Squeezing budgets . . .
Monday, November 17, 2025. It's the Moon's day . . . Strong Southerlies bring lots of clouds and a slight rain chance to TulseyTown today with a high in the upper 70's this afternoon.
Economics stuffed the mailbox this morning…
What democrats can and should do about the disastrous economy – Robert Reich, Trumps's shi**y economy, online. 11.17.25
From Gavin Newsome on Fox News’ lies about Trump's economy:
Tune into Fox News (don't, actually) and you will see a steady stream of Trump sycophants alongside curious case of California Derangement Syndrome.
But here are some cold, hard FACTS you will never see on the network.
Prices are not, down ... they are UP.
Coffee: UP 18.9%
Utilities: UP 11.7%
Electricity: UP 5.1%
Vehicles: UP 11.5%Middle class families in California pay LESS in taxes than in states like Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
Life expectancy, infant mortality, deaths of despair, wages and uninsured rates are all worse off in red states.
For Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans talking trash: California is the fourth largest economy in the WORLD. We contribute $83 billion to the federal government while Texas takes $71 billion.
California is #1 in manufacturing, #1 in farming, #1 in new business starts, #1 in tech and VC investments, #1 in Fortune 500 companies, and the #1 public higher education system in the country.
California has some of the strongest gun laws in the country and as a result has a 43% lower gun death rate than the rest of the U.S. according to data from the CDC while President Trump oversaw the largest spike in homicides recorded in U.S. history.
Republicans across the country are fanning the flames of culture wars to distract from the fact that on health, wealth, and economic outcomes they are failing.
Today, an ideology of “aristocracy” justifies the fabulous wealth and control of government by an elite that increasingly operates in private spaces that are hard for the law to reach, while increasingly using the power of the state against those it considers morally inferior. Heather Cox Richardson, in Letters From An American.
The Week Ahead – Joyce Vance, in Civil Discourse.
The creator of Saturday Night Live, Lorne Michaels, is 81 today. was born in 1944 Toronto, Canada.
Speaking of Canadian laureates, Rachel McAdams is 47 today, born in 1978) London, Ontario, Canada. She's been nominated multiple times, winning best actress awards and a Broadway Tony award.
Martin Scorsese is 82 today. The multi-laureate awarded film director/producer/writer was born in 1942,Queens, New York.
The French sculptor Auguste Rodin was born on this day in 1840, Paris, France.
And, it's the birthdate of Queen Elizabeth I, born in 1533,Greenwich, near London, England