Blog: If I understand this

Kevin Zahn

  • Update 09/27/2025

    So Trump is still trying to get to Letitia James, the prosecutor who got him:  Following a three-month trial, a New York judge concluded that Trump and his family had committed a decade of business fraud by overstating the value of their properties to get favorable loan terms, fining Trump and his sons nearly half a… Continue reading

  • 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