August West

The great Binghamton Wharf Rat march and *PEAK* Jerry.

Hold on, it ain’t over. A landmark Truckin’ with Jerry firing off rockets against the band to end the east coast tour is coming up!

SCOTUS granted ICE approval to racially profile *some people* while litigation proceeds.

The ruling applies to Central LA but if it sticks could set precedent nationally.

What happened to America first?

Not gonna help Trumps job numbers all around.

Dum Dum JD pushed this out hard when he hijacked Kirk’s podcast the other day

And now his no new jobs reports excuse will be that HIS numbers need time to get up to speed.

And BTW, Trump is actually now saying HIS economy won’t be online until 2027?

No one is buying that crap.
We are FULLY in the Trump economy now based on his policies.

It’s all so ridiculously embarrassing.

The level the tech CEOs have to go down to in order to manipulate Trump, and benefit their companies by staying off his Truth radar, is incredibly transparent to all but Trump himself

Trump might be basking in the praise but he’s the one being manipulated

“Come look at my perfectly flat pale white stone”
“Notice the diamond shapes”
“What have you guys ever created that can compare?”

“For the first time in many years..”
Translation: Since the first Trump term

Now that all the riff-raff is spent and outta the way I’m ready to win this thing!

1981-08-31 in Las Vegas NV

Jerry played all his gambler favorites.
Healy mixed in casino sounds from the lobby during Space.
Caught this one and the two Long Beach shows a couple days before.
What great times those were…

If higher prices from tariffs in October don’t move the needle I don’t know what else will.

The poll had the typical polarization- Dems on one end, Republicans on the other. Nothing new.

Independents will also need to decidedly move against Trump, and they have in recent month polls I’ve seen

2/2
to Taiwan Semi (despite Reuters saying not) but their first fab will only produce less then 10% of US need.

And their 2ed and 3rd might not be up and running until
2028, 2029, 2030.

Trump is just putting a chip down on INTC.

Bernie and Warren talking semantics about grants.

Intel is currently a third rate semi co. losing a boatload of money. Good luck on that ROI.

Trump is stepping out to prop up Intel for nat sec reasons in case China takes Taiwan & Taiwan semi with it.
Yes, the CHIPS Act already given billions 1/2

Supreme Court lets Trump cut $783 million of health research funding amid anti-DEI push The high court majority lifted a judge’s order blocking $783 million worth of cuts made by the National Institutes of Health to align with Republican President Donald Trump’s priorities. The high cour...

The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Supreme Court decided Thursday. https://to.pbs.org/41RWWf5

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The ads ran during the World Series and Sunday NFL to make sure they hit the alpha male demo.

Amazing how republicans amplified negativity of such a small segment of the population, around 1-2%, or ~ 15,000 people, to swing voters and win a portion of that demographic.

These kids aren’t going to Disneyland. They put masks on them so they couldn’t be identified

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All the executive orders, including tariffs since he skipped Congress on them, can be reversed should a democrat president win the next election.

Unfortunately, we have another 3.5 years of chaos.
I do hope he gets neutered by the midterms though.

Brazil has a trade surplus with the U.S., not a deficit

News 9 exclusive: NH resident unable to return from Canada after being stopped at border A man who has lived in the United States since he was 3 and raised a family in New Hampshire has found himself blocked from returning home from Canada.

If you got busted for pot 20 years ago don’t think you can take a weekend trip to Canada and get back into the U.S.

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It’s only the beginning.
These guys will be everywhere soon.
From the way it’s going now, I’m not sure how this is stoppable.

Fed day will be unwatchable with Hassett. I already turn off his stupid smirk and lying eyes when he appears on @cnbc.com

So, any new bullshit you hear today out of Netanyahu, PRAISING DER LIEDER, is exactly that considering Israel’s terms are
>>> Israel wants Hamas to surrender and disarm before it ends the war.<<<

“Yes sir! We’re breaking ground real soon!
Up in Wisconsin, near the Foxconn plant that never quite got built”

“Now, this might take a few years but we’re in it!”

Apple has nearly $50B in cash. They could string this along with plans for a long time in order not to alienate their customers base

5/Medicaid cuts don’t just threaten individual coverage; they threaten jobs and local economies. As #EGgrantee @robertmanduca.bsky.social writes, Medicaid fuels a bigger part of the local economy than the biggest industry in many U.S. states. equitablegrowth.org/medicaid-and...

How Health Care Remade the U.S. Economy (Gift Article) Medicine is now the nation’s largest employer, but its growth may be slowing.

4/ Health care is the largest U.S. industry by employment with strong job and wage growth – one of the U.S.’s “middle-class jobs engines” per EG’s @kevinrinz.bsky.social in today's NYT.
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3/ But there are other risks to the U.S. job market and the One Big Beautiful Bill is…a big one. Let’s zoom in on health care as an example...

2/ There are signs of cracks in current economic conditions, though. Employment is falling in industries with the highest exposure to the administration's tariffs.

1/ U.S. labor market is proving resilient despite recent best efforts to weaken it through uncertainty, cuts to federal spending, and rising costs.

Iowa, where 63% of their electricity is generated from wind power.

It’s the #1 state for wind.

How ironic Trump is launching his 250th Anniversary speech run there.

Green energy subsidies were on the chopping block but Sen Ernst and Sen Grassley got them removed.