Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds apnews.com/article/affi... “If this trend continues, in three years this campus will be as Black as it was in the Civil Rights era, It feels like tying our feet together and telling us to restart.” 🤬🤬🤨

www.tapinto.net/towns/east-b... “Mikie Sherrill will stand up for the priorities of New Jersey voters and strengthen the essential public services that sustain our communities. Her opponent would shred them.” #MikieSherrill

Oh so he’s RACIST racist

www.nj.com/opinion/2025... “In the past few weeks Trump has “terminated “ the nation’s largest infrastructure project, pledged $40 billion to Argentina while hanging American farmers out to dry and bulldozed the East Wing of the White House to build himself a $250 million ballroom” America first? 🤬🤦‍♂️

With Trump overseas and the Republican House on vacation, here’s how Republicans’ health insurance sticker shock is landing in RI: this family of 3 would see their monthly premium spike $547. Time for Rs to get serious about fixing this.

www.nj.com/opinion/2025... “they kept firing after the reverend hit the ground. He was struck 7 times in all, by masked agents who were standing on a roof, behind a chain link fence, facing no threat from anyone.Several other protesters were hit as well, for no good reason.This was a turkey shoot”🤬🤬

Several dozen people reported to the Stockton office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday afternoon after being summoned, immigrant advocates said.

Gonna wear a suit, tie and glasses for Halloween and tell everyone I’m dressed as a soybean farmer / treasury secretary.

"The even more human part of this is, think about the families that are on SNAP. They rely on this for literally putting food on the table. About three quarters of those families now are saying they're genuinely stressed. Nearly half are saying that they're going to be skipping meals."

open.substack.com/pub/robertre... “7 million poured into the streets to reject Trump’s dictatorship. That’s more than 2% of the adult population of the US. Historical studies suggest 3.5% of a population engaged in sustained nonviolent resistance can topple even the most brutal dictatorships” 🤔👏

An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/c... “Air temperatures have increased, sea levels have risen, ocean acidification has worsened. Heat-related deaths are rising, smoke from wildfires is increasingly severe…” 🤦‍♂️🤬🤬🤬 #CleanAirAct

A Rhode Island Wind Farm Changed Their View. And Their Lives, for the Better. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c... “All that, and the cost of electricity is less than a third of what it would be if the island were still running on diesel” 👏👏👏 #Environment #CleanEnergy

Trump Is All In on Milei. What About Argentines? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w... “But experts say the middle class has borne the brunt with sharp increases in utility bills, school fees and health care costs, forcing many to scale back their spending. “He blew up the working class,” Mr. Gómez said”🤬

📽️VIDEO: Trump has transformed the DOJ into a weapon against his political opponents — and too many legal experts are falling into a dangerous trap by pretending it’s still a normal institution. Marc Elias explains why the department can’t be trusted anymore. https://bit.ly/47i7NCp

Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government. Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.

finance.yahoo.com/news/reagan-... “So, soon, because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying. Then the worst happens: Markets shrink and collapse; businesses and industries shut down; and millions of people lose their jobs.”

MAHA might be talking a tough game when it comes to corporate power, but don’t be fooled: RFK Jr.’s top officials have significant ties to the corporations their boss claims to oppose. From Julian Scoffield and @toni-v-aguilar.bsky.social‬: trib.al/Ux8xroB

My grandfather’s union job put his family squarely into the middle class, and set his kids up for generations of opportunity. I know that countless families in New Jersey share a similar story.

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Absolutely outrageous!! 🤬

This is what oligarchy looks like: Trump gave corporate America a $920 billion tax break. Now, corporations like Amazon, Meta, Apple, Google & Lockheed Martin are returning the favor by giving Trump $300 million for a fancy ballroom. That’s a pretty good return on investment.

Trump Has Demolished the White House East Wing to Make Room for His Pricey New Ballroom (PHOTOS) talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/trum...

Secretary Bessent already spent $20 billion bailing out Argentina — now he wants Wall Street to kick in $20 billion more, possibly guaranteed by taxpayers. The big banks need to reject this deal. Taxpayers shouldn’t foot the bill for Trump’s political favors.

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee. But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education. A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

Meant to post this sooner. Inflation hit 3% Y/Y. Not as hot as could have been but still warm. Troubling that 40% of the data are now imputed due to staffing shortages prior to shutdown. kpmg.com/us/en/articl...

Folks, we're living in a Second Gilded Age. It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the First Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back. Watch. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=-_IyB5RX1IeFYjHW

most immature little boys eventually become adults with grown-up values: impulse control, wisdom, empathy, moral judgment Donald Trump has populated his administration with those, like himself, who did not my @zeteo_news column please read, share and subscribe zeteo.com/p/trump-vanc...

The imputations uses items that are close substitutes and history. That raises the risk of lagging data. The other notable issue was the surge in costs in the care economy, which have nothing to do with tariffs but everything to do with curbs on immigration. Elder in-home care jumped fastest…

Guess who Hegseth's Pentagon awards its biggest drone contract to....? Naturally one in which Don Trump Jr has a stake and sits on its board. Every goddam conflict of interest law is being vandalised daily by Trump's administration. www.ft.com/content/4ced...

So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating. When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.

“Starting on Day One, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.” —Donald Trump, August 2024

Barbara is one of millions of people who are alive today because of American medical research and access to health care. Trump and Republicans in Congress have already started ripping those lifelines away. That's why we've got to stay in this fight.

Trump’s tearing down the East Wing to build himself a $350M ballroom while Americans struggle to afford health care. Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.

In a major break from the past, the Supreme Court is frequently using its emergency docket to rule on challenges to government actions — almost always in favor of the Trump administration and without explanation. bit.ly/4nXIr2p

www.nj.com/opinion/2025... “the president of the United States has “terminated “ the nation’s largest infrastructure project, pledged $40 billion to Argentina while hanging American farmers out to dry and bulldozed the East Wing of the White House to build himself a $250 million ballroom.” 🤬🤬🤬

🚨U.S. inflation rises to 3% in September as prices increase at the fastest rate since January. The White House says they will likely not release October’s inflation data next month, blaming the shutdown.

same in finance. cone of silence. I wrote about that here: on.ft.com/3WSKRU1

FWIW I’ve found this too — the sorts of people on my beat (arts/culture) who would have cheerfully spoken up in his first term are asking for anonymity or not returning my calls/emails this time around.

This is just UFB. What gave him the right?

www.nj.com/politics/202... “Nadeem told supporters they could count on Ciattarelli to support a ban on gay marriage, just as he did when the issue was up for a vote in 2012 when he was a state Assemblyman.” #MAGAJack showing his true colors in front of an antisemitic crowd in Piscataway. 🤬🤬🤦‍♂️

Trump is building the Epstein ballroom Plans to knock it down in 2028 should be underway

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

Tech, crypto and tobacco companies are funding Trump’s White House ballroom. The donor list includes several billionaires who have looked to curry favor with the Trump administration.

brazen, shameless corruption Trump has dredged the deepest Washington swamp in American history nothing before even comes close www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Trump has pardoned billionaire crypto mogul and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao — who pled guilty to money laundering charges. This comes after Zhao helped boost the Trump family’s crypto business. It's just the latest example of Trump's Pay-to-Pardon Scheme.

As the government shutdown drags on, Republicans are soon to find it much harder to hide its effects. @ddayen.bsky.social reports on skyrocketing insurance premiums, in some cases up to $2000 more each month: trib.al/CafqMM8

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... “rural voters either tuned out or refused to believe warnings that a Trump victory in 2024 would be catastrophic for the heartland, that crucial programs would be eviscerated and the agricultural economy would be devastated by Trump’s trade wars” BELIEVE IT 🤬🤬🤬