Marie Harf

GMU update:

In a delightful twist, the GMU board just approved a 1.5% raise for President Washington. There had been widespread speculation that the board might fire him today. There was considerable attendance and media at today's meeting. The closed session was nearly 4 hrs!

What's next?

This, to be clear, is a bad thing.

I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s chances of Victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were Records — No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes. McEntarfer said there were only 73,000 Jobs added (a shock!) but, more importantly, that a major mistake was made by them, 258,000 Jobs downward, in the prior two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the year, always to the negative. The Economy is BOOMING under “TRUMP” despite a Fed that also plays games, this time with Interest Rates, where they lowered them twice, and substantially, just before the Presidential Election, I assume in the hopes of getting “Kamala” elected – How did that work out? Jerome “Too Late” Powell should also be put “out to pasture.” Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today

Very interesting polling out of NYC mayor’s race…

Take a break from the garbage and watch this, especially if you love musicals (and A Chorus Line) as much as I do! When I was a little girl, I would dance around the house with a sparkly gold hat doing the dance moves 🎩👯‍♀️

“.. They are nurses, mechanics, sanitation workers and executives. .. They’ve opened restaurants .. paid taxes and contributed to Social Security, living and working legally in the United States since 1999.”

They have 60 days to leave.

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Trump says he wants to deport 'the worst of the worst.' Government data tells another story

The Trump admin pledged to focus on dangerous criminals in deportations - they said it over and over again during the campaign - but their own data shows that’s not the case: ICE stats as of 6/29 show there were 57,861 people detained by ICE, 71.7% of whom had no criminal convictions.

Excerpts From The Times’s Interview With Biden on Clemency Decisions

The @nytimes.com gets its first interview with Biden SINCE HE BECAME PRESIDENT, and THIS is what they focus on? A stunningly bad decision that honestly reads like a parody.

Donate to Honor Mary Stevens: Support Her Family, organized by Blake Berns In Loving Memory of Mary Stevens The Stevens family is so thankful for the outp… Blake Berns needs your support for Honor Mary Stevens: Support Her Family

If you feel helpless right now and are looking for a way to help after the awful floods in Texas, please consider donating to the Stevens family in honor of their sweet girl Mary, one of the Mystic campers.

The speed with which the admin created and enforced this new "of course immigration officers should conceal their faces and identity" standard was amazing.

When Joe Biden referred to "shylocks" in 2014, the ADL admonished him. I look forward to seeing the group similarly criticize President Trump for using the term today.

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

We’ve had a week of mainstream press asking a NY mayoral candidate to disavow antisemitic slogans THAT HE NEVER SAID. Meanwhile the current president uses a Jewish slur and the press OMITS IT.

The shocking thing about Trump tossing off a “shylock” slur is he pushes antisemitic conspiracy theories, said he needs accountants with “funny little hats,” does dual loyalty smears, openly speaks of Good Jews and Bad Jews, hired neo-Nazis, and more, and media still says he’s opposing antisemitism.

Trump Rails Against ‘Shylocks And Bad People’ In Iowa Speech President Donald Trump employed a term often used as a slur against...

Sometimes you have to jump to your computer when you thought the three day weekend had begun.

The president dropping an anti-Jewish slur in a rally speech is one of those moments. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...

Right now, the Times' web front page features a photo from the rally where he dropped an anti-Semitic slur and the headline "Victory For Trump." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...

Trump Goes on a Charm Offensive as He Woos Holdout Republicans

GOP lawmakers on the fence re: this awful bill were won over by this? Truly pathetic. "They walked out with signed merchandise, photos in the Oval Office and, by some accounts, a newfound appreciation for the bill — targets all of a blunt-force charm offensive waged with precision by the president."

Trump’s Team Is Lying About Iran’s WMD He savaged Bush for distorting intelligence and overselling the military’s initial success in Iraq. Now Trump and his team are doing the same in Iran.

“Trump is doing what he accused Bush of doing. He has launched a preemptive military strike, this time in Iran. He has defended the strike by misrepresenting intelligence. He has prematurely declared the mission a total victory. And he is impugning the patriotism of anyone who challenges his lies.”

If I had said this last year, that Trump would try and deport US citizens in his first year, all Republicans and a nontrivial number of liberals and centrists would have attacked me for behind hyperbolic, and fear-mongering, and of having Trump Derangement Syndrome.

And yet:

Let that sink in. USAID has saved 92 MILLION lives in 2 decades. And up to 14 MILLION people will die in the next five years because of the Trump admin’s closure of USAID. Nothing could be further from a pro-life agenda. Literally nothing.

A break from depressing news to wholeheartedly endorse my friend @jeremydauber.bsky.social’s new young adult book about alien space invasions! Pre-order to have in time for back-to-school - I saw an early copy this week, and it looks super cool 🛸👽📱

“Do I like this bill? No.” Well then. Senator Murkowski makes the case AGAINST the bill at the same time she defends voting FOR it. Heck of a political (or moral, for that matter) strategy.

Poorest Americans Would Be Hurt By Trump’s Big Bill Small improvements in taxes are overshadowed by cuts to health insurance and other federal aid, resulting in a package favoring the wealthy.

Millions of low-income Americans could experience staggering financial losses under the bill that Republicans advanced through the Senate on Tuesday, which reserves its greatest benefits for the rich while threatening to strip health insurance, food stamps and other aid from the poor.

Enten: "You don't have to be a mathematical genius to know that these are horrible, horrible, horrible numbers. Washington Post, -19 points, Fox News -21 points...to quote Sir Charles Barkley, 'terrible terrible terrible'...it's one of the most unpopular pieces of legislation that I have ever seen"

Statement from North America's Building Trades Unions on Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”:

“If enacted, this stands to be the biggest job-killing bill in the history of this country. Simply put, it is the equivalent of terminating more than 1,000 Keystone XL pipeline projects”

Tillis: What do I tell 663,000 people in two years, three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of medicaid because the funding's not there anymore, guys?

Every one of these deaths is on the hands of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio. History should never forget.

Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.

Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

IAEA chief says Iran could be enriching uranium within months Iran could be producing enriched uranium in a few months, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi was quoted as saying on Sunday, raising doubts about how effective U.S. strikes to destroy Tehran's nuclear programme have been.

IAEA chief says Iran could be enriching uranium within months reut.rs/4noIVyv

In an interview with CBS News’ Margaret Brennan, the IAEA’s director general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, says Iran could produce enriched uranium again “in a manner of months.”