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Nothing all that new or notable about that phenomenon. Relatives, friends, and associates of those who have power, wealth, and/or fame find themselves the recipient of a variety of benefits from those hoping to gain some favor or access to that famous/rich/powerful person. If those benefits last...

That's a welcome statement from Speaker Johnson. Stating early his desire to avoid a government shutdown and pass a continuing resolution to fund the government until the current chaos settles down and members can devote full attention to matters like the budget shows he understands the...

I don't give Vance good odds at this point of succeeding Trump. Trump won election with a narrow majority and Vance doesn't have nearly the force of personality that Trump has. Trump's outsize personality helps him ride out the reactions to some of the absurd and stupid stuff he says, but I...

And what 21st century tax is that? Trump hasn't proposed one and I see no evidence that he has any idea of what kind tax that would be. If you a referring to tariffs, customs, and excise taxes those are not 21st century taxes. They are taxes that in the U.S., including the colonial period, date...

I'm saddened to say much of that has be perpetuated by Republicans. Trump is the perfect example. Rather than engage in civil discourse he instead mocks and belittles anyone who isn't 100% behind him and willing to kiss his ass for his approval. He resorts to calling those people petty...

If that's true it will be a huge mistake by the Trump administration. The IRS is underfunded and understaffed as it is. Cut the workforce by 50% and it won't be do its core mission of collecting the nation's revenue. Those who salivate at the prospect of lying on their returns to pay a lot less...

Newsmax is not a source I consider very objective. The author of that piece engages in a lot of pro-Trump speculation. The article makes it quite clear that the author doesn't really know the reason for the drop in border arrests, and less migrants attempting to enter the country is just one of...

The word "makes" in the above part of my earlier post should be substituted with "sells here". I couldn't edit it after posting it, so this will have to do. :D

Most, if not all, of the vehicles Toyota sells here are actually made right here in the good ol' USA. Toyota has several manufacturing facilities in the U.S., including its largest plant in the world, which is located in Georgetown Kentucky. I wouldn't call the U.S. a "troubled nation." It is...

I've already discussed the name spelling issue on the subpoena. The other issue is whether the service was good. If they served someone who is not a proper person to serve on your behalf the service wouldn't good and the subpoena wouldn't be effective. What relationship to you is the person who...

Slight spelling differences alone won't typically get you out from answering the lawsuit. What the court looks at is whether the correct person was served, not whether the plaintiff got the name exactly right. The misspelling will require the plaintiff do a little more to convince the court...

You either accept the offer being made or reject it and try to bargain for interest to be added into the deal. If the company holds firm on the offer or pulls it altogether you might not have any recourse. You have a key problem working against you here: it appears that after the first year you...

If done well the effort will do a lot of good in slimming down an overly large federal government. Every few decades the federal government needs to be slimmed down because government by its nature tends to grow over the years and end up bigger and more expensive than needed to carry out the...

The decisions of the "judge" in Wapner's People's Court and Judge Judy's first show were legally binding. Litigants in small claims court and similar relatively minor but potentially entertaining disputes were contacted and offered a deal whereby they would abandon the lawsuit and instead come...

Part of the answer to your question is revealed in the article: recreational use of drugs. Taking any substance that alters a person's ability to think and their perception of the world increases the risk of bad things happening, either to themselves or others. The use of such substances is...

It appears that you consider his approval ratings going up a few points over the last several weeks to be "skyrocketing". It doesn't come anywhere close to my definintion of skyrocketing. He's still hovering at leas than 50% approval rating in most polls and the number of people who think the...

I liked that song when it came out. There's no way that song would be a hit on the charts today.

That's what she was hired to: make changes that she thinks will draw in more viewers to better compete with CNN. MSNBC can't afford to just leave things as they are.

I was dismayed by Trump's firing of top military officers based primarily on his view of their political positions and his wish to have strong supporters at the head of the military. The military, IMO, has served us well for many decades without this kind of political meddling. If the officers...

Regulations like this strike me as a regulatory agency with too little to do looking to justify its existence. I agree with the EU MP who said it was best left to national/local legislation whether to ban caffeine, just as that kind of ban would be best left to the states in the U.S. rather than...