It is Congress' responsibility to stop the bozo in the White House from ruining the country!

March 5, 2025
By Matt Cohen

Ever since President Donald Trump’s victory in November, (click here) election officials at every level and voting rights advocates have worried that he would gut the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — the little-known federal agency responsible for the nation’s cybersecurity and protecting critical infrastructure from digital threats. And now that those cuts have come to fruition, election officials are already experiencing the loss of crucial CISA resources they said are integral to voting security.

In the seven years since CISA’s creation, it’s become a crucial agency to help secure elections from foreign and domestic cybersecurity threats. Among the agency’s routine functions are sending cybersecurity experts to local election offices to recommend upgrades and best practices, training election officials to spot foreign interference and connecting offices with law enforcement agencies — a crucial practice as violence and threats to election officials significantly grew in the past decade.

But ever since CISA put its election staff on administrative leave, all of those functions have ceased....

Alito is a political judge that bases his decisions in politics and not the rule of law.

The monies dedicated to foreign aid was legislated. It was legislated by a congress elected by the people. This is not a judicial decision of political ideology in stating the people are paying too many taxes. That is political dogma. There is a separation of powers in this country according to the USA Constitution Alito and the others must abide by. Where in the USA Constitution does it say a Supreme Court judge can change the separation of powers on a whim? Where does it say that?

March 5, 2025
By Jacob Knutson

...Justices Samuel Alito, (click here) Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh dissented to the court denying Trump’s application. Alito, who wrote the dissent, said the court made “a most unfortunate misstep that rewards an act of judicial hubris and imposes a $2 billion penalty on American taxpayers.”...

A one month pause is just that.

The one month is to allow adjustments the auto companies have to make for when the tariffs finally go into effect. China is saying the country is ready to go to war. Xi is not talking about a trade war. 

Trump needs to stop his bullying and ideation about being king and be a president to a democracy that effects the stability of the world. Trump is amused by all the disruption as if to say, "Oh, you all didn't know I could do all this, ha, ha, ha." The problem is he is the only one on the globe laughing.

Project 2025 is an ideological disaster. There is no doubt about that. I guess Project 2025 wants apocalypse now.

March 4, 2025
By Camila Domonoske

As President Trump's once-postponed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico (click here) are poised to transition from a threat to a reality, the auto industry is preparing for higher costs and an extraordinary disruption to their North American supply chains.

"The tariffs are all set," Trump told reporters on Monday afternoon, saying that there was no room for Canada or Mexico to negotiate another reprieve. "They go into effect tomorrow."

Trump also says he will double the tariffs he imposed on China last month, from 10% to 20%.

Speaking on Monday, Trump called his announcement "very exciting" for the auto industry and said it would benefit from his tariff plan. "So what they have to do is build their car plants, frankly, and other things in the United States, in which case they have no tariffs," Trump said....

Security Guarantees

This is from February 2023. His ambition is correct. He needs to be able to have security guarantees in order to move his country forward. 

We have to solve the problems of security guarantees for Ukraine. This country wants to have a future that is prosperous for their children. 

If the USA is unwilling to provide even intelligence to the Ukraine military how can any "deal" over mineral rights change it? 

March 5, 2025

By Paul Adams

...Without US intelligence, (click here) Ukraine will not be able to make such effective use of long-range Western weaponry, like the US-made Himars launchers or Stormshadow missiles supplied by Britain and France....

The Trump administration is leaving Ukrainian soldiers vulnerable. This abrupt change in course by Trump is a human rights violation. The Ukraine military had no way to change their circumstances before they became vulnerable.

March 5, 2025
By David Brennan

Ukrainian authorities reported a major Russian missile and drone strike (click here) on targets across the country on Tuesday night, with a top aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanding an immediate end to Moscow's barrages as a condition for any peace deal to end Russia's three-year-old invasion.

Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 181 strike drones and three missiles into the country in the latest attack. The air force said 115 drones were shot down and 55 lost in location without causing damage.

The barrage coincided with President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress, in which he said a potential peace between the two nations would be "beautiful." The strikes began before Trump entered Congress and continued into the morning, indicated by Ukrainian air force alerts....

This attack occurred during the propaganda campaign speech Trump made last night. That was an intentional act by Russia. Putin is not interested in peace or a ceasefire and is absolutely opposed to the USA owning the mineral rights in Ukraine. That brings the USA "interests" directly into a war zone. With USA interests then at stake that places the USA in direct conflict with both countries.

The USA military needs to return intelligence to Ukraine UNLESS there is a ceasefire and that is the case for all the current USA munitions sitting at Ukraine's border. This is an outrage!

Ireland has been a neutral country in Europe for 1922. That changed the day Trump turned his back on Ukraine. 

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It is an adjustment period, not a pause.

People need to understand this is just a 30 day adjustment period so the corporations can move forward in preparation of the new taxes on them. 

March 5, 2025
By Ana Swanson and Jack Ewing

President Trump (click here) said on Wednesday that he would pause tariffs on cars coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico for one month, after a 25 percent tariff that he placed on America’s closest trading partners a day earlier roiled stock markets and prompted stiff resistance from industry.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, read a statement from Mr. Trump on Wednesday saying that White House had spoken with the three largest auto makers, and that a one-month exemption would be given to cars coming in through United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

“At the request of the companies associated with U.S.M.C.A., the president is giving them an exemption for one month so they are not at an economic disadvantage,” the statement said. The three automakers that Mr. Trump spoke with were General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis....

No experts

Licensed personnel are bound by privacy standards.

There is a larger aspect to allowing these dangerous drugs into the USA and that is the lack of qualified personnel.

When a consumer calls their insurance company about issues like changing tiers of medication, they’re not talking to people qualified to even speak to the issue. Most customer service personnel at insurance companies are trained by the company. They are more than likely don’t have a degree or experience within the industry where they’re working.

Example: The drastic tier change of Diltiazem CD. The customer service representative doing their absolute best to answer a subscribers question is a clerk. That clerk has no medical background. So when the subscriber is upset by the fact that he or she is receiving recommends to ask the doctor to change the medication to a different medication that is probably cheaper, they are giving medical advice without a license.

Why is that important?

Those medication‘s were ordered by a physician or a physicians assistant that takes a look at the entire picture in regards to the patient’s health. That means if that patient has a specific medical condition addressed by the prescribed medication, no one should be recommending the subscriber to speak to the doctor about changing medication. A licensed pharmacist would know that.

Additionally, if a subscriber is taking more than one type of medication, there’s the issue of interaction. If the subscriber is taking multiple medication’s during the day that complicates the picture even further. So a physician or a physicians assistant has looked at the overall picture and made sure that the medication’s this patient is taking are not interacting with each other in a way that’s going to make the patient ill or worse.

The point is when a subscriber interacts with a health care insurance company they should not be receiving medical advice. If the insurance company has licensed personnel with medical background answering questions for their subscribers, there is no reason to complain. But that is not what is happening with the healthcare insurance companies in the United States of America right now. Customer Service is a clerk with absolutely no permission to talk about medications. But that is what is going on.

Most healthcare insurance companies are doing just fine and they’re having good returns on their investment to their stockholders. However, those profits are being made at the cost of expertise and good service and good outcomes to their subscribers.

Example of off brand allowed by Trump

Online pharmacy choices are dangerous for Americans. 

TIADYLT ER is manufactured by a company in India called “zydus.” They allow ingredients that cause cancer, thyroid disorders, and brain damage. This is being sold today to unwitting Americans.

FD&C red #3 was banned 

There is a new wrinkle to the Medicare Tier issue.

The generic medication being moved to different tiers is out of Medicare since Trump changed directors or has an acting director. Medicare is playing Russian roulette with Americans medications. 

The acting Medicare director needs to be reviewed for ethics violations. She is probably redefining tiers.

The online pharmacies are importing off-brand medications.

The changes coming out of Medicare is NOT making medications more affordable. Americans will stop taking medications if they are once again faced with spending their money on groceries, housing vs. medicines. 

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There is no alternative.

What do law abiding members of Congress do when people are suffering, the country is weakened, and propaganda is lacing the country’s politics and business?

Representative Al Green, from Texas, did the only thing a RATIONAL person would do, he wanted to stop the lies, the hate, the deception, and dysfunction of the federal government. At least Al isn’t buying it.

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I don’t waste my time listening to propaganda.

That is correct, it is not normal. Trump spoke twice as long as any president in history. He wants to tantalize Americans into a cohesive consumer-like power to intimidate any arm of government. He made the speech because he is losing.

I research any opinion I hold or any political decision I make. I do not listen to hate and anger. I read newspapers. That was plural. I want the facts. Op-Eds are as important as editorials. Two view points are important to decision making.

Isn’t she great.

The way she speaks to the American people is exactly who she is, genuine, forthright, and full of good ideas for taking care of this country. No bigotry or hatred. Elisabeth takes responsibility to the people seriously and very genuine. It is a pleasure to meet her.

Elissa mentioned health care. I know more now as to the strategy of CEOs illegally making profits by playing seniors for fools.

The CEOs aren’t just moving Tier One medications to Tier Four, they are removing generics completely from their formulary. 

As an example, there is high demand for heart and blood pressure medications that have been around for decades. Such an example is Diltiazem CD.

This is a chart illustrating the use of Diltiazem.  The average price a YEAR supply was very affordable at less than $5.00 per month. That isn’t the case anymore. Let’s say a company like Blue Cross and Blue Shield with its large numbers of subscribers pays $1.00 for every prescription filled. That isn’t not the actual cost, but, simplified to illustrate.

So, with maybe a million seniors taking Diltiazem if the CEO were to remove it from the formulary it would put at lease $1,000,000 back in the profit structure of the company. Now, if a subscriber needs their prescription refilled and it is not on the formulary they have to pay about $220.00 per month out of pocket. The company pays nothing. That isn’t probably not illegal. It is highly unethical, but, here is where it is illegal.

So the subscriber calls BCBS and is confused in why the prescription that last year had a $0.00 copay now is costing $220.00 to refill it. They are told the medication that last year was a Tier One is now a Tier Four and a 50 percent cost is shared by the company. Now, the cost is $110.00 per month.

But, the subscriber files a complaint and upon doing so is told the best that can happen is a change by one tier to Tier Three. That is illegal. The Affordable Care Act defines each tier if medication and how a cutting edge medication can be in Tier Four. But. This wasn’t on the formulary at all. That right, it wasn’t.

The complaint by the subscriber now has to be addressed by the company. So, in order to look at Diltiazem CD at all it goes into the Tier Four category as would any drug not on the formulary. That maneuver by the healthcare company removes a genetic successfully from a Tier One to a Tier Four and removes the subscribers right to a Tier One generic. It is unethical and illegal. A genetic medication as defined by the Affordable Care Act belongs in Tier One. The MANEUVER by the CEO is illegal.

What now does the subscriber do that had a 90 day supply costing $330.00 out of pocket? The subscriber turns away from BCBS and looks to online pharmacies that don’t necessary provide the same quality of medication as was the guarantees last year. So, needing the medication to stay alive the subscriber settles for an off-name generic and pays about $50.00 for a 3 month supply.

The CEO of BCBS now puts a $1,000,000 back in his pocket, cheats the subscribers out of quality generic medications, and is applauded by stockholders by an increase in return, and the CEO receives his bonus.

The maneuver is illegal and the stockholders will never know it us nor be held responsible for such a wholly violation of the subscribers human rights.

That is just one generic drug knowing there can be a potential for hundreds.

The online pharmacy is now increasing its customer list and realizing profits it normally would not receive due to corporate corruption. It could be called a cartel by common cause.

The subscriber is completely powerless to change the fact it is costing hundreds of dollars for generic medications that normally would cost nothing. “The Golden Years” are now syphoned off by health insurance companies and online pharmacies and in turn will hurt the USA economy when seniors can’t continue to the travel and recreation economy. Jobs will be lost and local economies as well as corporations will suffer. Multiply one senior traveler by a million or more and businesses will fail.

The question has to be asked, does BCBS own online pharmacies?

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The lawbreaking president needs his approval

This is how he stays in office. He occupies so much space there isn’t room for anything else. I can’t imagine he said anything worthwhile. He hasn’t done anything fir the country except make it weaker.