JIm Brennan’s Commentaries Blog Archive October 21, 2025 EP 05: Empire State Political Pulse with Jim Brennan Latest Podcast: The Trump Challenge in NY – A Talk with State Comptroller Tom DiNapoliRead more August 6, 2025 Trump and Republican Allies Speed Up Social Security’s Insolvency Date The fracture point – the point at which Social Security will become insolvent – for the Social Security and MedicareContinue ReadingRead more June 27, 2025 Republicans’ Long Held Dream of Slashing Health Insurance for Millions About to Come True Unfortunately, the decades long Republican party effort to strip millions of Americans from a basic right to health insurance seems Continue ReadingRead more June 9, 2025 House Bill Guts $ Billions in Funding for New York’s Health Care System in Just a Few Months National attention on “The Big Beautiful Bill” passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025 focused on taxContinue ReadingRead more May 10, 2025 Crazytown 2025: Republicans Create Fiscal Chaos, Destructive Budget Proposal; What’s Going On? The Republicans who control the House and Senate have begun their process to pass a giant Budget Reconciliation package ofContinue ReadingRead more March 14, 2025 Medicaid On The Chopping Block; Millions of NYers Are Vulnerable But We Can Fight Back With nearly half the state’s population dependent on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act for their health coverage, and FederalContinue ReadingRead more February 9, 2025 AND NOW FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS After several weeks of the Trump-Musk onslaught against the American government, the House and Senate Republicans are stepping up toContinue ReadingRead more January 23, 2025 Unauthorized Immigrants in the U.S. : How Many are There and What’s Their Status Now That Trump Has Arrived? In the course of a few days, Donald Trump has begun laying the groundwork to deport millions of unauthorized/undocumented immigrantsContinue ReadingRead more January 7, 2025 THE HANDY REFERENCE GUIDE TO TRUMP LIES 2.0 During the Trump second term, Americans can expect another onslaught of lies, far more than any fact checker could handle.Continue ReadingRead more December 18, 2024 A Cruise, Post-election Blues and Missing Democrats My wife and I left for a river cruise in France the afternoon after the Presidential election; we already hadContinue ReadingRead more 1 2 3 … 18 Next Page»