Angry Bear https://angrybearblog.com/ Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy. Sat, 30 May 2026 16:12:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Commenting on Angry Bear Blog https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/commenting-on-angry-bear-blog https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/commenting-on-angry-bear-blog#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 15:23:01 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189678 I di notice an issue with commenting. The first thing both Joel and I noticed is there are few of them. I believe we write on interesting topics and display others. For each article written or displayed there is a chance to comment. I do not believe Joel and I are boring. The other writers […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/commenting-on-angry-bear-blog/feed 3 Raising the Minimum Wage Benefits Society and Reentry to It https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/raising-the-minimum-wage-benefits-society-and-reentry-to-it https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/raising-the-minimum-wage-benefits-society-and-reentry-to-it#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 12:15:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189660 Having been exposed to the prison system over a period of time, I can vouch for what the author is proposing and the state is establishing. People do make mistakes. However, if society continues the punishment during and after parole, it becomes harder for a parolee to reestablish themselves in society. As it stands today, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/raising-the-minimum-wage-benefits-society-and-reentry-to-it/feed 2 The producer part of the economy is doing just fine, thank you https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-producer-part-of-the-economy-is-doing-just-fine-thank-you https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-producer-part-of-the-economy-is-doing-just-fine-thank-you#respond Sat, 30 May 2026 11:40:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189669 – by New Deal democrat Per my comments yesterday, so much data was released (with none coming today) that I did not report on several of the items. I’ll get to new home sales later, but first let’s talk about new orders and revised GDP. The central theme of yesterday’s personal income and spending report […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-producer-part-of-the-economy-is-doing-just-fine-thank-you/feed 0 Three Different Views about Oil https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/three-different-views-about-oil https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/three-different-views-about-oil#respond Sat, 30 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189665 These are partials. I have not found one article talking about the entire process. Trump is so volatile, it is hard to know where these talks are going to end up. Oil Price present a “now, short term view. The FED is looking at it from an inflationary aspect. Bolton does not believe we are […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/three-different-views-about-oil/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/quote-of-the-day-4 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/quote-of-the-day-4#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 08:51:04 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189644 We should be clear: Bari Weiss is murdering 60 Minutes. She is doing so not out of incompetence or foolishness, but with malice aforethought. She is doing it at the behest of her corporate patron, because while she may cause CBS News to lose millions of dollars, her stroking of Trump will gain David Ellison […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/quote-of-the-day-4/feed 1 Wealth and High Income Taxation https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/189651 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/189651#respond Fri, 29 May 2026 16:55:36 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189651 Taxing Wealth and High Incomes, Econofact   – by Christopher Towe What you are seeing here is the growth in the percentages of citizens who make up upper income brackets. In this case, we are looking at the 1 tenth of 1% of the population and hold 14.5% of the wealth in the United States […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/189651/feed 0 “the consumer is teetering on the very edge of recession” https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-consumer-is-teetering-on-the-very-edge-of-recession https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-consumer-is-teetering-on-the-very-edge-of-recession#respond Fri, 29 May 2026 14:13:27 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189646 AB: For the last few months, New Deal democrat has been watching an economy on the brink of a recession. Still not quite there yet. The one factor keeping us above board is AI. A quick explanation why. The pending on AI infrastructure accounts for a large portion of U.S. GDP growth today. Such offsets […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-consumer-is-teetering-on-the-very-edge-of-recession/feed 0 Trump Slush Fund https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-slush-fund https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-slush-fund#comments Fri, 29 May 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189634 I added a report by “News Hound Ellen” at Crooks and Liars. It has been a while since Angry Bear has featured a commentary from Crooks and Liars. Using the Washington Post, Ellen does an excellent job portraying how this administration is developing its presidential slush fund. Not for the public’s eyes! Short read and […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-slush-fund/feed 2 Job Market Pessimism https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/job-market-pessimism https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/job-market-pessimism#respond Fri, 29 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189622 Report by Benedict Vigers on how young America is faring in today’s Job Market. Fewer young people are finding jobs in America than those who are 55 and older. That is kind of odd as companies typically favor the young over the old in job searches. To read this is kind of a surprise for […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/job-market-pessimism/feed 0 RFK Jr continues his senseless attack on mRNA vaccines https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/rfk-jr-continues-his-attack-on-mrna-vaccines https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/rfk-jr-continues-his-attack-on-mrna-vaccines#comments Fri, 29 May 2026 10:02:16 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189596 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is ending contracts for mRNA vaccine development, citing concerns that the technology may pose “more risks than benefits.” According to Kennedy Jr., HHS’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) reviewed 22 mRNA vaccine projects — most focused on […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/rfk-jr-continues-his-attack-on-mrna-vaccines/feed 5 Trump again Crosses the Legal Line of Authority https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-again-crosses-the-legal-line-of-authority https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-again-crosses-the-legal-line-of-authority#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 23:15:50 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189606 I have not said or suggested what type of person this type of action would come from today. His actions with foreign people and people of color sys much about what his beliefs are today. Again, Pres. Trump crosses the legal lines of authority by issuing an edict (memorandum) telling in country foreign citizens they […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-again-crosses-the-legal-line-of-authority/feed 0 Jobless claims continue to forecast Economic growth and a tight labor market https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/jobless-claims-continue-to-forecast-economic-growth-and-a-tight-labor-market https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/jobless-claims-continue-to-forecast-economic-growth-and-a-tight-labor-market#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 15:41:49 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189602 This morning there is a slew of economic data, including personal indome and spending, jobless claims, durable and capital goods orders, revisions to GDP, and new home sales. Since tomorrow there is very little data, I am going to report on the first two tdoay, and save the rest for tomorrow.  – by New Deal democrat […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/jobless-claims-continue-to-forecast-economic-growth-and-a-tight-labor-market/feed 0 Voting 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/voting-2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/voting-2026#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 15:22:05 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189600 Just Some thoughts . . . NPR: “The latest executive order, issued March 31, calls for the Department of Homeland Security to work with the Social Security Administration to create lists of adult U.S. citizens in each state, and to send those lists to state election officials. It also calls for the U.S. Postal Service — […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/voting-2026/feed 0 But, According to The Gov. Everything is Going Well in the Economy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/but-according-to-the-gov-everything-is-going-well-in-the-economy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/but-according-to-the-gov-everything-is-going-well-in-the-economy#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189584 President Trump says the economy is strong and “we have the best economy.” The number do not necessary support his contention. Food as well as other items have experienced increasing prices without an increase in take home pay to match the costs of this economy. “Nearly half of the people responding to the University of […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/but-according-to-the-gov-everything-is-going-well-in-the-economy/feed 0 “go bankrupt and an extra 2 million people who should not be there will suffer” https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/go-bankrupt-and-an-extra-2-million-people-who-should-not-be-there-will-suffer https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/go-bankrupt-and-an-extra-2-million-people-who-should-not-be-there-will-suffer#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189563 Recently, I read a bit about climate change. Apparently, it is felt we did what we could do to minimize what we do today and to minimize Climate Change from our own actions. It was more likely than not, not enough, In AZ and even though it is illegal, Many vehicles have altered exhaust systems. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/go-bankrupt-and-an-extra-2-million-people-who-should-not-be-there-will-suffer/feed 0 Acupuncture: therapy or placebo? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/acupuncture-therapy-or-placebo https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/acupuncture-therapy-or-placebo#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 08:54:43 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189550 First the disclaimers: I’m a PhD scientist with a well-trained crap detector. And I was a medical school (allopathic medicine) professor for 37 years. While I’ve never practiced medicine, I have a pretty deep understanding of evidence-based medicine. “At a time when people are increasingly concerned about drug side effects, some consider acupuncture an attractive […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/acupuncture-therapy-or-placebo/feed 9 Harsher Politically Inspired Immigration Policies Will Affect Labor Needs, Taxes, and Economy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/harsher-politically-inspired-immigration-policies-will-affect-labor-needs-taxes-and-economy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/harsher-politically-inspired-immigration-policies-will-affect-labor-needs-taxes-and-economy#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 17:05:27 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189554 The United States will eventually face a lack of labor due to the present citizen’s reproduction rate, In 2006, reproduction was at 2,01. In 2026, reproduction is at ~1.6. In which case the amount of Labor in the United States may become strategic to its economic growth. “The U.S.-Born labor force will shrink over the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/harsher-politically-inspired-immigration-policies-will-affect-labor-needs-taxes-and-economy/feed 0 Why no US recession? Free spending by the upper class https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/why-no-us-recession-free-spending-by-the-upper-class https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/why-no-us-recession-free-spending-by-the-upper-class#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 16:10:24 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189551 – by New Deal democrat There is a slew of economic data being released tomorrow, the most important of which will be personal income and spending, so I will likely defer some reporting on the other data until Friday. But in the meantime, there’s no significant data today. So let me take this opportunity to show […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/why-no-us-recession-free-spending-by-the-upper-class/feed 4 Jobs Added in April 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/how-many-jobs-were-added-in-the-last-month https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/how-many-jobs-were-added-in-the-last-month#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189531 What are the numbers, which states did better, what parts of the economy did better, Jobs?, etc. It is all here in a few charts, numbers and words. Hope things are going well for readers as the Economy starts to slide. Maybe I will be wrong on the economy! Trump will find a way to […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/how-many-jobs-were-added-in-the-last-month/feed 0 Increasing Inflation https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/increasing-inflation https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/increasing-inflation#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189528 Just about the time we get the economy under control, someone from another country (who is in trouble) convinces Trump we need to attack a different country. Some how, the deal maker is always suckered in. The nation is going to pay for it in the long haul. Taken from Newsweek.”Inflation Jumps to Highest Level.. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/increasing-inflation/feed 0 Annals of economic prophecy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/annals-of-economic-prophecy https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/annals-of-economic-prophecy#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 08:50:58 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189500 “Stahl then referenced Sorkin’s latest book, “1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History — and How It Shattered a Nation,” before further pressing him over whether he thinks America will face another economic disaster like in 1929. “The answer is, we will have a crash,” he said. “I just can’t tell you when, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/annals-of-economic-prophecy/feed 0 It’s The Process, Stupid https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/its-the-process-stupid https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/its-the-process-stupid#respond Tue, 26 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189508 – by J.P. McJefferson J.P. McJefferson Thoughts America’s governmental crisis is not primarily a crisis of policy. It is a crisis of process. At roughly the 250-year mark of the American experiment, we find ourselves locked in a familiar but increasingly dangerous argument: we fight over policies as though they are the root cause of […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/its-the-process-stupid/feed 0 Repeat home sales continue to show disinflation; shelter CPI likely to continue to be a non-factor https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/repeat-home-sales-continue-to-show-disinflation-shelter-cpi-likely-to-continue-to-be-a-non-factor https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/repeat-home-sales-continue-to-show-disinflation-shelter-cpi-likely-to-continue-to-be-a-non-factor#respond Tue, 26 May 2026 15:34:56 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189507  – by New Deal democrat For the last number of months, I have been putting front and center that housing prices have ceased being an engine of inflation. In fact, changes in repeat home sales prices as measured by both the Case-Shiller National Index and the FHFA Purchase Only Index are at levels that with only […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/repeat-home-sales-continue-to-show-disinflation-shelter-cpi-likely-to-continue-to-be-a-non-factor/feed 0 Healthcare in the United States https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/healthcare-in-the-united-states-4 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/healthcare-in-the-united-states-4#comments Tue, 26 May 2026 11:35:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189481 Curing U.S. Health Care, Part II Paul Krugman On March 23, 2010 President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — usually referred to either as the Affordable Care Act or as Obamacare — into law. Joe Biden, then the vice president, could be overheard whispering “This is a big fucking deal.” […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/healthcare-in-the-united-states-4/feed 4 A realistic Manufacturing Problem when Suppliers Leave the Market https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-realistic-manufacturing-problem-when-suppliers-leave-the-market https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-realistic-manufacturing-problem-when-suppliers-leave-the-market#comments Tue, 26 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189479 Italicized is my take on the issue. It is something I might do when I ran into similar issues as a Purchasing Manager or Supply Chain Manager. “While Everyone Watched Feedstock, Nylon Supply Base Quietly Shrank” Plastics Today Michael Workman The resin market story you’ve been reading about all spring is real. Benzene is approaching […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-realistic-manufacturing-problem-when-suppliers-leave-the-market/feed 2 Whisky Pete Hegseth and toxic masculinity https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/whisky-pete-hegseth-and-toxic-masculinity https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/whisky-pete-hegseth-and-toxic-masculinity#comments Tue, 26 May 2026 09:28:46 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189436 My dad was an officer in the US Naval reserve. He served in the Panama Canal Zone for two years in the late 50’s, when I was a toddler. He always spoke highly of the US Navy, although he admitted he was almost kicked out of OCS for infractions due to his inattention to petty […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/whisky-pete-hegseth-and-toxic-masculinity/feed 1 The Bonddad Blog: Memorial Day 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-bonddad-blog-memorial-day-2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-bonddad-blog-memorial-day-2026#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 22:02:47 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189471 – by New Deal democrat Memorial Day originated as the day to remember those thousands who gave their lives to preserve the Union in the Cicil War, by decorating their graves. It is that most somber of national observances, in which we remember all of those who gave their lives to protect government of the People, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-bonddad-blog-memorial-day-2026/feed 0 Memorial Day History and Pres. Trump’s Plans https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/memorial-day-history-and-pres-trumps-plans https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/memorial-day-history-and-pres-trumps-plans#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 20:28:26 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189446 Kind of a quiet day here in AZ. I am sure there are some parades and festivities going on around Phoenix. I will not be in attendance. It is one of those times I just sit back, read a few things on the internet. and wonder what could have been. I am a veteran myself […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/memorial-day-history-and-pres-trumps-plans/feed 0 The Tariff Reckoning Comes Due https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-tariff-reckoning-comes-due https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-tariff-reckoning-comes-due#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 14:59:51 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189439 I thought this would be interesting now as compared to a month ago when David Zetland posted on AI. David’s experiment with AI is a comparison to an earlier commentary by him. Both his and AI’s commentary: “AI’s impacts on learning” can be found at the link. David start’s off by asking a question of […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-tariff-reckoning-comes-due/feed 0 Republicans Claim Immigration Fraud https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/republicans-claim-immigration-fraud https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/republicans-claim-immigration-fraud#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 11:40:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189420 Rather than build upon a program or programs, Trump and fellow Republicans decided to change, make more difficult, or destroy a number of initiatives as listed below. Think back to the expansion of ACA healthcare so many citizens were covered during Covid. Our brazen overweight president eliminated the subsidies for millions of citizens. In many […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/republicans-claim-immigration-fraud/feed 0 A Reflection on Memorial Day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-reflection-on-memorial-day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-reflection-on-memorial-day#respond Mon, 25 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189431 This needs no introduction. Robert Reich takes on the issue correctly in his latest piece. Sunday thought: The problem ISN’T that we’re “divided and polarized” I keep hearing that one of America’s biggest problems is we’re “divided and polarized.” For example, New York Times columnist David French: “We’ve known for a long time that America is deeply polarized, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-reflection-on-memorial-day/feed 0 Will Cuba be Venezuela 2.0? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/will-cuba-be-venezuela-2-0 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/will-cuba-be-venezuela-2-0#comments Mon, 25 May 2026 10:11:08 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189409 Like Lenin in Russia and Mao in China, Castro replaced a corrupt government when he came to power. Like Lenin and Mao, Castro replaced one form of totalitarianism with another. Unlike communism in the USSR and China, communism in Cuba has proven durable. Decades of US trade sanctions, subversion and assassination plots failed to dislodge […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/will-cuba-be-venezuela-2-0/feed 1 “Mr. Jefferson’s Lost Cause”: a book review https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/mr-jeffersons-lost-cause-a-book-review https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/mr-jeffersons-lost-cause-a-book-review#comments Sun, 24 May 2026 12:42:32 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189367 I just finished reading “Mr. Jefferson’s Lost Cause: Land, Farmers, Slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase” by Roger G. Kennedy. Most of the histories I’ve read have either taught me about events I hadn’t formed any prior impressions about or else confirmed and colored out my superficial understanding of those events. This book was different for […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/mr-jeffersons-lost-cause-a-book-review/feed 7 New Deal democrats Weekly Indicators Summation May 18 – 22 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-summation-may-18-22 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-summation-may-18-22#respond Sun, 24 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189412 My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. Interest rates, along with gas prices, continue to be elevated, but consumers are continuing to spend their way right on through the adversity – at least, so far.

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-summation-may-18-22/feed 0 Surveys of Consumers, University of Michigan https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/surveys-of-consumers-university-of-michigan https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/surveys-of-consumers-university-of-michigan#respond Sun, 24 May 2026 11:35:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189401 An Explanation: The Index of Consumer Expectations focuses on three areas: how consumers view prospects for their own financial situation, how they view prospects for the general economy over the near term, and their view of prospects for the economy over the long term. Each monthly survey contains approximately 50 core questions, each of which […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/surveys-of-consumers-university-of-michigan/feed 0 “Republicans in Congress did WHAT???” https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/republicans-in-congress-did-what https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/republicans-in-congress-did-what#respond Sun, 24 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189398 You have to wonder whene does this stop. Republicans voted themselves in to receive funding for being in Congress session during the January 6 riots at the Capitol. Washington D.C. They have moxie to count themselves into this payback set forth by Trump. This comes after stealing healthcare benefits from millions of citizens. ~~~~~~~ Rep. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/republicans-in-congress-did-what/feed 0 CBS News on The Radio https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/cbs-news-on-the-radio https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/cbs-news-on-the-radio#respond Sat, 23 May 2026 19:36:55 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189383 If you have not read this yet, this may be of interest to you. Just Sitting here at the screen reading what things are out there which may be interesting to me and then maybe Angry Bear. Radio broadcasts serviced many purposes. One was to pick up 50s, 60s, and seventies music. Another was to […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/cbs-news-on-the-radio/feed 0 Refreshing Your Memory and What We are in the Process of Losing Today https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/refreshing-your-memory-and-what-we-are-in-the-process-of-losing-today https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/refreshing-your-memory-and-what-we-are-in-the-process-of-losing-today#respond Sat, 23 May 2026 18:11:13 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189376 Prof. Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American May 22, 2026 On May 22, 1964, in a graduation speech at the University of Michigan, President Lyndon Johnson put a name to a new vision for the United States. He called it “the Great Society” and laid out the vision of a country that did not […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/refreshing-your-memory-and-what-we-are-in-the-process-of-losing-today/feed 0 Preliminary regional Fed reports indicate inflationary pulse continuing in May https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/preliminary-regional-fed-reports-indicate-inflationary-pulse-continuing-in-may https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/preliminary-regional-fed-reports-indicate-inflationary-pulse-continuing-in-may#respond Sat, 23 May 2026 11:35:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189333  – by New Deal democrat Although manufacturing is far less important to the US economy than it was in the decades after World War II, it is still about 25% of the total weighting; and further, it is more vulnerable to shocks than the services portion of the economy. Which means, for forecasting purposes, it […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/preliminary-regional-fed-reports-indicate-inflationary-pulse-continuing-in-may/feed 0 Estimated GDP Growth 1st Qtr 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/estimated-gdp-growth-1st-qtr-2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/estimated-gdp-growth-1st-qtr-2026#respond Sat, 23 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189354 A preliminary estimate of GDP growth in the first quarter 2026. US economy expanded at an annualized rate of 2.0% in Q1 2026, up from 0.5% in the previous quarter. Growth was below the market expectations of 2.3%, Consumer spending (accounts for roughly two-thirds of economic activity) rose at a slower pace of 1.6% in […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/estimated-gdp-growth-1st-qtr-2026/feed 0 Physics and Feng Shui https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/physics-and-feng-shui https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/physics-and-feng-shui#comments Sat, 23 May 2026 09:20:16 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189319 Just saw this on FB, although the report apparently came out last year: “Physicists confirmed that clocks in two rooms at identical heights separated by only 10 meters horizontally run at measurably different speeds — not because of gravity differences but because local mass distribution differences create subtly different spacetime curvatures detectable by modern optical […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/physics-and-feng-shui/feed 7 Expect Oil Shortages to Occur https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/expect-oil-shortages-to-occur https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/expect-oil-shortages-to-occur#comments Fri, 22 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189320 Partial of a report by Oil Price is dated May 17 as written by Irina Slav. As expected, the United States is headed for a shortage while our president fiddles away with attacking Iran. He started something which is going to be difficult to end and has put the US as well as other countries […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/expect-oil-shortages-to-occur/feed 2 Trump’s approval woes https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trumps-approval-woes https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trumps-approval-woes#comments Fri, 22 May 2026 16:26:16 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189324 Take a look at Trump’s approval rating at fiftyplusone.  I have two observations that seem worth sharing. First, Trump’s approval has steadily declined throughout his term.  The decline is so steady that it is difficult to see the impact of particular events.  Perhaps the steady decline reflects the sheer number of unpopular decisions Trump is […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trumps-approval-woes/feed 5 An exception to the rule? Maybe Housing ISN’T the Business Cycle https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/an-exception-to-the-rule-maybe-housing-isnt-the-business-cycle https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/an-exception-to-the-rule-maybe-housing-isnt-the-business-cycle#respond Fri, 22 May 2026 11:35:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189311 Twenty years ago, Professor Edward Leamer gave an important presentation at the Fed’s Jackson Hole meeting entitled “Housing IS the Business Cycle.” The current environment is putting that hypothesis to a very severe test. Because by all accounts housing has deteriorated  sufficiently that a recession should already have begun months ago. In fact, the current […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/an-exception-to-the-rule-maybe-housing-isnt-the-business-cycle/feed 0 Necessary Executive Order Reforms https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/necessary-executive-order-reforms https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/necessary-executive-order-reforms#comments Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189304 J.P. McJefferson Thoughts J.P. McJefferson Despite Justice Black’s warning, our governmental system has evolved to the point where major national policy can change dramatically every four or eight years with the stroke of a pen. America was founded in opposition to concentrated executive power. The Revolution itself was, in many ways, a rejection of rule […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/necessary-executive-order-reforms/feed 1 It’s not just for diabetes anymore https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/its-not-just-for-diabetes-anymore https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/its-not-just-for-diabetes-anymore#comments Fri, 22 May 2026 09:19:29 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189242 GLP-1 receptor agonists [semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound)] are proving transformational for type II diabetes patients in particular and for obese individuals in general. Now, it appears they have benefits in cancer patients. “Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists in patients with four solid tumor types was significantly associated with lower rates of progression […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/its-not-just-for-diabetes-anymore/feed 1 Jobless claims continue to be the most positive leading indicator of all https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/jobless-claims-continue-to-be-the-most-positive-leading-indicator-of-all https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/jobless-claims-continue-to-be-the-most-positive-leading-indicator-of-all#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 15:35:43 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189288  – by New Deal democrat I’ll get to housing permits and starts later this morning. But first, let me take my regular look at initial and continuing jobless claims. As a reminder, I look at jobless claims because historically they have been a very good short leading indicator for the economy. And they continue to […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/jobless-claims-continue-to-be-the-most-positive-leading-indicator-of-all/feed 0 New Sheriff in the FED https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-sheriff-in-the-fed https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-sheriff-in-the-fed#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 11:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189282 Trump appointee (2017) Jerome Powell has been relieved of his duty as the Chairman of the FED. Not sure if Trump could have fired him or not. Not sure why Jerome Powell took so much grief from Trump? Yet (or as far as I know) Powell intends to stay on the Fed Board. It will […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-sheriff-in-the-fed/feed 0 Should Recycling Be Taken Seriously? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/should-recycling-be-taken-seriously https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/should-recycling-be-taken-seriously#comments Thu, 21 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189274 We do have recycling here in AZ. They give you an ~55-gallon container on wheels. You fill it up and set it out on a Tuesday. Since it is just Jan and I, we do not have many recyclable throwaways. I carve boxes up so we can get more things in the container. I do […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/should-recycling-be-taken-seriously/feed 13 Increasing Unemployment Due to Deportation https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/increasing-unemployment-due-to-deportation https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/increasing-unemployment-due-to-deportation#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 17:34:21 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189250 Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Hurts All Workers “Unemployment has increased for U.S.-born workers in the face of mass deportations,” Economic Policy Institute During the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump and J.D. Vance stated mass deportations and a crackdown on immigration would open up more jobs for unemployed U.S. citizens. The removal of immigrant workers would cause opportunities […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/increasing-unemployment-due-to-deportation/feed 0 The current inflationary impulse does not appear to be ebbing in May https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-current-inflationary-impulse-does-not-appear-to-be-ebbing-in-may https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-current-inflationary-impulse-does-not-appear-to-be-ebbing-in-may#comments Wed, 20 May 2026 16:01:06 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189243 – by New Deal democrat The drought of significant official economic data continues today, but this is a good time to update my forecast for the effect of the spike in gas prices on inflation, specifically for May. To reiterate, my back of the envelope calculation is to take the percent change in the price […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-current-inflationary-impulse-does-not-appear-to-be-ebbing-in-may/feed 2 Three Million did Lose Their Healthcare Insurance in 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/three-million-did-lose-their-healthcare-insurance-in-2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/three-million-did-lose-their-healthcare-insurance-in-2026#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189223 1 trillion dollars cut from healthcare for tax cuts and CMS Trump causes 3 or more million people to lose healthcare insurance. Snatching government assistance away from them is just a start. In case you did not know, the 3 million consisted of children. More cuts will come as healthcare is unsubsidized. Medicaid Cuts: The […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/three-million-did-lose-their-healthcare-insurance-in-2026/feed 0 One Way Climate Change Will Affect Crops https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/one-way-climate-change-will-affect-crops https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/one-way-climate-change-will-affect-crops#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 11:04:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189218 The Earth was always experiencing natural warming and cooling cycles. What is occurring today is different and concerning. Climate scientists: “every decade since 1850 has been warmer than the last four decades”. The ten hottest years have all happened since 2000, because of human activity. Rising temperatures does not just mean hotter weather. The Earth’s climate is complex. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/one-way-climate-change-will-affect-crops/feed 0 Rentals and your retirement portfolio https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/rentals-and-your-retirement-portfolio https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/rentals-and-your-retirement-portfolio#comments Wed, 20 May 2026 09:03:07 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189203 I’m not an investment advisor. I do have personal experience in investing going back over 40 years. I’ve been retired for nearly two years and have no regrets so far. “Rental properties carry concentrated risk, illiquidity, and management overhead…The return needs to be significantly better [than an investment elsewhere] to justify the extra complexity. Often, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/rentals-and-your-retirement-portfolio/feed 2 Just Some BLS and CPI Report Numbers for April 2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/just-some-bls-and-cpi-report-numbers-for-april-2026 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/just-some-bls-and-cpi-report-numbers-for-april-2026#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 18:36:58 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189214  President Donald Trump returned from the spectacle of a Chinese state visit to a less than welcoming U.S. economy . . . with the military band and garden tour in Beijing giving way to pressure over how to fix America’s escalating inflation rate. I would be curious as to what the Chinese thought of the […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/just-some-bls-and-cpi-report-numbers-for-april-2026/feed 0 The bond market is sending a message https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-bond-market-is-sending-a-message https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-bond-market-is-sending-a-message#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 16:27:58 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189209 – by New Deal democrat The bond market is sending the T—-p Administration, and the US government as a whole, a message. It believes the US is in a secular inflationary trend.  This is not only because T—-p’s tariffs, and his boneheaded war with Iran, are inflationary, but also because last year’s Big Budget Bust-out […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-bond-market-is-sending-a-message/feed 0 Inflation Negating Worker Wage Increases https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/inflation-negating-worker-wage-increases https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/inflation-negating-worker-wage-increases#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189182 Biden passed a strong economy over to Trump. A few things Biden passed on to Trump is due to a strong economy: – Inflation was tamed without a recession. – Workers benefited from a strong labor market in years – Households, especially those limited by prior barriers, saw substantial wealth gains. Americans faced significant price […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/inflation-negating-worker-wage-increases/feed 0 Upping Our War Crimes Game, Plus https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/upping-our-war-crimes-game-plus https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/upping-our-war-crimes-game-plus#comments Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189179 Continual progression of Going to War with the Latest (original title below). It is difficult to describe what this administration is doing. Just watching, they are dismantling many of the past programs and doctrine to provide a different view for domestic needs. The military is being given a significant boost in funding and power. And […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/upping-our-war-crimes-game-plus/feed 5 A six-figure limit on Social Security benefits? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-six-figure-limit-on-social-security-benefits https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-six-figure-limit-on-social-security-benefits#comments Tue, 19 May 2026 09:10:37 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189167 Sometime around 2033 or 2034, SS benefits will drop by ca. 23% if nothing is done. One frequent proposal is to remove the cap on payroll taxes. There are at least two problems with this: (1) the wealthiest Americans derive most of their income from non-salary sources, and (2) this just turns SS into welfare, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-six-figure-limit-on-social-security-benefits/feed 3 What’s driving the stock market Boom (or Bubble)? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/whats-driving-the-stock-market-boom-or-bubble https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/whats-driving-the-stock-market-boom-or-bubble#comments Mon, 18 May 2026 16:53:03 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189174 – by New Deal democrat In the past month or two, a number of times I have been asked by friends and neighbors why, if the economy feels so bad, does the stock market keep making new record highs? And is this a Boom or a Bubble? Here is what I have been telling them. There […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/whats-driving-the-stock-market-boom-or-bubble/feed 2 Trump Goes to China to Smooze Xi https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-goes-to-china-to-smooze-xi https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-goes-to-china-to-smooze-xi#comments Mon, 18 May 2026 11:40:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189161 That Trump went, he altered the balance of negotiation. He nows plays a secondary role and dragged us into it. In an earlier commentary, it was said no other president would meet with Chinese leaders as it was too much of a give away, Former China director on the National Security Council Julian Gewirtz, who […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-goes-to-china-to-smooze-xi/feed 3 No More Driving Miss Daisy or Whoever . . . https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/no-more-driving-miss-daisy-or-whoever https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/no-more-driving-miss-daisy-or-whoever#comments Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189153 It is too expensive and my vehicle does not guzzle gasoline. Gasoline Prices Just curious as to what Angry Bear readers are seeing for gasoline pricing. At a Shell Station (Riggs Road and Alma School, Sun Lakes, Arizona), the price was over $5 per gallon. I do not remember the change part of it exactly. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/no-more-driving-miss-daisy-or-whoever/feed 2 Remembering Milton Friedman https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/remembering-milton-friedman https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/remembering-milton-friedman#comments Mon, 18 May 2026 08:56:34 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189139 Mike Brock has a long piece up at his substack on Milton Friedman. For the tl;dr crowd, here’s the money quote: “The honest historical record is that Friedman made substantive contributions that the contemporary American left has absorbed without recognizing and that the contemporary American right has invoked without honoring. Both receptions are defective. The […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/remembering-milton-friedman/feed 1 Five Charts, Numerics, and some Explanation on Home Ownership in the United States https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/five-charts-numerics-and-some-explanation-on-home-ownership-in-the-united-states https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/five-charts-numerics-and-some-explanation-on-home-ownership-in-the-united-states#respond Sun, 17 May 2026 19:13:08 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189143  Individual economic circumstances will influence political beliefs and behavior. Such can be said about homeowners and potential homeowners who desire to be homeowners. For example. higher mortgage interest rates will restrict those who have lower incomes. In the end, the inability to afford a home will have an influence in American politics. Home ownership and […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/five-charts-numerics-and-some-explanation-on-home-ownership-in-the-united-states/feed 0 New Deal Democrats Weekly Indicators Summation May 11- 15 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-summation-may-11-15 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-summation-may-11-15#respond Sun, 17 May 2026 17:45:33 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189140 New Deal Democrat: Weekly Indicators: A Negative Steepening of Bond Yields And (Maybe) Shipping Rates Summary: Unsurprisingly, the big move among the high frequency indicators in the past week was interest rates. There was also a secondary big move, which is also inflationary, and reflects the ongoing idiocy of the current Administration in Washington: international […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-summation-may-11-15/feed 0 Trump Returns from China after Giving Them What They Always Been After From the U.S. https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-returns-from-china-after-giving-them-what-they-always-been-after-from-the-u-s https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-returns-from-china-after-giving-them-what-they-always-been-after-from-the-u-s#comments Sun, 17 May 2026 12:30:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189130 Yes, I also subscribe to and read Professor Heather’s site. If you do not know of Prof. Hearther. The Prof. is a political historian who uses facts and history to make observations about contemporary American politics. In my humble opinion, Professor Heather typically gets it right. I have not found a reason to disagree. In […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-returns-from-china-after-giving-them-what-they-always-been-after-from-the-u-s/feed 3 Sunday Question: Was Biden Economics Good or Was It Bad? https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/was-biden-economics-good-or-was-it-bad https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/was-biden-economics-good-or-was-it-bad#respond Sun, 17 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189117 Yep, This one is from a couple of weeks ago. I like it because, we are seeing Trump destroy much of the economy, building debt, legislating tax giveaways to the upper 10% in the economy, snatching healthcare away from the middle and low in income citizens, and just being an ass. And Republicans are helping […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/was-biden-economics-good-or-was-it-bad/feed 0 Oil Pricing Impacting Global Economies https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/oil-pricing-impacting-global-economies https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/oil-pricing-impacting-global-economies#respond Sun, 17 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189043 It was getting kind of boring . . . One has to wonder where we would be if Pres. Donald had not attacked Iraq. Boring? I am sure Donald is in every bodies’ prayers . . . His silly actions did stir up the global economy. Been a tough week globally and in the United […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/oil-pricing-impacting-global-economies/feed 0 Quote of the day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/quote-of-the-day-3 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/quote-of-the-day-3#comments Sun, 17 May 2026 08:55:06 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189040 It’s the grimmest moment in my political lifetime. Not only do we have a president devoting to enriching his friends and starting a brutal, mad war––we’ve had those before––but he’s one who doesn’t even pay lip service to democracy. Why did we get here? Because people voted for him. Why did they vote for him? […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/quote-of-the-day-3/feed 6 Hospitals and Patients https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/hospitals-and-patients https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/hospitals-and-patients#respond Sat, 16 May 2026 19:50:11 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189080 I feel a decade has passed since I last wrote (or presented articles) about Hospital Corporations buying up hospitals, closing some, and creating monopolistic environments. This has had impact in rural areas and lower income parts of states and cities. Residents suffer in the end due to higher pricing and less care available to them. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/hospitals-and-patients/feed 0 Claim to Promote Affordable Housing https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/claim-to-promote-affordable-housing https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/claim-to-promote-affordable-housing#respond Sat, 16 May 2026 16:40:45 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189071 Two Trump (who else?) executive orders were issued in March (2026) which basically cause minority borrower additional hoops to jump through or road blocks to loans. In fact, the claim by this administration, the removal these mortgage protections will promote access to mortgages and remove barriers. The National Fair Housing Alliance® us claiming the opposite […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/claim-to-promote-affordable-housing/feed 0 Two manufacturing reports show increased expansion, but with a nasty side of inflation https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/two-manufacturing-reports-show-increased-expansion-but-with-a-nasty-side-of-inflation https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/two-manufacturing-reports-show-increased-expansion-but-with-a-nasty-side-of-inflation#respond Sat, 16 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189066 – by New Deal democrat One of the things I used to harp on was that many forecasters make the mistake of simply taking an existing trend and projecting it forward. Often it is paired with the idea of “all things being equal,” i.e., that there won’t be countertrends in other sectors of the economy. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/two-manufacturing-reports-show-increased-expansion-but-with-a-nasty-side-of-inflation/feed 0 A Couple of Weeks Ago . . . About Oil https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-couple-of-weeks-ago-and-about-oil https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-couple-of-weeks-ago-and-about-oil#respond Sat, 16 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189056 This Krugman commentary is from the last week of April. It touches upon the Middle East, the consequences of attacking Iran, and oil. In other words, it is still relevant to what is happening. A good recital of how we got to where we are today. All due to Trump’s neediness to be the man […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/a-couple-of-weeks-ago-and-about-oil/feed 0 April retail sales: consumers may be switching to “wait and see” mode https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/april-retail-sales-consumers-may-be-switching-to-wait-and-see-mode https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/april-retail-sales-consumers-may-be-switching-to-wait-and-see-mode#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 18:53:59 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189047  – by New Deal democrat Consumer spending is about 70% of the economy, and retail sales is our first wide measure of that spending. For the second month in a row, this morning’s update for April was unsurprisingly dominated by what happened at gas stations.  Nominally, total retail sales rose 0.5% in April, But after […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/april-retail-sales-consumers-may-be-switching-to-wait-and-see-mode/feed 0 Gas prices and elections https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/gas-prices-and-elections https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/gas-prices-and-elections#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 16:33:18 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189018 I’ll admit that gas prices at the pump have no significant effect on me. I live close to everything I need to be in person (food, healthcare), and I drive a sub-compact fuel-efficient car. I combine trips and keep my tires inflated. The reality is that oil prices affect much more than your personal mobility. […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/gas-prices-and-elections/feed 0 Healthcare Costs – KFF https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/healthcare-costs-kff https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/healthcare-costs-kff#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188899 What you are getting here is a rundown of health insurance costs as measured in 2025. KFFdoes do an annual survey to back up its yearly numbers. I grabbed the early portion of the KFF report on Employer sponsored healthcare for its employees. This piece tells you what each grouping pays by size of firm, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/healthcare-costs-kff/feed 0 How mass immigration raids might explain the historic lows in jobless claims https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/how-mass-immigration-raids-might-explain-the-historic-lows-in-jobless-claims https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/how-mass-immigration-raids-might-explain-the-historic-lows-in-jobless-claims#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 11:04:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189026 – by New Deal democrat I want to write an extended discussion of the April retail sales report released this morning, to tease out the effect of the spike in gas prices, but first let me do my usual weekly update on jobless claims. These have historically been a good short leading indicator for the economy, […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/how-mass-immigration-raids-might-explain-the-historic-lows-in-jobless-claims/feed 0 Diluting Gasoline with More Alcohol Will not Save Much https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/diluting-gasoline-with-more-alcohol-will-not-save-much https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/diluting-gasoline-with-more-alcohol-will-not-save-much#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 19:33:08 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189019 Newsweek piece detailing how Republicans are going to solve the issue of expensive gasoline. The U.S. military operations against Iran initiated on February 28, 2026, After all of this, Iran still has the capability to disrupt shipping passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Iraq does not need much to disrupt shipping. Seriously, the disruption is […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/diluting-gasoline-with-more-alcohol-will-not-save-much/feed 2 Mafia Bust-out, where the “Mark” is the US Treasury https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/mafia-bust-out-where-the-mark-is-the-us-treasury https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/mafia-bust-out-where-the-mark-is-the-us-treasury#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=189008 The inflationary, “K”-shaped T—-p economy  – by New Deal democrat There are times when the economy is undergoing such a profound shift that there is suddenly a lot to say. This is one of those times. I have been meaning to put up a post like this for several weeks. Let me at least make some […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/mafia-bust-out-where-the-mark-is-the-us-treasury/feed 3 Growing National Debt https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/188993 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/188993#respond Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188993 Talking national debt. “Paying interest on a growing debt. not spent on education, healthcare, roads and bridges, social safety nets, or (if we actually needed more spending on it) national defense.” “Psst: What No One Will Tell You About the National Debt (But I Will),” Robert Reich You really need to know this . . . The […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/188993/feed 0 Vitamin K fearmongering kills https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/vitamin-k-fearmongering-kills https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/vitamin-k-fearmongering-kills#comments Thu, 14 May 2026 09:44:19 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188982 There’s no question about the safety and efficacy of vitamin K shots in newborns. They’re not vaccines. “Amid a rise in broader anti-vaccine sentiment, some influencers and media figures have cast doubt on the routine vitamin K shot given to newborn infants – and new reporting from ProPublica suggests such rhetoric may have had deadly […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/vitamin-k-fearmongering-kills/feed 1 Inputs To Climate Change https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/inputs-to-climate-change https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/inputs-to-climate-change#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 14:51:15 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188983 Lloyd Alter is my go to person when I wish to pick up on learning more about the environment we live in, global pollution, and what he is seeing in the world today. This piece on Climate Change is an important addition alerting us to how humans are the cause of the change. I believe […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/inputs-to-climate-change/feed 0 What the Consumer Price(s) Index for All Urban Consumers is Reporting Today https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/what-the-consumer-prices-index-for-all-urban-consumers-is-reporting-today https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/what-the-consumer-prices-index-for-all-urban-consumers-is-reporting-today#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188945 Brief Four minute read with graphs and tables. The Consumer Price(s) Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in April, after rising 0.9 percent in March. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported May 12, 2026. The biggies here? Energy rose 3.8 percent in April, accounting for over […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/what-the-consumer-prices-index-for-all-urban-consumers-is-reporting-today/feed 0 April CPI report shows further surge in gas and electricity prices, raises “yellow flag” recession caution https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/april-cpi-report-shows-further-surge-in-gas-and-electricity-prices-raises-yellow-flag-recession-caution https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/april-cpi-report-shows-further-surge-in-gas-and-electricity-prices-raises-yellow-flag-recession-caution#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188970 – by New Deal democrat As almost universally anticpated, the April CPI continued to reflect the big increase in gas prices – although it didn’t pack quite the wallop that March did. Headline CPI increased 0.6%, following March’s +0.9%, causing the YoY% gain to increase to 3.8%.  Meanwhile the core measure increased 0.4%, causing the YoY% […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/april-cpi-report-shows-further-surge-in-gas-and-electricity-prices-raises-yellow-flag-recession-caution/feed 0 Academic tenure https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/academic-tenure https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/academic-tenure#comments Wed, 13 May 2026 09:34:28 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188934 Academic tenure is a commitment by a college or university to award permanent employment status. Most faculty contracts stipulate that tenure can only be removed for cause or for financial exigency. In the last year of my postdoctoral fellowship, I applied for tenure-track positions at various universities around the US. Tenure-track means that the university […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/academic-tenure/feed 14 Trump the Chump https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-the-chump https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-the-chump#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 13:00:03 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188938 It’s time to shit-talk the president. Congressional Democrats have had difficulty figuring out how to respond to Trump’s lawlessness, mendacity, stupidity, and cruelty.  The democratic base wants them to talk tough, but the hard reality is that they have almost no formal power and lack a party leader.  As a result, Trump has been left […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/trump-the-chump/feed 4 The Callais decision and the coming election https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-callais-decision-and-the-coming-election https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-callais-decision-and-the-coming-election#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 12:54:16 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188936 The Supreme Court’s recent decision to gut the Voting Rights Act is a disgrace. I will return to the decision and how Democrats should confront the court in future posts. Here I want to make one point I haven’t seen discussed elsewhere. By allowing partisan gerrymandering and encouraging states to redraw majority-minority districts, the court […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/the-callais-decision-and-the-coming-election/feed 0 Americans Voting in 2024 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/americans-voting-in-2024 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/americans-voting-in-2024#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188920 This is one of those “You Wonder Why” commentaries, we got what we got in the presidency. There is a lot which can be said other than this piece and the numbers of voters. I have posted on the numbers who voted in 2024 in comparison to 2020. This is another look at them. The […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/americans-voting-in-2024/feed 0 Existing home sales, prices, and inventory remain rangebound https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/existing-home-sales-prices-and-inventory-remain-rangebound https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/existing-home-sales-prices-and-inventory-remain-rangebound#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188918  – by New Deal democrat Although they constitute about 90% of all housing sales, I don’t pay too much attention to existing sales because they are not nearly so important as new home sales, since the latter involve much more economic activity in the building process, plus more landscaping and furnishings. As I’ll show below, what […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/existing-home-sales-prices-and-inventory-remain-rangebound/feed 3 HPV vaccination https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/hpv-vaccination https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/hpv-vaccination#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 09:38:38 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188906 HPV infection accounts for 99% of cervical cancers. There’s a vaccine against HPV. Back when we still lived in Missouri, we had our teenage daughter vaccinated against HPV. Glad to see that in our adopted state of Rhode Island, 95% of adolescents got at least one dose of the HPV vaccine. Why would any parent […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/hpv-vaccination/feed 0 Constitutionally https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/constitutionally https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/constitutionally#comments Tue, 12 May 2026 02:19:50 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188915 Then, it was a new nation, a revolutionarily new kind of nation, in the late 18th century.  People rode on horseback, in buggies, wagons, stagecoaches, and on shanksmare; sailed, rowed, and poled the water(s); and communicated via letters carried on these means of transportation.  A new nation formed up of 13 (newly wed) former colonies […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/constitutionally/feed 10 New Deal Democrats Weekly Indicators Summation May 4- 8 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-summation-may-4-8 https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-summation-may-4-8#respond Mon, 11 May 2026 16:04:14 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188909  – by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. Surprisingly, most of the data is almost relentlessly positive. In particular, those things most tied up with AI — corporate profits, stock prices, and downstream consumer spending — are particularly strong. Also, American energy companies are making windfall profits from the closure of […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/new-deal-democrats-weekly-indicators-summation-may-4-8/feed 0 Newscast Discussing Trump and Iran https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/newscast-discussing-trump-and-iran https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/newscast-discussing-trump-and-iran#respond Mon, 11 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188818 Kerry told MS NOW’s Jen Psaki on “The Briefing” that the president’s Truth Social posts –– an expletive-laden post on Sunday and a Tuesday threat that Iran’s “whole civilization will die” –– left him “as shocked as I’ve been by anything that I have seen or read by this administration, in the first administration and now in the second.” […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/newscast-discussing-trump-and-iran/feed 0 Healthcare Insurance Costs https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/healthcare-insurance-costs https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/healthcare-insurance-costs#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188790 Healthcare Insurance for a company is Overhead cost. Overhead costs are expenses supporting a business. They are not directly associated with labor input, to a product, or to a service you sell. I would not blame Labor for the rising role of healthcare costs in Overhead. This is beyond the cost of Labor input. It […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/healthcare-insurance-costs/feed 1 Microplastics and RFK Jr’s brain https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/microplastics-and-rfk-jrs-brain https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/microplastics-and-rfk-jrs-brain#comments Mon, 11 May 2026 09:00:05 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188881 There’s no question that microplastics are ubiquitous our planet. Are they a threat to human health? RFK Jr, who is neither a physician nor a scientist, thinks so. “Reaching for a number to convey the urgency of the problem, he cited research that “reports concentrations [of plastic] in the brain equivalent by mass to roughly […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/microplastics-and-rfk-jrs-brain/feed 1 Mothers Day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/mothers-day https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/mothers-day#respond Sun, 10 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188844 My mom led an extraordinary and full life. The youngest of three, she was raised in Johnstown PA, northern Appalachia. Her dad died when she was a teenager. Her mom, who never finished high school, went to work as a domestic. She was able to attend William and Mary thanks to money provided by an […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/mothers-day/feed 0 Short-Changing Programs for Children https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/short-changing-programs-for-children-will-hurt-them-going-forward https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/short-changing-programs-for-children-will-hurt-them-going-forward#respond Sun, 10 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188870 This piece from the Urban Institute’s Kids’ Share discusses how cuts to federal programs will have a negative impact on all children benefiting from federal programs. That is a given. However it will be a much larger impact than thought. Such programs make up a smaller percentage of the Federal Government spend. There is little […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/short-changing-programs-for-children-will-hurt-them-going-forward/feed 0 disenfranchising Black voters https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/disenfranchising-black-voters https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/disenfranchising-black-voters#respond Sun, 10 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188855 “Last week in a Senate confirmation hearing, four Trump judicial nominees, one each from Florida and Ohio, and two from Texas, declined to agree with Delaware Democratic Senator Chris Coons that Trump, having already served two terms in office, was ineligible to be elected to a third term. That’s four people who believe they are qualified to […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/disenfranchising-black-voters/feed 0 Special Day Today, One Which May Go Uncelebrated for Various Reasons https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/special-day-today-one-in-which-may-go-uncelebrated-for-various-reasons https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/special-day-today-one-in-which-may-go-uncelebrated-for-various-reasons#respond Sat, 09 May 2026 20:38:16 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188848 When I say uncelebrated, it could be result of various unpreventable causes. Mother’s Day is a congressionally established holiday to celebrate Mothers. The nation does honor mothers the second Sunday of each May. In AZ, we are the unrelated grandparents to a Mexican family living across the street from us. While their mom is in […]

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]]> https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/special-day-today-one-in-which-may-go-uncelebrated-for-various-reasons/feed 0 April jobs report: reversals in 2025 (?) trends give rise to the second positive report in a row https://angrybearblog.com/2026/05/april-jobs-report-reversals-in-2025-trends-give-rise-to-the-second-positive-report-in-a-row Sat, 09 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000 https://angrybearblog.com/?p=188837  – by New Deal democrat My current Big Theme is that the AI Boom (or possibly bubble) is counterbalancing a stagnant or even shallowly recessionary rest of the economy. (I have to ask NDd whether he meant 2026). This was reflected in what has happened in the past few months. The initial jobs report for February was […]

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