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US private payrolls unexpectedly declined in November, ADP says - The Guardian. Unexp…spare me. This is ENTIRELY expected and will get worse. Tariffs can only be eaten by very, very large firms and only for so long. This will get worse.
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
US private payrolls unexpectedly declined in November, ADP says - The Guardian. Unexp…spare me. This is ENTIRELY expected and will get worse. Tariffs can only be eaten by very, very large firms and only for so long. This will get worse.
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"Widespread job losses, with declines in employment among manufacturers, construction companies and professional services firms. Losses were concentrated among small businesses..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
Private Employers Cut Jobs in November, the Latest Sign of a Slowdown
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Widespread job losses, with declines in employment among manufacturers, construction companies and professional services firms. Losses were concentrated among small businesses..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/b...
Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, AP sources say
apnews.com/article/hegs.... Shoc…oh, right! This is the least qualified SecDef in history we’re talking about. All is clear.
apnews.com/article/hegs.... Shoc…oh, right! This is the least qualified SecDef in history we’re talking about. All is clear.
Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, AP sources say
The Pentagon’s watchdog has found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a militar...
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, AP sources say
apnews.com/article/hegs.... Shoc…oh, right! This is the least qualified SecDef in history we’re talking about. All is clear.
apnews.com/article/hegs.... Shoc…oh, right! This is the least qualified SecDef in history we’re talking about. All is clear.
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Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Yep
Well, most Europeans don't like Nazis. There are some countries which always had a much closer tendency to fascists, my home country Germany is one of them obviously (see AfD and the whole East Germany part), then there's Italy (Hail Duce) and then there's Norway.
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Yep
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O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
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RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
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Crucial point from @jenrubin.bsky.social: The leaks about the bombings show there's a ton of deep consternation inside the military and civilian leadership about what's happening. And that can only get worse.
On the pod Jen is so illuminating on this scandal:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
On the pod Jen is so illuminating on this scandal:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
Trump Press Sec Spin Implodes as Fresh Boat Bombing Horrors Rattle GOP
As Karoline Leavitt struggles to defend awful new revelations about the bombings, The Contrarian’s Jennifer Rubin explains why even Republicans are shaken—and why this will only get worse for Trump.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Crucial point from @jenrubin.bsky.social: The leaks about the bombings show there's a ton of deep consternation inside the military and civilian leadership about what's happening. And that can only get worse.
On the pod Jen is so illuminating on this scandal:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
On the pod Jen is so illuminating on this scandal:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
Opinion | John Roberts has badly weakened our democracy. Will he ever stand up to Trump? - The Guardian. No. No, he won’t. The Court will have to be remade first.
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Opinion | John Roberts has badly weakened our democracy. Will he ever stand up to Trump? - The Guardian. No. No, he won’t. The Court will have to be remade first.
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Dear Tennessee,
Please reject fascism on Tuesday.
Please show up and vote for www.aftynforcongress.com
Please reject fascism on Tuesday.
Please show up and vote for www.aftynforcongress.com
Aftyn for Congress
FEED KIDS. FIX ROADS. FUND HOSPITALS.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Dear Tennessee,
Please reject fascism on Tuesday.
Please show up and vote for www.aftynforcongress.com
Please reject fascism on Tuesday.
Please show up and vote for www.aftynforcongress.com
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Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe.
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe.
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
Could not agree more.
These Karoline Leavitt "press conferences" are completely worthless propaganda full of shameless lies. They should be ignored by the media and all of us.
Q: You said that second strike was in accordance with the law of armed conflict, but the Navy's own manual says that firing on survivors from a wrecked vessel is an example of a war crime
LEAVITT: I would reiterate that the strike was conducted in accordance with the law of armed conflict
LEAVITT: I would reiterate that the strike was conducted in accordance with the law of armed conflict
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Could not agree more.
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TOMORROW Tues 12/2:
VOTE Aftyn Behn in Tennessee's 7th district SPECIAL ELECTION! (If eligible)
Especially if you live in Nashville and Davidson County
Use this link to find your polling place.
www.nashville.gov/departments/...
Stand for Democracy! Vote Aftyn Behn, DEC 2ND!
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
VOTE Aftyn Behn in Tennessee's 7th district SPECIAL ELECTION! (If eligible)
Especially if you live in Nashville and Davidson County
Use this link to find your polling place.
www.nashville.gov/departments/...
Stand for Democracy! Vote Aftyn Behn, DEC 2ND!
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
TOMORROW Tues 12/2:
VOTE Aftyn Behn in Tennessee's 7th district SPECIAL ELECTION! (If eligible)
Especially if you live in Nashville and Davidson County
Use this link to find your polling place.
www.nashville.gov/departments/...
Stand for Democracy! Vote Aftyn Behn, DEC 2ND!
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
VOTE Aftyn Behn in Tennessee's 7th district SPECIAL ELECTION! (If eligible)
Especially if you live in Nashville and Davidson County
Use this link to find your polling place.
www.nashville.gov/departments/...
Stand for Democracy! Vote Aftyn Behn, DEC 2ND!
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
NOPE!
Are you shopping Amazon, Target, or Home Depot today? Read this first.
open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...
Are you shopping Amazon, Target, or Home Depot today? Read this first.
We’re joining a nationwide Cyber Monday boycott. Here’s why we’re skipping Amazon, Target, and Home Depot and what to do instead.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NOPE!
Easy to understand. Chelsea play violent, dangerous football. Sometimes they get away with it. Cucurella and Caicedo in particular. These 7 times they got caught. Easy to understand.
RED CARD FC 🦁
Hard to understand how, not even through November, Chelsea have picked up seven red cards - the most of any team in the Premier League.
Hard to understand how, not even through November, Chelsea have picked up seven red cards - the most of any team in the Premier League.
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Easy to understand. Chelsea play violent, dangerous football. Sometimes they get away with it. Cucurella and Caicedo in particular. These 7 times they got caught. Easy to understand.
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Virginia families are paying the price for Republican inaction. They can’t continue to wait longer – it’s time for Republicans to join Democrats in extending ACA subsidies that make health care more affordable.
cardinalnews.org/2025/11/26/v...
cardinalnews.org/2025/11/26/v...
Virginians on health insurance marketplace see monthly premiums rise to ‘astonishing’ levels
Small-business owners, middle-income families and older adults will be the hardest hit by the end of enhanced premium tax credits.
cardinalnews.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Virginia families are paying the price for Republican inaction. They can’t continue to wait longer – it’s time for Republicans to join Democrats in extending ACA subsidies that make health care more affordable.
cardinalnews.org/2025/11/26/v...
cardinalnews.org/2025/11/26/v...
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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Chief Bovino is not a political appointee. He is a civil servant, subject to the same requirements to be nonpartisan as any other employee. These messages are being broadcast from an official government account.
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@EricLDaugh •9h “BREAKING: Gov. Tim Walz says Somalians are ESSENTIAL to the Minnesota community - despite STEALING millions or even billions in taxpayer dollars.
‘They bring diversity and ENERGY to a place like Minnesota!’ Pathetic. Somalians LEECH - DEPORT THEM.”
Response from Gregory Bovino’s official account: “Waltz is of the same class as newsome, stein, pritzker - gubners [governors] who choose illegal aliens over their own citizens. Amazing incompetence”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreihst32abq4yk2kvsi3sg5bjedowsscsf5lfojdskehwivjizr2tme@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Chief Bovino is not a political appointee. He is a civil servant, subject to the same requirements to be nonpartisan as any other employee. These messages are being broadcast from an official government account.
The government not being able to govern in precisely this way was WHY it being shut was the strategy of almost ALL Democrats…except you and a couple of additional knuckleheads. Maybe retire as soon as Governor Spanberger is sworn in? Save us the trouble of NOT reelecting you? Pretty please?!
Kaine: "We had to pry with a crowbar after weeks and weeks out of the administration the supposed rationale for the strikes in international waters. It was very shoddy. It was not at all persuasive that these are legal actions ... It's time for Congress to rein in the president."
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The government not being able to govern in precisely this way was WHY it being shut was the strategy of almost ALL Democrats…except you and a couple of additional knuckleheads. Maybe retire as soon as Governor Spanberger is sworn in? Save us the trouble of NOT reelecting you? Pretty please?!
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Academic institutions that cave to this blackmail are teaching students that "might makes right," sacrifice principles for money, accept illegal and unethical behavior if you can benefit from it,... Students, alumni, and parents should be outraged. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Northwestern agrees to pay Trump administration $75 million to restore federal funding
Northwestern's $75 million deal with the U.S. government will end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Academic institutions that cave to this blackmail are teaching students that "might makes right," sacrifice principles for money, accept illegal and unethical behavior if you can benefit from it,... Students, alumni, and parents should be outraged. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."