Saturday, July 11, 2026

A mortgage, not a miracle

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Bipartisan housing bill becomes law without the president's signature; Trump dismisses housing affordability for American families as 'so unimportant' while continuing his hissy fit over the stalled SAVE America Act. {AP 11 July}

https://apnews.com/article/trump-housing-bill-77ec340dcdd676c46c458813b461b1af

Rigging elections in his own favour and that of his party, under the thin pretence of combating largely nonexistent voter fraud, hath been openly declared by this man to be more pressing than helping Americans purchase homes. The alleged epidemic of voter fraud was thoroughly debunked in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, yet that hath neither stopped him from repeating the lie nor dissuaded his supporters from believing it.

And this bipartisan legislation is probably not even a bandage upon the gaping wound that is housing unaffordability in today's #Murica. It is better than nothing, certainly, but even that appears to be a step too far for a president determined to have the entire world — and every person's very psyche — orbit around himself.

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