Kayla Williams

There was a substack just posted recently that actually identified using the standard percentages, that a family of four is actually in poverty if they make below $130-$150K.
So the idea that a single person could pay rent or mortgage, buy food, and everything else for $1,000/month!? 🙄

"We've seen the early stages of what economists call stagflation. The '-flation' part is inflation, and you've all felt that at the grocery store. The 'stag-' part is stagnation, which is we've got rising unemployment and slower economic growth than we otherwise would have."

Just another reminder that your boy’s lyin’.

If you have millions unemployed, this impacts all businesses. Because that is less money circulating in the economy. Small businesses will shutter (those that have survived the tariffs). Retail and F&B will loose profits and need to lay off their workers.

So what does that leave?

So what happens when you have a collective of over 1 million people jobless and no jobs to fill those unemployed? The report came out back in the summer, so I can’t imagine it’s got any better…do you?

Verizon is laying off 15,000 employees.

This isn’t AI. This is something bigger. Corporate business and tech all slashing thousands of their positions all in the name of efficiently (a.k.a higher profits)

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My ex, who’s a finance manager at a dealership, getting his talk track ready on how to convince someone with a 500 credit score to sign up for the new 180 month term. 😒😔

Let that sink in: the average person is ready for the new technology in 3 years.

So now we will have a massive amount of debt for every person taking these 15 years loans that roll over into every new purchase.

And the amount of extra they pay in interest….This is NOT accessibility.

As someone who worked in dealerships for many years in my past, at THAT time (I left in 2015) the average length of ownership before trading in a vehicle was 3.5 years.

Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage ruling The Supreme Court rejected a longshot effort Monday to overturn its ruling guaranteeing same-sex marriage nationwide. Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis directly asked the justices to overrule the...

While this is a win for now, this means there are people still actively pushing for these changes.

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Just a reminder to not get tricked by the headlines or claims being made to ignore the inflation that really is in play.

And not to mention the impact to the wildlife and ecosystem. Resulting in wildlife and plant life becoming extinct. Which has butterfly effects in our environment that we don’t even connect as impacts right now.

Not sure why this matters?

This deal helps pave the way for Sam Altman’s vision for 50 NYC-sized data center cities.

Resulting is rolling blackouts for those on the same electrical grid. Limiting access to water. Imposing light and noise that disrupts your home/neighborhood.

From conversations I had with people who vote republican: I thought the economy was better under republicans because….vibes?

US judge blocks Trump administration from suspending food aid benefits A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from suspending all food aid for millions of Americans amid the ongoing government shutdown.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Thank God for those 30,000 workers they could lay off to save on resource cost and show a higher revenue…..amirite?

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl SO EXCITING!

So EXCITING!!!!
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Ohio commission and Virginia lawmakers consider moves toward mid-decade congressional redistricting Mid-cycle congressional redistricting efforts could move forward Friday in two more states amid growing maneuvering to influence which party will control the U.S. House after next year’s midterm elect...

It’s primary season! Now’s the time to get out and vote in VA. Early voting is still happening through tomorrow and Election Day is November 4.

Now’s the time to make your voice heard.

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Average Obamacare premiums are set to rise 30 percent, documents show Premiums for the most popular types of plans sold on the federal health insurance marketplace Healthcare.gov will spike on average by 30 percent next year, according to final rates approved by the Cen...

As the democrats continue to push to protect people’s healthcare premiums, changing the ACA is still a focus of republicans.

And the more people who drop and become uninsured, that cost shifts to those who are insured.

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White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

Tech across the board has almost entirely halted in growth. The number of layoffs and people going into month 12+ without a job has been a huge indicator.
Is AI making it worse? Or is there something else at play?

Oh wow

4 dead, 12 Injured after shooting at post-homecoming celebration in Mississippi At least four people are dead and 12 others were injured overnight in a shooting in Leland, Mississippi, at a downtown event taking place during Leland High School homecoming weekend, the city’s mayor...

Mass shooting #334 in 2025. But who’s counting?

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Just a little visual of what the government shutdown fight is about.

In case you were wondering, we’re about 50% through Project 2025 being implemented.
So that’s fun….

www.project2025.observer/en

We pay for the electricity.
We the employees will be displaced by the reduction of jobs being reassigned to AI technology.
And our economy will have an increase in unemployment and financial hardship on American families.

But don’t worry cause BlackRock is still safe. 🫠

While the government created the infighting, they continue to grow their wealth and create additional hardship for those already struggling.

But I thought that was the part of….pro life?

Sam Altman is in his wet dream right now, considering the whole basis of AGI, and the creation of OpenAI, was from his love of the movie ‘Her’.

But while AI provides progress, are we actually using it to better society?

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Sounds like there’s a lot of rethinking across the board that needs to be done, of how we see the “rules of society” in the different areas.
A lot of the “always worked this way” rules being used in today’s tech-forward society.