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With the right folks in charge, it doesn't take long to get from a US economy that is "the envy of the world" to this:

"The long-term unemployment number is a post-pandemic high and a level typically only seen during periods of economic turmoil..."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Long-term unemployment at post-pandemic high, straining workers and economy
The US economy is seeing a rise in long-term unemployment, with over 1.9 million Americans out of work for 27 weeks or more, sparking concerns about the labor market.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
September 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I wish somebody would ask him to specifically list the "seven" or however many wars he claims to have ended and then hand him a map and ask him to show us on it where the wars were.
September 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
@nealkatyal.bsky.social: “You’ve got the president who's imposed the largest tax increase on American consumers since 1993 … and he did it without Congress saying one word. That is not our constitutional structure.”
August 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Dr. William Foege, 89, who helped end smallpox in the 1970s, recently wrote: RFK Jr.’s “words can be as lethal as the smallpox virus.” And his actions are more lethal still. He’s waging war on America. That’s an impeachable offense. He must be removed from office.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, White House Says
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The party that claims to care about law and order sends the military to pick up trash in DC but has nothing to say about the regular massacre of children in schools under than ‘thoughts and prayers.’
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis mayor says children are dead after a shooting at a Catholic school.
August 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"'People don’t want to reach this conclusion: This is authoritarianism."
A high profile conservative lawyer (and the ex-husband of former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway) is calling Donald Trump’s political strategy what it is: “authoritarianism.”

“We have never seen anything like this in America."
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August 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Iowa Senate seat that Democratic candidate Catelin Drey flipped tonight has been in GOP hands for 13 years.

Not anymore.
August 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Pretending not to hear the whole room chanting “shame” at her is the most Susan Collins things ever
Senator Susan Collins got an earful from protesters at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Searsport today.
August 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Arguably the most anti-religious administration in history. Just nakedly hostile to those who wish to practice their faith.
Trump administration moves to bar states and even private (!) nonprofits, such as Red Cross, from helping undocumented immigrants after disasters.
Evil. s2.washingtonpost.com/4467742/68af...
August 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
media should not interview minors who have just survived a mass shooting
August 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Do not come to Chicago” -JB Pritzker

This is what we have been talking about, since 2020. Hit back harder. That’s how you win a fight.

The entire Democrat party should be taking notes.
August 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
👇🎯 Again, the wildly illegal and unconstitutional authoritarianism is the hed, dek, & lede. It’s the <only> story that matters. Everything else is details & diversions.
Biden authorized the funding for this bridge. In any case, the finer point here is that the president of the United States is THREATENING TO DEGRADE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF MAJOR CITIES IF THEIR LEADERS OFFEND HIM.

This is front page news!
August 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In case anyone's confused, yes, slavery was bad.
August 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump:

On war criminal Putin: “I’ve always had a fantastic relationship with him”

On sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell: “I wish her well”

On pedophile Epstein: “He’s a lot of fun to be with”

On J6: “It was a day of love”

To everyone who has enabled this evildoer, a pox on you and your houses.
August 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A government agency bragged about destroying posters protected by the First Amendment.
ICE just posted this video taking down the sign in Mount Pleasant on Twitter.
August 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New— Nazis with giant swastika flags marched in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday with two police escorts. They shouted “white power” and said to the woman who took this video (reshared here with her permission) “fuck you, n***** bitch.”

Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.
August 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
71% of Americans believe Trump knew exactly what Epstein was up to. Trump knows he's screwed bc of it. So screwed in fact, he has to try to shut down voting, gerrymander districts, embarrass a foreign leader, and embarrass US in his meeting with Putin... This is all desperation.
August 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
SUNDAY—A massive protest has erupted outside the White House with demonstrators chanting “Trump must go!”
August 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What @GavinNewsom and Texas Dems are modeling is you can stand up to the bully and live to tell the tale.

Like the Tennessee Three before them.

A valuable lesson to teach to light the way for others no matter the outcome.
August 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🔥 “If I’m willing to drive three hours to come here and talk, I’m gonna ask you to get off your phone and listen to what I have to say.”
August 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trump would concede at the table what Russia could not take on the battlefield. Americans should not accept this from this weak ass president.
August 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This logo literally looks like it says KMS NOW!
As the cable news channel MSNBC splits up with NBC News, it is also dropping the "NBC" from its name: Later this year, it will become MS NOW, which stands for My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. Here's my full story: www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/m...
August 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you haven’t seen this, it’s about time you did.

Sound up!
August 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM