Kristian Ramos

Instant View: US job growth sharply slows in July, unemployment rate ticks higher U.S. job growth slower much more than expected in July, and the data from the prior month was revised sharply lower, indicating the labor market could be showing signs of stalling.

Under Republican governance overall unemployment is up, Latino unemployment is up. And May & June jobs reports are revised down. Next up for MAGA taking away your health care, and rising your electricity cost. Still no plan from stable genius leader to lower costs. www.reuters.com/business/vie...

😵‍💫 THE GOLDEN AGE 😵‍💫

🚩 ECONOMY added only 73,000 JOBS

🚩 the big story: May and June REVISED DOWN by -238,000 JOBS 🆘

The tariffs are modern day taxation without representation.

They benefit the rich and hurt working people.

They are illegal and unconstitutional.

They are wildly unpopular and are driving Trump’s numbers down.

And Democrats should be fighting to repeal them with everything we got.

There is a reason that President Trump's ONLY piece of legislation is stuck in Congress right now, Congressional Republicans are arguing about, HOW MUCH, not if they should cut Medicaid. That ceiling is now at $500 Billion, all to give billionaires tax cuts.

So more retail & management layoffs to add to 141,000 government job losses, factory & manufacturing job losses, freight management & trucking job losses?

Looking good, America.

Fewer imports means fewer things to buy and higher prices. This is the NFR’s import forecast for May through August.

P.S. America is not great.

Talked to Politico about President Trump's first hundred days in office, as I said in the piece “Trump has miraculously, in 100 days, taken his two strongest issues and has cratered on them, has destroyed his credibility on the economy and on immigration." Full piece -> tinyurl.com/k47ere46

100 Days In, Mass Deportation Is a Failure Deportation statistics and poll numbers both say so.

NEW: Trump's mass deportation scheme is a failure (so far).

ALSO, great quote here from @kramos1841.bsky.social :

"What is remarkable about Trump's first 100 days is that he took the two issues he was strongest on—the economy and immigration—and completely destroyed his credibility on both."

If we want to win in 2026 & beyond we have got to understand why Biden voters skipped in 2024. @jenancona.bsky.social from @waytowinus.bsky.social gets it right: “It’s not a question of left versus center, its a question of, ‘Are you going to fight for me, or are you going to fold and capitulate?’

An underrated banger from my youth

YouTube video by tainlor The Wave -- Afterschool Speical -- 1981

Second, this mind-boggling deep cut of an after school special about Nazism that @kramos1841.bsky.social brought up, The Wave. Yes, this is a real thing. The 80s were WILD. And it is in fact available in unabridged format right here.

youtu.be/4qlBC45jk3I?...

Americans—And The Missing Biden Voters—Want Change The 2020 Biden voters who skipped ‘24 are crucial to rebuilding a winning Democratic coalition

Important analysis from the good folks at @waytowinus.bsky.social: The 2020 Biden voters who skipped ‘24 are crucial to rebuilding a winning Democratic coalition. Base mobilization and swing voter persuasion aren't opposing strategies—they work hand in hand. To win in 2026 we will need both.

Bruce Davidson of X-men fame the first one directed by Bryan Singer.

YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries House Democratic Hearing on Social Security

Republicans are going to gut Social Security to help pay for tax cuts for billionaires. @housedemocrats.bsky.social Democrats are holding hearing on the Republican scheme to destroy Social Security and its impacts on everyday Americans. Make sure to tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g6a...

Latinos starting to turn on Trump, overall job approval is down. As @simonwdc.bsky.social notes his approval dropped by 25 pt since Jan 20. Whatever gains he made have been erased by a toxic stew of mass deportations, racially profiling American born Latinos and badly hurting the economy.

New from @kramos1841.bsky.social ⬇️

Washington braces for a government shutdown — as DOGE cuts continue The White House would have broad power to decide what agencies stay open if funding lapses.

As Republicans love to remind us they control Cingress and the White House, it is their responsibility to keep the government open. They should negotiate with Dem’s on a bipartisan CR that protects Medicaid. Whatever happens here it is on Republicans.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“It’s hard to grab a hammer without smashing yourself in the face, tho”

Wait, no. Actually

Let’s add, “it’s hard to rip the band aid off without getting some blood everywhere,” to the list of tone deaf, comments made by the Trump administrations about an economy in free fall. What makes the comments so infuriating is it’s an acknowledgment that their policies are causing harm to people.

The Two-Headed Monster Stalking the Economy Has a Name: Stagflation Tariffs have stoked fears of a dreary combination of weak growth and inflation.

You know what I didn't hear tonight from the President, solutions. How is he going to lower cost of living for struggling families? We are headed for a recession and all I heard tonight was grievances & excuses. We need solutions not culture war nonsense. www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

Republican Budget + DOGE = MAGA Turd Sandwich. In 2 months GOP front liners have fired voters in their own districts without cause + proposed to take health care away from millions (including their own voters) to pay for Tax Cuts for billionaires. They will eat this Turd Sandwich in November 2026

Republicans Take The First Bite of a Toxic 💩 Sandwich Podcast Episode · Charting the Way Forward · 02/27/2025 · 50m

NEW EPISODE POSTED: This week Republicans took a big step forward on implementing their plan that @kramos1841.bsky.social has dubbed a Toxic Shit Sandwich. And he's maybe being kind. Kerry leads a roundtable with him, Maddie and Jenifer fusing updates from media, polling, the Hill, and the socials.

Trump’s Poll Numbers Are in the Toilet Sarah and JVL discuss Trump's recent poll numbers, which show Trump's approval rating is falling fast, and how the economy might be Trump's weakness now that he is in charge.

I dont know who needs to hear this but giving unelected billionaires access to everyones personal data, pardoning January 6 insurectionist and tanking the economy are wildly UNPOPULAR actions. Trumps poll numbers are dropping like a stone. www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-pol...

Elon Musk’s DOGE ‘Savings’ Aren't Really Savings DOGE is axing billions worth of federal contracts and leases — but that money is still allocated to specific agencies.

DOGE is contributing to rising grocery prices + unemployment, farmers aren’t getting paid, and an unelected billionaire has access to your private info all in the name of what? Because it is not passing any savings on to to the American people.
www.notus.org/policy/doge-...

Opinion | The three most likely ways Republicans will try to cut Medicaid Trump and his allies have little choice but to market large Medicaid savings as only harmless belt-tightening and reducing waste. Don't believe them.

Nearly 20% of Medicaid users are Latino, any cuts to this critically important program will hurt this community. Republicans are offering literally nothing to replace these cuts, but they will be used to give tax cuts to billionaires. Sad. #HandsOffMyMedicaid www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

US inflation unexpectedly increases US inflation increased by more than expected last month, pushing up the cost of living for Americans.

Since Republicans have taken office: farmers are not getting paid, we have threatened trade wars, and have crippled OUR OWN government unsurprisingly, eggs, coffee, gas and overall cost of living is now rising. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A constituent points out he is losing money because of MAGA chaos in government, and his Representative says: "It's a little bit disruptive." No apology, no humility, what an absolutely tone deaf answer, this is his actual constituent, a human being. Not some abstract economic policy.

Thank to everyone who came out at RootsCamp to hear @kramos1841.bsky.social Pili and myself today talk politics

Elon Musk is the single biggest beneficiary of U.S. government contracts.

Taxpayers are subsidizing the “fire hose of hate and falsehoods” that now appear on X that Musk bought for $44 billion two years ago.

Do you see a pattern here? Does this make you angry?

Elon Musk’s agenda takes aim at all of us including those who voted for Trump.

Right now there are thousands of angry people as far as the eye can see at the treasury wondering who the hell elected Musk President?