Practical Progressive Gini
@leftcoastgin.bsky.social
80 years old and still into learning. News junkie. Atlantic Monthly for 50 years. Last classes in poetry workshop at Stanford. New lectures from Peter Zeihan. in Foreign Affairs. Looking for what will be next.
Analysts say increasing Venezuelan production will not be cheap. Energy Aspects estimated that adding another half a million barrels a day of production would cost $10 billion and take about two years.
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Analysts say increasing Venezuelan production will not be cheap. Energy Aspects estimated that adding another half a million barrels a day of production would cost $10 billion and take about two years.
Venezuela as drug exporter is particularly ludicrous in this case, given that Venezuela is not a meaningful producer of fentanyl or the other drugs that have dominated the recent epidemic of overdoses in the United States, and the cocaine that it does produce flows mostly to Europe.
January 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Venezuela as drug exporter is particularly ludicrous in this case, given that Venezuela is not a meaningful producer of fentanyl or the other drugs that have dominated the recent epidemic of overdoses in the United States, and the cocaine that it does produce flows mostly to Europe.
President Trump’s cuts to Medicaid and other health programs will make things worse, especially for marginalized people. One study projects that 51,000 Americans will die annually as a result of these cuts.
January 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
President Trump’s cuts to Medicaid and other health programs will make things worse, especially for marginalized people. One study projects that 51,000 Americans will die annually as a result of these cuts.
Young leaders of the Republican Party daily create a soap opera of emotional in fighting... Immaturity and selfishness for sure.
January 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Young leaders of the Republican Party daily create a soap opera of emotional in fighting... Immaturity and selfishness for sure.
More than 150,000 pupils were homeless in NYC during the last school year, sleeping in shelters or doubled up with other families. And one in three students was chronically absent, missing at least 10 percent of class time.
December 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
More than 150,000 pupils were homeless in NYC during the last school year, sleeping in shelters or doubled up with other families. And one in three students was chronically absent, missing at least 10 percent of class time.
TRUMP;S crazy, possibly illegal — actions for 2025: abusing his pardon power, manhandling universities and law firms into bending the knee, unleashing the National Guard on American cities, blowing up boats in the Caribbean without congressional approval,
December 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
TRUMP;S crazy, possibly illegal — actions for 2025: abusing his pardon power, manhandling universities and law firms into bending the knee, unleashing the National Guard on American cities, blowing up boats in the Caribbean without congressional approval,
In the days before Christmas, as measles, whooping cough and influenza continued to spread and surge across the country, the Department of Health and Human Services came perilously close to scrapping the nation’s longstanding list of recommended childhood vaccines.
December 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In the days before Christmas, as measles, whooping cough and influenza continued to spread and surge across the country, the Department of Health and Human Services came perilously close to scrapping the nation’s longstanding list of recommended childhood vaccines.
When Marjorie Taylor Green replied that children should remain off limits from mortal threats in their disagreements, Trump responded that she had only herself to blame.
December 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
When Marjorie Taylor Green replied that children should remain off limits from mortal threats in their disagreements, Trump responded that she had only herself to blame.
THIS IS MAJOR: The SC decision not to allow Trump to put troops into the cities. Now he can't start riots and call national emergencies. Then call off the elections.
December 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
THIS IS MAJOR: The SC decision not to allow Trump to put troops into the cities. Now he can't start riots and call national emergencies. Then call off the elections.
THIS IS MAJOR: The SC decision not to allow Trump to put troops into the cities. Now he can't start riots and call national emergencies. Then call off the elections.
December 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
THIS IS MAJOR: The SC decision not to allow Trump to put troops into the cities. Now he can't start riots and call national emergencies. Then call off the elections.
The Supreme Court decision not to allow Federalized troops into cities without question is the most significant setback for the Trump administration at the Supreme Court at least since the justices repudiated its effort to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Supreme Court decision not to allow Federalized troops into cities without question is the most significant setback for the Trump administration at the Supreme Court at least since the justices repudiated its effort to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798
uropean Union.
Mr. Zelensky wants the peace deal to include a precise date for Ukraine’s entry into the European Union, to make it a firm and concrete guarantee.
Mr. Zelensky wants the peace deal to include a precise date for Ukraine’s entry into the European Union, to make it a firm and concrete guarantee.
December 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
uropean Union.
Mr. Zelensky wants the peace deal to include a precise date for Ukraine’s entry into the European Union, to make it a firm and concrete guarantee.
Mr. Zelensky wants the peace deal to include a precise date for Ukraine’s entry into the European Union, to make it a firm and concrete guarantee.
OBBA provisions favor high-income and business taxpayers. As many as 10 million Americans will be forced off Medicaid, and much of the progress made under the Affordable Care Act will be undone. IT also rolls back significant green energy provisions.
December 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
OBBA provisions favor high-income and business taxpayers. As many as 10 million Americans will be forced off Medicaid, and much of the progress made under the Affordable Care Act will be undone. IT also rolls back significant green energy provisions.
Russia Is Likely to Reject the New U.S.-Ukrainian Peace Plan. SCREW RUSSIA!
December 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Russia Is Likely to Reject the New U.S.-Ukrainian Peace Plan. SCREW RUSSIA!
Russia Is Likely to Reject the New U.S.-Ukrainian Peace Plan.
SCEW THEM!
SCEW THEM!
December 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Russia Is Likely to Reject the New U.S.-Ukrainian Peace Plan.
SCEW THEM!
SCEW THEM!
Truth does not age and neither does courage. Karl Scholz
December 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Truth does not age and neither does courage. Karl Scholz
Sexual violence during Uber rides: The ride-hailing giant received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average from 2017 to 2024,
December 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Sexual violence during Uber rides: The ride-hailing giant received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average from 2017 to 2024,
DOGE did not do what Mr. Musk said it would: reduce federal spending by $1 trillion before October. On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It WENT UP!
December 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
DOGE did not do what Mr. Musk said it would: reduce federal spending by $1 trillion before October. On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It WENT UP!
If this Supreme Court thinks they are doing the nation a favor, they should realize that Donald Trump id no Franklin Roosevelt.
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
If this Supreme Court thinks they are doing the nation a favor, they should realize that Donald Trump id no Franklin Roosevelt.
If this Supreme Court thinks they are doing the nation a favor, they should realize that Donald Trump id no Franklin Roosevelt.
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
If this Supreme Court thinks they are doing the nation a favor, they should realize that Donald Trump id no Franklin Roosevelt.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/.... this is just disgusting!
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office (Gift Article)
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/.... this is just disgusting!
Mr. Trump’s continued fund-raising is all the more striking given his boasts during his first presidential campaign a decade ago that he was an outsider whose personal wealth made him impervious to Washington’s pay-to-play politics.
December 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Mr. Trump’s continued fund-raising is all the more striking given his boasts during his first presidential campaign a decade ago that he was an outsider whose personal wealth made him impervious to Washington’s pay-to-play politics.
Turning Point sounds like a lot of children throwing mud at each other.
December 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Turning Point sounds like a lot of children throwing mud at each other.
Corporations who cheat workers on their pay should pay for the Snap Program.
December 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Corporations who cheat workers on their pay should pay for the Snap Program.
And we all know it, feel it. It has turned our world dirty and grey, our nation grim. The only thing that saves us today is the ability to turn up the kindness in our own personal relationship and hope that we can get through the next 3 years.
December 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
And we all know it, feel it. It has turned our world dirty and grey, our nation grim. The only thing that saves us today is the ability to turn up the kindness in our own personal relationship and hope that we can get through the next 3 years.