Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump's use of National Guard during Los Angeles immigration protests is illegal, a judge rules.
2. ".. suppliers adding surcharges ranging between 2.6 percent to 50 percent" ".. sugar — and everything made with it — is about to get significantly more expensive." "Plans to bring production back into U.S. are impacted by higher material costs, making it more difficult to justify the return."
Today's ISM survey commentary is fun: "Tariffs continue to wreak havoc" "There is absolutely no activity in the transportation equipment industry. This is 100 percent attributable to current tariff policy. "We are also in stagflation: Prices are up due to material tariffs, but volume is way off.”
Amazon added ads galore to prime video. They crippled Amazon music. They didn’t listen to all the complaints. They are literally making the membership less attractive.
Great lead headline right now, @nytimes.com.
Good riddance
Sen. Patty Murray is calling for RFK Jr. to be fired. "We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired." "I hope my Republican colleagues who have come to regret their vote to confirm RFK Jr. will join me."
Sen. Jon Ossoff on the CDC: "[P]utting a quack like Bobby Kennedy in charge of public health was a grave error. The Trump Administration has been engaged for months in a campaign to destroy the CDC." "The Administration's extremism and incompetence are putting lives at risk."
It’s not going to get any better for the GOP, it will get much worse. Cheeto and his acolytes are not going to change their game plan, which voters obviously despise.
HUGE FLIP: Democrat Catelin Drey wins deep-red state Senate seat in Iowa, breaking the GOP's supermajority. Drey won by 11 points in a district Donald Trump carried by 11 points last year. It's another massive overperformance. The Iowa GOP should be very worried for the midterms. Our full writeup:
The maga fools couldn’t stop yapping about inflation during Biden. Now it’s rising under Cheeto and crickets.
To make the stakes clear, potential Dem Presidential candidates should say that if SCOTUS allows this they will fire any Trump Fed appointees in 2028. Because that is the logical endpoint.
Thank you. One of my favorite Bluesky feeds. 👍🏼
George, I agree with your assessment. Do you think they will go bigger or .25?
Newsom: I mean, even poor Kid Rock — these guys, they’ve gotten a little precious, haven’t they? The folks at Fox are like, “Oh, this is so unbecoming of a governor. Oh, oh.” And meanwhile, they sit there reading his tweets every single day. Are they really that out of touch?
What real leadership looks like. Thank you, President Barack Obama, for standing strong with California, defending our rights, and fighting for the people of this nation.
For the sake of our children, our loved ones, and the futures they deserve, we can’t just stand back and watch this democracy disappear. It’s time to level the playing field. It’s time to fight back.
Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's Dana Perino melting down over his tweets:
Things I still haven't seen from Donald Trump: ❌ End of Russia's war on Ukraine ❌ Written documentation of trade "deals" with Vietnam, Japan, or the UK. ❌ Lawsuit against Jay Powell. ❌ End of inflation ❌ Replacement for Obamacare
Putin’s puppet
Release the Epstein Files!
Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president? Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
How embarrassing. Politico nothing but a rag.
Pew poll: Trump job approval 38% approve 60% disapprove Aug. 4-10, U.S. adults
A monthly employment report isn't a privilege. It's the law. uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?e... h/t @claudia-sahm.bsky.social
Reporter: I have lived in the DC area for almost 50 years now. The most violent moment in my life was January 6th, 2021, when Trump's supporters charged into the Capitol and beat cops. Trump's response to that was to pardon everyone who was involved
Pritzker: "It's cheating. Donald Trump is a cheater. He cheats on his wives. He cheats at golf. And now he's trying to cheat the American people out of their votes."
Pritzker: "Gov. Abbott is the joke ... at a time when all of us are concerned about the future of democracy, he's literally helping whittle it away and licking the boots of his leader Donald Trump."
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker rejects Texas Republicans' threat to arrest state Democrats: "Texas law does not apply in the state of Illinois, and there's no federal law that would allow the FBI to arrest anybody that's here visiting our state. So it's a lot of grandstanding." @nbcnews.com
Illinois Gov. Pritzker to NBC: "Governor Abbott is the joke. … He's literally helping whittle [democracy] away and licking the boots of his leader, Donald Trump." "Trump is a cheater. He cheats on his wives, he cheats at golf, and now he's trying to cheat the American people out of their votes."
IL already has the most aggressive Dem gerrymander, but if you're really determined to throw pretense to the wind, it's entirely possible to make it 17-0 instead of the current 14-3. Chicago has plenty of votes to spare if you don't mind attached a bunch of ridiculously narrow rural strips to it.
Nebraska Republican Mike Flood held a town hall that started with boos shortly after he took the stage and ended with chants of "vote him out!". One audience member, asking about 'Alligator Alcatraz', pressed Flood: "How much do taxpayers have to pay for a fascist country?"
Every firm of every size on Wall St. should have done this morning what JPM did yesterday. Instead, it's been mostly crickets and, in some cases, cowardice.
AP: “.. About half of all Americans say the cost of groceries is a ‘major’ source of stress in their life right now ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/poll...
The CBO’s final dynamic score: “.. Because the bill’s red ink is not offset by more spending cuts or new revenue, CBO found, the legislation will drive up interest rates.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
I stand with @pbs.org and their efforts to carry on the legacy of the CPB. "For $5/month or $60/yr you get access to PBS Passport and the entire Masterpiece library plus Great Performances, etc. Defunded but not defeated." www.pbs.org/passport/lea...
When the enhanced ACA subsidies go away by the end of the year, healthcare inflation will skyrocket. Also, late 2026 rollout of folks losing their Medicaid. Both of these will have a huge impact on our economy. The orange disaster economy will get much worse from here.
The orange tariff disaster will blame all on Powell.
My thoughts this morning on the anemic jobs report.👇
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Epstein victims lawyer Spencer Kuvin: "We now know from the words of the President himself that Virginia was right all along, and that she was trafficked out of Mar-a-Lago.”
It’s TACO Thursday
Can’t wait for media to spend time on daily inflation stories like they did during Biden’s term. Crickets thus far.. 🤪
April PCE: 2.2% May: 2.4% June: 2.6% @mikezaccardi.bsky.social
Media couldn’t get enough of the inflation egg stories during Biden’s term. Now that beef is soaring, with everything else.. Crickets!
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked higher last month in a sign that President Donald Trump’s broad-based tariffs are starting to lift prices for many goods. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/infl...
Beef prices are soaring and everything else is going up too. Remember during Biden’s term how maga minions and the media couldn’t get enough of those soaring egg prices stories. Crickets now…
BREAKING: New statement from Virginia Giuffre's family. "It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been 'stolen' from Mar-a-Lago. It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal actions."
MORE from Virginia Giuffre's family: "The government and the President should never consider giving Ghislaine Maxwell any leniency." “Ghislaine Maxwell is a monster who deserves to rot in prison for the … violence and abuse she put not just our sister Virginia through, but many other survivors."
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday the U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September – unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and takes steps toward long-term peace. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/star...
Both sides garbage from media is why we’re here. Trump has been a total disaster and somehow Biden factors into that total disaster. 🤪
Biden literally arranged for the only successful ceasefire & hostage release deal of the entire crisis to date, resulting in a month-long ceasefire and the release of 69 hostages. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ga...
Beef prices are absolutely insane. I’m old enough to remember when egg prices were insane under Biden. maga and media couldn’t stop reporting on those price increases.
Reports of rising prices have heated up in last two weeks. $PG $WMT $TGT $HSY @cnbc.com @wsj.com @yahoofinance.com @reuters.com
I’m old enough to remember when maga and the media spent all their time on inflation. Now that it’s rising, crickets from both.
P&G's price hikes "have been communicated to retailers such as Walmart and Target and are in the mid-single digits across categories, a spokesperson said, and will be seen on shelves starting in August." @reuters.com $PG www.reuters.com/business/pro...
Dear America: welcome to your (hidden) national 18% sales tax.
Trump is raising your taxes without anyone voting on it.
Yet Another trade “deal” from Trump that leaves tariffs much, much worse than before he took office. What a joke.
Donald Trump’s approval rating on inflation in the latest Fox News poll is 36%. Tariffs are driving up costs and the American people are angry. There’s no sugar coating that, no matter how some may try.
Every Republican in Congress who voted to confirm this nutjob with zero medical education or experience should be forced to spend at least a day in an oncology ward. A cancer screening saved my sister's life, for which I'm immensely grateful. Fuck this monster.
MAGA FAFO happens…
Trump's cratering in polls continues. Crushing new Gallup numbers: Overall approval: 37% On immigration: 38% On economy: 37% On trade: 36: Federal budget: 29% Overall approval among independents: 29% news.gallup.com/poll/692879/...
Gonna need a bigger squirrel. 🐿️ (via Gallup) news.gallup.com/poll/692879/...
Trump's approval rating is now at 37% in a new Gallup poll — marking his lowest job approval rating since the start of his second term.
“All’s fair in love and war.” - @governor.ny.gov @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Trump apparently knew back in May that his name was in the Epstein files. He’s so desperate to cover all this up that Speaker Johnson shut down Congress until September. Instead of doing the nation’s business, House Republicans remain obedient to Trump. Release the files as repeatedly promised.
By charging Americans 15% tax to buy Toyota, but charging GM 50+% tax to import their raw materials, Trump is *crushing US manufacturing*
I just held a rally in Plano, TX — a red part of the state — and 1,000 people showed up. Many said it was their first political rally ever. There’s something happening in Texas…
Join us:
Hi I’m Mike Sacks and I’m running to take NY-17 back from the Trump-endorsed MAGA Mike Lawler and build a new House that serves we the people, not an aspiring autocrat and his billionaire best friends.
Help @mikesacks.bsky.social flip #NY17. Donate today! secure.actblue.com/donate/gabas...
I had brief phone call with President Trump this morning. When asked about the photos showing Jeffrey Epstein attended his wedding, he responded, “You’ve got to be kidding me,” before repeatedly calling CNN “fake news” and hanging up. www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/p...
“.. This decision was not made lightly, and after much reflection and prayer, it is the right path for me at this time.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c....
Trump: I wish Ghislaine Maxwell well. Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker. Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.
Lmao CBS board went to so much effort to say "this bribe-shaped not-bribe should not be construed as being about our paramount merger because they would look too bribe-adjacent" and then trump thanks CBS and paramount and make it clear he extracted from both sides of it and sees it as the same
Files can’t be blackmailed. Files can’t be extorted. Files can’t be pardoned. Files can’t be bribed. Nothing can substitute for the release of all of the Epstein files.
Trump is in a hell of a bind of his own making. If he doesn't pardon convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, she'll testify before Congress and blow this up, even if she pleads the fifth. If he does pardon Maxwell for sex trafficking, it'll blow up the whole thing anyway.
lots more of Trump and Epstein together — Epstein as a guest at Trump’s second wedding, the two “laughing and chatting” at the 1999 Victoria’s Secret fashion event, the two in 2000 at Mar-a-Lago w/Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew: www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/p...
This just REEKS of corruption.
I’m old enough to remember when the media was talking inflation, inflation, inflation… egg prices during Biden’s presidency? “Where’s the beef” of that reporting now? 🤪
Beef prices are at record highs, and industry experts say could stay that way into 2026 and beyond. Ground beef averaged $6.12 a pound in June, up nearly 12% from a year ago, according to federal data released this week. Steak prices jumped 8% year-over-year, per the latest Consumer Price Index.
A new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office finds that the final version of Trump's tax law will add $3.4 trillion to the U.S. national debt over the next decade and will "increase by 10 million the number of people without health insurance" by 2034.
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/27/about-1-in-4-us-adults-worry-they-or-someone-close-to-them-could-be-deported/
Maria Farmer twice reported Donald Trump‘s connection with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to the FBI, shining light on how the president may be mentioned in the Epstein files held by the Justice Department.
5 things Trump did this week: 1. Claimed exposing the Epstein pedo ring was not a priority 2. Said he “lost faith” in his supporters 3. Called his supporters “stupid people” 4. Denied drawing a naked woman for Jeffrey Epstein 5. Went golfing again
Q: How did Epstein talk about Trump? Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Stacey Williams: “That was his bro. That was his wingman… They were very, very close.”
Two months after Walmart warned it would raise prices due to tariffs, “some household items on Walmart’s shelves have higher prices, according to a CNBC analysis.” @cnbc.com $WMT www.cnbc.com/2025/07/17/t...
