While our economy spirals downwards with Trump's tariffs, and this Saturday experiences  a thousand "Hands Off" anti-Trump protests across the nation , the U.S. Senate last night sneaked through Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts, his "big, beautiful bill."  The House will find a way to get this legislation to President Trump for his signature.   Those protests won't convince the U.S. Congress to combat Trump's authoritarian overreach and billionaire-backed agenda.  It's almost like he is orchestrating the movement to crescendo into fire and turmoil, so that some time in the early fall of 2026, he can establish military rule and cancel the mid-term elections.  Might be unnecessary if he in the meantime purposefully defies any Supreme Court action to establish dictatorship anyway.  The judiciary and defense departments are run by his cronies, and our courts have no enforcement powers. What can Democrats do to prevent all that from happening?  No...

Before our science topic of this Wednesday, first the latest in the politics of the USA. About Trump reciprocal taxes and Liberation Day, let's start by being realistic.  The U.S. has a sizable trade deficit every year mostly because our exported products are too expensive.  Start with a simple matter of what it costs to produce anything.  Unions are part of the problem, too, but workers here get paid from $30 to $40/hour in many industries.  That is what is earned by employees in China...but per day.  And that's high, for here is what is the  monthly wage in these Asian countries per month :  China $193-332, Vietnam $107-$156, India $74-$223 and Cambodia $122. In the Rose Garden at 4:10PM EDT today, you can yourself  watch President Donald Trump's Liberation Day remarks : Tariff speech shared some facts, exaggerated a lot, downright lied here and there, and continues the process of screwing up the best current economy of the world, ours. There wi...

  Three noteworthy elections today, one in Wisconsin and two in Florida .   How much have the antics of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk hurt Republicans? Those two Florida elections for the U.S. House are in solidly deep-red states, so the odds are very low that a Democrat can prevail there.  What could happen, though, is a much closer race than expected, so that alone will be an indicator of the damage Trump/Musk  caused. In Wisconsin, the race is for the state's Supreme Court.  Elon Musk alone has provided $15 million for the Republican candidate, plus three $1 million prizes for those signing his petition.  However, Democrats and affiliated outside groups outspent Republicans on the airwaves, $42 million to $33 million.  The key point is will Democrat voters show up to vote showing disdain for Musk and Trump?  We will know tonight. Senator Cory Booker is filibustering, now past 21 hours.   Watch live on You Tube .  Why?...