"Women are not without electoral or political power." Very true. However, as mad as women are, it isn't just women who are angry about rights being taken away. Lots of men recognize that this isn't fair and isn't right. And, of course, it is also recognized that the Extreme Court is hell bent on taking away a lot of other rights. No one is safe. Yes, I've vowed to not vote for any Republican in local, state and federal races. I encourage everyone to do the same. I like to say I voting for non-Republicans rather than Democrats so it is clear I'm holding the Republican Party accountable for what they've done. Yes, I hope this means the demise of the Republican Party because of the horror it has morphed into. The Party of Lincoln had my respect and even at times my vote. The Party of DeSantis etc. does not. We, the People, all of us this time united by the power of the vote!
My brother, the Tea party conservative, was telling me how bad the IRA was. He said the IRS would be coming after all of us and that they would be required to carry guns. I find it so hard to believe he/they are so sure they are being told the truth. It is incredulous to me! Glad Janet Yellen is at the helm. She will keep to the IRS to its very high and fair standards. I've always been very favorably impressed when I've needed to talk to the IRS personnel.
Aug 18, 2022·edited Aug 18, 2022Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
When someone is citing a source I check the veracity of the source by using the Media Bias Fact Check site. Here is their check on the New York Post. It serves an excellent rebuttal tool.
"New York Post
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS
These media sources are slightly to moderately conservative in bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor conservative causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. See all Right-Center sources.
Overall we rate the New York Post on the far end of Right-Center Biased due to story selection that typically favors the Right and Mixed (borderline questionable) for factual reporting based on several failed fact checks."
Thank you particularly for the detailed and quite lucid analysis of the NY Post and GOP stories about the false but quite insidious claims about new tax increases. What has evolved into a Trump-led cabal against the federal government and its foundational principles started several decades ago by, among others, Grover Norquist, who recognized that some folks oppose gun control, others oppose sexual promiscuity which can be translated in the minds of some into opposition to abortion, and many small business owners and other upper middle class tax payers resent paying what they regard as substantial taxes would aggregate into a large base of voters to support the GOP. The strategy has demonstrably worked even though its implementation has depended on repeated false and misleading claims, promises or threats - or implied threats - of discrimination against those who are “different,” I.e. not white, middle class, and mid-level educated, and particularly in recent years, denying actual history and exciting culture wars. All these folks had one or more reasons to resent or oppose what they regarded - and were repeatedly told by GOP. politicians - as intrusion or violation of their “rights” by the Democrats or the federal government when it was controlled by Democrats. There can be legitimate argument or discussion about these issues, but we have to expose and abandon falsehood and outright treachery as tactics in order for democracy to work as it should. Thank you again for doing that.
Thank you for your excellent deconstruction of the GOP lies regarding the IRA. Unfortunately, your work is an example of what it takes to sort through the sleight-of-hand Republican strategists use in almost all important issues. They know that most Americans don't have the time or experience to sort through their intentional lies, near-lies, misleading statements and odd conflations to get to the truth. The famous line from A Few Good Men certainly applies to today's GOP: "You can't handle the truth!"
Todays Edition is rich with articles you need to read and share with your friends and contacts. We need to get the word out. Here is what I posted today.
CNN — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday directed the Internal Revenue Service not to use any of the new funding allocated in the Democrats' new health care and climate bill to increase the number of audits of Americans making less than $400,000 a year, according to a copy of the letter obtained exclusively by CNN.
If each of us sent this out to friends, family and others and ask them to share we can get the word out and counteract the Republican misinformation.
Everytime one of Murdoch’s companies is mentioned his name needs to be attached so we can see the thread. Murdoch’s Fox, Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, Murdoch’s N Y Post.
Murdoch is not a politician so he can’t be voted out. He is far more dangerous. And he is global.
Aug 18, 2022·edited Aug 18, 2022Liked by Robert B. Hubbell
Please spell out any new acronyms the first time you use them. I didn't know why you were reporting about individual retirement accounts or the Irish Republican Army.
Is anybody surprised that the NYPost lies with abandon. They are Fox in print, and a tad more subtle than The National Enquirer. Yet, Bill Maher had a reporter for Rupert’s rag on his show last week with nary a comment about their lying ways. Anybody still wonder why we are a divided nation???
Back in the 1970s, the firm I worked for represented a number of people under investigation for tax evasion. Unless you were a mafia don, the sentences for tax crimes were relatively short. One reason given for that was that people thought—and probably still think—of them as victimless crimes. That always surprised me. I thought that tax evaders were stealing from all of us. I still do.
“Women are not without electoral or political power.”
Alito and his Republican allies are not prepared for the backlash they have unleashed. Owning the libs is all fun and games until the government starts forcing you to have children while at the same time taking away contraception.
Alito goes through this whole rigamarole where he states that a right can only become a right if it is “deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition”. And just like that Abortion can’t be a right and it is made illegal (for many).
Then he pats himself on the back (and women on the head) and says “Women are not without electoral or political power”- a concept that exists now as a right and yet according to Alito should be completely without merit because our history shows that women and/or fetuses weren’t persons and so the concept (of women’s power) was not “Rooted in this nation’s history”.
I am confused and enraged. How can it be both ways?
Sorry for the run on paragraph sentence but I just can’t with all this!
PS: Get the H. E. Double Hockey Sticks out there and vote!
A rhetorical question - why would anyone believe that a larger proportion of tax cheats (those who under report income on their tax returns) are Republicans?
Well, as Yogi Berra said, “Some things are just too coincidental to be a coincidence.”
A lot has been written about all the benefits of the IRA, one of which is giving the government the right to negotiate drug prices. I agree that the IRA will benefit millions of Americans, so I hesitate to criticize this legislation. However, I was struck when I heard on the PBS Newshour on Tuesday 8/16 that the drug price negotiations apply to a grand total of ten (10) drugs. A quick google search indicates that there are more than 20,000 prescription drugs out there. Even if there were only 1000, that means that the prices of only 1% of drugs can be negotiated by the government per the IRA. I understand that 1% is better than 0%. I assume this small number is the result of big Pharma throwing a hysterical tantrum over the issue. The bottom line is that the number of drugs, whose prices can be negotiated is a microscopic, infinitesimal baby step. The ice has been broken but barely.
"Women are not without electoral or political power." Very true. However, as mad as women are, it isn't just women who are angry about rights being taken away. Lots of men recognize that this isn't fair and isn't right. And, of course, it is also recognized that the Extreme Court is hell bent on taking away a lot of other rights. No one is safe. Yes, I've vowed to not vote for any Republican in local, state and federal races. I encourage everyone to do the same. I like to say I voting for non-Republicans rather than Democrats so it is clear I'm holding the Republican Party accountable for what they've done. Yes, I hope this means the demise of the Republican Party because of the horror it has morphed into. The Party of Lincoln had my respect and even at times my vote. The Party of DeSantis etc. does not. We, the People, all of us this time united by the power of the vote!
My brother, the Tea party conservative, was telling me how bad the IRA was. He said the IRS would be coming after all of us and that they would be required to carry guns. I find it so hard to believe he/they are so sure they are being told the truth. It is incredulous to me! Glad Janet Yellen is at the helm. She will keep to the IRS to its very high and fair standards. I've always been very favorably impressed when I've needed to talk to the IRS personnel.
When someone is citing a source I check the veracity of the source by using the Media Bias Fact Check site. Here is their check on the New York Post. It serves an excellent rebuttal tool.
"New York Post
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS
These media sources are slightly to moderately conservative in bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor conservative causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. See all Right-Center sources.
Overall we rate the New York Post on the far end of Right-Center Biased due to story selection that typically favors the Right and Mixed (borderline questionable) for factual reporting based on several failed fact checks."
Thank you particularly for the detailed and quite lucid analysis of the NY Post and GOP stories about the false but quite insidious claims about new tax increases. What has evolved into a Trump-led cabal against the federal government and its foundational principles started several decades ago by, among others, Grover Norquist, who recognized that some folks oppose gun control, others oppose sexual promiscuity which can be translated in the minds of some into opposition to abortion, and many small business owners and other upper middle class tax payers resent paying what they regard as substantial taxes would aggregate into a large base of voters to support the GOP. The strategy has demonstrably worked even though its implementation has depended on repeated false and misleading claims, promises or threats - or implied threats - of discrimination against those who are “different,” I.e. not white, middle class, and mid-level educated, and particularly in recent years, denying actual history and exciting culture wars. All these folks had one or more reasons to resent or oppose what they regarded - and were repeatedly told by GOP. politicians - as intrusion or violation of their “rights” by the Democrats or the federal government when it was controlled by Democrats. There can be legitimate argument or discussion about these issues, but we have to expose and abandon falsehood and outright treachery as tactics in order for democracy to work as it should. Thank you again for doing that.
Robert,
Thank you for your excellent deconstruction of the GOP lies regarding the IRA. Unfortunately, your work is an example of what it takes to sort through the sleight-of-hand Republican strategists use in almost all important issues. They know that most Americans don't have the time or experience to sort through their intentional lies, near-lies, misleading statements and odd conflations to get to the truth. The famous line from A Few Good Men certainly applies to today's GOP: "You can't handle the truth!"
Todays Edition is rich with articles you need to read and share with your friends and contacts. We need to get the word out. Here is what I posted today.
CNN — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday directed the Internal Revenue Service not to use any of the new funding allocated in the Democrats' new health care and climate bill to increase the number of audits of Americans making less than $400,000 a year, according to a copy of the letter obtained exclusively by CNN.
If each of us sent this out to friends, family and others and ask them to share we can get the word out and counteract the Republican misinformation.
Rupert Murdoch’s NY Post.
Everytime one of Murdoch’s companies is mentioned his name needs to be attached so we can see the thread. Murdoch’s Fox, Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, Murdoch’s N Y Post.
Murdoch is not a politician so he can’t be voted out. He is far more dangerous. And he is global.
Just saying.
Please spell out any new acronyms the first time you use them. I didn't know why you were reporting about individual retirement accounts or the Irish Republican Army.
Thanks for considering my request.
Is anybody surprised that the NYPost lies with abandon. They are Fox in print, and a tad more subtle than The National Enquirer. Yet, Bill Maher had a reporter for Rupert’s rag on his show last week with nary a comment about their lying ways. Anybody still wonder why we are a divided nation???
Back in the 1970s, the firm I worked for represented a number of people under investigation for tax evasion. Unless you were a mafia don, the sentences for tax crimes were relatively short. One reason given for that was that people thought—and probably still think—of them as victimless crimes. That always surprised me. I thought that tax evaders were stealing from all of us. I still do.
Ah, the Honorable Alito: Cannot someone throw him into the sewer where he can swim with the other rats?
“Women are not without electoral or political power.”
Alito and his Republican allies are not prepared for the backlash they have unleashed. Owning the libs is all fun and games until the government starts forcing you to have children while at the same time taking away contraception.
So; do I have this right?
Alito goes through this whole rigamarole where he states that a right can only become a right if it is “deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition”. And just like that Abortion can’t be a right and it is made illegal (for many).
Then he pats himself on the back (and women on the head) and says “Women are not without electoral or political power”- a concept that exists now as a right and yet according to Alito should be completely without merit because our history shows that women and/or fetuses weren’t persons and so the concept (of women’s power) was not “Rooted in this nation’s history”.
I am confused and enraged. How can it be both ways?
Sorry for the run on paragraph sentence but I just can’t with all this!
PS: Get the H. E. Double Hockey Sticks out there and vote!
Lets work together and make Alito eat those smug words!!!!!!!
A rhetorical question - why would anyone believe that a larger proportion of tax cheats (those who under report income on their tax returns) are Republicans?
Well, as Yogi Berra said, “Some things are just too coincidental to be a coincidence.”
A lot has been written about all the benefits of the IRA, one of which is giving the government the right to negotiate drug prices. I agree that the IRA will benefit millions of Americans, so I hesitate to criticize this legislation. However, I was struck when I heard on the PBS Newshour on Tuesday 8/16 that the drug price negotiations apply to a grand total of ten (10) drugs. A quick google search indicates that there are more than 20,000 prescription drugs out there. Even if there were only 1000, that means that the prices of only 1% of drugs can be negotiated by the government per the IRA. I understand that 1% is better than 0%. I assume this small number is the result of big Pharma throwing a hysterical tantrum over the issue. The bottom line is that the number of drugs, whose prices can be negotiated is a microscopic, infinitesimal baby step. The ice has been broken but barely.