Low-income people over 60 years old die an average of nine years earlier than high-income older Americans. Middle-income older Americans are also dying younger than wealthier people. About 15% of seniors with annual household incomes of roughly $60,000 died during the four-year study period, compared with about 11% in households with incomes of around $120,000. As the US population ages, many seniors reach retirement age without the money to handle shocks like a health emergency or the loss of a spouse. The difference in average mortality age by income could be due to a lack of preventative care for low-income seniors, an inability to pay for care as they age, or the stress of financial instability. The poverty rate among US seniors rose to 15% last year from 14% in 2023, the highest among all age groups. About 80% of people over 60 have few, or even zero, financial assets and would struggle to cope with a financial shock like the loss of a spouse or needing long-term care. read more
Texas AG Ken Paxton: "Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people. There can be no compromise with those who want us dead." The Taliban State of Texas has its priorities upside down. Right wing terrorists have been sabotaging weather surveillance systems in the American Southwest and Texas sent at least 74 insurrectionists to the US Capitol on 6 Jan 2021 who are now all free. Texas is also wasting resources prosecuting young women in need of reproductive care services. Texas executed five prisoners this year and in an average year, an incredible 4,330 people die and 7,726 are wounded by guns. Instead of addressing these appalling wartime casualty figures and the real needs of Texans, faux Christian Ken Paxton is piling on with the sinister Trumpf junta to persecute vulnerable people. read more
The FBI has fired multiple employees and dismantled its CR-15 public corruption unit following revelations that GOP lawmakers' private communications were allegedly monitored during the Biden administration. "They tracked the communications of GOP Senators. They weaponized law enforcement against the American people. That era is over," Patel posted to X. "We fired those who acted unethically, dismantled the corrupt CR-15 squad, and launched an investigation. Transparency and accountability aren't slogans, they're promises kept. We are cleaning up a diseased temple three decades in the making," Patel bleated, vowing to remove those who "weaponized law enforcement for political purposes" and restore integrity to the FBI. The CR-15 unit assisted SC Jack Smith's investigations, leading to an indictment of Dummkopf Trumpf in Aug 2023. Republicans whine that federal law enforcement must take legal action against former Jack Smith in retaliation. read more
President Nicolas Maduro says Venezuelan forces foil 'extremist' plot to plant explosives in US Embassy aimed at escalating tensions with Trump administration. read more
Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo. read more
Another reason for Zohran Mamdani to win in Gotham. NYC Mayor Eric Adams is in Albania pushing for direct flights between JFK and Tirana. The venal Adams dropped out of the race and he was reportedly bribed with a political appointment by the Trumpf junta to help Andrew 'Judas Iscariot' Cuomo's chances. So, the rumor is the bribe of an Ambassadorship to Albania for the pardoned Mayor of NYC. The GOP-dominated Senate will no doubt confirm the peccable Adams, as they did the mentally-challenged Herschel Walker to be Ambassador to the Bahamas: nypost.com
And the Trumpf Crime Family (TCF) has real estate projects in Albania. Just how much ---- corruption can people stomach?
Dummkopf Trumpf's government shutdown isn't just jeopardizing American skies, but our health on the ground. Hawaii reported a case of highly contagious mumps. I'm glad the CDC is on top of this: www.khon2.com
*** Utah: Two Small Planes Make Emergency Landings ***
Luckily no casualties from these two separate incidents: www.fox13now.com
Oligarch Steve Witkoff, real estate magnate Jared Kushner, ethnic cleansing propagandist Bezalel Smotrich, Islamophobe Tony Blair and the Gaza Strip: www.youtube.com
*** Small Plane Crash Kills Three in Arkansas ***
'President Plane Crash' AKA 'President Shut Down' strikes again: www.whiterivernow.com
This elderly woman (70) from LA was surviving on $1,800 per month social security benefits. She died looking for an affordable place to live after receiving an eviction notice (after living there for 23 years). Her poor cat was left with no one. lapublicpress.org
This 'soup sandwich' is involved in all sorts of sexual mishegoss, but according to him, transgenders and progressives pose the threat to family values in Texas. Uh-huh. www.yahoo.com
*** DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Lies Again ***
The vastly underqualified lickspittle is alleging California Democratic Senator Alex Padilla lunged at her, which is why the ICE goons threw him to the floor. "Yes, I know he absolutely did storm at me, in fact. He hit the ground because of how he attacked me that day. So, it's hard to deny the video evidence." x.com
*** Still Another Republican Hypocrite Linked to Child Porn ***
Republican state lawmaker State Rep. Josh Schriver is leading a campaign to ban pornography in Michigan, but he appears to have had an account on a pornographic hook-up website that promised users they could "find sex" and "-------- tonight." Schriver, who called porn a "scourge" and compared it to heroin, introduced legislation in September to ban online pornography statewide.
The number of Republican sex lunatics in power or in the pulpits is simply staggering.
"Pizzagate!"
Source: www.metrotimes.com
*** Rural Hospital Closings Will Be Fatal for Red States ***
Across the country, hospitals are vanishing, and a new wave of Medicaid cuts could accelerate the collapse.
Dummkopf's Trumpf's Big Beautiful Bill slashes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding over the next decade. The junta says this cuts wasteful spending and will create a $50 billion fund for rural hospitals. But many health experts say that's not nearly enough.
Already, nearly 100 rural hospitals have closed or eliminated inpatient services in the last decade, threatening health care access to some of the more than 16 million people living in rural communities who rely on Medicaid.
Source: abcnews.go.com
"So get off Medicaid and get back to work!"
*** Worldwide Protests Continue Against Israel's Ongoing Genocide Campaign ***
AIPAC is simply unable to control the narrative or influence governments and people outside the US. Witness:
Protests marking two years since the 7 Oct 2023 pretext for Israel's ongoing genocide of the Palestinians were held Tuesday in cities around the globe. In Europe, demonstrations were held in London, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Geneva, Athens, Milan, Thessaloniki, Istanbul, and Stockholm. Protests also took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Sydney, Australia.Source: www.wsws.org
In the Netherlands, pro-Palestinian activists splashed red paint on Amsterdam's Royal Palace in protest against a decision by the city mayor to ban a pro-Palestinian rally while permitting a pro-Israeli event.
In Turkiye, a protest was expected outside an energy company over its exports to Israel. In Sweden, demonstrators were expected to welcome back participants of a Gaza aid flotilla detained by Israel, including climate activist Greta Thunberg.
In Britain, around a dozen protests were held on campuses including in Sheffield, Leeds, Bristol, Nottingham, Leicester, Birmingham, Sussex, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London, as well as an "inter-university march" in central London, organized by students across four higher education institutions.
Dummkopf Trumpf was born with a silver spoon up his arse and he never worked a day in his life. After dodging the draft, Trumpf bankrupted companies, sexually abused underaged girls, was impeached twice, convicted once, sold out the country to the Russians, and was successfully sued multiple times for a litany of blasphemies; yet, a drudge.com contributor would write: Trumpf has decades of educated guesses and gut instinct.
Some people on drudge.com need serious psychological help that blogging just can't cure.