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What’s worse than Trump/Vance on Ukraine? Congressional Republicans

I watched a partial video of a town hall by Roger Marshall, junior senator from Kansas. The topic was the Russian/Ukrainian war, and the Trump/Vance/Zelenskyy debacle on Friday. Here’s how Republicans are spinning what happened with Trump and Vance when they ambushed Zelenskyy. The war did not have a beginning, it just magically happened. If […]

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Government People

Dear Buddy Carter

Trust. Once won, not easily lost. But once lost, forever gone. In his first month in office, Trump’s greatest harm has been to trust. Our allies are no longer our allies, but our enemies, and trust between us has been shattered. We supported Ukraine…until we didn’t, and somehow Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the fault […]

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Government Programming Languages

Rocket go up. Rocket come down.

Musk, DOGE, and the phantom promise of AI

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Government Legal, Laws, and Regs Medical

Dear Buddy Carter

Your compatriot, Rich McCormick, had a town hall recently. It did not go as well as he hoped, especially considering the continued chaos in the federal government. Still, he did what a Congressional representative should do, and met with the public he represents. And that leads us to you. Exactly when will you meet with […]

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Government Programming Languages

Social Security: Why look for facts when you can speculate

No, the Social Security ‘system’ did not default to a date of May 01, 1875 when a date is missing.