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"...maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls..."
“That heavy inventory purchase is now, however, wearing thin, and soon Tariffs will be paid on everything they apply to, without avoidance, and the amounts payable to the USA Will SKYROCKET, over and above the already historic levels of dollars received.”
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"...maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls..."
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Vought has blocked CFPB staff from doing their work, and is also charging CFPB $5 million for his bodyguards. So technically, they are protecting one consumer.
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
October 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Vought has blocked CFPB staff from doing their work, and is also charging CFPB $5 million for his bodyguards. So technically, they are protecting one consumer.
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
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“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question
October 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question
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Oregon Republicans know they can't use an image of the actual (small, tame) protest in Portland to illustrate Trump's fever dream and their fake intel, so they had to make one from stock photos of South American "Policia" leaning on riot shields + what looks like Brazilian football fans with flares
October 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Oregon Republicans know they can't use an image of the actual (small, tame) protest in Portland to illustrate Trump's fever dream and their fake intel, so they had to make one from stock photos of South American "Policia" leaning on riot shields + what looks like Brazilian football fans with flares
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JOLTS preview:
1/ Unless we avert a government shutdown, tomorrow morning's JOLTS release (August) will be the last major government update on the labor market for a while.
We saw a teeny bit of hiring softness in June/July, but...
1/ Unless we avert a government shutdown, tomorrow morning's JOLTS release (August) will be the last major government update on the labor market for a while.
We saw a teeny bit of hiring softness in June/July, but...
September 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
JOLTS preview:
1/ Unless we avert a government shutdown, tomorrow morning's JOLTS release (August) will be the last major government update on the labor market for a while.
We saw a teeny bit of hiring softness in June/July, but...
1/ Unless we avert a government shutdown, tomorrow morning's JOLTS release (August) will be the last major government update on the labor market for a while.
We saw a teeny bit of hiring softness in June/July, but...
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War-ravaged Portland
September 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
War-ravaged Portland
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Not all heroes wear capes. Some also won't put up with Cat Turds either.
September 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Not all heroes wear capes. Some also won't put up with Cat Turds either.
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No matter what this meeting is about, Pete will always be a National Guardsman assigned to a Civil Affairs unit who got a bunch of crusader tattoos in his 40s because he wants you to think he's a cool, war-criming operator instead of an extremely online wife-beating loser
September 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No matter what this meeting is about, Pete will always be a National Guardsman assigned to a Civil Affairs unit who got a bunch of crusader tattoos in his 40s because he wants you to think he's a cool, war-criming operator instead of an extremely online wife-beating loser
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I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.
You have no idea how much I despite these anti-science dipshits for making pregnant women terrified of taking (safe, mild, proven) pain relief.
September 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.
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President Xi Jinping’s export engine has proved unstoppable during five months of sky-high US tariffs, sending China hurtling towards a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus.
China Floods the World With Cheap Exports After Trump's Tariffs
Shipments have soared outside the US this year, but countries dealing with the glut appear reluctant to take on another trade war — for now.
bloom.bg
September 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
President Xi Jinping’s export engine has proved unstoppable during five months of sky-high US tariffs, sending China hurtling towards a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus.
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Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
LONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr...
theonion.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
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can we have laws? like ever??
Microsoft gave guidance on H1Bs to its employees last night
September 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
can we have laws? like ever??
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They will pretend this didn’t happen.
We must get louder.
We must get louder.
MSNBC: “Last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration.m,” later, Trump officials closed investigation.
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
They will pretend this didn’t happen.
We must get louder.
We must get louder.
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Tour #Scotland wee travel video Blog of photographs of a small group walking trip on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit to #Lochaber in the West of the #Scottish #Highlands. The Clan Cameron lands are located here tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2017/04/tour...
Tour Scotland Video Walking Tour Lochaber Highlands
Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Tour #Scotland wee travel video Blog of photographs of a small group walking trip on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit to #Lochaber in the West of the #Scottish #Highlands. The Clan Cameron lands are located here tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2017/04/tour...
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
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More details regarding eligible papers and how to apply to the track are available here: virtual.aistats.org/Conferences/...
A nice novelty this year is that accepted papers are also eligible! NB: Authors must supply a working link to the journal website to confirm eligibility
A nice novelty this year is that accepted papers are also eligible! NB: Authors must supply a working link to the journal website to confirm eligibility
Call for Journal-to-Conference Track
virtual.aistats.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
More details regarding eligible papers and how to apply to the track are available here: virtual.aistats.org/Conferences/...
A nice novelty this year is that accepted papers are also eligible! NB: Authors must supply a working link to the journal website to confirm eligibility
A nice novelty this year is that accepted papers are also eligible! NB: Authors must supply a working link to the journal website to confirm eligibility
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Politics aside, most normal people have never heard of the guy.
September 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Politics aside, most normal people have never heard of the guy.
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My neighbor in Orlando mentioned this EXACT concern to me last night!
September 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My neighbor in Orlando mentioned this EXACT concern to me last night!
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State governments on the West Coast & in the Northeast are forming new health alliances in response to changes at the CDC under HHS Secretary RFJr. States are concerned that federal public health recommendations are no longer based on science & are taking matters into their own hands.
🧪#MedSky
🧪#MedSky
September 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
State governments on the West Coast & in the Northeast are forming new health alliances in response to changes at the CDC under HHS Secretary RFJr. States are concerned that federal public health recommendations are no longer based on science & are taking matters into their own hands.
🧪#MedSky
🧪#MedSky
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Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
September 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.