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“Trump’s policies have pushed economic uncertainty to levels last seen during the onset of the pandemic. This uncertainty has damped investment, hiring and consumption, while the tariffs increase prices.”

In other words: stagflation.

- NY Times

“In a highly unusual arrangement with President Trump, Nvidia and AMD are expected to kick 15 percent of what they make in China to the U.S. government.”

- NY Times

“Americans, now and in the future, will be paying more and buying less. Trump’s second-term economic ideology is not only one of protectionism, mercantilism, atavism, and cronyism. It is also one of degrowth.”

- The Atlantic

In L.A., police nightsticks are clubbing press freedom to death | Will Bunch On Friday, LAPD cops allegedly battered and detained journalists at a protest — the ugliest of the many threats to U.S. press freedom.

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GIFT ARTICLE by the great @willbunch.bsky.social of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
NB: The Lenfest Institute for Journalism is the nonprofit, non-controlling owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Americans already understood Trump to be corrupt, and proved themselves willing to tolerate that. But now they are coming to believe that he is inept. In American politics, that is an unforgivable sin.”

- The Atlantic

“Trump’s comments about crime in D.C. are at odds with data from the Justice Department that shows violent crime in the city in 2024 was at a 30-year low, and homicides, robberies and armed carjackings have all declined.”

- CNBC

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Billboards with the slogan “Alaska is ours!” started appearing in Russia.

And this horrible movement is unfortunately much bigger than Pete Hegseth. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

This matters because the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is America’s largest evangelical denomination and a major right wing voting bloc.

“If Russia does not want to stop the war, then its economy must be stopped.”

-Ukraine 🇺🇦 President Zelenskyy
August 10,2025

Background Briefing

My NPR interview with eminent Ian Masters about Trump's planned meeting with Putin in Alaska:
Trump is stabbing Ukraine in the back.
www.backgroundbriefing.org

L'humiliation des US au plus haut niveau.

The humiliation of the US at the highest level.

Nordic-Baltic leaders issue joint statement:

"No decisions on Ukraine without Ukraine, and no decisions on Europe without Europe"

Claiming ‘historic ties,’ Kremlin revives Alaska claim ahead of Trump-Putin meeting — ISW The Kremlin, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, revived its claims to Alaska as an “American of Russian origin” citing “historic ties” and lon...

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"The Kremlin, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, revived its claims to Alaska as an “American of Russian origin” citing “historic ties” and long-standing territorial ambitions, the Institute for the Study of War wrote in its Aug. 9 report."

When you posted the reference to the oil shale in the rock burning, the horrendous quality of air immediately came to mind.

"Let's say it aloud, if Russia is not stopped in Ukraine, today's schoolchildren in Hamburg, Lyon, Milan, and Bristol will soon face a question their parents shun: will you fight for your home the way Ukrainians fought for theirs?"

- Andrew Chakhoyan

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker rejects Texas Republicans' threat to arrest state Democrats:

"Texas law does not apply in the state of Illinois, and there's no federal law that would allow the FBI to arrest anybody that's here visiting our state. So it's a lot of grandstanding." @nbcnews.com

“Gov. Polis declared a state of emergency over the fires and called in the National Guard Wednesday to assist in firefighting efforts, after the Lee fire merged with the Grease fire and grew considerably.”

- CPR Colorado Public Radio

“The last time America’s job numbers were this bad—besides the pandemic—was during the Great Recession.”

“Americans already understood Trump to be corrupt, and proved themselves willing to tolerate that. But now they are coming to believe that he is inept. In American politics, that is an unforgivable sin.”

Statement by President Macron, Prime Minister Meloni, Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Tusk, Prime Minister Starmer, President von der Leyen and President Stubb on Peace for Ukraine ahead of President ... We welcome President Trump\'s work to stop the killing in Ukraine, end the Russian Federation\'s war of aggression, and achieve just and lasting peace and security for Ukraine.\nWe are convinced that ...

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Statement by President Macron, Prime Minister Meloni, Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Tusk, Prime Minister Starmer, President von der Leyen and President Stubb on Peace for Ukraine ahead of President Trump's planned meeting with President Putin

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/i...

So far, Colorado AG Phil Weiser has filed 33 lawsuits against the Trump Administration in partnership with other attorneys general across the country. Weiser’s lawsuits focus on maintaining Colorado’s federal funding and protecting the rights of Colorado citizens.

As Senator Blumenthal has posted, scorching sanctions on Russia via the Graham-Blumenthal Act must be implemented.

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Керівник ЦПД: інформація в медіа про “домовленості” з умовами щодо України є вигадкою Керівник Центру протидії дезінформації при РНБО Андрій Коваленко заявив, що інформація про “плани” та “домовленості” з умовами між Україною та Росією, яка з’являється в медіа, не відповідає дійсності...

www.pravda.com.ua/news/2025/08...