“.. with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
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“.. with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
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
What is coming, in QAnon lore, is the Storm. The orgy of bloodletting in which Trump will liquidate his political enemies. That’s what he’s playing with.
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More name changes afoot… Department of Defense = Department of War Department of Education = Department of Keeping You Stupid Center for Disease Control = Center for Crackpot Conspiracies Department of Agriculture = Department of Subsidies for Farmers going broke from tariffs
not the first person to make this observation but its rules that the "i wont let my body temple be defiled by putting seed oils or processed food in it" people and the "let me go behind the gym to inject these steroids i bought from a guy i met here" people have merged into the same group.
The lies' laughable implausibility is a feature, not a bug. They're not trying to convince discerning, skeptical, fact-based people. They're trying to give supporters a fantasy that validates their feelings and creates a sort of loyalty test, while flaunting the absurdity in everyone else's faces.
not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.
#AddictedToCrises 🤡 @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
> @wutangforchildren.bsky.social 🤡
Weird photo. Is this the angle he chooses to show because he is being treated with steroids? If so, did the steroids also remind him of Roger Clemens? 🤔
Raddatz: "One of the things that they're trying to do in D.C. with the National Guard is have them back up federal law enforcement." Gov. Wes Moore: "They're picking up trash."
> @governor.ca.gov
FEDWATCH: With reciprocal tariffs “hanging in the balance, the Administration will shift more levies to 301/232, thereby sustaining the impact on PCE and likely increasing the tariff pass-through, which could lift core [inflation] .. well above 3 percent .. bonds are likely to react negatively ..”
“.. Yes, it will be on the shelf,” he said, “but you’re not going to be able to find it at a pharmacy, that’s already happened. CVS, Walgreens, because of this confusion, they’re not going to stock it ..” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
After losing an appeal against CNN, Alan Dershowitz plans to ask the Supreme Court to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, the 1964 case that protects journalists and others from weaponized lawsuits. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/29/b...
“An unsettling Mad Max vibe coursed through the city. Pickup trucks with armed men of unclear authority cruised around .. “.. I headed back to Union Street. That body could not possibly still be there. This was the United States. We collect our dead. “Still there.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/i...
APOLLO: “.. Will We See a Repeat of 2021 and the 1970s? .. There is upside pressure on inflation and inflation expectations .. The risks are rising that we could see another ‘inflation mountain’ emerge over the coming months.”
A true legend is gone. #RIP @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-kn...
The New York Times ran a whole piece speculating that Joe Biden had Parkinson’s and suggesting his neurologists were lying to the public. archive.ph/0u9ht
“Who. Pays. The. Tariffs!”
Such a surprise
This clips runs as part of the Paley Center for Media’s exhibit on Johnny Carson in NYC — and I cannot get enough of it. @fallontonight.bsky.social
“.. I never have seen an instance of an advanced, affluent country with among the finest scientific resources .. under assault, not from small pockets of the public or people who have unusual beliefs, but from the government itself.” @mollyjongfast.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Brooklyn Bridge gets all the press. But the views from the Manhattan Bridge are gorgeous this week, too. #NYC 💕 @newyorkcitykopp.bsky.social
Huey Lewis releases “Heart and Soul” as a single — from “Sports” — 42 yrs ago today. “We aimed almost every song at radio because we knew we needed a hit single. We didn’t know which one .. was going to be a hit .. So one’s kind of a ballad, one’s kind of a rocker, but they’re all aimed at radio.”
In olden times, you’d sound out constituents, gauge support for a bill, then vote. Now, it’s the opposite. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“.. The Oval Office photos don’t resolve those questions. They raise them. And until the press decides to treat Trump’s health the way it treated Biden’s, makeup and memos will remain the White House’s first—and last—line of defense.” @passantino.bsky.social www.status.news/p/trump-heal...
The Deere layoffs this week. The Caterpillar warning about tariffs. Just the beginning. @bloomberg.com $CAT $DE @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
One retailer “blasted out an email last week — subject line: ‘Beat the Tariff Price Hike’ — one of several brands urging customers to buy now.” 🤡 @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/08/30/l...
Frankly I’m surprised more comparativists aren’t saying, “Aw that’s so cute. America’s having its first little premature rumor and speculation frenzy about the autocrat’s death after his public absence for a brief period” (common in authoritarian regimes)
This part. Everyone should be taking notes from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social’s @mizzwelch.bsky.social
“.. a government where officials maintaining nuclear weapons, monitoring medical trials, or guarding state secrets, have shorter résumés and smaller staffs — likely for years to come.” @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...
“.. Kennedy was acting bizarre, saying he can tell as he walks past children if they are dealing with “mitochondrial challenges” .. Can he mysteriously divine illnesses just by looking? “Our health secretary is a certified quack.” @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Of COURSE it all comes down to Modi’s refusal to nominate him for a Nobel prize. 🤡
“.. even as tariffs change week to week, he added ,, ‘We cannot go back two weeks later and say, ‘Oh, sorry, now it has to be this price.’ They just don’t work that way.” 🤡 @wsj.com www.wsj.com/business/ret...
A Ukrainian lawmaker who formerly served as speaker of parliament was shot dead on Saturday in the western city of Lviv, authorities said, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned as a "horrific murder". u.afp.com/SAEF
“.. Mr. Trump, frustrated by the tariff negotiations, reached out to Mr. Modi several times .. “.. Mr. Modi did not respond to those requests.” @nytimes.com 🇮🇳 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
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$DJT
Breaking news: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from rapidly deporting undocumented immigrants detained away from the border without a court hearing, a setback for its mass deportation agenda.
Trump wasn't seen yesterday by the White House press pool. He wasn't seen today. He has no public events scheduled this weekend. Trump hasn't been seen in public since Weds, and it's unclear if he'll be seen in public until Tues. That's pretty damn weird.
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
“.. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year due to tariffs and deporting agricultural workers.” @waiterich.bsky.social @fortune.com #CPI fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
“Private Eyes” turns 44 today.” The video’s director, Jay Dubin, recalls getting a call. “‘Hey, we're over at Electric Ladyland, we want to shoot a video. We only have this much money. Can you get over here in a couple of hours?' I go, 'Yeah.' Came in, did it, and left. .. Two hours, done, boom.”
Threats should work. 🤡 @acyn.bsky.social
Def Leppard gets their first #1 UK album today in 1987 with “Hysteria” — now famous for helping to bridge 1980s metal and pop. “It was trying to cross over, and hard rock bands didn’t really do that,” said Phil Collen. “I think it’s the best thing we ever did.” “Armageddon It”
If SCOTUS upholds this decision, that’d be the best possible outcome for Trump. His inflationary tariffs would be stopped before they did any more damage, and he’d have a scapegoat to blame for any further economic distress www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
This was a power grab. Pure and simple. Normally, Congress would step in and complain. But now the Republicans are a cult, not a political party. This is an important front in the fight against authoritarianism.
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
me after the tariffs are struck down as illegal
CAP ECON: “We obviously have no particular insight into whether the Supreme Court will uphold .. If it did, “Treasury would .. need to return most of the now-close to $100bn in additional customs duties .. and there is a danger .. other countries would back-track on any preliminary agreements.”
A court ruled in our favor and declared that the President cannot impose tariffs whenever, wherever, or however he wants. This is a victory for hardworking families and businesses in New York and our nation. We will never stop fighting to protect people and their wallets.
Hope SCOTUS enjoys being treated like Trump’s lapdog
(via @stevevladeck.bsky.social) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The laughter in Seoul, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Ottawa, New Delhi, Brasília and Beijing must be .. hearty. 🤡 @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump's having a meltdown over on Trash Social. "If allowed to stand, this Decision would literally destroy the United States of America." (How many times have you heard him say this?)
Evercore wuz right.
“.. Friday’s ruling extends the suspense over whether Trump’s tariffs will ultimately stand.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Exclusive: Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities — including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez — to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found reut.rs/3JWb00R
Aw you make that sound like a BAD thing. 🤡 @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/de-...
MACRON: “.. it will show again President Putin has played President Trump.” @afp.com today.rtl.lu/news/world/a...
No notes
“.. He told POLITICO his experts are “able to reveal a face using AI, if they have 35 percent or more of the face visible.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
“.. The Florida Division of Emergency Management will lose most of the value of the $218 million it has invested in making the airport suitable for a detention center ..” @apnews.com @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
“.. The increased enforcement could spur clashes with local officials and residents, leading the president to deploy the National Guard ..” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Past 48 hours in Iowa: #IAsen www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gonna be fun. $IMAX
AP: “.. As Senate Republicans work to maintain their majority in the chamber, Ernst is joining a wave of her peers making headaches for the party.” @apnews.com #IAsen apnews.com/article/elec...
DEERE: “.. Due to decreased demand and lower order volumes, the following factories will be implementing workforce reductions in the coming weeks. Affected employees were informed today.” @kwqc.com #Iowa $DE www.kwqc.com/2025/08/28/o...
You can’t pack more joy into a 90-second clip than Coldplay’s 2020 “Tiny Desk” @npr.org #LetsGoLetsGoLetsGo 💕
NEWSOM, to @karaswisher.bsky.social: “.. I just wanted to put a mirror up to the absurdity of all of this. .. I mean, it’s comical. .. embarrassing .. And I’m glad they’re melting down over it. Their situational unawareness is rather jaw-dropping, and we’ll keep at it.” nymag.com/intelligence...
Modi visits Japan. Japan cancels US trip. Again.
“.. the company said it didn’t have the data. .. Tesla later said in court that it had the data on its own servers all along.” 🤡 @washingtonpost.com $TSLA www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Atlanta Fed Q3 GDP tracker: 3.47% Goldman: 1.6% 👀
"The media seems to have accepted Leavitt’s 'frequent handshaking' diagnosis. But photos from last Saturday showed Trump with bruising on his left hand too. Are we to believe he’s double-fisting his handshakes now?"
BNP PARIBAS: ".. we don’t believe our estimates of 90k for US payrolls and 4.2% for the unemployment rate would prevent the Fed from cutting rates in September. ..We expect a further decline to 50k in 2026 on account of slower labor supply growth .." #NFP
> @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2025/08/29/c...
".. I’m increasingly [thinking] that high tariffs are here to stay, [and] that a Democrat, say in 2029, is not going to reverse Trump’s tariff policy, because the federal government won’t be able to afford to." @thehill.com thehill.com/business/547...
#PresidentTruth 🇺🇸
We obtained emails that appear to show the White House ordered government officials to put Grok back on the list of approved vendors “ASAP” www.wired.com/story/white-...
I'll bet they did.
Fed gotta cut. 🤡 @mikezaccardi.bsky.social
B of A: ".. history says S&P 500 peaks at 9914 in Sep 2027. .. average gain in 14 US equity bull markets in past 100 years is 177% in 59 months." [Hartnett]
“I don’t have any choice” says the kidnapper.
Yeah that tracks. 🇮🇳 @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Via @alecstapp.bsky.social $TAN #ICYMI www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/c...
US GDP: * 2nd half of last year: 2.8% * 1st half of this year: 1.4% * rest of this year: (projected) 1.1% @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Lula’s not done. @reuters.com 🇧🇷 www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.barchart.com/investing-id...
* TRUMP REVOKES KAMALA HARRIS' SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION -- CNN @reuters.com
Or how about the fact that there’s no legal mechanism to do so? Was that not worthy of the headline? South Station is owned by the MBTA, not Amtrak like Union Station or New York Penn.