Paul Craig Roberts

Some people will regard my title as hyperbole. It is not. Trump, I believe, understands he is in a fight to the death. The American establishment tried to discredit and ruin him, to imprison him, to assassinate him. They stole his 2020 reelection from him. They tried to steal his NY properties. It is not possible for Trump to have illusions about what he is up against. He is up against evil.

Trump knows that the fight is not just about him. It is about America. For decades a corrupt American establishment has been running the government for their benefit at the expense of the American people. Trump says he intends to take government out of the corrupt establishment’s hands and put it back in the hands of the people. That is the last place the establishment wants it. For them the struggle Trump began in 2015 is existential. If Trump loses, America loses, and the establishment wins. Civil liberties will disappear, especially for “racist” white people and for people who think there are only two genders. Censorship and false narratives will prevail, and we will live in a belief system constructed for us by the establishment and the whore media for whom government is a profit center. Continue reading →

        “I look at life from Both Sides Now!” ~ Judy Collins

Republicans may feel that they’re on the up and up, armed with Donald Trump in the White House and a trifecta at the federal level, but former insiders of the conservative party argue that the GOP’s inability to stand up to its executive leader is becoming an unsolvable problem.

Speaking with MSNBC on Sunday, former Florida Representative David Jolly claimed that Republicans have no targetable solutions for some of Congress’s chief jobs due to the legislative branch’s constant deference to Trump’s will. Continue reading →

The following commentary was originally published in 2018. Major Sjursen made numerous references to “17” years. I have altered that reference to “24” years – as not one damned thing has changed with the mistakes and errors that this nation has continued to endure! ~ Editor

Americans are led to believe they have been fighting for democracy and freedom these past 24 years, but the truth is far murkier.

“War is just a racket… I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service…during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.” ~ Major General Smedley Butler, US Marine Corps, two-time Medal of Honor recipient (1935)
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We’re All Going NUTZ!

Let’s talk about the USAID (US Agency for International Development) – and why Elon is going through it with a very personal machete.

As they weep and wail about funding being cut from “absolutely necessary and life-saving” global initiatives and humanitarian agencies, remember this: We the USA – a nation $36 TRILLION in debt…$36,000,000,000,000 – spent $5.5 BILLION…$5,500,000,000 in the last four years dedicated exclusively to fund LGBTQ issues GLOBALLY. $600 MILLION of which was carved out… hee hee… for trans initiatives. Continue reading →

The continuing saga of United Hell-Care… ~ Editor

UnitedHealthcare has agreed to pay $2.5 million to resolve a class action lawsuit that alleged the company violated a federal law that prevents consumers from receiving robocalls without providing prior consent.

The lawsuit claims that UnitedHealthcare violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which restricts the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or prerecorded voice messages in telemarketing calls. In 2012, the Federal Communications Commission revised the rules to also require telemarketers to obtain prior written consent from consumers before robocalling them, among other revisions. Continue reading →

YEEEEEEE HAW!

A Teacher’s Social Media Post Is Being Investigated After They Apparently Invited ICE To Come To The School

Forth Worth Independent School District is investigating a social media post by a reported substitute teacher. The teacher apparently wrote that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement should visit the school where they work because it has “many students who don’t even speak English.” Continue reading →

Fox Host and GOP Senator Claim Dr. Fauci Had Ulterior Motives During Covid Pandemic

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) joined Fox & Friends on Monday morning and dabbled in some historical revisionism, explaining that he now believes Dr. Anthony Fauci had ulterior motives in trying to limit the spread of Covid-19.

Fauci, like most other officials in his position around the globe, advised both Presidents Trump and Biden on public health intervention measures to slow the spread of the virus, and has since become a controversial figure, with many critics arguing that he was overzealous in his recommendations.

“Dr. Fauci. I don’t hate him, but let’s face the facts. He made them. He tried to establish complete control over everybody. Why did he do that? In my opinion. He was scared,” Kennedy began, adding: Continue reading →

The ONGOING saga of UnitedHell Doesn’t Care and OptumRX

Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, who had battled chronic asthma since childhood, was denied his life-saving inhaler when he went to collect his prescription at a Walgreens pharmacy in Appleton, Wisconsin on January 10, 2024.

The pharmacist had informed him that his medication would now cost $539.19 – a shocking increase from his usual cost of $66.86. Continue reading →

Cigna Group plans to make changes to help lower out-of-pocket cost of prescription drugs, the company said on Wednesday, as it responds to criticism over the role of its pharmacy benefit manager in driving up drug costs. Continue reading →

I believe it is “We the People” who are the Bitter folks!

January 16, 2021 ~ As a result of the inability of the American People to freely and fairly vote, We The People of the United States hereby formally withdraw our consent and revoke our given authority for the operation of all governments in the United States. The United States of America is hereby dissolved. We The People of the United States of America hereby recognize, declare and acknowledge the dissolution of the United States of America as a result of illegal operation and violation of fundamental operating principles. We The People of the United States of America consequently formally and publicly recognize, declare and acknowledge the United States of America to be legally dissolved, null, and void. Continue reading →

What makes hospitals so deadly and how can we fix it?

Throughout COVID-19, abysmal hospital care and the suppression of effective off-patent therapies killed approximately a million Americans. Much of this originated from Obamacare pressuring hospitals to aggressively treat patients so they could quickly leave the hospital and reduce healthcare costs.

More frail patients respond poorly to aggressive protocols, resulting in them frequently being pushed into palliative care or hospice. Sadly doctors are no longer trained to gradually bring their patients back to health, and hence view many of those deaths as inevitable.

In this article, we will review some of the forgotten medical therapies that dramatically improve hospital outcomes and highlight some of the key strategies patients and lawmakers can use to reduce hospital deaths.

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US Health Insurance: What Are Its Problems and Potential Solutions?
An overview of the chief complaints, root causes, and possible solutions to the U.S. health insurance dilemma.

American health insurance seems to frustrate everyone. Patients complain that it’s expensive and complicated. Providers say it buries them in paperwork and can negatively affect patient care.

Poll after poll indicates that most people simply don’t trust their health insurance provider or the health care system itself. Fully 70 percent of the country thinks American health care has major problems or is in a state of crisis. Consumer satisfaction is at a 24-year low.

The American health payment system is a ramshackle structure made up of public and private insurance plans offered by a host of providers across multiple states. Over many decades, the system has been layered with more legislative patches than the roof on your grandfather’s barn… (Continue to full article)

Drugmakers Just Hiked Prices for Over 500 Medicines
Pharmaceutical companies just raised list prices for over 500 medicines, including Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic, Gilead’s HIV-1 treatment Biktarvy and Genentech’s hemophilia A medication Hemlibra.

Drugmakers typically increase prices in the U.S. every January, according to 46brooklyn Research, a nonprofit group that analyzes drug prices. And although this month’s price hikes are comparable with those in recent years, consumers and insurance companies will likely feel the impact.

“For patients in high-deductible health plans or who have cost sharing arrangements that are based on the list price, the increases will hit them,” Antonio Ciaccia, CEO of 46brooklyn, writes in an email to Money.

The median increase among medicines with a price hike was about 4% for 2025. That’s actually slightly below the typical increases from 2019 to 2024, which ranged from 4.5% to 5%. Of all the January 2025 price changes so far recorded, only seven have been price decreases… (Continue to full article)

Thought UnitedHealthcare Couldn’t Get More Awful? They’ve Gone Villain Mode!
At this very moment Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last month, is sitting in a federal jail cell in Brooklyn. He’s got a barrage of court appearances scheduled and, once he has wound his way through the criminal justice system, he could be behind bars for the rest of his life.

Which, of course, is as it should be. While there are a lot of reasons that many people find the 26-year-old alleged assassin sympathetic, you can’t just gun a CEO down outside a hotel in Manhattan and face no consequences for it. And Mangione, who is, by all accounts, an extremely smart guy with an Ivy League education, should really have known better. He should have known that if he wanted to murder someone – and get away with it – there were far more socially acceptable ways of doing so.

Insurers seem to have gone into full-on villain mode; just when you think you can’t hear anything worse about the insurance industry, a new horror story comes out. There’s been an uptick in stories about insurers limiting coverage of prosthetic limbs and questioning their medical necessity , for example. Mr Beast, an influencer with 343 million subscribers on YouTube, recently railed against the healthcare industry in a new video where he helped 2,000 amputees walk again. “Many lived in America and it feels so disgusting that in a country with this much wealth, a fucken YouTuber is their only option to get a prosthetic leg,” he tweeted . “We need to fix this.”… (Continue to full article)

It’s Time to Turn Outrage Into Change: We Need a Better System to Pay for Health Care!
The fatal shooting of a health insurance company executive has exposed the deep dissatisfaction many Americans experience with their health insurance. Social media is abuzz with stories of anger and frustration with a system that prioritizes profit over people.

As a retired physician, I saw the shortcomings of our system regularly fail my patients and am well aware of the need for change. In fact, in 2021, I established The Asclepius Initiative (TAI), a nonprofit that works to communicate the need for a fairer and more just health care financing system.

We believe that you and your family should have access to care when you need it, and your care should be affordable, regardless of where you live or work.

Getting sick isn’t a choice, and receiving the necessary care shouldn’t be a luxury. Your medical care should be decided by you and your doctor, not a claims processor… (Continue to full article)

Medicare Will Impose $2,000 Cap on Prescription Costs in 2025
Starting Jan. 1, Medicare will begin capping prescription drug costs at $2,000 annually, a move expected to save millions of Americans money on medications.

The change is thanks to provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, which are meant to cut costs for consumers, expand benefits and keep prices more reliable.

Patients who reach the cap will not have to pay for prescriptions covered under Medicare Part D for the rest of the year.

I will believe it when I DON’T have to Pay it!… (Continue to full article)

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UnitedHealth Marked Up Lifesaving Drugs by Up to 1,000%: FTC
According to the Federal Trade Commission , UnitedHealth Group has been charging patients markups on lifesaving drugs.

Between 2017 and 2022, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, Cigna’s Express Scripts and CVS Health’s CVS Caremark marked up their prices by hundreds — and in some cases, thousands — of percent, resulting in $7.3 billion in revenue above cost.

“The three major pharmacy benefit managers hiked costs for a wide range of lifesaving drugs, including medications to treat heart disease and cancer,” FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said in a report .

“The Big 3 PBMs marked up numerous specialty generic drugs dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by thousands of percent, and many others by hundreds of percent… (Continue to full article)

How to Save Hundreds on Prescription Drugs: 6 Programs You Can Use in 2025
The cost of prescription drugs has gone up like everything else. Over the last 10 years, the average price of prescription drugs has increased by 40%.

If you rely on prescriptions to maintain your health, these medications can take up a significant chunk of your monthly budget. Luckily, there are some programs out there that can help you save hundreds of dollars a year. From discount cars to online options, there are several ways to cut the cost of your prescription drugs in 2025.

Here they are… (Continue to full article)

…and the Beat goes on…

President Trump begins his new administration with promises of significant changes. His supporters are supercharged by his massive election victory that called for decisive action to cut the size and cost of government, eliminate corruption, and reduce the power of federal agencies. Above all, Trump’s supporters believe we are on a course to restore the Republic of our Founders.

However, as the celebration begins, it’s never been more vital for those who support Trump’s plan to stay vigilant to its opposition. The main lesson the forces of freedom must learn is that the Left never accepts defeat, and they never quit. Their movement for big government control has a specific agenda, and they intend to keep it moving forward under any circumstances. Continue reading →

I imagine that some of my longtime readers have probably noticed that I have not been as prolific of late, and they may have been wondering why. Hopefully this segment will serve as an explanation for that; but first I need to make an apology.

I am sure that some of you recall how I often belittle those whose minds are filled with useless trivia; such as sports statistics, or what is going on in the lives of their favorite celebrities. Well, I’m just as guilty of that as well, and I’ll get to why momentarily. The point is, I have not taken to heart what Christ tells us in Matthew 7:3, “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?” I am guilty of criticizing the mote in other people’s eyes, while ignoring the beam that is my own eye; and for that I wish to apologize. Continue reading →

UnitedHealth Group is charging patients a markup for key life-saving drugs that could easily exceed their cost by a factor of ten or more, according to findings from the Federal Trade Commission.

OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission. CVS Caremark Rx blasted the findings for cherry picking certain drugs in an effort to push what it called an ‘anti-PBM’ narrative.

The report, which levels the same allegations at CVS and Cigna, is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system and comes on the heels of last month’s shocking murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Continue reading →

The summer of 64 AD was a hot one in ancient Rome, and the evening of July 18th was especially warm. The air was dry, and harsh winds blew fiercely throughout the city.

So, when a fire broke out that night in the Cirus Maximus district, weather conditions were perfect for a major conflagration to spread rapidly. And that’s exactly what happened.

Flames raged in the city for a week and a half, and ancient sources estimate that over 70% of Rome was destroyed with at least 10,000 homes and other buildings burnt to the ground. Continue reading →