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Lisa Cook, Who Broke Ground at the Fed, Faces Attack by Trump

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b.... If Lisa Cook should resign because she has been accused of mortgage fraud, does that mean Trump should resign as he has been found civilly liable for committing mortgage fraud.

No pictures but I just watched a presidential advisor show how income climbed in Trump’s first term vs Biden’s; of course the numbers favored Rump; but income in Biden’s first term started where income in Rump’s first term started not where Rump’s finished. Made up numbers?

Apparently Cruz doesn’t believe in respecting religious traditions

Cruz Criticizes Hochul for Wearing Head Scarf at Slain Officer’s Funeral

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/n...

Navy set to rename USNS Harvey Milk, mulls new names for other ships named for civil rights leaders U.S. Navy is renaming a ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk and considering new names for others named for prominent Americans.

This is incredible. Hegseth wants to change names of Navy ships, not just the Harvey Milk but also others named for those who worked for the good of the people, like the USS Ruth Bader Ginsberg. How much will that cost? www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-ne...

If you try to say it's okay to set Jews on fire, you're not anti-genocide.

You're just antisemitic and also a fucking monster

Oral presentation and oral exams.

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

Donald Trump is a POS. Pass it on.

#pospotus

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

The Curious Case of the Republican Medicaid Turncoats Six House Republicans opposed Medicaid cuts, then voted for them. It turns out that will grant them a big tax break.

Why did six House Republicans who promised to oppose Medicaid cuts vote for the "big beautiful bill"?

It could be because the bill now contains an expanded "pass-through" tax deduction that would personally benefit them.

Follow the money.

Go Chris Murphy!

They are the Gestapo. They should be ashamed as should the Worcester police.

🔥 ICYMI — “Your department is out of control. Your agency acts as if laws don’t matter.”

Senator Chris Murphy drags Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

Trump will host a private dinner later this month for the top buyers of his memecoin, which has made him the world's newest crypto billionaire.

The top 25 coin buyers will get a "VIP White House tour."

Call it what it is: corruption.

Global CEO pay increased by 50 percent since 2019, 56 times more than worker wages Average CEO pay surged by 50 percent in real terms since 2019, while average worker wages increased by just 0.9 percent.

Average global CEO pay has skyrocketed 50% since 2019 to $4.3M.

By contrast, average worker pay has risen just 0.9% over that same time period. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Update: the Trump administration has proposed cutting the National Park System by $900 million, about one third of its budget.

No question.

The Dems failed to do the bare minimum to verify the results.

A tragedy.

Democratic senators should each take turns stalling things in the Senate like Cory Booker did.

Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He's now planning to end the free IRS Direct File program.

Apple donated $1M. Trump exempted most of Apple’s imports from tariffs.

Coinbase donated $1M. Trump’s SEC dropped a major lawsuit against them.

See how this works?

All of us can do something. #WeAreStrongerTogether

Your not illegal
If you applied for asylum nd have court date for your hearing.

Love the Dropkick Murphys!

Musk is incapable of empathy, part of his being neurodivergent.

Hey PNW garden peeps please, please hold off on spring tidying. Insects and other tiny critters who need leaf cover and last year's stuff to survive aren't out and about yet, they won't be until the temp is OVER 50 degrees overnight. We're at least a couple weeks away from that. Let stuff sleep.

Elon Musk Shared, Then Deleted X Post Absolving Hitler, Stalin and Mao of Genocide The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...

Trump Poses With a Tesla, a Move Aimed Solely at Helping Musk President Trump has spent years bashing electric vehicles. But with Elon Musk by his side, he said he would buy a bright red one.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u... How is this not illegal?

Everything you need to know about Trump's tax cuts.