Chris Bolan

Trump destroys our source of information about jobs. This is beyond irresponsible. He hates facts. He rejects truth. He doesn't want the public to know what's really happening.

robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-dest...

Good.
DO pay attention.

Because now, the government will offer only happy stories about jobs.

Truth be damned.

lol

Some dudes would rather start a nuclear war than release the Epstein files or talk about their jobs report

This smacks of McCarthyism. VOA journalists have no access to classified information. If hundreds of them are "missing," then release the list of names. For months, hundreds have been silenced on "paid administrative leave,"forbidden from working, their email accounts and phones deactivated.

Even this description does a disservice to how gross this was. This shit kid, Farritor, overrode Rubio and personally destroyed lots of USAID when he was ordered not to. And Elon was utterly confused about what the agency even was, the Bond villain narratives in the replies are too generous.

I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible

“a simple description of the discriminatory nature of Israel’s 2018 Nation State Law..or of the apartheid nature of its control over millions of Palestinians…would be impossible in a ME history course under IHRA.”
Powerful Rashid Khalidi open letter to Columbia

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jen Easterly was a supremely effective leader of CISA and you would be very hard pressed to find anyone who's a more qualified and quietly competent professional than her. This administration and its gormless hacks continue to cut off our collective noses to spite our face.

This is an object lesson in the importance of force and violence in politics. ICE is able to flaunt the law because they're willing to use both. Until members of Congress start showing up with breaching teams and armed security, the law is irrelevant. Just a piece of paper.

Trump sets tarrifs on
Syria at 40% - one of the highest rates - at same time it says it supports Syria’s fragile transition. Utter incoherence.

Interestingly, the Board *does have control. Powell only gets one vote

See also: not understanding how the economy works

Trump's trade policy was and is predictably stupid and self-destructive.

Preparing an alibi for when his bumbling incompetence causes the economy to crash. In typical juvenile fashion.

did something happen here

So too is "are your syllabi ready?"

The cowardise here is astounding. Re-writing history will only cripple efforts to improve and advance toward a 'more perfect union'.

US Policy in the Middle East: Second Quarter 2025 Report Card Summary

Solid analysis....worth a read.

www.mei.edu/publications...

The United States and China are in a race. Who is winning? The US is at risk of losing the race mainly because it is shooting itself not just in the foot, but in the head.

The US is at risk of losing the competition with China — mainly because of what it is doing to itself. On science, technology, research, and immigration, the Trump administration is shooting itself not just in the foot, but in the head. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...

Yes, it's called national service for a reason...not self-dealing corruption.

Just another day where the Director of National Intelligence opines that I must be guilty of something for not posting on X.

This is not normal. This is what it looks like when the Trump administration is targeting their political opponents.

"Basic values of academic freedom require that the scholarly content of courses, programs, and research endeavors remain under the authority of faculty and not be subject to direction of monitoring by authorities outside the university."

Good on the signatories. Shouldn't have to be said, but does.

The government is paying more than 154,000 federal employees not to work as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, according to two administration officials. wapo.st/3U6zcj6

Ms. Rachel grew up on Mister Rogers. Now she’s carrying on his legacy. The YouTube star wants her audiences — adults and children alike — to see the humanity of all people.

I am grateful to @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social for trusting me with her story at this moment of consequence, as she advocates for the children of Gaza and follows in the footsteps of her own childhood hero, Mister Rogers.

Sharing with a gift link:
wapo.st/46vqYbL

Stunning hypocrisy from Karoline Leavitt:

“[Trump] doesn’t want to see people like Nancy Pelosi enriching themselves off of public service and ripping off their constituents in the process.”

Trump has grifted billions while raising prices and cutting Medicaid for millions

The only job Leavitt should be able to find at the end of Trump's term is with FOX as an official apologist for all the harm inflicted on the US and the world by her former boss.

Trump's constant need for attention & (false) admiration are sickening.

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.

“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.

Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn

Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it.

Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.

If you'd like to let the Secretary of the Interior know about this new invention called "the battery," you can contact him here: