malaria as a public health menace. “Whereas malaria progressed from disease understanding to elimination within 50 years, Lyme disease has expanded dramatically in incidence and geographic reach over a similar […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/kill-bambi-to-control-tick-borne-diseases/feed 5 Satisfaction with K-12 Education https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/satisfaction-with-k-12-education https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/satisfaction-with-k-12-education#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:48:12 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193488 Popular meme in the past and today, “private schools are the best and public schools not so good.” I suspect much of this has to do with resources and funding. I was fortunate enough to attend a good grade school and an excellent high school in the city of Chicago on the northwest side. An […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/satisfaction-with-k-12-education/feed 2 Is real consumer spending still a short leading indicator in a milieu of financial leverage? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/is-real-consumer-spending-still-a-short-leading-indicator-in-a-milieu-of-financial-leverage https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/is-real-consumer-spending-still-a-short-leading-indicator-in-a-milieu-of-financial-leverage#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:10:44 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193486  – by New Deal democrat An issue came up on another site about whether my statement that “coincident indicators … [are] almost all positive, driven by a sharp increase in consumer spending” is correct, if that increased consumer spending is driven by increased leverage. Rather than respond with a brief comment elsewhere, let me take […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/is-real-consumer-spending-still-a-short-leading-indicator-in-a-milieu-of-financial-leverage/feed 0 No Mail-In Voting Restrictions . . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/no-mail-in-voting-restrictions https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/no-mail-in-voting-restrictions#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193482 Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to revive mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms, in huge win for voters  – Democracy Docket Briefly . . . In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate its mail voting restrictions ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections.  The justices declined […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/no-mail-in-voting-restrictions/feed 7 Trust in Public Data https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/trust-in-public-data https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/trust-in-public-data#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193474 America’s public data has a trust problem. USA Facts A talking point and what can be trusted . . . It is often said of trust that it takes years to build and seconds to destroy. Is America’s federal data infrastructure experiencing those destructive seconds? Americans are losing trust in the government as a source of […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/trust-in-public-data/feed 0 Diesel makes the world go around https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/diesel-makes-the-world-go-around https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/diesel-makes-the-world-go-around#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:04:04 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193453 Diesel prices are skyrocketing as we head into the midterms. Trump’s elective war in the Middle East has slowed oil production and refining. While Trump tries to shift blame to Ukraine’s bombing of Russian diesel refineries, that is dwarfed by the consequences of blocking the Strait of Hormuz and the recent bombing of a Saudi […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/diesel-makes-the-world-go-around/feed 0 separate district courts reaching essentially the same conclusion https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/separate-district-courts-reaching-essentially-the-same-conclusion https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/separate-district-courts-reaching-essentially-the-same-conclusion#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:25:53 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193469 J.P. McJefferson UPDATE#2, September 14: Late Sunday, September 13, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington, D.C., entered a preliminary injunction in three consolidated cases—DSCC v. Trump, LULAC v. Trump, and NAACP v. Trump. His injunction, like Judge Talwani’s in Massachusetts, prevents USPS from implementing and enforcing the Ballot Mail for Federal Elections Rule. Thus, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/separate-district-courts-reaching-essentially-the-same-conclusion/feed 0 “We had a rigged election. As you know, it was totally rigged. Because I won three times. I didn’t win twice. I won three times.” https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/we-had-a-rigged-election-as-you-know-it-was-totally-rigged-because-i-won-three-times-i-didnt-win-twice-i-won-three-times https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/we-had-a-rigged-election-as-you-know-it-was-totally-rigged-because-i-won-three-times-i-didnt-win-twice-i-won-three-times#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:23:15 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193464 It is very hard not to wonder how this “person?” rose to the presidency three two times. Maybe, it is not so hard? When three people do not vote or vote for others because they do not like the alternative . . . a woman as the president. An intelligent woman of color in the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/we-had-a-rigged-election-as-you-know-it-was-totally-rigged-because-i-won-three-times-i-didnt-win-twice-i-won-three-times/feed 1 AI regulation in the world of unitary executive theory https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/ai-regulation-in-the-world-of-unitary-executive-theory https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/ai-regulation-in-the-world-of-unitary-executive-theory#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:32:24 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193462 As I mentioned in my previous post, some Democrats in Congress are pushing for AI regulation. Last week, Cass Sunstein endorsed the creation of a federal agency to regulate AI.  He emphasizes that his thoughts are “preliminary, incomplete, and tentative.”  It is, however, useful to be clear about what is missing.  I am open to […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/ai-regulation-in-the-world-of-unitary-executive-theory/feed 2 Iran and its allies are “slitting the throat” of US reliance on Mideast oil; here’s a path for individual and US energy independence https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/iran-and-its-allies-are-slitting-the-throat-of-us-reliance-on-mideast-oil-heres-a-path-for-individual-and-us-energy-independence https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/iran-and-its-allies-are-slitting-the-throat-of-us-reliance-on-mideast-oil-heres-a-path-for-individual-and-us-energy-independence#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:46:18 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193455  – by New Deal democrat This week, like last week, starts out with a few days of no meaningful economic data. But there is still much to talk about. So let me spend a little time talking about the disastrous Iran war and the tiny silver lining of energy independence which is likely (after much […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/iran-and-its-allies-are-slitting-the-throat-of-us-reliance-on-mideast-oil-heres-a-path-for-individual-and-us-energy-independence/feed 3 A Couple of Days Old . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/a-couple-of-days-old https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/a-couple-of-days-old#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193449 Short Commentary by Dean Baker on Warsh and Inflation . . “A Quick Note on Inflation and the Fed.” Dean Baker on Patreon As much as I’m not inclined to come to the aid of a Trump lackey. Newly crowned Fed Chair Kevin Warsh to the Fed. I feel a need to be consistent even […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/a-couple-of-days-old/feed 2 Justice Roberts Comes to His Senses too Late to Have Influence https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/justice-roberts-comes-to-his-senses-too-late-to-have-influence https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/justice-roberts-comes-to-his-senses-too-late-to-have-influence#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193444 Trump’s trashy choice in design and impression wins again . . . By that I mean, to influence other Justices they should not be backing Pres Tr__p. So, Roberts is out voted after joining the three not Conservatives if that is what they are? He did not have enough influence to sway another to join […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/justice-roberts-comes-to-his-senses-too-late-to-have-influence/feed 0 Higher ed ROI https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/higher-ed-roi https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/higher-ed-roi#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:46:11 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193410 I graduated from a state university with a BA and from a different state university with a PhD. After that, I did a postdoc at an elite private university and served as faculty for 37 years at a different private university. My daughter got her BA from a public university and her JD from an […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/higher-ed-roi/feed 0 Interactions Between Presidents and The Fed . . . What Happens https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/interactions-between-presidents-and-the-fed-what-happens https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/interactions-between-presidents-and-the-fed-what-happens#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:52:31 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193425 Can a president impact the FED and its setting of interest rates? If not formally increasing, presidential pressure on The FED has led to inflation rising above what it would have otherwise been in the absence of this pressure. A what will the future hold for interest rates after presidential pressure? and FED reactions? What […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/interactions-between-presidents-and-the-fed-what-happens/feed 3 When a Newspaper Closes https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/when-a-newspaper-closes https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/when-a-newspaper-closes#respond Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193402 Good read as written by Jack Lessenberry. Jack is a writer I have known in Michigan. I do like his words. He is not always right but the few mistakes he makes, he admits to them. Good read and that is why he is on Angry Bear. “Why a Newspaper Closing Matters So Much” Politics […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/when-a-newspaper-closes/feed 0 “Two Million Fewer Children are Enrolled in Medicaid Since Trump Took Office” https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/two-million-fewer-children-are-enrolled-in-medicaid-since-trump-took-office https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/two-million-fewer-children-are-enrolled-in-medicaid-since-trump-took-office#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:46:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192360 A review of President Tr__p and Republican measures to decrease enrollment in healthcare for children and others. In this piece, Ms. Joan Alkers is reviewing the impact of Republicans (as led bt Tr__p) policy to reduce enrollment in Medicaid, Chip, and other plans for children healthcare. While it will reduce the cost of these two […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/two-million-fewer-children-are-enrolled-in-medicaid-since-trump-took-office/feed 5 New Deal democrats Weekly Indicators for September 7 – 11, 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-september-7-11-2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-september-7-11-2026#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193383 Weekly Indicators for September for 7 – 11 My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. The story of this past week is the same story of the several preceding weeks; namely, increased interest rates across the board, driven by all of the inflationary “policies” of the current Administration, most especially its increasingly disastrous […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-50/feed 3 August core inflation benign, but energy related prices make all the difference for headline https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-core-inflation-benign-but-energy-related-prices-make-all-the-difference-for-headline https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-core-inflation-benign-but-energy-related-prices-make-all-the-difference-for-headline#respond Sat, 12 Sep 2026 20:17:42 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193380  – by New Deal democrat After benign June and July consumer inflation due mainly to the temporary decline in energy prices, August inflation returned to its recent trend. On a monthly basis prices (blue) rose 0.4%, although on a YoY% basis, August equaled July’s 3.4%. But perhaps more importantly, core CPI excluding food and energy […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-core-inflation-benign-but-energy-related-prices-make-all-the-difference-for-headline/feed 0 Let’s end the trade war with Canada.  Susan Collins can help. https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/lets-end-the-trade-war-with-canada-susan-collins-can-help https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/lets-end-the-trade-war-with-canada-susan-collins-can-help#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:19:50 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193371 Yesterday: Susan Collins expressed her disapproval of Trump’s tone regarding Canada.  She is working with the President to lessen the impact of the trade war on her constituents in Maine. Congressional Democrats have called for a special session to regulate AI.  But they have no idea how to do this. So here’s an alternative.  How […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/lets-end-the-trade-war-with-canada-susan-collins-can-help/feed 2 SCOTUS Delays in Deciding https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/scotus-delays-in-deciding https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/scotus-delays-in-deciding#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:52:02 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193366 “Midterm Elections Threatened. Where’s the Media?” J.P. McJefferson Thoughts Something potentially enormous is happening at the Supreme Court involving the November midterm elections. You might not know it from watching the news. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for emergency permission to implement new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) rules governing mail-in ballots. A […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/scotus-delays-in-deciding/feed 10 Price Index for All Urban Consumers https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/price-index-for-all-urban-consumers https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/price-index-for-all-urban-consumers#respond Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193349 As one can imagine costs have increased with the rise in fuel and impact of the politics in general. This president does not give a degree of confidence in his actions. So, business and the economy adjust accordantly. More to come as I deep dive this. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/price-index-for-all-urban-consumers/feed 0 September 9, 2026, “there is no evidence for any of this story” https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/september-9-2026-there-is-no-evidence-for-any-of-this-story https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/september-9-2026-there-is-no-evidence-for-any-of-this-story#respond Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193271 This is a long and good read. It does cover many of the issues, the United States is faced with internally and externally. The September 9 letter to Americans is a good summation of what is occurring. “Letters from an American” Prof. Heather Cox Richardson I have not posted anything lately from Prof. Heather Cox […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/september-9-2026-there-is-no-evidence-for-any-of-this-story/feed 0 J.P. McJefferson Monitoring SCOTUS actions Applicants vs California https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/j-p-mcjefferson-monitoring-scotus-actions-applicants-vs-california https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/j-p-mcjefferson-monitoring-scotus-actions-applicants-vs-california#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193341 J.P McJefferson Monitoring the Progress of the Injunction on his commentary; “Latest SCOTUS Activity on the Mail-In Ballot.” Application for a Stay of Injunction Issued by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Day #2 following the September 9 deadline: The emergency application now appears fully briefed with the latest brief filed […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/j-p-mcjefferson-monitoring-scotus-actions-applicants-vs-california/feed 1 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-49 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-49#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:25:24 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193307 I don’t care if we’re registered or not… I’m going to cheat like hell like they do…we’re going to vote. ~President Donald J. Trump, leading a pledge at his Dallas rally/convention.

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-49/feed 1 Manufacturing in the United States https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/manufacturing-in-the-united-states https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/manufacturing-in-the-united-states#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:48:45 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193323 Another presidential comment having no foundation and making little or no sense . . . I suspect the world is laughing at us due to Tr__p’s ignorance as our president. Or maybe? It is our ignorance for electing him to the presidency or not voting at all? Bombardier Already Manufactures in the United States Donald […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/manufacturing-in-the-united-states/feed 0 Continued very low jobless claims, and a note about vulnerability to a stock market shock https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/continued-very-low-jobless-claims-and-a-note-about-vulnerability-to-a-stock-market-shock https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/continued-very-low-jobless-claims-and-a-note-about-vulnerability-to-a-stock-market-shock#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:21:25 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193317  – by New Deal democrat With other news (finally!) out today, let’s take at least a brief look at jobless claims. Initial claims declined -1,000 to 206,000, while the four week moving average declined -1,500 to 205,000. With the typical one week delay, continuing claims declined -1,000 as well to 1.774 million. These all continue to […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/continued-very-low-jobless-claims-and-a-note-about-vulnerability-to-a-stock-market-shock/feed 0 Employees See Positive and Negative Culture Change From AI https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/employees-see-positive-and-negative-culture-change-from-ai https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/employees-see-positive-and-negative-culture-change-from-ai#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192483 I entered the world of computerized master planning, component, and scheduling decades ago. You could do things via computer. But you still had to engage with the actual numbers and lead times. There was no such thing as non-human intervention. Humans still have the ability to think outside of the box or computer and do […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/employees-see-positive-and-negative-culture-change-from-ai/feed 0 Blogging in the Age of AI https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/blogging-in-the-age-of-ai https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/blogging-in-the-age-of-ai#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193289 Something of interest. I had joined my friend Dan Crawford years ago. I was in Boston one time and we met for a beer at one of his places to drink one. I do miss him as we would exchange remarks and thoughts. Joel has kind of filled that void for me. You can not […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/blogging-in-the-age-of-ai/feed 3 Bin Laden is winning https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/bin-laden-is-winning https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/bin-laden-is-winning#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:10:20 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193282 The point of terrorism isn’t military victory or conquest. It’s fear. And bin Laden certainly achieved his goal on 9/11. The US invasion and military occupation of Iraq and the current US war against Iran are the direct consequences of 9/11, as are DHS, ICE and the mass deportations. Indeed, the Trump GOP has embraced […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/bin-laden-is-winning/feed 5 Medicare Cuts? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/medicare-cuts https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/medicare-cuts#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:24:02 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193283 I asked a question about whether the cuts apply to Traditional Medicare also. Merrill’s commentary is not that clear as to whether this is solely to Medicare Advantage. In which case, if is to all of Medicare, why give recipients an increase next year? As you are reading, you will find Medicare Advantage is more […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/medicare-cuts/feed 2 Canada, Fuel, Iran, US Economy, and Other Issues https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/canada-fuel-iran-us-economy-and-other-issues https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/canada-fuel-iran-us-economy-and-other-issues#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:01:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193263 “Letters from an American” Prof. Heather Cox Richardson I have not posted anything lately from Prof. Heather Cox Richardson’s site “Letters from an American” for while. The professor is covering much of the current state of affairs political and economical in our nation. An excellent summation of those issues: “Letters from an American,” September 10, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/canada-fuel-iran-us-economy-and-other-issues/feed 2 Updating the potential for an Iran war oil shock https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/updating-the-potential-for-an-iran-war-oil-shock https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/updating-the-potential-for-an-iran-war-oil-shock#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193247 – by New Deal democrat When the Iran war started this past March, I wrote about the potential for an oil shock and a resulting recession. While it briefly looked like that could happen, Wall Street’s rose colored glasses approach to oil futures together with the gradual draining of the strategic oil reserve prevented that from […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/updating-the-potential-for-an-iran-war-oil-shock/feed 3 Placing a President Above the Law . . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/placing-a-president-above-the-law https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/placing-a-president-above-the-law#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193165 I kind of wonder why Pres. Tr__p gets away with what he does and says. What does he have on others? If other presidents had done what he hase done with his money-making schemes, much would have been said. “President Trump has made more money while in office than most of us can even conceive […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/placing-a-president-above-the-law/feed 0 Who Gets the Unearned Income? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/who-gets-the-unearned-income https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/who-gets-the-unearned-income#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193239 Steve Roth – Wealth Economics: “Who Gets the Unearned Income?” Who are the “takers”? The answer may (not) surprise you. People discussing wealth, income, and inequality over recent decades often frame the discussion as a “Makers vs Takers” thing. Implicitly or explicitly, it’s about who deserves what. It started with the right. (Think: “welfare queens” vs noble, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/who-gets-the-unearned-income/feed 1 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-48 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-48#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:17:20 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193225 So the choice we face in the next generation is not capitalism versus communism, or the end of history versus the return of history, but the politics of social cohesion based around collective purposes versus the erosion of society by the politics of fear. ~Tony Judt

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-48/feed 0 Post by J.P. McJefferson: Latest SCOTUS Activity on the Mail-In Ballot https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/post-by-j-p-mcjefferson-latest-scotus-activity-on-the-mail-in-ballot https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/post-by-j-p-mcjefferson-latest-scotus-activity-on-the-mail-in-ballot#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:04:57 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193237 THIS LATEST SCOTUS ACTIVITY ON THE MAIL-IN BALLOT CASE IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. IT WILL BE THE ULTIMATE TEST OF HOW CORRUPT OUR SUPREME COURT IS. IF THEY RULE IN FAVOR OF TRUMP, IT COULD BE DISASTROUS FOR THE MID-TERM ELECTION. HERE’S WHAT TO EXPECT BY 4PM TODAY FROM SCOTUS (today, September 9, 2026) IN THE […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/post-by-j-p-mcjefferson-latest-scotus-activity-on-the-mail-in-ballot/feed 10 The Republican Healthcare Plan Disaster – Charles Gaba https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-republican-healthcare-plan https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-republican-healthcare-plan#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:58:08 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193231 I did not vote for Tr__p. I do not like Tr__p. He is an enriched person who has suffered the results of becoming rich through an inheritance and building from such. With that in mind, lets talk about healthcare. Arizona Congress Representative Eli Crane voted in conjunction with other Republicans to cut healthcare benefit subsidies. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-republican-healthcare-plan/feed 0 Voting https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/voting https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/voting#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193113 It is disappointing the courts still allow Herr Tr__p to present such nonsense. It is obvious what he intends to do with his scheme. And Roberts is right in there with him. I am not sure that SCOTUS has seen a Chief Justice previously as biased as Roberts. “on the issue of affirmative action and […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/voting/feed 11 Scenes from the good August employment report https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/scenes-from-the-good-august-employment-report https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/scenes-from-the-good-august-employment-report#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193217  – by New Deal democrat The late Jeff Miller (“Old Prof” at Seeking Alpha) used to say that you have to leave your ideological priors at the door in order to properly analyze the stock market. The same is true in analyzing incoming economic data. In particular, despite the fact that, unlike T—-p 1.0, T—-p […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/scenes-from-the-good-august-employment-report/feed 2 Food Industry and Tr__p Politics https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/food-industry-and-tr__p-politics https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/food-industry-and-tr__p-politics#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193210 Foods and food products can still originate in America. However, food supply is also a global industry. Imports do create problems though. The idea the United States can inspect each and every food supplier is unrealistic given they are out of country. In country it was tough enough. I remember at Oscar Mayer, there was […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/food-industry-and-tr__p-politics/feed 0 First bit of good news in Trump’s second term https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/first-bit-of-good-news-in-trumps-second-term https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/first-bit-of-good-news-in-trumps-second-term#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:41:02 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193187 “In offices across the military and in the intelligence community, there have been recent quiet discussions about cutting the number of people and facilities typically stationed in the Middle East if the Trump administration succeeds in ending the Iran conflict, six sources say. “If those cuts happen, it would mark another shift in how the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/first-bit-of-good-news-in-trumps-second-term/feed 1 Court Decides for Trump? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/court-decides-for-trump https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/court-decides-for-trump#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:21:07 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193195 Since his 2nd presidency reign began, Tr__p has filed with SCOTUS multiple times. But what do the stats show? I was nosey as I know how difficult it is to get to SCOTUS. Maybe I can entice Jack to add to this about the difficulties in getting to SCOTUS with a plea. “More likely than […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/court-decides-for-trump/feed 0 For Labor Day 2026: on the “banana republic-ization” of the US economy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/for-labor-day-2026-on-the-banana-republic-ization-of-the-us-economy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/for-labor-day-2026-on-the-banana-republic-ization-of-the-us-economy#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:03:47 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193189 – by New Deal democrat Several times this year I have ruminated about the US turning into a “banana republic,” in both political and economic terms. As I wrote several months ago,  “About a decade ago economists Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson wrote “Why Nations Fail,” positing that countries with a strong rule of law and a […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/for-labor-day-2026-on-the-banana-republic-ization-of-the-us-economy/feed 0 Free or Reduced Price School Lunches https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/free-or-reduced-price-school-lunches https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/free-or-reduced-price-school-lunches#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193174 A bit of an introduction to the program called the Community Eligibility Provision. The programs costs ~ $20 billion a year (2024) to feed kids in schools. Seventy percent (70%) of the lunches were served free or reduced. As usual there is a political divide on whether all school lunches should be free. This part […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/free-or-reduced-price-school-lunches/feed 0 The Demise of American Democracy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-demise-of-american-democracy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-demise-of-american-democracy#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193169 “Trump ‘openly embracing’ DESTRUCTION of American Democracy:” Prof. Heather Cox I subscribe to “Letters from an American” and am able to catch much of the Professors words in one of her commentaries. What is good about this? The Professor reveals the damage Tr__p is doing to the United States. Quite openly, the Prof. makes the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-demise-of-american-democracy/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-47 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-47#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:48:17 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193185 The Ukrainians are defending the legal order established after the Second World War. They have performed the entire NATO mission of absorbing and reversing an attack by Russia with a tiny percentage of NATO military budgets and zero losses from NATO members. Ukrainians are making a war in the Pacific much less likely by demonstrating […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-47/feed 3 Long COVID is still a thing https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/long-covid-is-still-a-thing https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/long-covid-is-still-a-thing#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:28:03 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193140 Much has been made of the fact that being vaccinated does prevent you from catching COVID. Of course, that was never the claim; the claim was that vaccination would keep you out of the ED and the morgue, a claim that enjoys abundant support. Less well appreciated is that vaccination also protects from Long COVID. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/long-covid-is-still-a-thing/feed 0 Could Election Laws Be Next? SCOTUS On Elections https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/could-election-laws-be-next-scotus-on-elections https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/could-election-laws-be-next-scotus-on-elections#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:25:52 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193150 J.P. McJefferson writes in a guest post: Elections are irreversible. We must decide legality first. Like the ballroom case, SCOTUS must decide whether to allow the challenged USPS mail-in ballot restrictions to take effect before finally deciding their legality. Trump wants to proceed, but elections are irreversible. Don’t let the challenged action outrun judicial review. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/could-election-laws-be-next-scotus-on-elections/feed 0 How do we not see it? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/how-do-we-not-see-it https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/how-do-we-not-see-it#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:02:52 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193142 How is it, that we are able to watch this and see exactly what has happened? But view this and not be able to see the same thing happening? Regarding the first photo and the last, if this were our child producing such images repeatedly would we not be taking some kind of action out […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/how-do-we-not-see-it/feed 6 The biggest problem facing the U.S. Economy is Population https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-biggest-problem-facing-the-u-s-economy-is-population https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-biggest-problem-facing-the-u-s-economy-is-population#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193130 AB: This is a great commentary by Robert Reich. First off, I have an issue with the gain of 162,000 jobs being added. I seems to be too much of an increase. I was expecting more like 20 or 30,000. Robert makes an excellent point on deportations. Also: Immigration Drops: Net international migration fell by […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-biggest-problem-facing-the-u-s-economy-is-population/feed 4 No, Ukraine isn’t a fascist state https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/no-ukraine-isnt-a-fascist-state https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/no-ukraine-isnt-a-fascist-state#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:02:43 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193137 I’m no expert on fascism or Ukraine, but based on everything I’ve read so far, the claim the Ukraine is a fascist state is pure Putin propaganda. On the other hand, Prof. Timothy Snyder *is* an expert on fascism and Ukraine. And he is a big supporter of Ukraine in its defense against Russia. Slava […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/no-ukraine-isnt-a-fascist-state/feed 8 Latest Medicare data . . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/latest-medicare-data https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/latest-medicare-data#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192936 Charles is one of the most knowledgeable people on the internet for healthcare, Medicare, the Advantage plans, Medicaid. etc. If you have a choice between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage, take the former. It is more secure than the later and is accepted anywhere i the United States. You may wish to get a Supplemental […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/latest-medicare-data/feed 0 Mr. Rogers Comes to Michigan and Misrepresents Opponent Abdul El-Sayed with False Comments Immediately https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/mr-rogers-comes-to-michigan-and-misrepresents-opponent-abdul-el-sayed-with-false-comments-immediately https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/mr-rogers-comes-to-michigan-and-misrepresents-opponent-abdul-el-sayed-with-false-comments-immediately#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192068 Mike Rogers left Michigan for Florida after retiring from Congress in 201. He later returned to Michigan in 2023. He ran against Elissa Slokin in 2023 and lost. Now he intends to run against Abdul El-Sayed for an open Senate Seat due a retirement. If I was still in Michigan, I would be campaigning against […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/mr-rogers-comes-to-michigan-and-misrepresents-opponent-abdul-el-sayed-with-false-comments-immediately/feed 0 Trump’s phony war on mail-in ballots https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/trumps-phony-war-on-mail-in-ballots https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/trumps-phony-war-on-mail-in-ballots#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:26:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193091 The Trump plans for USPS handling of mail-in ballots will leave millions of ballots in limbo for weeks or years after the elections. “Election experts are examining the new U.S. Postal Service rules for mailed ballots, and finding that under them, getting ballots in the mail could take weeks — or even years — rendering […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/trumps-phony-war-on-mail-in-ballots/feed 1 August manufacturing “less good”; July construction recessionary https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-manufacturing-less-good-july-construction-recessionary https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-manufacturing-less-good-july-construction-recessionary#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:10:06 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193103 – by New Deal democrat As per usual, we start out the month with the ISM manufacturing report (for August) and the construction report (for July). Since these are two of the sectors that lead the economy, they give us a good first look at the remainder of the year. And to cut to the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-manufacturing-less-good-july-construction-recessionary/feed 0 Remembering Charlie Kirk https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/remembering-charlie-kirk https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/remembering-charlie-kirk#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:49:36 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193056 Next Thursday is the first anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s death. I don’t know that I ever encountered any Charlie Kirk videos. His reputation was so repugnant, I had no more curiosity to see him as I have to read Mein Kampf. “In one 2023 tweet, Kirk managed to simultaneously defend South Africa’s apartheid regime, the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/remembering-charlie-kirk/feed 3 Inventories of Diesel Fuel are Decreasing https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/inventories-of-diesel-fuel-are-decreasing https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/inventories-of-diesel-fuel-are-decreasing#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193027 As The Real Economy Blog’s Josepeh Brusuelas and David Carter write, the United States is just a few days off of a national shortage which may or will have an impact on the nation greater than what we are experiencing now. Think about to the sixties when there was a perceived gasoline shortage and people were lining […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/inventories-of-diesel-fuel-are-decreasing/feed 0 New Deal democrats Weekly Indicators for August 31 – September 4 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-31-september-4 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-31-september-4#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193059 My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. There are some emerging bends in the trends in both the long leading and short leading indicators. The longer term indicators – and here I am talking primarily about bonds – are signaling that higher interest rates are necessitated by both the fiscal and demand components of […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-for-august-31-september-4/feed 0 Trump’s Mail-Ballot Sort by Address will be Prone to Errors https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/trumps-mail-ballot-sort-by-address-will-be-prone-to-errors https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/trumps-mail-ballot-sort-by-address-will-be-prone-to-errors#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193081 The problem here? The people making the decisions are not the ones doing the work. Neither are they familiar with how a mail sort . . .the same as Tr__p, Adding to this issue is a court only deciding whether the president can demand such be done even though it may not be accurate. Neither […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/trumps-mail-ballot-sort-by-address-will-be-prone-to-errors/feed 0 Finding Places to Retire . . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/finding-places-to-retire https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/finding-places-to-retire#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:17:18 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193066 Not a sales pitch and just an interesting read with some facts and numbers to back it up. Interesting information to help guide retirees as to where to find a good place to be to retire. I have been to Scottsdale, AZ Busy place with a city like atmosphere. Plenty of restaurant to explore as […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/finding-places-to-retire/feed 16 The economically weighted ISM indexes for August continue to show a stagflation expansion https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-economically-weighted-ism-indexes-for-august-continue-to-show-a-stagflation-expansion https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-economically-weighted-ism-indexes-for-august-continue-to-show-a-stagflation-expansion#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193052 – by New Deal democrat The economically weighted ISM manufacturing + services indexes continue to be the best timely snapshot of the US economy. On Tuesday the manufacturing sector was updated; this morning services were.  The weighting, based on their impact on the economy, is 25% manufacturing and 75% services. Further, to cut down on monthly […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-economically-weighted-ism-indexes-for-august-continue-to-show-a-stagflation-expansion/feed 2 ‘An inflection point’ https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/an-inflection-point https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/an-inflection-point#respond Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192732 Employers’ actual healthcare spending has raced past estimates since 2023, HealthcareDive This is a partial of a much longer commentary by Healthcare Drive’s piece on actual healthcare spending. This portion says enough about what has occurred in the past for costs. It then projects what is to come moving forward for the rest of 2026 […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/an-inflection-point/feed 0 A kinder gentler Nazi Germany? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/a-kinder-gentler-nazi-germany https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/a-kinder-gentler-nazi-germany#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:28:57 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193009 In the 1990s, I traveled on three separate occasions to Halle Germany, which is in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt in the former East Germany. My MD/PhD student at the time spent two months in a research lab in Halle. At that time, Halle was experiencing the flush of new money that flooded in after […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/a-kinder-gentler-nazi-germany/feed 19 August jobs report: possibly the best report so far all year https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-jobs-report-possibly-the-best-report-so-far-all-year https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-jobs-report-possibly-the-best-report-so-far-all-year#respond Sat, 05 Sep 2026 03:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193038 – by New Deal democrat My Big Theme for the past few months has been that the AI Boom (or possibly bubble) is counterbalancing a stagnant or even shallowly recessionary rest of the economy. Last month I wrote that July’s poor jobs report, which showed a -23,000 decline, had “a MAJOR caveat. Take out the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/august-jobs-report-possibly-the-best-report-so-far-all-year/feed 0 Fuel Pricing September 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/fuel-pricing-september-2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/fuel-pricing-september-2026#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:34:43 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=193014 Diesel fuel has hit a record in the U.S. soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon. This is for the first time during the six-month war or Tr__ps war with Iran. Such disruption impacts the world’s flow of fuel. I was able to find a chart that almost shows today’s pricing by gallon. As […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/fuel-pricing-september-2026/feed 1 Canada will Rename Lake Ontario to “Lake of Hormuz” https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/canada-will-rename-lake-ontario-to-lake-of-hormuz https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/canada-will-rename-lake-ontario-to-lake-of-hormuz#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192675 “Warning” a reader may find one word in the following text to be offensive. Not really offensive. I did feel the need to warn you though. I can not think of a better way to mess with Tr__mp unless you talk about his small hands. Rubio said this one time to get Tr__p annoyed: “He […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/canada-will-rename-lake-ontario-to-lake-of-hormuz/feed 2 (Almost) nobody is getting laid off – still https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/almost-nobody-is-getting-laid-off-still https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/almost-nobody-is-getting-laid-off-still#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192984 – by New Deal democrat Let’s take our regular weekly look at jobless claims, a very good short leading indicator. To cut to the chase, nobody is getting laid off – still. Initial claims rose 2,000 to 206,000, while the four week moving average rose 1,500 to 207,250. Both of these remain very low numbers on […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/almost-nobody-is-getting-laid-off-still/feed 2 The Uninsured https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-uninsured https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-uninsured#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192882 “The onrushing uninsurance crisis” GoozNews – by Merrill Goozner The GOP-fostered uninsurance crisis is growing faster than a newborn volcano, one that will do grave harm to those directly affected and later this year will begin spewing its molten crap on everyone. The Associated Press reported Friday that nearly 3 million people dropped Obamacare health insurance plans […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-uninsured/feed 0 Vacation Time for One Writer https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/vacation-time-for-one-writer https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/vacation-time-for-one-writer#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192967 Joel is taking off for a week or two visiting some mountainous areas in the northeast. Yeah, he may be posting once and a while on vacation. I asked if he can do similar to what he did this morning. For Joel, it is far easier than it is for me to come up with […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/vacation-time-for-one-writer/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-46 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-46#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:03:36 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192966 Is modern life really so complicated? What most Americans do is get themselves into lots of credit-card debt. Which if you understood what cumulative interest means, that is, if you had just the most elementary calculus or even just really understood your multiplication tables, maybe you would be able to avoid. The best defense of […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-46/feed 0 July manufacturing core capital goods order add to evidence of manufacturing rebound; while transportation (for June) flags https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/july-manufacturing-core-capital-goods-order-add-to-evidence-of-manufacturing-rebound-while-transportation-for-june-flags https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/july-manufacturing-core-capital-goods-order-add-to-evidence-of-manufacturing-rebound-while-transportation-for-june-flags#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:01:11 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192955  – by New Deal democrat Yesterday our month started out with reports that manufacturing in August was less positive than in the several months prior, while construction (ex-AI data centers) was absolutely recessionary. This morning was followed up by the final July report on manufacturers’ durable goods orders, a short leading indicator.  While total durable goods […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/july-manufacturing-core-capital-goods-order-add-to-evidence-of-manufacturing-rebound-while-transportation-for-june-flags/feed 0 Congress is Allowing Tr__p to Take Over the USPS https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/congress-is-allowing-tr__p-to-take-over-the-usps https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/congress-is-allowing-tr__p-to-take-over-the-usps#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:07:06 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192970 Silence of the lambs . . .I am beginning to believe the present Congress shows the same attributes as silent lambs waiting to be slaughtered, too scared to push back against Tr__mp, or run away. Congress is not challenging the President the same as they might challenge a Democrat or Republican. Is Congress really satisfied […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/congress-is-allowing-tr__p-to-take-over-the-usps/feed 0 ACA Marketplace Insurers Largely Propose Double-Digit Premium Increase for 2027 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/aca-marketplace-insurers-largely-propose-double-digit-premium-increase-for-2027 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/aca-marketplace-insurers-largely-propose-double-digit-premium-increase-for-2027#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192942 None of the following should come as a surprise. Politicians consisting most of Republicans have been clamoring for the reduction or elimination of the ACA. If you have forgotten, the ACA came into being during the Obama presidency in 2009. During a tense period in the Senate, the Bill passed with 60 Democrats voting Yea […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/aca-marketplace-insurers-largely-propose-double-digit-premium-increase-for-2027/feed 0 “Congress is in charge of federal property and must authorize this change” https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/congress-is-in-charge-of-federal-property-and-must-authorize-this-change https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/congress-is-in-charge-of-federal-property-and-must-authorize-this-change#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192923 A legal Opinion on the legality of Trump’s Actions . . . The Supreme Court took another major step toward letting Donald Trump be the king by essentially saying no one can sue to challenge his unconstitutionally demolishing the East Wing of the White House to build his huge ballroom. In coming to this conclusion, the court […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/congress-is-in-charge-of-federal-property-and-must-authorize-this-change/feed 3 Hardening AI targets versus aligning AI agents https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/hardening-ai-targets-versus-aligning-ai-agents https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/hardening-ai-targets-versus-aligning-ai-agents#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192918 I don’t write much about AI; it’s above my pay grade.  But last night I couldn’t sleep and I read this piece by Scott Alexander responding to this post by Nicholas Decker. To simplify greatly (read the originals – they’re both very interesting):  Decker argues that we cannot fix problems with AI in advance.  Instead, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/hardening-ai-targets-versus-aligning-ai-agents/feed 2 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-45 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-45#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:29:46 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192916 It really is very, very unwise indeed, in the practical ethics of international relations for democracies to make war unprompted—on preemptive grounds—when alternative strategies are available to them. Because that is corrosive, not only of the exemplary quality of democracies—without which they cannot lecture dictatorships—but is also internally corrosive of what democracies are supposed to […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/quote-of-the-day-45/feed 0 July JOLTS accords with low-hire, low-fire economy; so does August ADP employment estimate https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/july-jolts-accords-with-low-hire-low-fire-economy-so-does-august-adp-employment-estimate https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/july-jolts-accords-with-low-hire-low-fire-economy-so-does-august-adp-employment-estimate#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:43:47 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192931  – by New Deal democrat One piece of data released yesterday that I didn’t report on was the JOLTS labor market report for July. This parses turnover in the market by hires, layoffs, and quits, among other things. It is a minor indicator, but let’s take a look. The first graph below shows the “soft […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/july-jolts-accords-with-low-hire-low-fire-economy-so-does-august-adp-employment-estimate/feed 0 Could The Washington Monument Be Next? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/could-the-washington-monument-be-next https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/could-the-washington-monument-be-next#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192908 J.P. McJefferson Thoughts The Supreme Court’s White House ballroom decision raises a question much larger than the ballroom: What happens when presidential action may be unlawful, but no one with an obvious right to challenge it can get into court to stop it? [National Park Service, et al. v. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/could-the-washington-monument-be-next/feed 5 Hiding Healthcare Cuts Editorial https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/hiding-healthcare-cuts-editorial https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/hiding-healthcare-cuts-editorial#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192903 Editorial in mid-August by the New York Times with the writer asking why Republicans se fit to strip much of the public who can not afford healthcare or insurance or access to the ACA healthcare plan. Much of the nation lack the income to pay for healthcare and were dependent on the ACA subsidies. In […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/hiding-healthcare-cuts-editorial/feed 0 From the department of problems with personal responsibility:  those darn Iranian citizens https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/from-the-department-of-problems-with-personal-responsibility-those-darn-iranian-citizens https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/from-the-department-of-problems-with-personal-responsibility-those-darn-iranian-citizens#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:32:19 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192920 Last night on Truth Social, our President: I’m not trying to force Iran to the bargaining table, as ABC Fake News reported. I couldn’t care less if they sign a worthless, to them, agreement. I like our position now much better, with almost total control of the Hormuz Strait, and their economy totally collapsing. They […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/from-the-department-of-problems-with-personal-responsibility-those-darn-iranian-citizens/feed 2 Vitamin K, a lifesaver for newborns, is being abandoned by parents https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/vitamin-k-a-lifesaver-for-newborns-is-being-abandoned-by-parents https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/vitamin-k-a-lifesaver-for-newborns-is-being-abandoned-by-parents#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:57:42 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192890 My department is named for Edward A. Doisy, who shared the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for the discovery of vitamin K. He was the founding chair of my department, which was 100 years old in 2024. Naturally, I have more than average appreciation for this discovery and its medical impact. “The rate […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/vitamin-k-a-lifesaver-for-newborns-is-being-abandoned-by-parents/feed 3 The post-pandemic affordability crisis and the election of 2024 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-post-pandemic-affordability-crisis-and-the-election-of-2024 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-post-pandemic-affordability-crisis-and-the-election-of-2024#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:13:48 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192892  – by New Deal democrat There are times when there is little new economic data of import, and not too much else to say. At other times, the import of particularly striking data on even long term historical trends could justify entire book chapters almost overnight. Right now is one of the latter. Bear with […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/the-post-pandemic-affordability-crisis-and-the-election-of-2024/feed 6 2027 Unsubsidized ACA Premium Increases https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/2027-unsubsidized-aca-premium-increases https://angrybearblog.com/2026/09/2027-unsubsidized-aca-premium-increases#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=192862 So, what is going to happen in 2027 for unsubsidized ACA Healthcare Insurance premiums? Well, the states have filed for anything from a 6% increase to a 22% increase (weighted average). The premiums will be anywhere from $576/month to $1542/month. Charles has been analyzing the ACA for as long as I have known him in […]

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