Category Archives: Economy

Open Thread | COVID-19, Our Economy, and The Dangers Republicans Pose to All of Us

Posted on December 14, 2020 by rikyrah

The greatest threat to this country is the Republican Party. While the REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE STOP ANOTHER COVID RELIEF BILL, the people suffer. They suffer because of unemployment. They suffer because of hunger. They suffer because their children aren’t … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | We Have No Second COVID Stimulus BECAUSE OF MOSCOW MITCH

Posted on November 30, 2020 by rikyrah

Let us be very clear on why there hasn’t been a second COVID Stimulus. It is NOT BECAUSE OF CONGRESS! IT👏IS👏BECAUSE👏OF👏MOSCOW👏MITCH👏   I want #COVID19 relief passed immediately. But I also think that Democrats have nothing to apologize for by … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Political Food For Thought

Posted on June 18, 2020 by rikyrah

Came across this Twitter thread and thought they made good points.   Presidential candidates in 2024. Yes, I am doing this. You know when Sanders lost the election. Nov, 11, 2016. Sanders slammed " civil rights" as identity politics foreclosing … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Andy Slavitt Trying To Warn Us

Posted on May 18, 2020 by rikyrah

Yet again, Mr. Slavitt is dropping truth. Keep your eyes open.   Mitch McConnell will not pass any more Congressional aid for Americans losing income, nutritional aid, states or testing & contact tracing unless he gets 1 thing: waivers for … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | What These State ‘Openings’ Are About

Posted on May 13, 2020 by rikyrah

This Twitter thread is on the money   "Re-opening" isn't about saving ordinary workers and earners. You can't save someone by infecting them with a deadly disease. In a world without contact-tracing, therapeutics, tests, PPE, santizing products, etc, more contact … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Heads Up About What This Administration Is Up To

Posted on May 11, 2020 by rikyrah

This comes from the journalist that predicted the path for the United States with regards to COVID-19, so I believe her.     My sources @WhiteHouse say 2 tactics will be used to get America open & #Trump reelected.1.) Cast … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | COVID-19 Information

Posted on April 15, 2020 by rikyrah

I will say it again.. Until we start testing like South Korea and Germany,this economy cannot open again 😠😠😠 PERIOD     The difference between a country that took COVID-19 seriously, and one led by a lying, incompetent idiot Number … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | About That GOP Smash And Grab

Posted on March 25, 2020 by rikyrah

So, Mitch McConnell tried to push through a bailout that was ultimately nothing but a GOP Smash and Grab.     Here were the tell tale signs. He tried to negotiate this WITHOUT THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SITTING AT … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread | This Is Who They Are- Meet the GOP Chief Economist Behind Their Hunger Games Mentality

Posted on August 30, 2018 by rikyrah

Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth Takeover of America By Lynn Parramore May 30, 2018 Nobel laureate James Buchanan is the intellectual linchpin of the Koch-funded attack on democratic institutions, argues Duke historian Nancy MacLean Ask people to … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread

Posted on August 3, 2017 by rikyrah

The Axes of American Politics Seven Ideologies Underpinning Today’s Politics It is a fact universally acknowledged that every time a member of a political party is criticized by members of their own party, the Internet will get very excited and angry. Don’t they … Continue reading →

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