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Trump firing the career economist leading the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the bad jobs report on Friday has people saying "Wow, that's what dictators do!" Glad you are finally waking up to what we've been screaming about for months! Trump wants to be a tyrant. Now we must unite to STOP HIM!

Sad and fascistic.

Just a guess: There are more bugs in that 747 than in a New York City dive bar.

Split Screen: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reclaims the frame The New York congresswoman doesn't let others define her.

Worthwhile read on the use of images by the mainstream media to diminish Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her efforts to combat them. contrarian.substack.com/p/split-scre...

How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions iNearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after the team said top buyers could join the president for dinner.

New: We analyzed Trump's meme coin -

At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner."

Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done"

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(above images of Trump and Janet Yellen) "We had a very well functioning economy, and President Trump has taken a wrecking ball to it.... This is the worst self-inflicted wound that I have ever seen an administration impose on a well functioning economy." - Former Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen

The Promise of American Higher Education No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue

Trump to Harvard: Police your faculty, turn in rabble-rousing students, and kill DEI or else.
Harvard to Trump: Pound sand.
Yes, they have a cushy endowment but their courage is so refreshing!
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Overheard just now: We are paying so much attention to men turning into women that we aren’t seeing the U.S. turning into the USSR.

Here is a chilling explanation of Trump's tariff insanity.

An authoritative review of Trump's tariff lunacy from The Economist. It will cause economic growth to slow, possibly to recessionary levels. It will especially hurt Ohio auto manufacturers, farmers, and our logisics and distribution industry.

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

Did you know that GOP budget resolution shockingly eliminates “$40 million in election security grant funding.” Why would Republicans want the 2026 election less secure? We know. It's so that Trump, Musk and anyone else on their side can rig the election. This is happening right in front of our eyes

From Robert Reich:
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Economic blackout today! No purchases and no posting on Meta platforms. If you must buy something, buy it from a locally owned store and pay cash.

I'm hearing from experts around the world about the "global health massacre" caused by the Trump/Musk destruction of USAID. Millions of malnourished children left to starve. Babies with neural tube defects. Surveillance against bird flu set back.All this kills children just as wonderful as our own.

House Republicans hit the brakes on town halls after blowback over Trump's cuts A number of Republican lawmakers faced significant pushback in their home districts over Trump and Elon Musk's slashing of the federal government.

They're being mean to me! I'm gonna tell my mommy!! WAAAAH! (Pro tip: emails still work.) www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Bill LaFayette on Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/office-hours-how-the-hell-do-republicans?r=fhfjr&utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=96597649

How the Trump saga will end.
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High Schoolers Make Plans to Flee Ohio as Republicans Destroy Higher Ed - Columbus Underground Where 16-year-old Michelle Huang goes to college hinges largely on what happens with a massive, controversial higher education bill that the Ohio Senate recently passed.

Thinking twice about teaching my annual class at Ohio State. columbusunderground.com/high-schoole...

My heart breaks for those parents. Imagine having to live with that and wondering what if. Some will say FAFO, but that seems so cruel.

It’s the oligarchy, stupid. Friends,

It’s the oligarchy, stupid. Today's commentary by Robert Reich. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

What the hell?! Delays in the availability of a flu vaccine next fall could kill people. At the very least there will be a hit to the economy from the increase in sick days.

No doubt others have shared but I can’t resist. Boycott Tesla. i.redd.it/den7hn3uc3le...

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RFK Jr doesn’t believe in vaccines so it is totally woke to get your flu shot. If you haven’t, please do.

How more than 700,000 Ohioans could lose Medicaid coverage The Ohio governor's budget bill includes language that would end Medicaid expansion if Congress cuts the program's funding to the states.

The GOP might cost 700,000 Ohioans their healthcare and who knows how many elsewhere. Gotta have those tax breaks! signalcleveland.org/more-than-70...

David Brooks in today's NYT: The essence of Trumpism [is] to be unconcerned that people without a college degree die about 8 years sooner or that hundreds of thousands of Africans might now die of AIDS but to go into paroxysms of moral panic because of who competes in a high school girls' swim meet.

Trump and His Family Earned Millions From Trump Coin While 810,000 Others Lost Money: Report Donald Trump and early investors have earned millions from $TRUMP coin while 813,294 wallets have registered $2 billion in collective losses.

Thousands of investors in Trump’s crypto scheme lost $2 billion in just weeks while the Trump Organization racked up $100 million in trading fees.

Just so happens that the CFPB, which Trump is trying to kill, recently announced new regulations for the crypto industry.

Hello?