Lpeterp
Individual Rights advocate; Democrat; happily married out California resident.
- Reposted by LpeterpThe Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 4.25%—4.50% for the third time this year.
- Reposted by LpeterpFed holds interest rates steady, continuing its wait-and-see approach amid Trump tariffs, economic uncertainty
- The Fed doesn’t move on interest rates when prior to the Trump Economic Debacle, rate cuts were forecast based on the Biden Boom continuing. Happy now, Wall Street & MAGA voters?
- Reposted by LpeterpOpposition to CBS News parent Paramount potentially opting to settle a $20 billion lawsuit from President Donald Trump is growing, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) warning the network that doing so will embolden the government to continue targeting the press.
- So poor Sec/Treasury Bessent is so out of the loop & un-influential that he’s embarrassed daily when that plain fact becomes obvious. Maybe he gets the axe soon?
- So, the GOP now throws out Memorial Day as the deadline for their budget deal. They don’t specify which year.
- Reposted by LpeterpWill be interesting to see if any Dems question her about her misrepresentations about her credentials during her hearing tomorrow
- Even though CBS News plagiarized my first scoop in this series, the fact that Trump's nominee for surgeon general lied for years about every relevant aspect of her qualifications is getting relatively little attention—and her confirmation hearing is on Thursday: 1/3 open.substack.com/pub/lastcamp...
- Reposted by LpeterpThere's a hearing today at 5 PM ET in Judge Boasberg's court for the comprehensive amended complaint to release everyone at CECOT citing that Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act is unlawful.
- Reposted by LpeterpNEWS: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of various Republican plans for Medicaid spending reveals that, under every scenario laid out by the GOP, millions would lose insurance. The GOP's plans would have a disproportionate impact on low-income and elderly populations.
- Many here comment on Gaza; Financial Times zeros in on who is responsible and who is complicit in all that suffering & death…
