@t2y2.bsky.social
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STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
October 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Answer the question. As Speaker, do you believe it's appropriate to use American cities as training grounds for the military, calling those people 'the enemy within'?
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
JOHNSON: I'm not comment on your characterization of what the president said.
S: Those are quotes
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Trump's move to fire the government’s statisticians over bad jobs numbers won’t make voters any happier with the economy, Jonathan Chait argues.
Donald Trump Shoots the Messenger
Classic authoritarian move: When reality doesn’t go your way, deny reality.
bit.ly
August 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Trump's move to fire the government’s statisticians over bad jobs numbers won’t make voters any happier with the economy, Jonathan Chait argues.
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just a reminder that in the last election no significant swath of voters actually voted for this and/or wanted this
August 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
just a reminder that in the last election no significant swath of voters actually voted for this and/or wanted this
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the crown jewel of knowledge about jobs and the economy.
Trump has destroyed the credibility of this extraordinarily important source of information.
This should alarm everyone. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-destroys-our-source-of-information
Trump has destroyed the credibility of this extraordinarily important source of information.
This should alarm everyone. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-destroys-our-source-of-information
Trump destroys our source of information about jobs. This is beyond irresponsible.
He hates facts. He rejects truth. He doesn't want the public to know what's really happening.
robertreich.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the crown jewel of knowledge about jobs and the economy.
Trump has destroyed the credibility of this extraordinarily important source of information.
This should alarm everyone. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-destroys-our-source-of-information
Trump has destroyed the credibility of this extraordinarily important source of information.
This should alarm everyone. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-destroys-our-source-of-information
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prescient (from 3 months ago)
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 11:32 PM
prescient (from 3 months ago)
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By all means, let the guy who told the secretary of state of Georgia "I just want to find 11,780 votes" make decisions about whose numbers are wrong.
REPORTER: Why did you fire the head of the bureau of labor statistics?
TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong
TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong
August 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
By all means, let the guy who told the secretary of state of Georgia "I just want to find 11,780 votes" make decisions about whose numbers are wrong.
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Don't like the numbers? Just fire the person responsible for gathering them.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
BREAKING: Trump says he has told his team to fire the Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
This announcement comes after worse than expected jobs numbers in July, and a downward revision of -258,000 jobs for the May and June jobs reports.
This announcement comes after worse than expected jobs numbers in July, and a downward revision of -258,000 jobs for the May and June jobs reports.
August 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Don't like the numbers? Just fire the person responsible for gathering them.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.
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Before they remove her page, here is Dr. Erika McEntarfer's BLS bio page. She's a 20-year career official PhD labor economist.
August 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Before they remove her page, here is Dr. Erika McEntarfer's BLS bio page. She's a 20-year career official PhD labor economist.
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“Family members … of ten men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration … say their relatives have tattoos and believe that is why their loved ones were targeted. But they vigorously reject the idea that their sons, brothers, and husbands have anything to do with Tren de Aragua.”
This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“Family members … of ten men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration … say their relatives have tattoos and believe that is why their loved ones were targeted. But they vigorously reject the idea that their sons, brothers, and husbands have anything to do with Tren de Aragua.”
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The USA’s two leading scholars of authoritarianism and fascism moved to Canada (one permanently, one on leave).
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The USA’s two leading scholars of authoritarianism and fascism moved to Canada (one permanently, one on leave).
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
“Stanley writes he has been “very happy at Yale, with the department and the university,” but he wants “to raise my kids in a country that is not tilting towards a fascist dictatorship.”
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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
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The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
February 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
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They’re going after the weather
Just like they said they would in project 2025
Just like they said they would in project 2025
I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
They’re going after the weather
Just like they said they would in project 2025
Just like they said they would in project 2025
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Neither the mainstream press nor our political system seem to have digested the fact that the U.S. president is trying to illegally annex a NATO ally using economic coercion.
Trump on what Trudeau could offer him to change his mind on tariffs: "What I'd like to see -- Canada become our 51st state."
February 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Neither the mainstream press nor our political system seem to have digested the fact that the U.S. president is trying to illegally annex a NATO ally using economic coercion.
@vickistone.bsky.social hi! This is Suzanne Young!
February 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
@vickistone.bsky.social hi! This is Suzanne Young!
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Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
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1/ With more users joining Bluesky, we know how important it is to identify which accounts are real. Users deserve confidence that the accounts they interact with are authentic.
Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵
Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵
November 29, 2024 at 8:46 PM
1/ With more users joining Bluesky, we know how important it is to identify which accounts are real. Users deserve confidence that the accounts they interact with are authentic.
Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵
Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵
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A recent analysis found that when Trump imposed tariffs during his first term, companies who contributed to Republicans were more likely to be granted tariff exemptions.
Trump's corporate donors won't shoulder the cost of his trade wars.
It's crony capitalism at its worst.
Trump's corporate donors won't shoulder the cost of his trade wars.
It's crony capitalism at its worst.
Donations Improved Odds of Avoiding Trump Tariffs, Study Finds
Public companies whose executives donated to Republican candidates had a higher chance of winning exclusions from President-elect Donald Trump’s first-term tariffs on China, while those that gave to…
buff.ly
November 27, 2024 at 2:10 AM
A recent analysis found that when Trump imposed tariffs during his first term, companies who contributed to Republicans were more likely to be granted tariff exemptions.
Trump's corporate donors won't shoulder the cost of his trade wars.
It's crony capitalism at its worst.
Trump's corporate donors won't shoulder the cost of his trade wars.
It's crony capitalism at its worst.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
November 20, 2024 at 10:00 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
November 16, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
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"My client testified to the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed Matt Gaetz having sex with a minor," Florida attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News.
Exclusive: Woman told House Ethics panel she witnessed Gaetz having sex with minor, lawyer says
An attorney tells ABC News that one of his clients told the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed then-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz having sex with a minor.
abcnews.go.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:24 AM
"My client testified to the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed Matt Gaetz having sex with a minor," Florida attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News.