Bill Resh

I mean, they did emphasize efficiency. And so they are proposing the most efficient way to kill our tourism industry and foreign investment in small businesses.

"Trumpvilles," featuring faux gilded tent poles.

75% of the (very few) job gains came from healthcare...

We are basically depending on old boomers getting sick and going into nursing homes to keep the economy on life support.

(and we're cutting Medicaid, so...)

Everything about this story is horrific:

1. The student never mentions Jews
2. The university is going to expel a student for criticizing a country over genocide
3. A Republican congressman is taking credit and implying the student is a Muslim terrorist
4. The U.S. Justice Department is involved

Trump fires US Labor Department's statistical leader after weaker than expected jobs report U.S President Donald Trump on Friday ordered that the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika L. McEntarfer, be fired after data showed employment growth was weaker than expected last month.

Our great leader has fired the lead statistician at the Department of Labor because the jobs numbers that his policies have created were not to his liking.

We live in the dumbest timeline.

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for many of the worst people in our politics, the only real belief they have is that it should be illegal for us not to like them

The Pentagon Against the Think Tanks Pete Hegseth finds a new enemy.

"One hazard for people like Hegseth... is that these are orgs full of exceptionally smart people, and even experienced and knowledgeable participants have to be sharp and prepared when they’re onstage... The chance of being outclassed, embarrassed, or just in over one’s head can be very high."

This Tuckahoe home won a $1.26 billion contract for an ICE detention center. The owner isn't talking. The company’s website is dated and largely accessible only via login.

how much of the money from the ICE/tax cuts bill is just going to go to scammers, do you think? www.richmonder.org/this-tuckaho...

Say it louder for the folks in the back.

Super interesting read from @billresh.bsky.social new @3streamsblog.bsky.social

the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic

How Will DRPs Impact Agencies? The Answer at USDA Might Frighten You The staffing figures in the following analysis derive from an anonymous yet credible source in the United States Department of Agriculture…

Wondering how the so-called "deferred resignation program" (DRP) will impact major agencies by office and function? Here's a telling snapshot that comes from a confidential (and very credible) source, that features the USDA:

medium.com/3streams/how...

Ryne Sandberg, Hall of Fame Second Baseman for the Cubs, Dies at 65

RIP, Ryne Sandberg.

The Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs second baseman was acclaimed for both his brilliant fielding and his power hitting. He was 65.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/s...

Political ad for Mike Collins misspells Georgia: ‘Georiga, let’s ride’ Oops!

Quite the rollout...
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The U.S. space program will now serve as nothing more than a pass-through to private sector companies. Which means it's dead.

Politics & Policy | PSO Policy Research Journal | Wiley Online Library This study examines the effect of a political actor's brand equity in relation to a salient policy domain. The premise of this work is that political actors establish brands, akin to commercial count...

New in Politics & Policy: We show how Trump’s personal brand shaped reactions to a COVID-era PSA.

Using click heatmaps, we find that implicit focus on Trump predicted lower approval (even w/ GOP voters).

S/O Tatiana Kostadinova, Milena Neshkova, @donmoyn.bsky.social for insights/support!

Yeah, we still use the term McCarthyism even though the scale and nature of his impact is a shadow of what is happening right now. It shows just how the US struggles to find appropriate reference points for what is happening now.

We absolutely should not become numb to this

for a different (read: better) take on ABUNDANCE and why pro-abundance takesters should stop stepping on rakes and focus on the shit they're actually right about:

www.theunpopulist.net/p/abundance-...

Harmeet Dhillon tweeting "Is there a way to set this to music and have it lull me to sleep at night? Is there an app for this?" in quote tweeting a screenshot of the NY Times article about how Media Matters is struggling to stay afloat due to Elon Musk's scorched earth SLAPP suits against the non-profit.

Seems bad that the head of the DOJ's "civil rights division" is cheering on Elon Musk using SLAPP suits to silence non-profit media orgs. But what do I know?

But tell me again how MAGA is the "free speech" party.

We’ve known for months now that Vought was illegally impounding funds with the goals of rescissions. Better late than never for GOP Senators to politely ask that he stop breaking the law.

We’re so far past the First Amendment I’m not sure we’d be able to recognize it anymore. This is some Soviet commissar bullshit.

Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.

“Once inside Gaza, movement requires navigating an obstacle course of coordination with Israeli forces, through active hostilities, traveling on damaged roads, and often being forced to wait at holding points or pass through areas controlled by criminal gangs"

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order and its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service.

"Elon Musk’s current global dominance exemplifies the dangers of concentrated power in unregulated domains."

- Martha Lane Fox, member of Britain's upper house of parliament

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

look just bc epsteins party buddy is in the epstein files, let’s not jump to conclusions that the notorious pervert who repeatedly bragged publicly about his sexual preference for young women (including his own daughter) did anything wrong despite how weird he acts when epstein is brought up

Columbia University, Trump administration reach deal over funding Columbia University has reached a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration over federal funding, it said on Wednesday.

Nobody will feel good about this except Donald Trump. Columbia will never wash off this stain.

www.reuters.com/world/us/col...

DHS on X: A Heritage to be proud of, a Homeland worth Defending. American Progress - John Gast

DHS is still promoting “heritage” and manifest destiny themes on social media.

"More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while trying to access food in Gaza since the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operations"