In 1937, the Soviet Union conducted a census. Stalin didn't like the results (the numbers were lower than expected), so he purged the statistical agencies and ordered a new census to be conducted in 1939. Which produced numbers he liked better.

Latest inflation data just arrived came in right at the consensus forecast. Headline inflation of 0.2% in the month, running at 2.7% over the year. Core rose 0.3% in July, and 3.1% over the year.

For two years inflation was declining toward the Fed's target. That seems to be over.

Reporter: I have lived in the DC area for almost 50 years now. The most violent moment in my life was January 6th, 2021, when Trump's supporters charged into the Capitol and beat cops. Trump's response to that was to pardon everyone who was involved

“Our Economy is booming” is Trump-speak for “worst three months of job growth since COVID”.

The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.

Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 

🚨NEW: VoteVets Responds to Trump’s Use of the National Guard in DC:

“Trump himself refused to activate the Guard when our Capitol was under attack; he should be embarrassed he is activating them now.”

Genuinely incredible that she's saying this with 2 accused rapists on either side of her

Interesting. Does anyone know how this turned out?

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Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring.

And then that guy was "silenced" forever.

And now we will just not talk about anything else until they...

#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files

Gerrymandering handed the GOP majorities in the House in 2022 and 2024.

"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened."

– Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945

Robert Reich The Real Reason the Economy Might Collapse | Robert Reich

The rich don’t spend the money they have, and the poor don’t have money to spend.

This is a problem when 70% of the economy relies on consumer spending.

Closing our nation's wealth gap isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s essential to save our economy. https://youtu.be/S6dCh48b4oI?feature=shared

If Kamala Harris had used our tax dollars to raise a river’s water level so that her family kayak vacation would be more fun, Fox would be running that shit on a loop 24/7 for two weeks straight.

Jeffrey Epstein took the fifth about Donald Trump. What else do you need to know?

Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

mRNA vaccine development is a God send of technological progress and RFK Jr. is a murderous grifting conspiracy believing monster.

I’ve always wondered if other nations honor their traitors the way the U.S. does.

AP: “.. About half of all Americans say the cost of groceries is a ‘major’ source of stress in their life right now ..”

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Don Bacon: "From my vantage point here in Nebraska, we're seeing a bit of a troubled economic mess. Right now it's a troubled time. In Nebraska the GDP has decreased by 6% over the last year and it's all about trade...so what I hear about weak jobs numbers, we're seeing that in Nebraska right now"

Did you know: Gislane Maxwell was transferred to a nice minimum security prison after talking with trumps lawyer.

A sex trafficker, was transferred to a nicer place by Donald Trump.

Wonder why? Also looks like GOP is the pedo defenders.

MAGA Inches Closer to a Ghislaine Maxwell Alliance Is perpetrating heinous crimes against children too big a hurdle for a political alliance of convenience? Maybe not.

"Not even a month ago, the idea of Trump supporters openly embracing a convicted child sex trafficker would have been unimaginable." Well, Trump sure grows some folks' imaginations.

'I don't care about Direct File': IRS chief says agency plans to end free filing program Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Bill Long said the agency will end its Direct File program.

The IRS's free Direct File tool is now "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief.

This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.

Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

See how this works?

A massive regressive national sales tax imposed upon every American by a president with no constitutional authority to impose a national sales tax. The reason why the founders gave this power to Congress is because this would never pass any Congress- even this one.

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Wow. Who could’ve guessed the party that’s led to country to a recession every time they’ve been in charge in the last 40 years would lead the country to a recession again?

Another day, another reminder...

NBC's Ken Delanian confirming my reporting.