Rename everything with Cesar Chavez’s name on it to be named after Dolores Huerta. And rename everything with Donald Trump’s name on it to be named after E. Jean Carroll—or one of his many, many other victims.

(WSJ) Well, the Fed agreed over the last two days to hold the Fed rate constant, as many had predicted. The vote: 11 to 1. The reasons for holding: inflation is not tamed, Trump's Iran War and Oil prices, and unpredictability of the economy. Trump will be pissed. www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

Whoa Powell says he’s going to stay on the Fed board as long as Trump's investigation into him is ongoing. Has not made a decision as to whether he'd stay beyond that, assuming the investigation is dropped.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell today: “2023 was a really strong year.” So, Trump’s account of the US economy under Biden as “dead” is complete garbage, as one would expect.

Coming up on #KTLA: The Dow plunges nearly 800 points as President Trump's tariffs and war in Iran weigh on investor sentiment. Wholesale inflation last month was higher than expected, contributing to the Fed's decision to hold interest rates steady

Dow at 50,000: "I'm a financial genius." Dow at 46,000: “The Fed has personally betrayed me.”

100% of the 15.3%

In Minnesota, there are paths to success no matter what type of education you pursue. Apprenticeships are one of the best ways for Minnesotans to get a leg up on fulfilling, family-sustaining, high-demand employment. www.startribune.com/minnesota-ha...

I wonder what oil companies got in return for giving Donald the money he demanded. Billions of dollars in windfall profits from gas prices going up after Donald attacked Iran?

MEMPHIS Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social on Trump coming Monday: “Trump is treating us as a pawn in his authoritarian playbook… this visit is a distraction from his unpopular war, failed economic policies, and his thousands of mentions in the Epstein Files.”

CROCKETT: Professor, are you saying you believe it's constitutional for the US to blow up people that are accused of being drug traffickers? "It's not going to be a yes or no answer" CROCKETT: I'm going to stop you there. It's unconstitutional.

Fox is not happy with Senile Satan.

Powell: "The thing a good number of people on the committee are concerned about is very very low level of job creation. If you adjust the trend job creation over the past 6 months for what we think is overstatement due to overcounting, effectively there is 0 net job creation in the private sector"

Powell characterizes tariffs as "shock" that has "interrupted progress" on inflation

FOX NEWS: Can you vote for him? RAND PAUL: No

At the Fed press conference, Powell reflects some frustration that inflation hasn't moved more sharply toward target, as tariff-fueled prices are still working their way through the system. This is a moderately hawkish presser, for reasons that largely pre-date the Iran war.

The Fed's stance appears to have changed very little. A simple interpretation: The Fed wants to wait and see what's happening in the Middle East. There's no point taking a strong view until reality becomes clearer. (Powell just described FOMC members as having "no conviction" in their forecasts.)

New Republican midterm messaging just dropped: Yes, we are hurting you and raising your cost of living. But you can take comfort knowing we are hurting people in allied countries even worse. bsky.app/profile/atru...

I read the NYT piece, and I am holding onto the words of a woman who fended off inappropriate advances from a 60-year-old Cesar Chavez at the age of 19. “It makes you rethink in history all those heroes,” Esmeralda Lopez said. “The movement — that’s the hero.”

“The farmworker movement has always been bigger and far more important than any one individual. … I have kept this secret long enough. My silence ends here.” Read Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez in full:

JD Vance's message to Canada: "If we're gonna be true friends, you have to treat our workers as fairly as we've treated Canadian workers for 40 years"

Appointing a dim-witted fan of the illegal killing of other civilians to run an agency accused of multiple illegal killings of civilians seems unwise.

Are you tired of all the winning yet? I’m exhausted by it.

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BREAKING: Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged. Rates remain at 3.50% - 3.75%.

As expected, the Fed has decided to leave rates unchanged. A unanimous decision. (Meaning all the serious FOMC members voted for the decision; Miran dissented, but who cares.) The statement shows one real change: Apparently something's happening in the Middle East.

Markwayne Mullin is an election denier and today he wouldn’t rule out federal officers at polling locations, saying they could be deployed for a “specific threat.” Not new for him. If alarm bells are ringing, you’re paying attention.

Tech companies are causing disruptions to jobs and our economy, and middle class families are bearing the consequences. To ensure they pay their fair share I’m proposing a tax on social media companies that will support Minnesota workers impacted by artificial intelligence.

BLUMENTHAL: Shouldn't we be disgusted by an agent that fires at a citizen, no criminal record, she was charged and the charges were dismissed. Wouldn't you agree that agent should not be carrying a firearm? MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I'm not familiar with the investigation

Markwayne Gacy brings in a character witness to his confirmation hearings.

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov to TULSI: “You’re evading a question because to provide a candid response would contradict a statement from the White House.”

It's ironic that the stupidest, most incompetent administration in history believes in white supremacy.

Rand Paul: "The fact he can't bring himself to say that we shouldn't settle political questions with violence, I think that would be a terrible example for ICE and Border Patrol"

JD Vance: "Yeah -- we've got a rough road ahead of us for the next few weeks, but it's temporary" (Note the complete silence from the audience 😬)

REED: There is a tradition in Shia to honor martyrs GABBARD: That's right REED: So we might've played into their cultural biases, erroneously

PETERS: Would you be willing to go to the SCIF this afternoon and tell us what your supposed classified work was? MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I do not have to disclose my official travel. That was part of your documents. I complied

I’m skeptical that Mullin left his plumbing business to work as a secret agent in a war zone. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Markwayne Mullin's responses to questions about his supposedly "classified" foreign trips (that he didn't disclose to the committee) are bizarrely evasive

KELLY: Is it accurate that China continues to receive preferential oil flows from Iran despite the conflict as Iran allows its own tankers to transit the strait? GABBARD: There has been some reporting of that KELLY: So sounds like it's accurate. Thank you.

Tulsi Gabbard just refused to answer Mark Kelly's question of whether Trump asked for a briefing on the Strait of Hormuz.

House Democrats are NOT just playing along. ✅Reopen DHS, yes ❌Keep writing blank checks to ICE, no Security doesn’t require cruelty and a functioning government does not require mass detention. Time to draw the line. #FundDHSFreezeICE

KELLY: Were you asked to brief the president on whether Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz? GABBARD: I'm not going to comment on what the president did or didn't ask me on any topic KELLY: We're having a hard time finding out if the White House even asked if they could be briefed on something

KELLY: Do you think supporters of the president should be able to pay and receive his private national security briefings? RATCLIFFE: Regardless of what that document says, it didn't happen KELLY: This says, 'unfiltered updates.' Director Gabbard? GABBARD: I'm not familiar with that document

I know this is disappointing, but I had to resort to paid sponsorships. Tariffs and oil prices are killing me. Besides, in market testing, this scored higher than her original: “Shut up about the gas prices.”

KING: Does the president take a daily brief from the intelligence community? GABBARD AND RATCLIFE: ... ... ... KING: This is a yes or no question

Sen. Mark Warner asked Tulsi Gabbard if Trump was warned that Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz. Gabbard did not answer the question about whether Trump was told about the dangers and ignored the warning.

Markwayne Mullin dodges on whether he would break the law for Trump. Sen. Maggie Hassan: "If directed by the President to take an action that would break the law, would you follow the law or follow the president's direction?" Mullin only said: "The president would never ask me to do that."

REP. HICKS (R): “Most of it went to folks ALREADY ATTENDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS. That’s the only way it can ever work.”🤔 Hicks supported Lamberth’s $300,000,000 voucher bill, but Lamberth probably wished he stayed quiet😬 🚨 Finance Committee Next: wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Committ...

Markwayne Mullin accuses Kristi Noem of "micromanaging" FEMA

Rand Paul: “I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force.” The entire confirmation hearing in one sentence.