Steve Downes

Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.

What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.

When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.

Remember this.

Trump Defends Addition Of   Ballroom To    Air Force One

Trump Defends Addition Of   Ballroom To    Air Force One https://theonion.com/trump-defends-addition-of-ballroom-to-air-force-one/

The lack of media coverage about the bombing of the girls elementary schools is shocking.

As a friend pointed out: honestly astonishing to think about what would have happened if trump had come in and done literally nothing on the economy

So road trips are out
And like, buying stuff

It should be a much bigger story that oil prices surged because of Trump’s illegal war in Iran, forcing the White House to ease sanctions on Russian oil—only for Russia to take that money and help Iran target American troops.

Well, imagine that …

Like clockwork.

Five-time draft dodger and reigning bone spurs champ to people losing sons and daughters in this war:

Sucks to be you

FFS!

On 9/11 Trump bragged that he now “had the tallest building” in lower Manhattan. Today when asked if Americans should worry about Iran retaliating on US soil, he shrugs with “I guess” and “Like I said, some people will die.” The man is a monster and MAGA is a cancer.

Getting on my official ethicist soapbox to proclaim that war is bad, actually, and we should do everything we can to prevent it from happening

On NJ Transit on the way home and the train just died.

Just another day/reminder of how “the richest and most powerful nation in the world” cannot do mass transit.

We can afford a war and build concentration camps, but not mass transit.

Trump never had a plan for the more than 1 million Americans in the Middle East, but if you’re a MAGA minion, his White House swoops in to save you.

So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

Kristi Noem’s firing could have a chilling effect on cabinet members’ ability to award nine-figure no-bid contracts to their cronies.

I am begging, absolutely begging, people who follow this absolute charlatan to read this piece & unfollow him. For #LFC supporters, his behaviour in the aftermath of Diogo Jota’s death, and the way that he *appeared* to be trying to monetise it, should’ve been reason enough to stick him in the bin.

mental health break, once again but also some stuff about Donny’s daddy

in today's post: Donny hallucinates about his father (or maybe his grandfather), while Democrats AND Republicans use ICE Barbie for a chew toy.
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how fricasseed is what remains of Preznit Fuckwit’s brain right now? this impaired numbskull is currently mismanaging multiple foreign policy crises, and at the same time tanking the world’s economy. he’s in command of a nuclear arsenal, all while being so demented that he can no longer remember that his father and his grandfather were two different people.

what's going on inside Dear Leader's rancid pudding brain would be hilarious if it weren't so clownfuckingly terrifying. thank you for your attention to today's angry post, angry like few thought possible. link is here: bit.ly/3Njrsug

This is grotesque brutality:

Quit ChatGPT.

What your Meta smart glasses record doesn’t stay on your smart glasses, ‘data labeling’ contractors say Meta contractors say they’ve been tasked with reviewing highly sensitive videos captured by the company’s smart glasses.

NEW: Contractors for Meta say they've been tasked with reviewing smart glasses footage in order to train the company's AI.

The contractors say they've seen videos showing wearers having sex, undressing & using the bathroom.

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Trump is launching us into what could be another costly and deadly forever war.Meanwhile, he and Republicans are making How We Actually Pay for War and Billionaire Tax Cuts

Trump and Republicans are spreading lies about SNAP in order to justify cutting the vital food assistance program.

Why? So they can give bigger tax breaks to the rich and continue to boost military spending.

Here’s what you should know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8StUs6Ufe_4

This is a kind reminder that this platform banned my account for more than 30 days after I had some harsh words about Charlie Kirk………..

… do I trust Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes to carry this out correctly? Nope. But that’s where my head is now. I’ll always be grateful to Arne Slot - 11 months ago he gave me one of the best days of my life - but, for various reasons, things have got away for him. And they ain’t coming back.

… he’s not been helped by those above him, of course. The summer was a vanity project dressed up as a transfer strategy and left the squad woefully thin and unbalanced. But again, Slot doesn’t help himself with his inability to manage resources he has and, in the case of Harvey Elliott, could have.

… I’ve wanted things to work out for Slot but last night changed things for me. Clearly this is broken - attacking structure, defensive resilience, and the general cohesion, confidence and attitude of the squad. That comes from the environment set from the top. And that’s very much on big Arne.

Not sure about anyone else, but I always find it pretty wild when Arne Slot talks about a bad Liverpool performance like a fan doing a post-match video for YouTube as opposed to the man in charge of that performance.

Donald Trump made trade threats against Spain during an Oval Office meeting with reporters and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)

Trump: "Spain said we can't use their bases. We could use their bases if we want. We could just fly in and use it. Nobody is gonna tell us not to use it"

Not receiving consent and moving forward anyway is a consistent theme in his life — as E. Jean Carroll can attest