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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Riley Fanning. #NewYorkerCartoons

For Republicans struggling with proper pronouns … People responsible for the deaths of: Julius Caesar - they, them Charlie Kirk - he, him Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I felt pretty darn good about this press release on Iger and Disney. indivisible.org/statements/i...

F donnie Jessica dump. Not president. Take out the diabolical, criminal trash.

More than half of the immigrants arrested in the New York City area since Jan. 20 do not have any criminal convictions or charges, new data shows. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/n...

If he's somehow allowed to run again, there's only one suitable candidate to run against him: BARACK OBAMA. #PoeticJustice ⚖️

Let's get rid of this clown

I don't care if Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton or Jesus Christ himself is implicated in the Epstein files. Anyone who committed such crimes should burn. I believe that because I'm not in a cult.

Trump’s chilling assault on economic data on.ft.com/47igJaZ | opinion

We cant just sit back & watch. Heres the White House number 202 456-1111. Tell Trump to make this stop. No more weapons for use on civilians- & children. People in Gaza need food, baby formula, medical supplies. And PEACE! Then they need help rebuilding, & basic human rights. Justice. Compassion💔

"I still don't really understand the working class attachment to Trump. This is what his real priorities are. This is what he cares about....He wants a fancy ballroom for his fancy balls." At least have a little taste! @timmiller.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social discuss all the gold and more

Far from ending the war in Gaza, Trump's blank check to Bibi has enabled it. my new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Pretty soon all economic and jobs data released by the federal government will be handwritten with a black Sharpie

Weak jobs report drops. President Trump fires the messenger. If only firing people brought down high costs or put more money in Americans pockets. Americans were promised solutions – not tantrums.

The financial economy is immersed in the kind of wild gambling we saw leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.  We’re seeing it all over again — this time with crypto, meme stocks, junk bonds, and investors pumping up shares of AI stocks without knowing what it is. Be warned.

Prisoners at a federal prison camp are serving 10 yrs or less for non-violent crimes & have non-violent backgrounds They often get to work in the community, such as cleaning at a VA hospital etc. Trump's DOJ waved away Maxwell's violent crimes standing. She is now just like a lowly pick-pocketer.

reposting this for no particular reason today

So now every civil servant compiling data in the Commerce and Labor departments for public reports will know if they put out numbers Trump doesn’t like they will be fired.

Over the first seven months of 2025, the economy has added 597,000 jobs. Over the first seven months of 2024 — when Trump said the economy was terrible — the total was over 1 million jobs. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The firing of Erika McEntarfer—Commissioner of the BLS—is how the Trump regime will start manipulating economic data. On top of an already failing economy, none of our economic data will be reliable now. This will lead to a crash, one that the fascists and oligarchs are positioned to benefit from.

A seductive idea is settling in that America is winning from Donald Trump’s trade war. But that thinking is deeply misguided. The game is not over. And it is one that America cannot win

Payroll growth plunged to 73K in July, undershooting expectations. Revisions also slashed estimates for May and June, from 144K to 19K and 133K to 14K.

We’re starting to see some tariff effects in the inflation data: core goods inflation is at its highest rate in nearly 3 years, while services ex-housing is dropping.

via @kaitlancollins.bsky.social Virginia Giuffre’s brother: She wasn't stolen. She was preyed upon at his property, at President Trump’s property ht: @acyn.bsky.social

Lindsey Graham just joined Tulsi Gabbard and Donald Trump in accusing President Obama of treason—with zero actual evidence. Why? Because the Epstein scandal is boiling over, and they need a distraction. Read how far Graham has fallen what this reveals. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/from-bipar...

Trump calls it a “GREAT DAY.” Markets call it a warning. • 35% tariffs on allies • 41% on transshipped goods • Job numbers missed • Markets sliding This isn’t trade strategy - it’s economic vandalism dressed as patriotism.

"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already." -Donald Trump, 4/2/25

👏👏👏 More ostracism of fascist collaborators.👏👏👏

Do not lose hope. You are not alone. Most of America rejects this. The people do not want an authoritarian regime—we do not want oligarchy, we do not want Christian nationalism, we do not want techno-fascism. And we’re more powerful than they’ll ever be. The people united will never be defeated.

Same thing with crime stats, stolen elections, and “great healthcare plans.”

USAID didn’t fail. It fed 127,000 kids—then was erased mid-crisis. No speech. No tribute. Just silence. They didn’t end a program. They liquidated a covenant. The last American promise not built on conquest—but care. 🔗 thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com

Stop travelling to America. It’s not safe & your tourist dollars shouldn’t support fascism If you’re American, stop going to Florida They built a concentration camp in 8 days They’ve opted to kidnap and detain thousands instead of housing the homeless, feeding the hungry & providing healthcare

To the “I voted for this” crowd: You voted for the guy who gutted the National Weather Service. Now we’ve got dead families and missing kids in Texas, because storm warnings didn’t go out in time. And he gutted FEMA so they can’t properly respond to disasters. That’s what you voted for?

She’s right again, you know. She usually is.

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The President—who uses antisemitic slurs—is building concentration camps and an enormous secret police force. Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!

The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. —Matthew 25:25–36

Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie. One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears. They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.

It should be worse. It's a travesty.