jess
@jess-55.bsky.social
retired, grandfather, angry pacifist & former basketball player. now i'm just tall
Blue states need to set up an escrow account for fed tax payments if DOT or any other gov agency withholds funding. Pull funds to offset any shortfalls & only submit the tax collections when the fed relents.
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Blue states need to set up an escrow account for fed tax payments if DOT or any other gov agency withholds funding. Pull funds to offset any shortfalls & only submit the tax collections when the fed relents.
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They didn't have to do propaganda, just provide information. Like telling economic reporters at major news outlets about the fastest real wage growth in half a century www.epi.org/publication/... or an unprecedented boom in factory construction.
December 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
They didn't have to do propaganda, just provide information. Like telling economic reporters at major news outlets about the fastest real wage growth in half a century www.epi.org/publication/... or an unprecedented boom in factory construction.
blue states need to join california and begin establishing their own CDC with former CDC officials. withhold federal tax payments to the government to cover their costs
December 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
blue states need to join california and begin establishing their own CDC with former CDC officials. withhold federal tax payments to the government to cover their costs
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December 19, 2025
December 19, 2025
This past week feels like the final, chaotic days of a political era.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
December 19, 2025
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Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
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Space news is the best. Like, what do you mean there's a runaway supermassive black hole 10 million times bigger than the sun moving through space at 2 million miles per hour www.space.com/astronomy/bl...
James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through 'Cosmic Owl' galaxies at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'
"The forces that are needed to dislodge such a massive black hole from its home are enormous."
www.space.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Space news is the best. Like, what do you mean there's a runaway supermassive black hole 10 million times bigger than the sun moving through space at 2 million miles per hour www.space.com/astronomy/bl...
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December 18, 2025
December 18, 2025
“These are the times that try men’s souls.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
December 18, 2025
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This is metal
ICE voodoo doll discovered in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues
A handmade “voodoo doll” portraying an ICE agent was found in Uptown New Orleans as federal immigration enforcement continues across south Louisiana.
www.fox8live.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is metal
paywall so i didn't read, but a long time tigers fan. keeping Skub & hoping young talent steps up around him leaves them where they currently are, a good team on the cusp with a payroll issue for a decade. small/med size markets are essentially the minor leagues for talent to the major mkt teams.
The Detroit Tigers are giving serious consideration to trading away ace left-hander Tarik Skubal. And the reason is cold, hard economics. on.wsj.com/4pwIgfj
They’re World Series Contenders—and They’re About to Ditch the Best Pitcher on the Planet
The Detroit Tigers are giving serious consideration to trading away ace left-hander Tarik Skubal. And the reason is cold, hard economics.
on.wsj.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
paywall so i didn't read, but a long time tigers fan. keeping Skub & hoping young talent steps up around him leaves them where they currently are, a good team on the cusp with a payroll issue for a decade. small/med size markets are essentially the minor leagues for talent to the major mkt teams.
RIP, Raul. youtu.be/7t-wSIIp7JE?...
What a crying shame - The Mavericks - live BBC 1994
YouTube video by Van's Old Skool Music
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December 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
RIP, Raul. youtu.be/7t-wSIIp7JE?...
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“.. Federal data shows corporate investment levels are roughly in line with last year, with companies on track to invest over $5 trillion in 2025. The $20 trillion surge Mr. Trump has claimed does not appear in the available data.”
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“.. Federal data shows corporate investment levels are roughly in line with last year, with companies on track to invest over $5 trillion in 2025. The $20 trillion surge Mr. Trump has claimed does not appear in the available data.”
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
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…and yes, I was part of the Epstein crowd.🔻
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
…and yes, I was part of the Epstein crowd.🔻
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
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"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
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Steve Rattner: JD Vance can talk about inheriting a bad economy but it’s still going the wrong way www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrKR...
Steve Rattner: JD Vance can talk about inheriting a bad economy but it’s still going the wrong way
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Steve Rattner: JD Vance can talk about inheriting a bad economy but it’s still going the wrong way www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrKR...
They should at least be docked for days not worked due to the leader’s direction
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
They should at least be docked for days not worked due to the leader’s direction
yikes
The US may be much more exposed to tariff impacts than implied by the relatively small percent of trade to GDP. That's the conclusion of several papers and speeches at the Boston Fed's economic conference today. The result may be a more persistent stagflationary impact on jobs and growth....
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
yikes
“these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
if i hadn't already stopped eating mcdonalds back in the 80's i would boycott the MF's
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Trump Says America Is in ‘Golden Age,’ Straining to Address Affordability
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November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
if i hadn't already stopped eating mcdonalds back in the 80's i would boycott the MF's
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Job postings close to pre-pandemic level but data masks underlying weakness. Wage posting up 2.5%, weak & below current inflation. Tends to lead by about 6 mos. Pockets of shortages in areas dominated by immigrants. Not zero sum. Foreign- & native- born complement instead substitute for each other.
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Job postings close to pre-pandemic level but data masks underlying weakness. Wage posting up 2.5%, weak & below current inflation. Tends to lead by about 6 mos. Pockets of shortages in areas dominated by immigrants. Not zero sum. Foreign- & native- born complement instead substitute for each other.
this deal sucks. however, if this is what it is then the "DEM bill" should be the singular issue of ACA subsidies extension. don't add anything to it that would open the door for republicans to vote no. make them vote against healthcare
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this deal sucks. however, if this is what it is then the "DEM bill" should be the singular issue of ACA subsidies extension. don't add anything to it that would open the door for republicans to vote no. make them vote against healthcare
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This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.