The U.S. tried to rally countries behind its trade priorities. They rebelled. President Donald Trump wants U.S. allies to unite against China's trade tactics. He got a fresh reminder this week about how much his tariffs are making that a harder sell. At the annual G20 trade ministers meeting in Milwaukee, the U.S. asked the world's other top economies for help addressing four U.S. trade priorities, including combating a glut of low-cost Chinese manufactured products and forced labor in supply chains.
Micron says most of next year's supply is already committed, and market trackers see prices rising into 2027.
President Donald Trump touted Korean funding for a long-stalled pipeline project in Alaska. The Korean government said they haven't promised the money.
Please note that before Trump put RFK in charge of infectious disease in America, there were zero measles deaths most years. One of the deaths this year in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania was a 6-week-old infant, who was too young to be vaccinated and whose life depended upon herd immunity. Measles, one of the most easily spread diseases has an R-naught of 12 to 18. The U.S. has enjoyed elimination status for measles for more than two decades. In a November there will be a review of that status and most experts believe the U.S. will officially lose it. read more
Five weeks before Election Day, Democratic enthusiasm is reaching a fever pitch. With Republicans struggling to overcome President Donald Trump's low standing, Democrats are on the offensive in Republican strongholds like Texas and Florida, and even eyeing contests in deeper-red Kansas and Mississippi. Many Democratic leaders predict that the House majority is all but theirs, and that the Senate majority, almost unthinkable a year ago, is nearly in their grasp as well.
RFK,Jr's approach to medicine?
Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show (1986)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
Covered wagon, medicine show
Take you to a place where the healing flows, oh-ho
Weak in spirit, we got the juice
Won't save your soul, it'll shine your shoes, oh
Treated king to kangaroo
Santa Fe to Timbuktu, oh-ho
Don't be fooled by imitation
This is the stuff that cured a nation
...
The stuff we sell is just the best
Passing all consumer tests, oh-ho
Days of heaven, nights of sin
Voodoo stick and shark's fin
When all around you seems like hell
Just one sip will make you well, oh-ho
Multi-purpose in a jar
If you ain't ill it'll fix your car
In days of yore, for all bad feelings
Washing socks and stripping ceilings
Nowadays, it's used medicinally
For all known human malady, oh
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@#4 ... Progressives: "our taxes should pay for healthcare."
MAHA: "trillionaires need more money!" ...
Agreed.
But, when Pres Trump meets with the AI executives and signs an agreement with them, you might have thought that The President of the United States would actually know the name of the Country he is President of.
But, then there's this ...
'President of the Unites States': White House's AI accord includes spelling error
www.theguardian.com
... Donald Trump and six tech executives voluntarily signed the document, which included a misspelling, committing to safely developing AI.
The White House misspelled "United States" under the signature of Donald Trump on an accord he signed with AI executives on Tuesday.
At the bottom of the accord on "Super Intelligence", the term Trump has used to rebrand artificial intelligence, the president's signature appeared as "President of the Unites States".
It is unclear how the misspelling occurred or whether it will appear in the Federal Register, the database that contains official presidential actions and other government documents. ...
PM Carney seems to be doing quite well in the Canadian polling that I've seen.
Mark Carney's support surge coming largely from former Conservatives, poll finds
www.europesays.com
Found this ...
Pa. Democrats have had enough of Fetterman | Morning Scrapple poll (September 28, 2026)
www.pennlive.com
... If you thought Sen. John Fetterman's standing among fellow Pennsylvania Democrats couldn't get any worse, well, think again.
In the newest PennLive/Bravo Group Morning Scrapple poll, 77% of Democratic voters disapprove of Fetterman compared to 71% who felt that way in last month's survey.
Among all voters, Gov. Josh Shapiro still enjoys a comfortable lead over Republican challenger Stacy Garrity, the state treasurer, and President Donald Trump's approval rating continues to hover below 40%. ...
@#7 ... Is ol' stinkerbell complaining or bragging? ...
Good question.
Around here, it seems to be the GOP politicians who want to constantly reduce the funding for public schools and, instead, try to use public funds to finance their entry-limited private schools.
And, don't get me started on the dollars-per-student spent on public schools in wealthy towns vs the same stat in the less wealthy towns.
I mean, just go to Wilton, CT (a wealthy town here in CT) and look at their high school on US RT7. It looks more like a college campus than a high school.
Wilton, Connecticut
en.wikipedia.org
... The median income for a household in the town was $197,428, and the median income for a family was $217,415. Males had a median income of $190,000 versus $71,611 for females. ...
@#13 ... Hence the devolution. ...
Exactly.
Republicans want to defund public education in favor of providing themselves discounts to attend their private schools.
So, instead of Republicans wanting to improve the problems they may see in public schools, all Republicans seem to want to do is make public schools even worse by defunding them.
It just fits into the uber-wealthy wanting to continue to have a whole class of people who are unable to do anything by work for the uber-wealthy.