Blog: If I understand this

Kevin Zahn

  • Update 09/21/2025

    Big Oil already extracts about $35 billion dollars a year from the federal budget in direct industry specific tax breaks and subsidies.  Trump promised Big Oil even more in return for supporting his 2024 election bid.  In their big ugly tax bill, Trump and Republicans handed Big Oil an additional $18 billion in giveaways over… Continue reading

  • Update 09/14/2025

    Dr. Oz used to sell useless weight loss pills on TV, in spite of how he was a qualified surgeon in times past.  What is he doing now?  Helping Trump and:  Mehmet Oz, the former TV talk show host and heart surgeon known as “Dr. Oz” who now leads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid… Continue reading

  • Update 09/07/2025

    Dad joke: Why did the banana go to the doctor? He wasn’t peeling well. …………………………. From MSNBC:  House Republicans have launched an investigation into Wikipedia, a long-standing target of conservative criticism. For several months, Elon Musk and other conservatives have waged a campaign to portray the online encyclopedia as an oppressive tool of leftist manipulation.… Continue reading

  • Update 08/31/2025

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Empathy is usually regarded as a virtue, a key to human decency and kindness. And yet, with increasing momentum, voices on the Christian right are preaching that it has become a vice. As in: “Empathy becomes toxic when it encourages you to affirm sin, validate lies or support destructive policies,” said Allie… Continue reading

  • Update 08/24/2025

    From The Atlantic:  President Donald Trump berated President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. He allowed the Pentagon twice to halt prearranged military shipments to Ukraine. He promised that when the current tranche of armaments runs out, there will be no more. He has cut or threatened to cut the U.S. funds that previously supported… Continue reading