The U.S. labor market lost 92,000 jobs in February In February the labor market lost 92,000 jobs, and economists are monitoring for signs that the labor market could be on the rebound.

Breaking news: The U.S. labor market lost 92,000 jobs in February, a striking loss signaling a warning flag for the economy.

Baudrillard: totally exonerated, no wrong doing

French Laundry chef again scolds Bay Area town over affordable housing project

lmfao Thomas Keller showing up to a community meeting in his chefs jacket to complain about affordable housing being built near his 3 Michelin star restaurant is just beyond parody. what a piece of shit

Obama’s change in policy towards Cuba and the JCPOA happened, the world didn’t end, everything was fine. Part of manufacturing consent for more war is purposefully forgetting the very recent memory when it was proven to be wholly unnecessary.

MAGA vs. The Declaration of Independence YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

thoughts on stephen miller’s rant about “human rights” youtu.be/3RJ_TWtFcMk?...

They couldn’t even wear a mask to the shop, no way are they going to tolerate an actual sacrifice.

Rep. Mark Alford on spiking gas prices: "I think we all know that when you have a kinetic conflict like this -- whether you want to call it a war or not -- it is going to take a little bit of sacrifice on the part of Americans"

This amount is double what anon MoC were saying 2 days ago. And Trump is escalating.

I should have checked @gbrockell.bsky.social to address this question.

But this would suggest State got evacuees from ... somewhere to Djibouti to fly out? Or Dylan Johnson is lying?

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A tweet: Dylan Johnson @ASDylanJohnson 👀 Americans boarding one of the many State Department charter flights leaving the Middle East to the U.S. This plane landed safely this morning in Washington. It has a picture of people getting on the Patriots plane.

Q: IS this the same Patriots plane that also moonlights as a deportation wagon?

UPDATE:
States with the biggest rise in #gasprices compared to a week ago
Indiana ⬆️47c/gal
West Virginia ⬆️47c/gal
Ohio ⬆️46c/gal
Florida ⬆️44c/gal
Louisiana ⬆️43c/gal
Oklahoma ⬆️42c/gal
Texas ⬆️41c/gal
Maryland ⬆️41c/gal
Georgia ⬆️41c/gal
Minnesota ⬆️39c/gal

JEFFERIES: “.. Crude is the 2nd most overbought in history. The only time it was more extended was during the Gulf war in 1990 (10,583 trading days in this dataset). Given the inverse correlation to equities, as crude stalls, that should help the tape.”

Collecting 53,173,939 tariffs was easy, tho.

Reportedly, a tanker is on fire in the Strait of Hormuz after being attacked by an Iranian drone.

❗️Injured Russian soldiers will be allowed to participate in future Paralympic Games, International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons said.

Shocking, disturbing and very sad news.

US customs agency says it cannot comply with tariff refund order The ​U.S. Customs and ‌Border Protection agency is ​unable to ​comply with a court ⁠order ​directing it to ​refund tariffs that the Supreme Court has ​ruled ​illegal, the agency said in a ‌court ⁠fili...

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Half a million displaced in a country of approx. 5.9 million. The majority have been displaced multiple times. People are sleeping in the streets.

It is Ramadan. People can't check on family b/c they know Israel is weaponizing phones & internet.

This is layers of physical & psychological warfare.

With Qatar raising the prospect of $150 crude, our @pippastevens.cnbc.com says that would -- theoretically -- put retail gasoline somewhere in the $5.50 range.

@cnbc.com #OOTT

Telling courts that refunds would be "automatic" and "assured" was the government's way of avoiding emergency relief.

“War-a-Lago”

By Barry Blitt @newyorker.com

I spit my coffee ☠️😂

Gavin Newsom’s TikTok page, y’all

The fuck you mean? Put the money in the bag.

Kalshi employees "kind of understand that without the tweets and the streamers and all of the social-media stuff that the traders do for them, usually just for free, their marketing would be a lot harder," said Jack Campion, 20, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Kalshi affiliate. In September, Kalshi briefly signed up a 15-year-old videogame streamer who goes by vertid online to promote its brand on X as an affiliate. A week later, Kalshi ended the partnership. "Yo brother, legal team confirmed that we can't work with minors rn," a Kalshi employee wrote to the user in messages reviewed by the Journal. "Kinda sad tbh."

what the fuck are we doing

www.wsj.com/business/med...

tech CEO in 2026: My computer has anxiety.
venture capitalist in 2026: Here, have 200 billion more dollars.

child in 2006: My NeoPet is angry at me.
mom in 2006: No it isn't sweetie, go to bed.
mom to dad in 2006: We have an idiot boy. Our boy is a little idiot person. It's too late to fix him.

And just like that we’re back to “Department of Defense”

This is the man who is supposed to replace Kristi Noem.

Democrats need to show this video during Markwayne Mullins’ confirmation hearing. And a lot more. He’s a piece of work.

Photo of Markwayne Mullin on Jan 6 looking scared and hiding while the capitol police confront the "peaceful tourists"

The new head of the DHS. Department of Hiding Scared

NORTH DAKOTA SEN. KEVIN CRAMER: “We have a Biblical responsibility to Israel.”

(He has an Israeli flag outside his office)

Sun and wind don’t need the Strait of Hormuz.