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Podcaster: The Bob Cesca Show, Trek Politics, Stephanie Miller, TME w John Fugelsang. Writer, artist, cyclist, Rush fan, collector of nerdy things. patreon.com/bobcescashow

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Which 1701-D was it?

05.08.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I like some of these theories.

05.08.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm never get over the fact that this administration's war on trans people is being carried out with the pretext of "protecting women and girls" while the president is a pedophile rapist.

05.08.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2148    πŸ” 562    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 18

@jaketapper.bsky.social can you say cognitively impaired?

05.08.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 842    πŸ” 164    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 6
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The Liar-In-Chief rants that his poll numbers are β€œthe best ever” β€” steamrolling Kernen, and claiming Harry Enten backs this up.

(He doesn’t, independents are fleeing in droves)

05.08.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 450    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 8
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House Oversight Committee subpoenas Justice Department for Epstein files | CNN Politics The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Justice Department for files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a major move that comes as many congressional Republicans call...

House Oversight has subpoenaed DOJ for the Epstein files.

05.08.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 402    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 14

Pure Americana.

05.08.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2716    πŸ” 731    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 44

Finally, a united nation.

04.08.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 21038    πŸ” 5503    πŸ’¬ 459    πŸ“Œ 171
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NEW: My lawsuit against the DOJ for the Epstein training videos has been assigned to Judge Beryl Howell.

04.08.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 18316    πŸ” 3746    πŸ’¬ 555    πŸ“Œ 146

Delusional optimism aside, this is an enormous about-face, undermining everything the clown dictator has been shrieking about since Friday.

04.08.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1212    πŸ” 240    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 3
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I'm still trying to figure out what the eff he's talking about. The Oct 2024 jobs report, released just before the election on Nov 1, wasn't great. Only 12,000 jobs added, with downward revisions for August and September. Plus, the -818K revision was issued in Aug 2024, months *before* the election.

04.08.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 1
The economy is on the precipice of recession. That’s the clear takeaway from last week’s economic data dump. Consumer spending has flatlined, construction and manufacturing are contracting, and employment is set to fall. And with inflation on the rise, it is tough for the Fed to come to the rescue.

Unemployment remains low, but that’s only because labor force growth has gone sideways. The foreign-born workforce is shrinking, and labor force participation is declining. Telling is the economy-wide hiring freeze, particularly for recent graduates, and the decline in hours worked. 

It’s no mystery why the economy is struggling; blame increasing U.S. tariffs and highly restrictive immigration policy. The tariffs are cutting increasingly deeply into the profits of American companies and the purchasing power of American households. Fewer immigrant workers means a smaller economy.

Any notion that the economic data misrepresents the reality of how the economy is performing is way off base. There are revisions to the data, even big revisions, but they universally say the economy is doing worse. That’s because it is. 

BTW, the DOGE cuts are a key factor in the revisionsβ€”not because BLS has cut staff, although that can’t help, but because the government often reports payrolls to BLS late. It didn’t matter when government employment was stable, but now that it’s declining, the cuts are picked up in the revisions.

The economy is on the precipice of recession. That’s the clear takeaway from last week’s economic data dump. Consumer spending has flatlined, construction and manufacturing are contracting, and employment is set to fall. And with inflation on the rise, it is tough for the Fed to come to the rescue. Unemployment remains low, but that’s only because labor force growth has gone sideways. The foreign-born workforce is shrinking, and labor force participation is declining. Telling is the economy-wide hiring freeze, particularly for recent graduates, and the decline in hours worked. It’s no mystery why the economy is struggling; blame increasing U.S. tariffs and highly restrictive immigration policy. The tariffs are cutting increasingly deeply into the profits of American companies and the purchasing power of American households. Fewer immigrant workers means a smaller economy. Any notion that the economic data misrepresents the reality of how the economy is performing is way off base. There are revisions to the data, even big revisions, but they universally say the economy is doing worse. That’s because it is. BTW, the DOGE cuts are a key factor in the revisionsβ€”not because BLS has cut staff, although that can’t help, but because the government often reports payrolls to BLS late. It didn’t matter when government employment was stable, but now that it’s declining, the cuts are picked up in the revisions.

Trump is panicking because the economic numbers are giving a recession vibe.
From the Chief Economist at Moody's.

04.08.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2276    πŸ” 903    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 85
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Trump Mimics Stalin, Uses Total BS to Kill BLS You play with the truth. Oh you're killing me with your Pro-pro-pro-pro-pro-pro-pro-pro-pro-pro-pro-pro, Ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ganda - Muse, "Propaganda"

open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/...

04.08.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Rest in peace Loni Anderson.

There was something wonderful about her role of Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP. She had the looks and always the upper hand.

The role of Jennifer was supposed to be of a ditzy blonde. Loni lobbied for her to be a strong woman who took no bullshit.

04.08.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 573    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 8

That's a no.

04.08.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m sorry but I really have to stand up for myself and independent media here. Everyone is crediting Ken Delanian for the Maxwell sex offender waiver story, but I was hours ahead of him. Hours. Independent media is important.

03.08.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 20066    πŸ” 5248    πŸ’¬ 656    πŸ“Œ 216

Ah dammit. 😒

03.08.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

When thousands of Americans were testing positive for and dying of COVID his solution was to β€œSlow the testing down!”

02.08.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas Democrats leave the state to prevent quorum needed to vote on redistricting measure | CNN Politics Texas Democrats pushed back on the Republican effort to rewrite the state’s congressional map by leaving the state Sunday, to prevent a quorum needed to advance the measure in the Texas House.

Good on the Texas dems… This isnt their first time getting in good trouble. Good on them! And shame on Texas republicans and greg abbott… Republicans can only win when they cheat.
Y'all can come stay with me!!! I'll make breakfast but you gotta cook dinner!

www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/p...

03.08.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1247    πŸ” 226    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 6

Reminds me of "George W. Bush kept us safe!!" (except for that one day)

03.08.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Mister Mister
Zsa Zsa
John John Kennedy?

03.08.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Please report and block this imposter.

@kimberleyjohnson72.bsky.social

03.08.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 1

As slang it means "concerned with minute details of a topic or issue."

03.08.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Every media reporter who wrote headlines about this fantasy without much as a hint of skepticism should resign in shame.

We told you he was lying.

03.08.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 714    πŸ” 188    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 7

πŸ˜‚

03.08.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wonky = highly detailed, expert level, academic, statistical
Janky = malfunctioning, poorly made
Hinky = suspicious, odd
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

03.08.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

To be clear: it was a downward revision.

03.08.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These corrupt bastards. Prior to COVID the benchmark revision for the 12 months ending March 2019 was 501,000 jobs! This happens all the time, it's part of the process.

03.08.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Revisions are issued every month, and have been throughout the entire history of BLS jobs reports. It's part of the bureau's methodology. The clip cuts off, so I hope Welker mentioned this commonly known fact.

03.08.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

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