Kevin Sweeney aka audiomagnate

"The short term" is eleven years.

Of course Trump would give the economy an A+ after he rigged it to enrich him, his family and billionaires...

But for the rest of America?
 
Higher utility bills.
Higher grocery bills.
Historically high mortgage rates.
And skyrocketing health insurance bills.

If you believe #ICE or another federal agent has violated your civil rights or the rights of another individual, California has launched an online portal to report misconduct.

Learn more & report here: oag.ca.gov/reportmiscon...

lol. Calling their bluff. These aren’t part of the 300G of data the justice department has (and could have released anytime.) the deadline is 12/19. Tick tock, Pamela Jo.

Did you know that before Nixon and Reagan, health insurance companies in America were non-profit? Yep, they screamed about "socialized medicine" and gradually shifted the focus of our entire healthcare system from public welfare to... making bucks off illness.

Remember when Schumer and Dems capitulated the end of the shutdown to maga on the promise of a vote on ACA subsidies "around" December 11th? Those fascists must be cracking the hell up.

This is your occasional reminder that Alligator Auschwitz is still in operation in the Everglades.

Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Wait what???

My dad used to kill them for a living. I miss Dad.

Trump doesn't need your vote, or you. The plan is to kill off everyone but the billionaires.

The Trump inflation crisis is actually killing American citizens

My pussy's a pup.

Costco is out here trying to lower grocery prices for everyday Americans and somehow that’s a dealbreaker for the MAGA crowd.

Imagine being so committed to chaos that cheaper food makes you mad. Peak clown economics 🤡
#TrumpInflationCrisis

Trump didn’t just wage a war on kids — he’s coming for Medicaid and CHIP, ripping away the care children rely on to survive and grow. Families are already drowning in costs, and now their kids’ lifelines are on the chopping block.
#TrumpInflationCrisis

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The Resonant Computing Manifesto Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.

Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.

Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.

resonantcomputing.org

Trump will attempt to gaslight us tonight, but we all know the economy is in the shitter, & folks are struggling to keep their heads above water.

There’s a reason why he’s not releasing these reports. #TrumpInflationCrisis

Billionaires are doing great. That's 800 or so people.

The Felon is going up to PA tonight to tout his A+ economy for the well connected, but voters aren’t buying it. We feel the pinch every time we go to the grocery store. Gov Shapiro (D-PA) knows the #TrumpInflationCrisis has prices going through the roof while wages stay flat.

In 2026—and it’s almost 2026—health insurance costs will be so brutal that even healthcare workers won’t be able to afford it.

When the people saving lives can’t afford to save their own, the system isn’t just broken — it’s WRONG!

#TrumpInflationCrisis

’Tis the Season for Price Hikes: Popular Holiday Gifts Climb 26 Percent Under Trump As families hunt for the perfect gift this holiday season, soaring prices are dampening some of the holiday magic. New analysis from Groundwork

Holiday prices are up 26 percent.

Toys, clothes, electronics all higher. Analysts point to Trump’s tariffs as a major driver of rising costs. Families feel it every time they shop.

Trump’s trade policy is the Grinch trying to steal Christmas.

#TrumpInflationCrisis

Trump swore he’d make housing “affordable.” Instead we’re staring down mortgages so long you’d need to pass the keys down like a family heirloom.
#TrumpInflationCrisis

Inflation is hitting from every direction, and families are the ones absorbing the blow.

When the basics become unaffordable, it’s not a “temporary trend” — it’s a national emergency.

#TrumpInflationCrisis

Trump can gaslight all he wants but even his own base knows he’s full of shit. #TrumpInflationCrisis

State hunts way forward after Nebraska got ‘butts kicked’ by Tyson plant closure • Nebraska Examiner Nebraska is hunting a way forward after getting "our butts kicked" by the announced closure of a Tyson plant, Gov. Jim Pillen says.

After the closing of the huge Tyson plant in Nebraska, they're poised to go up even more. nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/11/24/s...

Meat costs continue to surge While grocery inflation held steady in September, prices for beef and veal were up nearly 15%, building on a steady upward trend that began in May.

Trump: "Inflation is defeated"

Reality:

Coffee +19%
Uncooked beef roasts +18.4%
Raw beef steaks +16.6%
Beef and veal (overall) +14.9%
Uncooked ground beef +12.9%
Bananas +6.9%
Frozen fish and seafood + 6.6%
Apples +5.3%

abcnews.go.com/Business/inf... #TrumpInflationCrisis

Stephen Miller's War on Cancer Cures - emptywheel Stephen Miller is cutting your access to health care and cancer cures to pay to deport your nurse assistant and cancer researchers (and, given the unnecessary bump in DOD spending, to invade Canada to...

I rediscovered this post I wrote in May, about how Trump has shifted the money the US used to spend on curing cancer into snatching your neighbors.

I think I'll keep harping on this point.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/09/s...

From Donald’s favorite gay Nazi 🙂

Trump and Co. haven’t been dismantling US institutions just this year, they’ve been doing it since 2017.

America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.

But too many denied it.

This book needs an editor.