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· Sep 23
Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon...
Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon
The far-right activist has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website and social media accounts while boasting of her close ties to President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
“Humans can just go get manual labor jobs if desk jobs are repaired with AI” is both not going to suffice to provide enough jobs and is also going to result in massive societal anger because manual labor jobs often *are terrible*, which is why people have worked hard to avoid them for generations.
Even if society provided the food/shelter level needs for everyone, humans also need to perform useful work just for basic fulfillment. The vast majority of people cannot sit around all day letting AI and robots do everything.
(The definition of “useful work” here is malleable but still essential)
(The definition of “useful work” here is malleable but still essential)
I've often said it, but a major factor in what drives the MAGA movement is that they've created communities that are unwelcoming to young people — and then they get mad young people want to leave.
And the only "solution" they can think of is to trap them.
jessica.substack.com/p/tradwife-c...
And the only "solution" they can think of is to trap them.
jessica.substack.com/p/tradwife-c...
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
Today's winner of the "Please STFU" Award is Kat Abughazaleh.
She was right to hang up! Don't talk about the facts of your federal indictment on a podcast! Or anywhere except your lawyer's office!
Sincerely,
Every Lawyer, Literally All Of Us, Heed Our Counsel And Shut The Fuck Up
She was right to hang up! Don't talk about the facts of your federal indictment on a podcast! Or anywhere except your lawyer's office!
Sincerely,
Every Lawyer, Literally All Of Us, Heed Our Counsel And Shut The Fuck Up
If you are a Trump-adjacent lawyer, the fastest way to lose your job is to mention January 6 in a way that makes him upset
No One in Trumpworld Is Allowed to Be Honest About January 6
The fastest way to lose your job as a Trump-adjacent lawyer is to acknowledge facts he doesn’t like to hear about.
ballsandstrikes.org
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Independents blame Trump and the GOP for the shutdown by a 2:1 margin.
Trump’s approval with people under 30 has completely cratered.
63% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s management of the federal government.
#GOPShutdown
Trump’s approval with people under 30 has completely cratered.
63% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s management of the federal government.
#GOPShutdown
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Trump is absolute crap at making deals. He thinks he's good because he make so many of them. But it's easy to make deals when you (a) provoke an unnecessary fight; and then (b) fold on all the important stuff. But he's rich so he'll never fell the consequences of his blundering.
The United States is in a weaker position today vis a vis trade with China than it was at this time last year.
Weaker in other ways too, but one glaring area is trade. Among the ways America: China got more access to high level American chips, while the US got less access to Chinese rare earths.
Weaker in other ways too, but one glaring area is trade. Among the ways America: China got more access to high level American chips, while the US got less access to Chinese rare earths.
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The Blue Jays lead 6-1 and are 3 outs away from taking a 3-games-to-2 lead back to Toronto.
In the previous 19 World Series that were tied at 2-2, when the road team won Game 5, it went on to win 15 of those 19 World Series.
(This doesn't count the 2020 bubble year.)
In the previous 19 World Series that were tied at 2-2, when the road team won Game 5, it went on to win 15 of those 19 World Series.
(This doesn't count the 2020 bubble year.)
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It's kind of amazing that we showed we could cut child poverty in half for roughly 100 billion/year (absolute peanuts in a 7 trillion dollar budget), did it for a year, and then just stopped doing it.
The food security report is out, and it's bad news: 13.5% of households were food insecure in 2023, up from 12.8% in 2022. This is what happens when you abruptly end "pandemic" supports that should have been there all along.
www.ers.usda.gov/publications...
www.ers.usda.gov/publications...