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CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
December 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
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Just tried to search for Trump’s name in the Epstein files library on the DOJ’s website. You’ll be *shocked* to learn that there’s no mention of him whatsoever!
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Just tried to search for Trump’s name in the Epstein files library on the DOJ’s website. You’ll be *shocked* to learn that there’s no mention of him whatsoever!
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There’s a record 1.4 billion barrels of crude currently on the world’s oceans, pushing down benchmark prices and sending gasoline under $3 a gallon at the pump in the US. Read more: bloom.bg/4aVWIZE
📷: Justin Hamel/Bloomberg
📷: Justin Hamel/Bloomberg
December 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
There’s a record 1.4 billion barrels of crude currently on the world’s oceans, pushing down benchmark prices and sending gasoline under $3 a gallon at the pump in the US. Read more: bloom.bg/4aVWIZE
📷: Justin Hamel/Bloomberg
📷: Justin Hamel/Bloomberg
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The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 65k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction has nearly zeroed out
December 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 65k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction has nearly zeroed out
Just feel it’s an interesting day to share govt data. Turns out there was no need to drill baby drill. We have more oil than ever with less rigs in operation and oil is so cheap there’s no reason to add more production.
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
December 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Just feel it’s an interesting day to share govt data. Turns out there was no need to drill baby drill. We have more oil than ever with less rigs in operation and oil is so cheap there’s no reason to add more production.
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
Carl’s posts this morning show that while national news networks are being gobbled up, local news is very direct in its reporting. And all politics is local.
December 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Carl’s posts this morning show that while national news networks are being gobbled up, local news is very direct in its reporting. And all politics is local.
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I’m but a simple country theoretical physicist, and I can say, in my professional capacity, “datacenters in space” is so colossally, monumentally stupid that it is difficult to know where to start with which laws of physics the idea is spitting in the face of the most.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I’m but a simple country theoretical physicist, and I can say, in my professional capacity, “datacenters in space” is so colossally, monumentally stupid that it is difficult to know where to start with which laws of physics the idea is spitting in the face of the most.
Let me get this straight. The one price that has come down a bit is gas. So…seizing oil is going to make prices possibly go up on the only thing consumers aren’t complaining about?
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Let me get this straight. The one price that has come down a bit is gas. So…seizing oil is going to make prices possibly go up on the only thing consumers aren’t complaining about?
I could see live theater making a comeback similar to the vinyl resurgence post-MP3s.
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I could see live theater making a comeback similar to the vinyl resurgence post-MP3s.
Anyone else mad that AI has made us second guess cute animal videos? You can’t even tell if the duckling and kitten friends are real anymore.
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Anyone else mad that AI has made us second guess cute animal videos? You can’t even tell if the duckling and kitten friends are real anymore.
Australia: Every citizen getting hours of free electricity a day thanks to solar.
U.S.:
U.S.:
I now have comment from the Interior Department confirming it is holding up approvals for “federal resources, permits or consultations” related to solar projects on private lands
Cc @heatmap.news
Cc @heatmap.news
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Australia: Every citizen getting hours of free electricity a day thanks to solar.
U.S.:
U.S.:
Will I judge your whole belief system by how you rank Star Wars films? Yes.
Will I even read a post where you rank pies? No. Just let people eat their pies in peace.
Will I even read a post where you rank pies? No. Just let people eat their pies in peace.
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Will I judge your whole belief system by how you rank Star Wars films? Yes.
Will I even read a post where you rank pies? No. Just let people eat their pies in peace.
Will I even read a post where you rank pies? No. Just let people eat their pies in peace.
Only 11 cancellations so far at O’Hare. I wish luck to everyone flying today. Gusts are up to 50 mph. My neighbors fence partially knocked over and I have all of my block’s uncollected leaves in my yard.
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Only 11 cancellations so far at O’Hare. I wish luck to everyone flying today. Gusts are up to 50 mph. My neighbors fence partially knocked over and I have all of my block’s uncollected leaves in my yard.
Look, I know prices are up but it’s pretty darn easy to find a cheap turkey if my weekend shopping was any indication. Still $.99 a pound for frozen on sale at the grocery. Costco had fresh small turkeys for $15.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Look, I know prices are up but it’s pretty darn easy to find a cheap turkey if my weekend shopping was any indication. Still $.99 a pound for frozen on sale at the grocery. Costco had fresh small turkeys for $15.
But EVs will destroy the grid…
Texas data center expansion raises blackout risk during extreme winter weather
Texas data center expansion raises blackout risk during extreme winter weather
Texas' supply and demand balance can become tight during winter and potentially fall into deficit as data center demand grows.
cnb.cx
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
But EVs will destroy the grid…
I was saying to someone from Charlotte they wouldn’t go there because it’s a purple state. This is not a smart move.
Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, and his officers are heading to Charlotte, according to a source familiar with the planning. That was news to city officials. https://cnn.it/49crpZT
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I was saying to someone from Charlotte they wouldn’t go there because it’s a purple state. This is not a smart move.
This will be a terrific example for J101 in the future. If there are journalism schools in the future that is.
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
![From:
Thomas Jr., Landon
Sent:
9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM
To:
Subject:
Got another call from Connelly..
Importance:
High
Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too.
Anyway, for what its worth...
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h
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November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This will be a terrific example for J101 in the future. If there are journalism schools in the future that is.
Next week in Nashville 9-1-1
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Next week in Nashville 9-1-1
I’m sure all the parents of college students studying out of state are thrilled.
Sean Duffy: "We have a number of people who want to get home for the holidays, they want to see their family. Listen, many of them are not going to be able to get on an airplane."
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I’m sure all the parents of college students studying out of state are thrilled.
On a $400k house with 20% down you’d pay a MILLION DOLLARS in interest on a 50 year loan. I’m assuming an 8% rate. 30 yr at 6% still an astounding $370k in interest.
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
On a $400k house with 20% down you’d pay a MILLION DOLLARS in interest on a 50 year loan. I’m assuming an 8% rate. 30 yr at 6% still an astounding $370k in interest.
Why aren’t all Democrats shouting they’ll pass Air Traffic funding as a standalone immediately? Sign a letter with every House and Senate Dem on it. It’s not being funded because Congress is out of session. Only reason. I don’t think Americans separate it from the healthcare issue.
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Why aren’t all Democrats shouting they’ll pass Air Traffic funding as a standalone immediately? Sign a letter with every House and Senate Dem on it. It’s not being funded because Congress is out of session. Only reason. I don’t think Americans separate it from the healthcare issue.
Maybe just cheaper to pay for the healthcare extension? I’m not a numbers guy or anything though.
Hassett: "The impact on the economy of the shutdown is far worse than we expected because it's gone on for so long. Goldman estimate it's over a percent or a percent & a half of GDP. I think we were thinking we were gonna have at least 3% growth in Q4. Now we're expecting something like half that."
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Maybe just cheaper to pay for the healthcare extension? I’m not a numbers guy or anything though.
I have no words. They’re all in the photo.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I have no words. They’re all in the photo.
This shutdown has cost the govt way over the $28b for healthcare expansion right?
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This shutdown has cost the govt way over the $28b for healthcare expansion right?