Stephen Schmidt

Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

Being right wing is so hard bc you’re not allowed to acknowledge any actual phenomena that shape the world, so when you try to describe something you just end up sounding like if a person speaking in tongues worshipped the internet instead of god

he was nothing but a humbug, trying to be a bugbear.

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

god i love having a normal qb so much

Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.

I have sometimes pleased myself

U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.

The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.

Tillis: What do I tell 663,000 people in two years, three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of medicaid because the funding's not there anymore, guys?

why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this

Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82 Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his family. Stone was 82 years old.

Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82

An enormous headed gopher mascot in a gold coat smiles impishly at the camera while everyone in the background watches something else (not pictured).

For some reason, Goldy Gopher, mascot of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, is the special guest star at this lesbian wedding I am at.

Inside the battles that shattered Trump and Musk’s alliance Behind the scenes, what led up to the spectacular flame-out of the Trump-Musk relationship and public feud.

“Scott said, ‘You’re a fraud. You’re a total fraud' ... Musk then rammed his shoulder into Bessent’s rib cage 'like a rugby player,' Bannon said, and Bessent hit him back."

Hell of a photo

Tweet from Kanye West saying “Broooos please noooooo 🫂 We love you both so much”

hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha (breath) hahahahahahaha

Incredibly fucked up, Nintendo.

@clairewillett honestly the best marketing scheme in history is men successfully getting away with calling women the "more emotional" gender for like, EONS, because they've successfully rebranded anger as Not An Emotion 6:00 PM • Aug 12, 2020

once again I must tap my own sign

#hellyeahcore

AOC: The girls are fighting aren’t they

This is the best day ever to be in a group chat with people who aren’t online. They react to every piece of breaking news about the beef like you’re Paul Revere.

Can’t imagine that’s the answer they practiced.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fire Department says authorities are responding to injuries after ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge. (Video: thewillienelson/x)

Happy b’day “When Doves Cry” — released 41 yrs ago today.

On his last night of mixing, Prince started removing instrument tracks, said engineer Peggy McCreary. “The last thing he did was he punched that bass out. He smiled at me and said, ‘Ain’t nobody gonna believe I’d do this.’ And he did.” 🕊️

BREAKING: Eight years after Wendy Wintersteen became Iowa State University’s first female president in 2017, the esteemed entomologist on Friday announced plans to retire in early 2026. www.thegazette.com/higher-educa...

Dude imagine the feeling of admiring the monumental shadows of a long dead empire while crushing a Meat Lover’s pie that would have killed a pharaoh

rolling my eyes at a video of a parrot correctly identifying colors, muttering "I could get most of these right"

No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious.

John Mulaney Says ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Deserves a Spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame John Mulaney feels it's high time that 'Weird Al' Yankovic receives the recognition he's due with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Yes.

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