John Ellis

CBS Taps Conservative Policy Veteran for New Ombudsman Role

CBS hires a babysitter.
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The Geography of Loneliness Navigating Japan’s emptied countryside.

Beyond the tourist sites that lure millions to #Japan—the temples, dazzling city cores, & national parks—sprawls a world few outsiders see: a rural landscape stripped of people & steeped in loneliness. An @outofedenwalk dispatch from a Japanese ghostlands. https://t.co/hFnCWu0yz7

A good amount of June gloom but you can still see that LA is burning. Oh wait, it’s not… at all.

Shouldn’t Trump then withdraw himself since he’s also given to Democrats?

Heard and McDonald Islands will never give in.

McDonald's posts biggest US sales drop since Covid-19 pandemic The burger chain says its customers are "grappling with uncertainty".

Trump needs to step up his happy meal consumption.
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Delta expected 2025 would be its best year ever. Then the tariffs came — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Trump administration’s wide-ranging, unprecedented tariffs seem to have upended Delta's plans.

Are we winning yet?
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US recessions since 1950:

1953 - Eisenhower 🔴
1958 - Eisenhower 🔴
1960 - Eisenhower 🔴
1969-70 - Nixon 🔴
1973-75 - Nixon 🔴
1980 - Carter 🔵
1981-82 - Reagan 🔴
1990-91 - Bush Sr 🔴
2001 - Dubya 🔴
2007-09 - Dubya 🔴
2020 - Trump 🔴

2025-?? - Trump 🔴

My investment portfolio.

Trump Pardons Trevor Milton, Founder of Bankrupt Truck Maker Nikola President Trump’s intervention came while Mr. Milton was appealing his conviction on securities and wire fraud charges.

Vandalize a Tesla you’re a domestic terrorist. Defraud shareholders and you get a pardon.
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Chinese state media hails Trump cuts to Voice of America State newspaper gloated that the network has "now been discarded by its own government like a dirty rag".

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Only the best and the brightest.

One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?

They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.

That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.

The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff

Over $1.75 trillion was wiped out from the US stock market today. Trump owns all of this.

Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump’s direction knew it wouldn’t reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.

This is my neck of the woods. Such a waste.
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Poland's Walesa Blasts Trump Over Communist-style Zelensky Grilling Poland's freedom icon Lech Walesa and dozens of other communist-era dissidents on Monday slammed Donald Trump over his clash with Volodymyr Zelensky, comparing the US president's actions to "communist...

Walesa would know.
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Trump administration struggles to rehire fired bird flu employees USDA supervisors are being asked to justify rehires and some employees still haven’t gotten their laptops back.

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Hundreds of FAA employees are let go as Trump's mass layoffs continue — NBC News Nearly 300 Federal Aviation Administration employees were fired just weeks after a midair collision over Washington, D.C., killed 67 people.

This should go well. 😳
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Trump hasn't done a lick to address rising grocery costs despite campaigning to bring them down on "day one."

And his CDC deleted reports on the spread of bird flu, which is driving up egg prices.

But don't worry, he just promised an executive order to bring back plastic straws.

What is more disturbing however that on this and every other Government website the American flag has been replaced with the nine star flag. The nine star flag was used by Confederate Veterans for their veteran groups after the Civil War to identify them without the stars and bars.

With tariffs signed, Trump warns of ‘pain’ to come for Americans | CNN Politics A day after levying steep new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, President Trump acknowledged what economists, members of Congress and even some of his own aides — in their previous lives — have bee...

A day after signing steep new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, Trump finally acknowledged what economists, members of Congress, and even some of his own aides — in their previous lives — have been saying all along: Americans may find themselves paying the costs.

Trump tariffs: US hits Mexico, Canada and China with import taxes - live updates Canada is poised to hit back by slapping tariffs on US products, with PM Justin Trudeau speaking now.

Trump may do more for Canadian unity than any Canadian ever has.
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Exclusive: NTSB scrambled to retain employees after Trump’s federal worker resignation offer | CNN Politics In the wake of the worst American air disaster in two decades, the understaffed and cash-strapped National Transportation Safety Board was scrambling to keep investigators from leaving after federal e...

www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/p... Exclusive: NTSB fought to retain employees after Trump’s federal worker resignation offer

Analysis | Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries At a news conference, Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019.

Umm..: 🤔
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American capitalism just got a black eye The story behind today’s stock market tank

America is going to have to rethink our entire approach to technology.

We may also have to rethink our approach to capitalism.

Some thoughts on the DeepSeek debacle. robertreich.substack.com/p/american-c...

Right out of the gate they are detaining U.S. citizens and saying their “papers”are fake. It was always a lie.

The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates Hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs, no matter how expensive or vital. Meanwhile the FDA has long known that many remain safe and potent for years longer.

One way to reduce drug spend is to have the FDA do an analysis of how long medicine retains it's potency. It can do it one drug at a time.

No one should throw away medicine they shouldn't have to. Whether pharmacy or patient.

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Us, too!!

Garth Hudson, Multifaceted Musician With the Band, Dies at 87 He was the last surviving original member of one of the most influential groups of the 1960s and ’70s, with its blend of rock, r&b and country.

RIP to the last surviving member of one of the greatest bands in rock history, The Band.
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