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We have a country of Calvins (and worse) and not enough Hobbes and now we’re screwed.

#calvinandhobbes
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* Most October layoffs since 2003
* Most Q4 layoffs since 2008
* Most YTD layoffs since 2020

* Least YTD hiring since 2011
* Least holiday seasonal hiring since 2012

The labor market has a problem.

www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
October layoffs hit 22-year high as labor market wobbles, Challenger says
Employers announced 153,074 layoffs in October.
www.axios.com
She’s starting to sound like a Jerky Boys phone prank. Sue everybody!!!
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The change in county-level vote gubernatorial margins in Virginia since 2013 and 2021. (About 140 more maps and charts at the link.)
www.pbump.net/o/what-chang...
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ACAB and Defund The Police -- the two most destructive messaging efforts from sloganeers who don't actually want to fix a fucking thing and will, at every opportunity, alienate the entire electorate from actual police reform for the sheer pleasure of their own self-regarding purities.

Eat a dick.
Okay but ACAB includes David Simon.
Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.
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OUT: Funding food stamps. Paying air traffic controllers.

IN: Flying to Mars! 🚀 🤡
TRUMP’S NASA PICK JARED ISAACMAN HAS PROPOSED TO LAUNCH AN UNCREWED MISSION TO MARS AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Republican Party and the reality TV star they put in charge of our skies.
WASHINGTON (AP) — FAA announces 10% reduction in airline traffic in 40 markets to maintain safety during ongoing government shutdown.
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This line didn’t make it into many Trump speeches. 🤡
Trump's appointed Solicitor General admits Americans pay for 30-80% of the cost of tariffs
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PIMCO: “.. when one party has swept all three major off-year elections decisively – NJ, VA, and NYC – that party has gone on to do well-to-very-well ..

“.. this was the case in 2009 when Republicans .. win 63 House seats in 2010, and ditto in in 2017, when Democrats .. proceeded to pick-up 41 ..”
Must alert @jaketapper.bsky.social about how old Biden is!
Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20 meeting in South Africa."
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My guess? He did the thing where he misreads the teleprompter (skipping from commentary about Cuba to South Africa) and then refuses to acknowledge he misspoke. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20 meeting in South Africa."
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PIMCO: “.. a big showing for Democrats, helping to push Spanberger to a double-digit victory – the first of its kind in Virginia for 40 years ..”
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Weird flex — pumping the square-footage of buildings that will store the technology that threatens your employment.
Trump: "If you go a couple of years out, you're gonna see numbers like you've never seen. We're building some of the biggest building ever built anywhere in the world. The AI buildings."
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Man, who knew John Rocker had racist thoughts about New York City?
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“.. There were no counties or cities (as of writing) that moved right relative to four years ago. On average, they instead moved 13 points to the left.”

@pbump.com #Virginia
www.pbump.net/o/what-chang...
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“Trump’s approval is lower than any other recent president except himself.”

- @financialtimes.com
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(Politico) - A federal magistrate judge scolded Justice Department prosecutors on Wednesday for an “indict first, investigate second” posture in the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, raising new questions about a “highly unusual” case ..

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Eventually, they’ll figure out population density. 🤡
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.