David Newman / San Francisco

What if we defined the economy as the way we take care of one another? Since that's what it ultimately is/ What wood economic indicators then look like

Instead of the daily stock market - we could have an indicator for the number of homeless people?

Lmaoo

Every. Single. Day. my teenagers wake up in a country in which raping children does not disqualify a financially & morally bankrupt felon from being President of the US.

But also in a country in a Code Red for air quality b/c the grown-ups are pretending there's no #ClimateCrisis.

#TrumpsteinFiles

He lost an election and refused to accept the results.

He forced the Smithsonian to lie about American history.

He fired the head statistician bcuz he didn’t like the jobs numbers.

He can’t handle the truth. We elected the biggest pussy/coward/sore loser in all of human history.

💥 Albert Speer 💥

NEW HIT SONG: Why Stop at a Ballroom?
With the Rose Garden cemented over and plans leaked for a Ballroom, Mr. Newberger poses the question, "Why Stop at a Ballroom?" in this powerhouse show stopping musical number.
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This afternoon! Book launch! In Noe Valley, San Francisco, where "Automatic Noodle" takes place! See you there!

Trump’s Former Jobs Data Chief Decries Firing of His Successor President Donald Trump’s firing of the chief labor statistician was criticized by her predecessor, who called it an unfounded move that will undermine confidence in a key data set on the US economy.

President Donald Trump’s firing of the chief labor statistician was criticized by her predecessor, who called it an unfounded move that will undermine confidence in a key data set

The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905) A Silent FIlm Review An entire silent comedy based on… a postcard? That’s right, this little comedy played with the popular “whole Dam family gag” that was enjoying a moment in jokes, postcards, novelty songs and more.…

This week, I review THE WHOLE DAM FAMILY AND THE DAM DOG (1905), an Edison comedy based on the wildly popular picture postcard that had become a phenomenon across the country.

I cover the history of the gag, the postcard craze and the film's uncredited cast.

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Republicans thought they were getting people who would expose the Deep State pedophiles with Trump, Bongino and Patel. Instead, they got their protectors. Maxwell just got rewarded with a nicer prison, and in exchange, the pedophiles stay concealed. Hell of a legacy, fellas.

Black and white film still of a woman and a black dress asleep on a bench on the wall above her is the shadow of a Scythe

Sybille Schmitz in Vampyr, 1932

🚨NEW OVERNIGHT: Big win for L.A. — a federal court just blocked Trump’s immigration raids across So. California.

The Ninth Circuit denied Trump’s attempt to restart warrantless sweeps that targeted people for speaking Spanish, having an accent, or just standing at a bus stop in Latino communities.

Trump Going Full Authoritarian As Jobs Report Exposes His Failed Policies and Presidency Trump is shooting messengers instead of facing the reality that his disastrous trade war & tariffs are pushing America towards a recession. Instead of accountability, there will be authoritarianism.

"Trump Going Full Authoritarian As Jobs Report Exposes His Failed Policies and Presidency"

I stepped in for the Mighty @maryltrump.bsky.social today for her daily live show. Brown Mary tried to keep on burning and rolling.

Check us out.

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With @davidcorn.bsky.social and @muellershewrote.com on Trump firing Erika McEntarfer, his Epstein coverup, the bullying of the Smithsonian to re-write history, and how white nationalists are entering the Trump Administration.

Why Was Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to a Cushy Prison Camp, and What is Trump Hiding?

Zev Shalev and Lev Parnas join me to connect the dots & name the players that will provide answers as to Trump's long-standing relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein.

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In the last hour or so:

⚖️SCOTUS ordered briefing in redistricting case.
⚖️NH Gov signed new voter suppression law.
⚖️Judge granted discovery in election EO case.

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Donald Trump is so scared of the American people holding him accountable for his catastrophic actions, he wants Republicans to rig the 2026 elections for him.

So I fired my bathroom scale. Next I'm gonna fire the nutritional label on a pint of ice cream.

From May: “Trump Media’s SEC filings say the company paid CEO Devin Nunes $47,640,469 last year”

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The guy who claims that Qatar gave us $1.2 trillion and Japan gave us $550 billion and the EU is giving us $700 billion as part of his “trade deals” fired the government statistician who reports employment numbers because he didn’t agree with them.

NY Times and Democracy Docket cover the same hearing. Notice the difference in framing.

This is why -- right now-- we need independent, pro-democracy media.

Trump has lied more times about numbers & statistics in his lifetime than any person in the history of the human race.

And he just fired the government statistician who reports employment numbers because she refused to do the same.

But he will replace her with someone who will.

This is going to hit a lot of Americans hard.

The price of lifesaving drugs is about to spike because of Trump’s tariffs.

If the good senator is concerned to avoid criminals, he’d better not visit the White House.

between him getting random comedian hosts purged and firing BLS people after a job report, a lot of this is predictable to anyone who knows the dynamics of any personalist hybrid regime

Ghislaine Maxwell is quietly moved to cushy new Texas prison as she pushes for deal to tell all on Epstein, his associates Ghislaine Maxwell has quietly been moved to a far more favorable Texas prison camp as she hashes a possible deal to divulge secrets about her sex-crimes accomplice Jeffrey Epstein.

So let’s see…the Trump admin is sending innocent people to be tortured in foreign gulags, bringing back in homocidal maniacs, and transferring convicted sex traffickers into minimum security prisons. Do I have that right? nypost.com/2025/08/01/u...

literally any billionaire has the power to stop this

How many little kids right now meant to grow up to become scientists, academics, artists, may never get the same inspiration we did just by turning on TV for free, because we used to agreed as a society that was worthwhile to offer everyone

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding fyi in & Print August 1, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release of the Senate Appropriations Committee's FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill, which excludes funding for CPB for the first time in more than five decades. For nearly 60 years, CPB has carried out its Congressional mission to build and sustain a trusted public media system that informs, educates, and serves communities across the country. Through partnerships with local stations and producers, CPB has supported educational content, locally relevant journalism, emergency communications, cultural programming, and essential services for Americans in every community. "Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB, we now face the difficult reality of closing our operations," said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. "CPB remains committed to fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities and supporting our partners through this transition with transparency and care." CPB informed its employees today that the majority of staff positions will conclude with the close of the fiscal year on September 30, 2025. A small transition team will remain through January 2026 to ensure a responsible and orderly closeout of operations. This team will focus on compliance, final distributions, and resolution of long-term financial obligations, including ensuring continuity for music rights and royalties that remain essential to the public media system.

BREAKING

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down.