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Economists are watching closely for signs that a slowing job market or worsening inflation could derail growth. Here are 10 areas experts are tracking to gauge where things with the economy may be headed:
10 charts that show where the economy is heading
The U.S. economy experienced steady growth in 2025, despite concerns over inflation and the job market, with artificial intelligence playing a significant role in driving growth.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Economists are watching closely for signs that a slowing job market or worsening inflation could derail growth. Here are 10 areas experts are tracking to gauge where things with the economy may be headed:
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In @nytopinion
As “The Late Show” approaches its end in May, Stephen Colbert “has turned his show’s last hurrah into a torrid victory lap, and he’s done it by manifesting the show he’d always envisioned: a show about love and a show about loss,” Lisa Schwarzbaum writes.
As “The Late Show” approaches its end in May, Stephen Colbert “has turned his show’s last hurrah into a torrid victory lap, and he’s done it by manifesting the show he’d always envisioned: a show about love and a show about loss,” Lisa Schwarzbaum writes.
Opinion | Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Fulfills Its Promise
After winning an Emmy, Stephen Colbert spoke about creating a “show about love.” In its homestretch, “The Late Show” is fulfilling that promise.
nyti.ms
December 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In @nytopinion
As “The Late Show” approaches its end in May, Stephen Colbert “has turned his show’s last hurrah into a torrid victory lap, and he’s done it by manifesting the show he’d always envisioned: a show about love and a show about loss,” Lisa Schwarzbaum writes.
As “The Late Show” approaches its end in May, Stephen Colbert “has turned his show’s last hurrah into a torrid victory lap, and he’s done it by manifesting the show he’d always envisioned: a show about love and a show about loss,” Lisa Schwarzbaum writes.
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Thousands of baristas are still on ULP strike across the country, and we're not going anywhere!
Stand with striking baristas and don't buy Starbucks ANYWHERE. Get that peppermint mocha (and those last minute gift cards) at your local coffee shop instead! #NoContractNoCoffee
Stand with striking baristas and don't buy Starbucks ANYWHERE. Get that peppermint mocha (and those last minute gift cards) at your local coffee shop instead! #NoContractNoCoffee
December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Thousands of baristas are still on ULP strike across the country, and we're not going anywhere!
Stand with striking baristas and don't buy Starbucks ANYWHERE. Get that peppermint mocha (and those last minute gift cards) at your local coffee shop instead! #NoContractNoCoffee
Stand with striking baristas and don't buy Starbucks ANYWHERE. Get that peppermint mocha (and those last minute gift cards) at your local coffee shop instead! #NoContractNoCoffee
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Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
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Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
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All she needs is a way to make her quitting look like she was hounded out by the Woke Mob, and we’re well on our way already
I think it’s pretty likely Bari Weiss quits far sooner than anyone expects because if there’s anything we learned from her tenure at the New York Times it’s that this lady hates working, absolutely despises it, and she probably had to send like four emails today
December 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
All she needs is a way to make her quitting look like she was hounded out by the Woke Mob, and we’re well on our way already
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NLRB Filing:
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
NLRB Filing:
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NEW: 42 quality contorl workers for a nuclear parts manufacturer in Indiana are unionizing with @boilermakers.bsky.social.
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
NEW: 42 quality contorl workers for a nuclear parts manufacturer in Indiana are unionizing with @boilermakers.bsky.social.
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NLRB Filings:
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NLRB Filings:
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BREAKING: 40 workers at 2 Guitar Center locations are unionizing with UFCW/@rwdsu.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
BREAKING: 40 workers at 2 Guitar Center locations are unionizing with UFCW/@rwdsu.bsky.social
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Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
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France exonerates women convicted over abortions before legalisation
France exonerates women convicted over abortions before legalisation
Between 1870 and 1975, more than 11,660 people were convicted for performing or seeking an abortion, according to official estimates.
www.lemonde.fr
December 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
France exonerates women convicted over abortions before legalisation
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Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t
We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
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NLRB Filing:
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
NLRB Filing:
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New: 39 veterinary Care employees outside Syracuse, New York are unionizing with @teamsters.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
New: 39 veterinary Care employees outside Syracuse, New York are unionizing with @teamsters.bsky.social
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The photos of those Haitian refugees was his first big break, as they earned him the Robert Capa Gold Medal award, which catapulted his career. But at the moment he took the images, he and the other men on the boat thought they were going to die.
He had this to say about the experience:
He had this to say about the experience:
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The photos of those Haitian refugees was his first big break, as they earned him the Robert Capa Gold Medal award, which catapulted his career. But at the moment he took the images, he and the other men on the boat thought they were going to die.
He had this to say about the experience:
He had this to say about the experience:
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The photographer on that boat was Christopher Anderson, who, 25 years later, snapped the famous photos of the Trump administration for Vanity Fair.
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The photographer on that boat was Christopher Anderson, who, 25 years later, snapped the famous photos of the Trump administration for Vanity Fair.
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The men on the boat were so dehydrated this point, one slipped in and out of consciousness, unable to stand. They were all resigned to their death.
Luckily, they were rescued by the US Coast Guard.
Luckily, they were rescued by the US Coast Guard.
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The men on the boat were so dehydrated this point, one slipped in and out of consciousness, unable to stand. They were all resigned to their death.
Luckily, they were rescued by the US Coast Guard.
Luckily, they were rescued by the US Coast Guard.
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In a boat powered by nothing but a sail, they somehow made it from Tortuga Island to the Bahamas (about a 90 mile distance). Then from the Bahamas, they set sail again. But a few days and some hundred miles later, their makeshift boat began to sink.
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
In a boat powered by nothing but a sail, they somehow made it from Tortuga Island to the Bahamas (about a 90 mile distance). Then from the Bahamas, they set sail again. But a few days and some hundred miles later, their makeshift boat began to sink.
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A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
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First it was "we have to blow up dozens of people on boats because of fetnanyl." But obviously it wasn't fentanyl being trafficked so then: narco terrorists are shipping cocaine! But then Wiles tells a reporter it's all about regime change and today it's bc US oil companies got kicked out in 2007?
December 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
First it was "we have to blow up dozens of people on boats because of fetnanyl." But obviously it wasn't fentanyl being trafficked so then: narco terrorists are shipping cocaine! But then Wiles tells a reporter it's all about regime change and today it's bc US oil companies got kicked out in 2007?
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Warnock: He's got a lot of nerve saying that I'm using faith to divide people. This is a man who literally had protesters gassed and beaten down so he could hold up a bible in front of a church.
December 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Warnock: He's got a lot of nerve saying that I'm using faith to divide people. This is a man who literally had protesters gassed and beaten down so he could hold up a bible in front of a church.
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my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
my latest is on the odd confluence of unitary executive theory with a president who is mostly AWOL from the business of governance (gift link)
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*tearfully looking up at a portrait of the guy who illegally sold weapons to Iran and used to profits to fund right-wing death squads in Nicaragua*
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
*tearfully looking up at a portrait of the guy who illegally sold weapons to Iran and used to profits to fund right-wing death squads in Nicaragua*
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CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the hate group expanding its presence in Tennessee
They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.
www.newschannel5.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...