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Source: Jessica Riedl, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute
$5 trillion in new business investment, hundreds of thousands of new jobs tied to those investments, and record low gas prices. While the numbers sound impressive, none of them are true.
Trump spent Labor Day promoting what he called a “Golden Age,” but the claims being pushed don’t hold up. The White House circulated talking points on social media boasting of $8 trillion in new tariff revenue, $4 trillion in deficit reduction,
Because nothing screams “qualified diplomat” like a guy whose entire foreign policy experience is yelling at women from his car. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/trump-pick...
The First of the Month - Rabbits!
Sorry to all those stuck working today. The best way to honor them is by staying home and relaxing so we don’t encourage businesses to stay open. To those in jobs that are always necessary and rarely get a break: thank you for your sacrifice and service. We know many don’t get the day off.
We hope to see you out there at the nationwide protest today. Let’s raise our voices, honor the workers who’ve been cast aside, and keep fighting for the dignity and security every worker deserves. We hope you enjoy the day, you’ve earned it. 💚
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
#flagtwat.
This is how they beat up on a minority they already despise to distract from guns being the #1 killer of US children. Pls read, comment, subscribe... johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/straight-w...
trump Is Hated Crack in the dam.
trump Is Hated Yes they were they tried to overthrow our government because of the whim of a madman.
Funny Sarcastic Grandma
The Other 98%
trump Is Hated WTAF
📢 GOTV #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
TheTruth
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Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
trump Is Hated Yikes! 😂
Racist with it
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If only there were people who called him out!!!!
The Meidas Touch News Network
Ha ( then) ugh
Hate looking at him
the Meidas Touch people having an actual good one. I'll be damned.
The meidas Touch Network
Another North Yorkshire hidden delight, Hoffman Kiln, Settle, 1873. @visitnorthyork part of Craven Lime Works - www.visitsettle.co.uk/craven-lime-...
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EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!” We know Trump is still stuck on his 2020 loss, but election laws are controlled by the states, and an executive order on this has no real force. At the end of the day, it’s just a piece of paper with no real meaning.
States already have some form of voter ID requirement in place. So Trump’s latest post is just political theater. He says he’ll issue an executive order requiring voter identification for all U.S. elections. On Truth Social he declared: “Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO
With a picture taken today by Getty Images; once again: do I know WTF is going on with Trump? I do not. Do YOU know WTF is going on with Trump? You do not All I know is he has never voluntarily STFU for five days since he was born
NEWS: Trump and House Republicans' budget cuts seek to eliminate the HOME affordable housing program that’s built/rehabbed 1.3M homes in 30 yrs, including 540k in rural areas. 84% of those homes are in districts that voted for him. Rural families now face losing their lifeline.
A plan for Gaza circulating within the Trump administration calls to “voluntarily relocate” Palestinians, establish U.S. control, and turn the area into a “gleaming tourism resort and high-tech manufacturing and technology hub.” (Washington Post)
Now this is the attitude ALL district attorneys need to take when it comes to dealing with Trump.
Wow: French President Emmanuel Macron just called out Trump at a major press conference with the German Chancellor 😳
I'm reading John Fugelsang's remarkable new book, Separation of Church and Hate, and came across this passage (pic below). Can I suggest substituting "Trump" for "Rome" and keep the ... well ... faith that America has better days ahead. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Protesters chained the fence of a federal building in LA, trapping DHS agents inside. "How does it feel to be locked up unlawfully, without due process?" one shouted.
Call to Action: Mass protest at Washington D.C. on November 5th. Plan accordingly. #3E #RefuseFascism
Trump’s Decapitation of the CDC Takes a Darker Turn—and Hands Democrats a Weapon Illinois’s JB Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.
It's going to take all of us to fight back against Republican redistricting efforts in Texas. I'm so proud of the Democrats in the state legislature. They have shown immense courage and are putting up one hell of a fight.
Links: www.wusf.org/politics-iss... www.wesh.com/article/sign... people.com/trump-admini...
We are literally becoming a police and military state under this administration, when chalk at a memorial is treated like a crime, it’s not about “safety.” It’s about this administration having complete control on the American people.
This is just sad. We’ve posted about this before. Now here is what is going down. The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
"Trump would ask rapists and their victims to peacefully negotiate an agreement while the rape was still in progress." Dead-on-balls accurate
The CDC — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — has now been reduced to the CD, because apparently we’ve had to cut the control and prevention parts. Pls read, comment, subscribe... johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-measle...
Kari Lake, a Trump ally now serving as acting chief of the agency that oversees VOA, posted on X that layoff notices were issued to 532 staff members.
The Trump administration announced that it plans to dismiss nearly all remaining employees at Voice of America, escalating tensions with a federal judge who had previously blocked efforts to overhaul the government-funded broadcaster.
At Last
If Trump keeps avoiding the public like this somebody's gonna have to write a book about Biden's health.
“There's armed troops of the streets in cities with 30-year crime lows.... masked men are kidnapping innocent, nonviolent people off the street... and the media and president are focused on a goddamn logo for Cracker Barrel. It's where we are, folks. This is how empires crumble.” --John Fugelsang
signed a letter challenging the leadership of Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump. We shared their letter of dissent about a week ago.
Me in the Fenway News about how MA needs to respond to Trump's "Big Ugly Bill" fenwaynews.org/wp-content/u...
“If Democrats had a trace of killer instinct, Alexandrovich would be a household name… Instead, they are sleepwalking through the scandal of the summer.” Peter Rothpletz writes how Democrats are silent as Trump frees an alleged Israeli pedophile. Read more: zeteo.com/p/why-arent-...
'Failing the American people': Ousted ABC reporter rips old network for caving to Trump
The sitting President of the United States raped children and he’s in no danger of being held accountable for it.
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
Union representing CDC employees re: ousted leader Dr Susan Monarez: “We commend her, not just for doing the right thing, but for doing the hard thing by standing against disinformation. She chose science over politics. This is the leader that CDC needs & our nation deserves”
Appoint a guy who committed fraud and served prison time to an ambassadorship and violates international law. I'm shocked I tell ya. share.newsbreak.com/er5r16uu
Yesterday, ICE agents detained firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire. As a firefighter and paramedic, I know firsthand that in an emergency, every second counts, and politics should never come before saving lives.
Hey Mark- Told one of my chiropractic patients about Cost Plus Drugs last week and your mission after he complained a skin cancer medicine was going to cost him $1700- He found it on your website for under $20- for real. Best project ever. @costplusdrugs.com
Excellent question.
Actual post by Gavin Newsom, and it’s perfect lol
Learn to decipher the codespeak.
Congressmen Massie & Kanna will announce the bill these 2 men have written to release Epstein Files. 10 of the survivors of Maxwell & Epstein will be present at the news conference. Please repost and #VoteBlueforOurFuture #wtpBLUERESISTS #ProudBlue #DemVoice1
"New Mexico’s leaders have been celebrating state oil and gas policies as bastions of climate progress. The facts tell a different story," writes the Center's Gail Evans in an #OpEd for @abqjournal.bsky.social ⬇️
On behalf of the livestock industry, the USDA recently shot and killed a 3-month-old wolf pup in New Mexico. Another wolf is poised to be killed soon too — unless Interior Secretary Doug Burgum grants him a reprieve. Tell Sec. Burgum to immediately cancel the kill order ➡️ biodiv.us/4n9IKGx
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The recovery of endangered Mexican gray wolves hangs in the balance, largely due to a lack of genetic diversity. The wolf with a target is genetically valuable — as was the 3 month old pup who was killed. This species needs genetic diversity to survive.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The judges made it clear the international emergency powers law the administration leaned on “does not authorize the tariffs imposed by the Executive Orders.” Links: www.investors.com/news/trump-t... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...
Go figure, yet another illegal action. In a major blow to Trump’s global trade war, a federal appeals court ruled that many of his tariffs were issued illegally, upholding an earlier decision from the federal trade court.
Welp
If you’re Donald Tr*mp, billionaires > kids with cancer. And in the meantime, how about those grocery prices? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Are you organizing a #LaborDay Event and want to make sure it counts? Make sure every anti-Trump protest and every protester is counted in the record books at www.WeCountProject.com Together, we can show the true strength of this movement because protests count, and so do we! #50501Movement
The Thiel/Yarvin/Vance vision can only be described as dystopian: America transformed into a corporation run by a CEO-monarch. The Constitution is gone. Congress abolished. The middle class, including MAGA, enslaved. Enemies, disabled and elderly quietly and ‘humanely’ eliminated.
Israel murdered Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri on Monday. Instead of demanding accountability, Reuters published Israeli propaganda.
That is a *stunningly apt* metaphor!
🔥 NEW on YouTube: Trump’s Flag-Burning Ban & Dictator Dreams Trump bans flag burning, moves against the Fed, and even says: “Maybe we’d like a dictator.” @johnfugelsang.bsky.social and I break it down. youtu.be/oHZMO7HFqMo
RFK Jr. has appointed Jim O’Neill, a man who's not a scientist, as acting director of the CDC. And to make matters worse, O' Neill also has deep ties to Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s techno-utopia movement.
Yes, Nothing happens. Another March, Another meme, Another blow, Paralysis. Another cup of alertness…
We want to apologize if it feels like we’ve been venting a lot lately. It’s just hard to ignore that nearly every move from this administration seems to be illegal, unlawful, or outright unconstitutional and yet nothing happens.
"A fusion of every horrible child who vanished on the Wonka tour."
Good point.
Ordered my copy at my favorite bookstore. Powells is located in Portland Oregon. Can’t wait for it!
if we all die a horrible death then we can't collect on what we paid into is the theme here
She initially told Kennedy she would step down, but later refused. In retaliation, Trump fired her. The White House confirmed the dismissal today during a press conference.
For clarification on yesterday’s post. Susan Monarez, CDC Director, who had been pushing back against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was cornered with an ultimatum that she resign or be fired.
In Atlanta, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gathered to applaud colleagues who resigned following the firing of Director Susan Monarez. With four top officials stepping down, many now feel that the CDC is effectively finished.
I applaud workers at the CDC for standing up against Sec. Kennedy’s dangerous anti-vaccine crusade. We are witnessing a full-blown war on public health from the Trump Administration. History will not look kindly on those who stayed silent in the face of this assault on science.
Go for it. I don't even care any more.
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