@drkwingz.bsky.social
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The irony of Trump usurping power over the BLS, Federal Reserve, the tariff power of Congress, and a growing portion of the private sector is that these abysmal job numbers can only be pinned on him. If nothing else brings him down, his authoritarian control over the economy surely will.
Job growth stalls: US economy added just 22,000 jobs in August and unemployment rose to highest level since 2021 | CNN Business
The US job market is stalling out.
www.cnn.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The irony of Trump usurping power over the BLS, Federal Reserve, the tariff power of Congress, and a growing portion of the private sector is that these abysmal job numbers can only be pinned on him. If nothing else brings him down, his authoritarian control over the economy surely will.
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Last week, the CDC director was fired after only a month in the job. Afterwards, other senior leaders resigned from the agency.
After CDC Director Is Ousted, More Senior Officials Resign
Former CDC scientist Demetre Daskalakis left his post, citing political interference and a lack of science in decision-making at the agency.
buff.ly
September 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Last week, the CDC director was fired after only a month in the job. Afterwards, other senior leaders resigned from the agency.
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The August jobs numbers are atrocious, with unemployment rising to its highest level in nearly 4 years.
Trump is running the economy just like he ran his businesses — straight into the ground. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?feature=shared
Trump is running the economy just like he ran his businesses — straight into the ground. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?feature=shared
How Trump Killed Every Business He Touched | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The August jobs numbers are atrocious, with unemployment rising to its highest level in nearly 4 years.
Trump is running the economy just like he ran his businesses — straight into the ground. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?feature=shared
Trump is running the economy just like he ran his businesses — straight into the ground. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?feature=shared
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Big Oil donates to his campaign...Trump hands out tax breaks and guts clean energy funding.
Fraudsters donate to his Super PAC...Trump hands out pardons.
Airlines donate to his inaugural fund...Trump cancels a rule requiring them to refund passengers.
Everything is for sale.
Fraudsters donate to his Super PAC...Trump hands out pardons.
Airlines donate to his inaugural fund...Trump cancels a rule requiring them to refund passengers.
Everything is for sale.
September 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Big Oil donates to his campaign...Trump hands out tax breaks and guts clean energy funding.
Fraudsters donate to his Super PAC...Trump hands out pardons.
Airlines donate to his inaugural fund...Trump cancels a rule requiring them to refund passengers.
Everything is for sale.
Fraudsters donate to his Super PAC...Trump hands out pardons.
Airlines donate to his inaugural fund...Trump cancels a rule requiring them to refund passengers.
Everything is for sale.
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CEOs are paid ~300x their typical worker.
This isn't because execs are more valuable — they've gamed the system.
Corporate stock buybacks, which artificially boost share prices, are on pace to hit record highs.
Stock-based pay made up ~70% of CEO compensation.
Hello?
This isn't because execs are more valuable — they've gamed the system.
Corporate stock buybacks, which artificially boost share prices, are on pace to hit record highs.
Stock-based pay made up ~70% of CEO compensation.
Hello?
September 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
CEOs are paid ~300x their typical worker.
This isn't because execs are more valuable — they've gamed the system.
Corporate stock buybacks, which artificially boost share prices, are on pace to hit record highs.
Stock-based pay made up ~70% of CEO compensation.
Hello?
This isn't because execs are more valuable — they've gamed the system.
Corporate stock buybacks, which artificially boost share prices, are on pace to hit record highs.
Stock-based pay made up ~70% of CEO compensation.
Hello?
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LISTEN to Gov. J.B. Pritzker warning:
Authoritarians thrive on your silence.
Be loud for America.
Authoritarians thrive on your silence.
Be loud for America.
September 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
LISTEN to Gov. J.B. Pritzker warning:
Authoritarians thrive on your silence.
Be loud for America.
Authoritarians thrive on your silence.
Be loud for America.
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Deep gratitude and appreciation to the West Coast Health Alliance and medical societies like @ameracadpeds.bsky.social for filling the void in rational health leadership while the federal government abdicates its role.
September 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Deep gratitude and appreciation to the West Coast Health Alliance and medical societies like @ameracadpeds.bsky.social for filling the void in rational health leadership while the federal government abdicates its role.
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I thought the Constitution was a thing… 🧐🤷🏻♀️🦁 #HeJustCantWaitToBeKing #parody
September 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I thought the Constitution was a thing… 🧐🤷🏻♀️🦁 #HeJustCantWaitToBeKing #parody
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Andrew Cuomo believes in nothing beyond his own power. He will sell out our city to get it back.
September 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Andrew Cuomo believes in nothing beyond his own power. He will sell out our city to get it back.
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BREAKING: Senator Raphael Warnock just called for RFK Jr. to resign to his face.
September 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
BREAKING: Senator Raphael Warnock just called for RFK Jr. to resign to his face.
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Translation: In six months, the economy will be tanking, but we’ll be able to falsify the numbers.
Lutnick says the jobs numbers "will get better because you'll take out the people who are just trying to create noise against the president ... this is gonna be the greatest growth economy six months from now, a year from today"
September 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Translation: In six months, the economy will be tanking, but we’ll be able to falsify the numbers.
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There are so many reasons RFK is a direct threat to the public health. But don't keep your eyes off this one.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
RFK Jr. is coming for abortion pills
Incompetent quack and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday that data on Mifepristone—a drug used in the majority of medication abortions—was "twisted" to make ...
www.dailykos.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There are so many reasons RFK is a direct threat to the public health. But don't keep your eyes off this one.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Hard to say whether RFK Jr is the worst appointee of Dept Secretary ever. But what was on display yesterday is something that doesn't get talked abt much or enough because there's so much else bad. He's definitely the most entitled and arrogant guy I've ever seen in a congressional hearing.
September 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Hard to say whether RFK Jr is the worst appointee of Dept Secretary ever. But what was on display yesterday is something that doesn't get talked abt much or enough because there's so much else bad. He's definitely the most entitled and arrogant guy I've ever seen in a congressional hearing.
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@lujan.senate.gov: Mr. Kennedy, with all the questions here today, people just want to know the truth
RFK: Well, I don't think so.
Luján: Mr. Secretary, you don't think so? Thank you. I hope everyone recording that got that because that explains the secretary's tenure here.
RFK: Well, I don't think so.
Luján: Mr. Secretary, you don't think so? Thank you. I hope everyone recording that got that because that explains the secretary's tenure here.
September 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@lujan.senate.gov: Mr. Kennedy, with all the questions here today, people just want to know the truth
RFK: Well, I don't think so.
Luján: Mr. Secretary, you don't think so? Thank you. I hope everyone recording that got that because that explains the secretary's tenure here.
RFK: Well, I don't think so.
Luján: Mr. Secretary, you don't think so? Thank you. I hope everyone recording that got that because that explains the secretary's tenure here.
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The Grinning Fool is back. bsky.app/profile/atru...
White House official Kevin Hassett: "This jobs number was certainly a little bit of a disappointment."
September 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Grinning Fool is back. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Ron Johnson hypes a hearing he's holding week that he claims will show unvaccinated children are actually healthier than vaccinated ones
September 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Ron Johnson hypes a hearing he's holding week that he claims will show unvaccinated children are actually healthier than vaccinated ones
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Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't want to release the Epstein Files, because he wants to protect "innocent victims".
The "innocent victim" 👇 👇 👇
The "innocent victim" 👇 👇 👇
September 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Speaker Mike Johnson doesn't want to release the Epstein Files, because he wants to protect "innocent victims".
The "innocent victim" 👇 👇 👇
The "innocent victim" 👇 👇 👇
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OPINION: The military isn’t supposed to act as a national police force. But the Supreme Court might not stop Trump if he sends troops to police Chicago, writes University of Chicago law professor Aziz Huq.
Opinion | Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump if He Sends Troops to Chicago?
The military isn’t supposed to act as a national police force.
www.politico.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
OPINION: The military isn’t supposed to act as a national police force. But the Supreme Court might not stop Trump if he sends troops to police Chicago, writes University of Chicago law professor Aziz Huq.
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VARNEY: Do tariffs have anything to do with the slowing jobs market?
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: Tariffs are working ... unemployment is still holding steady. Statistically, it's nonexistent.
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: Tariffs are working ... unemployment is still holding steady. Statistically, it's nonexistent.
September 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
VARNEY: Do tariffs have anything to do with the slowing jobs market?
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: Tariffs are working ... unemployment is still holding steady. Statistically, it's nonexistent.
LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: Tariffs are working ... unemployment is still holding steady. Statistically, it's nonexistent.
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RFK Jr’s arrogant ignorance will be the literal death of people.
Mark my words.
This is the face of a killer.
#DemVoice1
Mark my words.
This is the face of a killer.
#DemVoice1
September 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
RFK Jr’s arrogant ignorance will be the literal death of people.
Mark my words.
This is the face of a killer.
#DemVoice1
Mark my words.
This is the face of a killer.
#DemVoice1
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Our client is willing to say everything under oath Secretary Kennedy. How about you?
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-cdc...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-cdc...
RFK Jr. accuses ousted CDC director of lying about pressure to preapprove vaccine recommendations
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy denied pressuring the ousted CDC director to preapprove vaccine recommendations.
www.cbsnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Our client is willing to say everything under oath Secretary Kennedy. How about you?
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-cdc...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-cdc...
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RFK Jr says he agrees that mRNA vaccines cause "serious harm, including death, especially among young people"
September 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
RFK Jr says he agrees that mRNA vaccines cause "serious harm, including death, especially among young people"
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JB Pritzker: “Don’t come to Chicago. Don’t bring military troops to the streets of an American city. We will go to court to stop you and the people of Chicago won’t stand for it. The people of America won’t stand for it.”
September 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
JB Pritzker: “Don’t come to Chicago. Don’t bring military troops to the streets of an American city. We will go to court to stop you and the people of Chicago won’t stand for it. The people of America won’t stand for it.”
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Mitch is learning in real time that his legacy will be the destruction of the Constitution and the collapse of American dominance.
Every bit of this was made possible by Mitch. Every bit of it.
Cry me a river, old man.
Every bit of this was made possible by Mitch. Every bit of it.
Cry me a river, old man.
September 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Mitch is learning in real time that his legacy will be the destruction of the Constitution and the collapse of American dominance.
Every bit of this was made possible by Mitch. Every bit of it.
Cry me a river, old man.
Every bit of this was made possible by Mitch. Every bit of it.
Cry me a river, old man.