The US continues to lose manufacturing jobs—payrolls are down nearly 100k over the last year, & another 12k jobs were lost in August. Transportation (especially auto manufacturing) and electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well.

Fox: Would you admit to being just a little disappointed by this weakening job market? Trump's Labor Secretary: Well, 22,000 jobs underperformed just a bit

All eyes on Ghislaine Maxwell as longtime Epstein aide seeks prison relief

Beep beep boop boop

New in PN: CBS cancels Colbert as media continues to turn Trumpward "For billionaires, palliating Trump is really just palliating themselves, since Trump stands for the inalienable truth that rich white guys should be allowed to do whatever they want without any accountability whatsoever."

Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities.

Why won’t Trump explain?

President Trump shared a fake video of Barack Obama being detained in the Oval Office that appeared to be made by A.I. It comes as Trump seeks to redirect conversation from the Epstein files.

@raskin.house.gov: "They'd conscripted 1000 FBI agents to be working around the clock 24 hours going through 100,000 Epstein documents and told them to flag any mentions of Donald Trump... This might be one of the most massive cover-ups in the history of the United States unfolding before our eyes."

Mamdani’s social media savvy helped catapult him to a historic win in the Democratic primary for NYC mayor. Now, opponents are sifting through his online life in an attempt to tarnish his reputation before the general election.

Trump ignores questions from reporters about Epstein and leaves

Let’s build a better US, who’s with me?

BARTIROMO: Do you expect indictments and prosecutions? GABBARD: In my view, yes, we have evidence to be able to move forward to prosecute and indict those responsible BARTIROMO: I want to put a spotlight on those responsible -- Barack Obama, John Brennan, James Clapper ...

NEWS: The Trump administration just announced it will eliminate the EPA’s Office of Research and Development and begin firing hundreds of government scientists. For months, the Trump administration denied they were doing this… even after a leaked document exposed their plans.

These corrupt, incompetent idiots are going to kill a lot of us wapo.st/4lWdVEE

Trump's former Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said Thursday: "Trump is in the Jeffrey Epstein files." "He's in the files. A lot of people are in the files." www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...

It’s a cover up.

“WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE” The amount of people Republicans have hurt since Trump took office at home in 🇺🇸 and across 🌎 while hiding behind that phrase to enrich the rich and powerful is unthinkable, and should keep everyone with a conscience up and night.

They either lied for years, or it’s a cover up. Period youtu.be/es2dA_27QQc?...

Trump is seen speaking here in the footage from the 1991 Look of the Year: "A Look of the Year contest is the ultimate contest for women who want to go all the way in the modeling business" The contest featured girls as young as 14.

trump is jumping for joy that he is defunding @pbs.org I live on a fixed income but I would rather die with no money than let that POS win, I just committed to giving $10 a month to PBS, if we don't step up to help protect the truth-sayers, no one will! Donate now to pbs.org

The person all the way on the right in this infamous 1989 photo of Trump and Epstein is John Casablancas, the founder of Elite Model Management, who organized this competition.

22 years later he would be running our country with near-total impunity. 🇺🇸

Well. We all knew because we felt it in our bones but. Turns out we were right.

A 2020 Guardian investigation into the Look of the Year competition uncovered allegations from former contestants and industry insiders that the competition was used by founder John Casablancas and others to engage in sexual relationships with vulnerable young models, some of whom were teenagers 2/2

Republicans in the House and the Senate keep complaining about the Trump administration’s priorities. They seem to have forgotten that they have the power to do something, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.

The flight log includes details like the date, departure and arrival codes, flight number, passenger numbers and initials, and names of passengers including Jeff Epstein, Eva Dubin, Glenn Dubin, Celina Dubin, and Ghislaine Maxwell. www.scribd.com/document/504...

We don't need Trump or Bondi to sift through the stack and tell America what they think is “credible” in the Epstein files. Thanks, but no thanks—we’ll decide ourselves. The president should stop playing us for fools and suckers. Release everything—now.

Explosion at LA law enforcement training facility kills three people

Let’s get it filed and get it going! 🍿

SNAPSHOT Wall Street indexes move lower after FT report says Trump pushes for 15-20% tariff on EU goods reut.rs/4lAC8Ay

Elon Musk's X hit Grok bottom this week. Our "Hard Fork" hosts discuss the company's many recent controversies, including having to apologize after its Grok chatbot began praising Adolf Hitler, making antisemitic comments, and referring to itself as MechaHitler. https://trib.al/Q6NbxPv

and this time he didn't have to pay. Do not miss tonight's The Breakdown. 7 PM EST. YouTube: youtu.be/VvDTbMT49GY

The Florida Supreme Court upheld the state’s congressional map, delivering a win to DeSantis, who pushed through the changes that helped Republicans flip and maintain the House majority.

BREAKING: Trump won’t recommend appointing a special prosecutor to oversee the Epstein case. Karoline Leavitt said that Trump has called for Pam Bondi, the DOJ and the FBI to “put forward” any “credible evidence” related to Epstein’s crimes.

Stages 3 and above indicate chronic venous insufficiency. Given Trump's swollen ankles and alterations in color to Trump's skin, he is likely, at minimum, stage 3 or 4.

Until his final days, the late Pope Francis had regularly spoken to the priest at Gaza's Catholic church about the situation in the war-ravaged territory.

OPINION by @stevebenen.com: “Bove declined to rule out the possibility of the president running for a third term — despite the plain language of the U.S. Constitution — and did not denounce the insurrectionist Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

News Analysis: The investigation into Jeffrey Epstein has exposed the hazards of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s focus on courting President Trump, with the assumption that he maintains the total backing of his base.

Breaking News: The Justice Department is asking for a one-day sentence for a former officer convicted in the killing of Breonna Taylor.

Exclusive: Former MLB Pitcher Convicted of Murder Donated to Trump in 2020 Danny Serafini donated twice to Trump according to FEC records meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

New bombshell from my investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.

Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in response to the attack.

BREAKING: Senate Democrats walk out of hearing to confirm Trump official Emil Bove as federal judge

Trump’s Corruption Meets Our Good Trouble, and More Great News

BREAKING: Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee advance the nomination of former Trump attorney Emil Bove to a lifetime judgeship on the prestigious 3rd Circuit. Bove’s nomination now goes to the full Senate for a final vote.