KRuby
@klucette.bsky.social
Retired prof/psychologist interested in wellbeing, travel, wine, and righting democracy. Dog mom, part-time poet and convert to ocean life.
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr: "I think it's worthwhile to have the FCC look into The View and some of those other programs."
September 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr: "I think it's worthwhile to have the FCC look into The View and some of those other programs."
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Unless you change the Constitution, yes, YES they are allowed to do that.
Trump: When you have a network and you have evening shows and all they do is hit Trump… They’re licensed. They’re not allowed to do that.
September 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Unless you change the Constitution, yes, YES they are allowed to do that.
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I am employing the Stockdale Paradox.
August 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I am employing the Stockdale Paradox.
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Trump unleashed his fury about weakness in the labor market.
Claiming without evidence the data were “rigged”
So he fired the Senate-confirmed Department of Labor official responsible for pulling together the numbers each month.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
Claiming without evidence the data were “rigged”
So he fired the Senate-confirmed Department of Labor official responsible for pulling together the numbers each month.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official
www.nytimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Trump unleashed his fury about weakness in the labor market.
Claiming without evidence the data were “rigged”
So he fired the Senate-confirmed Department of Labor official responsible for pulling together the numbers each month.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
Claiming without evidence the data were “rigged”
So he fired the Senate-confirmed Department of Labor official responsible for pulling together the numbers each month.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
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Data showing cracks in the U.S. labor market and Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs shook investors around the world, weighing on stocks, the dollar and more.
But it was a report from the Labor Department that caused the most alarm.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
But it was a report from the Labor Department that caused the most alarm.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
Stock Market Posts Worst Week in Months on Renewed Economic Fears
www.nytimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Data showing cracks in the U.S. labor market and Trump’s newest barrage of tariffs shook investors around the world, weighing on stocks, the dollar and more.
But it was a report from the Labor Department that caused the most alarm.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
But it was a report from the Labor Department that caused the most alarm.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
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The fact that Trump’s “Justice” Department met with Epstein’s accomplice for two days, but never met with a single survivor of Epstein and Maxwell’s crimes, tells us everything we need to know.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
August 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The fact that Trump’s “Justice” Department met with Epstein’s accomplice for two days, but never met with a single survivor of Epstein and Maxwell’s crimes, tells us everything we need to know.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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The firing of Erika McEntarfer—Commissioner of the BLS—is how the Trump regime will start manipulating economic data.
On top of an already failing economy, none of our economic data will be reliable now.
This will lead to a crash, one that the fascists and oligarchs are positioned to benefit from.
On top of an already failing economy, none of our economic data will be reliable now.
This will lead to a crash, one that the fascists and oligarchs are positioned to benefit from.
As the abysmal job report makes headlines, remember: billionaires bankrolling the Trump regime benefit from a crashed economy.
Bankrupt companies can be bought for cheap.
Workers will be exploited as desperation for employment increases.
A weak USD empowers crypto investors.
This is intentional.
Bankrupt companies can be bought for cheap.
Workers will be exploited as desperation for employment increases.
A weak USD empowers crypto investors.
This is intentional.
The U.S. job market was weak in July, and previous months were worse than thought
Sharp revisions of government data show the U.S. created just 33,000 jobs total in May and June, while July’s number came in soft, too.
www.nbcnews.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The firing of Erika McEntarfer—Commissioner of the BLS—is how the Trump regime will start manipulating economic data.
On top of an already failing economy, none of our economic data will be reliable now.
This will lead to a crash, one that the fascists and oligarchs are positioned to benefit from.
On top of an already failing economy, none of our economic data will be reliable now.
This will lead to a crash, one that the fascists and oligarchs are positioned to benefit from.
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Great enthusiasm, comrades.
August 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Great enthusiasm, comrades.
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Sometimes I think of how only two generations of us were even allowed to attend these settler colonial ass universities in tiny, awkward handfuls, and how even that was too much
August 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Sometimes I think of how only two generations of us were even allowed to attend these settler colonial ass universities in tiny, awkward handfuls, and how even that was too much
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This is revolting
Trump on Karoline Leavitt: "She's become a star. It's that face, it's that brain, it's those lips, the way they move."
August 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is revolting
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"As he contemplates his imminent return to Mexico—to his beloved Oaxaca, specifically—he describes big plans to make a difference there." Consider how decent and gracious that is for someone being forced out of the country they've worked hard in for years.
Meet the TikTok Chef Self-Deporting Because of Trump
“Even though I will miss him, I rather him go than be locked in a cage.”
www.thebulwark.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"As he contemplates his imminent return to Mexico—to his beloved Oaxaca, specifically—he describes big plans to make a difference there." Consider how decent and gracious that is for someone being forced out of the country they've worked hard in for years.
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Donald Trump seems to be considering a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator and confidant.
Despite their performative outrage, far right influencers, right-wing media, and MAGA will continue to support Trump — and recast Maxwell as a victim.
How? Meet MAGA’s new enemies:
Despite their performative outrage, far right influencers, right-wing media, and MAGA will continue to support Trump — and recast Maxwell as a victim.
How? Meet MAGA’s new enemies:
August 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Donald Trump seems to be considering a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator and confidant.
Despite their performative outrage, far right influencers, right-wing media, and MAGA will continue to support Trump — and recast Maxwell as a victim.
How? Meet MAGA’s new enemies:
Despite their performative outrage, far right influencers, right-wing media, and MAGA will continue to support Trump — and recast Maxwell as a victim.
How? Meet MAGA’s new enemies:
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Also, can the President of the United States do math?
August 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Also, can the President of the United States do math?
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The world we’re in now
My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
August 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The world we’re in now
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Fuck the stock market reports, this is what real life is like
August 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Fuck the stock market reports, this is what real life is like
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Tillis caved. Emil Bove’s confirmation is Trump’s fortress move in plain sight...loyalty over law, immunity over justice. Every GOP ‘yes’ vote is a brick in the wall against accountability.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | This was Thom Tillis’ moment. He did not meet it.
The North Carolina senator has talked a lot about higher principles lately. And yet his vote to confirm Emil Bove demonstrates just how comfortable he still is taking the easy way out.
www.msnbc.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Tillis caved. Emil Bove’s confirmation is Trump’s fortress move in plain sight...loyalty over law, immunity over justice. Every GOP ‘yes’ vote is a brick in the wall against accountability.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Is the stock market stupid? https://on.ft.com/46z61wD | opinion
Is the stock market stupid?
The market reflects the attitudes of millions of participants — but it’s not always right
on.ft.com
August 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Is the stock market stupid? https://on.ft.com/46z61wD | opinion
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We’ll be lucky to have dial-up internet and diesel fuel when Dipshitler is done with us in 42 months.
July 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We’ll be lucky to have dial-up internet and diesel fuel when Dipshitler is done with us in 42 months.
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Sometimes it’s helpful to remember how small we are.
A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
August 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Sometimes it’s helpful to remember how small we are.
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Everything about this story is horrific:
1. The student never mentions Jews
2. The university is going to expel a student for criticizing a country over genocide
3. A Republican congressman is taking credit and implying the student is a Muslim terrorist
4. The U.S. Justice Department is involved
1. The student never mentions Jews
2. The university is going to expel a student for criticizing a country over genocide
3. A Republican congressman is taking credit and implying the student is a Muslim terrorist
4. The U.S. Justice Department is involved
The DOJ says it will investigate a US citizen for saying “fuck Isr**l” to a guy in an IDF shirt.
Absolutely the most anti-free speech admin of my lifetime. Probably since the Red Scare, if not earlier.
Absolutely the most anti-free speech admin of my lifetime. Probably since the Red Scare, if not earlier.
August 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Everything about this story is horrific:
1. The student never mentions Jews
2. The university is going to expel a student for criticizing a country over genocide
3. A Republican congressman is taking credit and implying the student is a Muslim terrorist
4. The U.S. Justice Department is involved
1. The student never mentions Jews
2. The university is going to expel a student for criticizing a country over genocide
3. A Republican congressman is taking credit and implying the student is a Muslim terrorist
4. The U.S. Justice Department is involved
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In my inbox from Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social: "The president is trying to cook the books ... to cover up the consequences of his failures. Firing the ump doesn’t change the score"
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump fires data statistics chief after large revision to jobs report
Trump orders firing of top government economist after release of large revisions to employment data
www.washingtonpost.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In my inbox from Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social: "The president is trying to cook the books ... to cover up the consequences of his failures. Firing the ump doesn’t change the score"
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.