Social Security funds could run short by 2032 : NPR

"The Trustees recommend that lawmakers address the projected trust fund shortfalls in a timely way to phase in necessary changes gradually and give workers and beneficiaries time to adjust," the report says...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/09/nx-s1-5850279/social-security-funds-trustees-congress

Why Trump Cult Accuses You of What They're Doing #psychology #politics

  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qle1YRT4NH0

Alarming COVID-19 Data Shows Third Wave Brewing for U.S. | Time

There are few things as powerful as avoidance learning. Touch a hot stove once and you’re not likely to do it again. Cross against the light and almost get hit by a car and you’re going to be a lot more careful the next time. But when it comes to the U.S. response to COVID-19? Not so much.....
https://time.com/5893916/covid-19-coronavirus-third-wave/ 

Fauci says US death toll 'going to be very disturbing' and fears 100,000 daily cases

Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, has said the country could see 100,000 new coronavirus cases daily unless action is taken to reverse the epidemic. Fauci warned that the US is “going in the wrong direction” over handling the coronavirus, and said the death toll “is going to be very disturbing”. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/30/coronavirus-fauci-senate-states-reverse-reopening

Breaking precedent, White House won’t release formal economic projections this summer that would forecast extent of downturn - The Washington Post

The president’s aides will not publish updated economic forecasts, citing volatility in U.S. economy ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/28/white-house-coronavirus-economic-projections/

Social distancing a week earlier could have saved 36,000 US lives, study finds

Had the US begun social distancing just one week earlier, the country would have prevented 36,000 deaths through early May, according to researchers at Columbia University.  Had action been taken two weeks earlier, by 1 March, 54,000 fewer Americans would have died of the virus, the researchers determined.....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/21/us-social-distancing-lives-lost-coronavirus-lockdown-study

Startling new COVID-19 death projections highlight challenges of reopening | TheHill

New internal projections from the Trump administration suggest U.S. deaths will grow on a daily basis to 3,000 by the beginning of June, weeks after states have begun reopening their economies. The startling figures from models produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) come as more and more states take steps to remove social distancing measures meant to slow the spread of COVID-19.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/496063-startling-new-covid-19-death-projections-point-to-difficult

Trump moves the coronavirus goal posts, pre-spinning 100,000 deaths as ‘a very good job’ - The Washington Post

"So we have between 100 and 200,000 [deaths], and we altogether have done a very good job," Trump said.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/30/trump-moves-coronavirus-goal-posts-pre-spinning-100000-deaths-very-good-job/

Watch This Medical Expert Give A Perfect Explanation Of Why You Should Stay At Home During The Coronavirus Outbreak - BuzzFeed News

"If you are irresponsible enough to think that you don't mind if you don't get the flu, remember it's not about you, it's about everybody else."
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/hugh-montgomery-coronavirus-explanation

Why Trump is beatable in 2020 - Axios

There is a growing sense among top Republicans and Democrats that President Trump is stronger than ever and very hard to beat this fall, but several data points suggest otherwise. ....
https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-beatable-2020-polls-f4ad8079-410a-456e-8faa-88bd1779261f.html

To Reclaim the House, Democrats Need to Flip 24 G.O.P. Seats. 25 Are in Clinton Territory. - The New York Times

Democrats hope to ride a wave of liberal enthusiasm and anti-Trump sentiment to a House majority in the midterm elections in November. All 435 House seats are up for grabs, but only about 48 seats are considered competitive (rated tossup or leaning toward one party), based on an average of estimates from three organizations.....

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/26/us/elections/house-races-midterms.html

Trump’s campaign against Clinton is an exercise in projection.

“She is trigger-happy and very unstable, whether we like it or not, that’s what’s going on,” said Donald Trump of Hillary Clinton during a speech on foreign policy last week. She’s “also reckless, so reckless, in fact, that she put her emails on an illegal server that our enemies could easily hack and probably have.”

“Trigger-happy.” “Unstable.” “Reckless.” All of this coming from a candidate who recently said this about tensions with Iran: “With Iran, when they circle our beautiful destroyers with their little boats and they make gestures at our people that they shouldn’t be allowed to make, they will be shot out of the water.”...
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/09/trump_s_campaign_against_clinton_is_an_exercise_in_projection.html