New study gives Congress a road map to fix Social Security – Herb Weiss

By Herb Weiss, contributing writer, aging issues As Social Security celebrates its 90th anniversary on Aug. 14, 2025, this essential retirement program has long been facing a significant long-term financing gap.  According to the 2024 Social Security trustees report, unless Congress acts the trust funds will be depleted by 2035, forcing the program to reduce benefits by…

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Our shame seen round the world

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Photo: Protester in Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi’s office Updates in Italics Rioters broke into the US Congress building after a speech by members of the Trump family and President Trump. VP Pence was called upon to make a definitive statement about not accepting the electoral college votes, and just before Congress went into…

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President Trump signs $900B pandemic aid bill – with agreements

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This is a developing story… To avoid a government shutdown and to continue unemployment, among other things, and after a day filled with negotiations from Mar Lago, the President signed the $900 billion, 5,000 page stimulus bill that was attached to the bill to continue government. The understanding includes: increasing stimulus from $600 to $2000…

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E.O. just signed by Pres. Trump

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Photo: EPA headquarters was preferred to HUD headquarters by 81-19 percent in recent Harris Poll. (NCAS) I have just now learned that the draft executive order on federal architecture that was leaked last April has today been signed by President Trump. “Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again” is now called “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture.” I…

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Your Coronavirus Update – Today, Oct. 13, 2020

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Photo: Providence College – one of many outdoor classrooms NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL New York Catholic Churches have said they will not be shuttered – reacting to attempts to shutter synagogues that are a source of coronavirus outbreak. Bill Gates says antibody drugs could sharply reduce COVID-19 death rates and effective vaccines could bring life back…

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Your Coronavirus Update – Oct. 4, 2020 (update on President)

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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL James Bond Movie, “No Time to Die” delayed again to 2021 Shlomi Shabbat, famed Israeli vocalist, was hospitalized with coronavirus on Saturday. Michigan Supreme Court ended Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 Lockdowns citing they “Violated the Michigan Constitution.”.. Mosquitoes and other biting insects can’t spread SARS-CoV-2, researchers reported. Unlike dengue, malaria, and Zika virus,…

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Updated: President Trump fighting coronavirus

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UPDATES: President Trump taken to Walter Reed Hospital around 6pm on Friday, 10/2, “as a precaution” “for several days”. 6pm, Friday. He taped this message to the American people just before he left… Treatments known: At the hospital, a course of treatment was given with Remdesivir. This is given through IV infusion, in a hospital,…

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Updated: President Trump and First Lady Melania test positive for Coronavirus

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UPDATES: President Trump taken to Walter Reed Hospital “as a precaution” “for several days”. 6pm, Friday. He taped this message to the American people just before he left… President taken to Walter Reed Hospital – previously given a single 8 gram dose infusion of Regeneron’s polyclonal antibody cocktail. He has been taking zinc, & vitamin…

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