BREAKING: SCOTUS Lets Trump Move Ahead With Mail Voting Crackdown (w/ Richard Hasen & Steve Vladek)

The Supreme Court keeps seeing blatantly unlawful action by the Trump administration, and then ending injunctions and allowing it to go forward anyways while the case works its way through the process. It looks like the Supreme Court is making up doctrines in order to enable lawlessness. The Supreme Court did not act like this toward Biden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMbmtZ23p74

The Stunning Rise of the Democratic Socialists of America

The DSA has shown that they can win some blue districts, but they haven’t shown that they can win elections that, without their supposed DSA advantages, would have been won by a Republican.

The socialist politician to have won the most support on a national level is Bernie Sanders, and he is not a member of the DSA.

Republicans love running against the DSA and right-wing media likes plastering Democrats as the DSA, but Democrats are not the DSA. We are talking about a handful of successful politicians, not most Democrats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHsJRddkWNY

Canada Is Done With Trump

The US demanded that Canada give the US control over Canada’s trade policy with other countries. The US also demanded that US companies streaming shows in Canada not be required to order the shows shown to users based on Canada’s cultural preferences. The US wanted Canada to end its Buy Canada program that it put in place in response to US tariffs without offering to cancel the US tariffs that caused this program. The US demanded that the US could change certain terms of the deal at any time.

Ridiculous and demeaning demands on a long-time ally. Ruining such a relationship is not good for the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhgw3qAxYlY

Hegseth’s Army Purge, and Polling Chaos in the Midterms

Trump’s Secretary of Defense has been firing high-ranking military leaders and often gives little reason why. This removes quality experience and makes it seems like if officers want to get promoted, they have to fit in with Trump politically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIYHzDrbmq4

Something Big is Happening in Russia

Wildberries in Russia actively sold military equipment to Russian soldiers and they did it openly, making it a legitimate military target. Although, economic warfare is probably the main purpose of Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries, which is the Amazon of Russia.

Sanctions and attacking Russia’s shadow fleet have hurt Russia’s economy, but Russia isn’t spending less on its military, it’s just making its citizens worse off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7P0jr4Gvl8

Florida, hard-hit by Obamacare drop-off, feels the squeeze of rising healthcare costs

“After Republicans in Congress let enhanced federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans expire in January, millions of Americans including Button had to decide whether to keep insurance that often doubled or tripled in cost — or risk going without it.
Months later, with no action from lawmakers to replace the lost funds, they’re facing the consequences. Some are dealing with strained budgets and exorbitant medical bills, while others avoid the doctor in fear of the cost.

Florida, whose large population of gig workers, entrepreneurs and small business owners relies heavily on the federal health insurance marketplace, has become one of the nation’s most visible epicenters of that impact.

Figures first reported by The Associated Press showed that about 440,000 Floridians dropped their Affordable Care Act plans this year — more than in any other state. Thousands more who kept coverage are struggling to get by, as prices of necessities like groceries and gasoline remain steep, and health insurers project another year of double-digit premium hikes.

While Florida had the most affected residents, its struggles are reflective of broader nationwide concerns over rising healthcare costs and a lack of meaningful policy to address them.

In the deep-red state where congressional districts were recently redrawn to strongly favor Republicans, the cost of healthcare is a major campaign issue. Republican midterm candidates have been promoting fraud crackdowns to protect federal health programs, while Democrats have been urging voters to help Congress change hands so they can restore subsidies.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us–healthcare-florida-fallout-104138342.html

This Is Why People Hate the Government | The Ezra Klein Show

When the government makes applying for welfare hard, they mostly just waste a lot of people’s time and make it so people who qualify for benefits do not get them because the application is too burdensome. Such qualifications don’t boost employment, they just make poor people suffer more.

It’s easier to get subsidies that mostly go to those with higher incomes.

When you make qualifying for benefits difficult, you make it harder to track fraud. The biggest fraudsters are organized actors that know how to get around complex requirements. More fraud is doctors and wealthy people cheating on payments and tax subsidies, than poor people cheating to get food or healthcare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oZd7wpZuAc

Trump to unleash ‘Economic D-Day’ on Iran as blockade bites | Iran: the Latest news

Blockading Iran is hurting them economically. This could get them to the negotiating table, but it could take time and is quite costly for the US to maintain, both militarily, and the economic consequences of Iran mostly closing the Strait.

If Trump did not parade around the world like an asshole, threatening and attacking allies, there could have been a chance of a blockading coalition to help convince Iran the world will not tolerate them terrorizing the Strait of Hormuz. Oh well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6KTVkMChG4

Natalie Harp’s Devotion to Trump

The reporting on Natalie Harp and Trump doesn’t say anything about a sexual relationship. But, it does say that she’s even more sycophantic toward him than the rest of his administration, and that’s saying something! He will be given information by relatively knowledgeable officials, and when it goes against Trump’s predilections, Natalie will Google something that fits these predilections, and Trump makes presidential decisions off of this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMSjKw8Po2Q