Like clockwork.
Like clockwork.
Oil up by $12 a barrel in less than 12 hours.
Gas prices skyrocketing.
Almost 100,000 jobs lost last month.
Another war in the Middle East.
Are we great again yet?
Just finished "Flesh" by David Szalay and really loved it. Winner of this year's Booker Prize.
Another chaotic week in Trumpworld: Kristi Noem is suddenly out at DHS after contentious hearings, the DOJ releases Epstein documents tied to a survivor accusing Trump of assault when she was a teen, and the administration struggles to explain its expanding war with Iran.
> @benstiller.redhour.com
DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.
He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.
The grift continues.
ICE is STILL in Minnesota and STILL terrorizing communities. Reporters that say otherwise are either uninformed (which....) or lazy (which... ) or just repeating regime lies (which... is also extremely bad).
People are still missing, people are and will be traumatized, businesses demolished...
Say it plain: This is a terrible jobs report.
The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, nearly double the expected loss of 50,000. It’s the third payroll decline in the past five months.
📌Note: This is one of the worst monthly payroll drops since Covid.
Holy crap, the latest released Epstein files are horrific. This man should be in prison, not the White House.
"Wow. A big drop" -- CNBC highlights that labor force participation is now the lowest it has been since in late 2021, before the covid vaccine was widely available
The Noem/Epstein/Trump Presidency
Wait. They are releasing Epstein files to distract Americans from the war in Iran now?
Massie on Newsmax: "We're not getting the answers we need from Pam Bondi. I just spent 3 hours at the DOJ this week looking at the unredacted files. And I'm finding evidence of files they haven't released yet." (Note that the Newsmax anchor agrees with him!)
This is not good.
The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.
The US under 'antiwar' Trump has now also launched military operations in Ecuador too:
A Mullin appointment will continue Kristi Noem's ways, & I can also speak to his cruelty to healthcare that I have witnessed personally since 2018. He's absolutely devoid of any compassion for healthcare access & that says what you NEED to know.🤬
NEW: When asked if top aide Corey Lewandowski has “a role in approving contracts,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem replied, “No.”
But internal DHS records contradict her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
By @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @justinelliott.bsky.social
Negative selection continues… when you think abou it's tragic.
The competition for the dumbest member of the United States Senate has just heated up with the elimination of one its strongest contestants!!
Remember:
This is all about the Epstein Files.
NOEM: I would disagree with the judge
CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?
NOEM: A what?
CROCKETT: A law degree
NOEM: No I do no-
CROCKETT: Okay
Americans stranded in the Middle East say the State Department hotline Marco Rubio told them to call plays a recorded message warning: “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation at this time.”
🚨 Kristi Noem just spent TWO DAYS dodging real accountability on Capitol Hill.
This isn't leadership. This is criminal negligence.
IMPEACH KRISTI NOEM NOW.
Breaking News: Lawmakers voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The vote, 24 to 19 with five Republicans joining all Democrats, marked a rare case of a Republican-led panel compelling a member of the president’s cabinet to testify.
BREAKING: DOJ confirms that 47,635 Epstein files have been removed, per The Independent.
Impeach and investigate Noem!