Trumponomics takes hold as the US loses jobs. #Gift "The surprise job loss in September is the latest sign that the labor market is weakening. Job growth has slowed to a trickle this year" www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

@isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social wrote what remains the definitive profile of Russel Vought last year. He's going to try and use the shut down to further his dream of an imperial Christian presidency and "traumatizing" federal workers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

We laugh at this shit -- I mean, how can you not? -- but it's serious: these guys want to infuse reactionary thinking into AI and then infuse AI into every nook & cranny of American life. They can't win the argument so they are trying to blunt-force their views onto us with money & power.

If you feel like you're getting smacked in the face with huge, hostile carp every fucking day, it's because you are. Always read Sarah Kendzior. (Give her money if you can, she's the primary breadwinner of her family.)

Because our population voted GOP last November, public health is now & will continue to deteriorate. Voodoo now replaces science. We are a truly stupid people to have voted away our Constitutional rule for an autocracy. www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

#Gift The Atlantic on the War/Defense Dept meeting of Sept 30th. US citizens in US cities have been ID'd as targets for active military in what is clearly an #autocracy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Rest in Peace abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Of interest on using active military against US citizens in the US. That would be a criminal action. www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...

On Defense dept “Basically, he’s saying that we’re no better than Hamas because people are joining because they want to break things and they want to kill people,...he’s not qualified to be secretary of defense. He’s barely qualified to be a host on Fox News." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#Alaska Kenai newspapers have mass reginations when owners apply political pressure on them. The Free Press is dying in the US under Trump's autocracy. alaskabeacon.com/2025/09/30/m...

There are not enough Democrats to stop anything in Congress Remember that If you elected a Republican to Congress you are doing this

#Autocracy An incredible read: "Trump threatened to fire any generals at the meeting who rubbed him the wrong way. “If I don’t like somebody, I’m going to fire them right on the spot,” he said." theintercept.com/2025/09/30/t...

#Gift Trump addresses the top generals. #autocracy The Bill of Rights is gone. "Tuesday morning marked the first time he publicly directed military leaders to be “a major part” of fighting a “war from within” in cities such as San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles" wapo.st/3Kmes5v

Trump shut down the government on Dec 22, 2018 when the GOP controlled Congress delivered a spending bill that did not include every dime Trump demanded. Trump told Congress to get him the money. We re-elected Trump knowing this. We are Trump's chumps. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2...

#autocracy Is Trump telling the country that he will have many citizens shot by active military?

Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

#autocracy Trump: "“We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military – national guard, but military – because we’re going into Chicago" In Trump's 1st term, he'd ordered Sec of Defense Esper to shoot protesters. See next post www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I am unable to come up with a definition of "Antifi" that would concur with Trump & the GOP. I'd erroroneusly thought that this guy was NOT Antifa. Apparently, I am wrong. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

If there is a government shutdown, it is the Republicans’ fault 💯.

#Gift The Wall Street Journal today has a pull out section on capitalism. I find it a good read. For example, here is a timeline of notable events in American capitalism. www.wsj.com/economy/amer...

Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV

President Trump, who has always made things up, seeks to cut off the flow of accurate information at its source. The U.S. has long been one of the best sources of data on earth. All that is halted under Trump, who doesn’t want any facts to get in the way of his made-up stories. trib.al/iCEGkbH

Blaming Democrats for a shutdown when you control the House, Senate, and the White House only proves you can't govern.

#Gift #Inflation "The 100 percent tariff on pharmaceutical products could effectively double import costs for some branded drugs, potentially leading to higher prescription prices for Americans. " wapo.st/4mI6j8P

#Alaska #Climate The clear water rivers that John McPhee wrote about at the beginning of "Coming Into the Country" are clear no more due to climate change. So, per Trump, climate change is a hoax & the water below is clear & drinkable. alaskabeacon.com/2025/09/29/w...

Insane?!?! Gosh, who knew? (sarcasm) www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Doonesbury for today: www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2...

#Gift Trump to address military as Hegseth has called them together. This is the politicization od thr military. "The potential for the event to be politicized, and add to the politicization of the military, “... should be tremendously concerning to the American people.”" wapo.st/3IJUS2s

On the Comey grand jury indictment: "It looks like they failed to concur across all three counts, so I'm a little confused as to why I was handed two things with the same case number that are inconsistent." #CriminalDOJ www.yahoo.com/news/article...

#Alaska again voted GOP and now has a massive INCREASE in health care costs. You'd think Alaskans (& the nation) might wise up & screw on their heads, but they won't. alaskabeacon.com/2025/09/23/a...

Trump administration plans to close unknown number of U.S. Forest Service offices in Alaska "... currently has offices in Anchorage, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez, Girdwood, Seward, Craig, Hoonah, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka, Thorne Bay, Wrangell and Yakutat." alaskabeacon.com/briefs/trump...

Republicans are about to shut down the government because they want American citizens to go bankrupt over basic health care.

#Gift Republican voters: the jobs will NOT be coming back AND you now live in an autocracy where the Constitution is dead. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/walm...

My reading of the Constitution was that Congress held the power of the purse strings. However the Roberts #SCOTUS says that Trump can claw back Congressionally approved funds. The Constitution as written is dead to this President & Supreme Court & to you #Gift www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

I sometimes wonder if cryptocurrency promotions are 'pump and dump' schemes. finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-...

Here is Super Republican Conservative Phil Gramm trashing Trump's economic plans & tariffs. So if the Right and the Left decry this mess who are the 40 plus % still supporting Trump? This cult is huge. #Gift www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

On Dec 22, 2018, Trump shut down the government because the GOP controlled House & Senate did not give him every dime he demanded. Trump told the Congress to give him what he wanted, when he wanted it. Trump has NO problems in shutting down the government again news.yahoo.com/news/videos/...

#Gift Warning signs on the tariff filled Trump economy. www.wsj.com/business/aut...

As Comey is indicted, you might recall that Russia has admited in hacked the US election in 2016. Here is a statement from 2022. The Wikipedia link on this follows. The Mueller Report remains available online. www.cnn.com/2022/11/07/e...

#Gift On the great musician Carol Kaye at 90! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/a...

More on how the Roberts #SCOTUS is in the pocket of Trump. Expect this court to support Trump's autocracy & kiss the Constitution goodbye. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

This #SCOTUS worst in US history! "The president has the authority to tell the Department of Justice to do anything he wants, according to the majority decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, even calling for fraudulent prosecutions" www.yahoo.com/news/article...

On 12/22/2018, Trump #shutdown the government for 35 days. I'd guess that he would be happy to do so again & blame Democrats. He can use the opportunity to further dissolve the functioning of the federal government, & consolidate personal control. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Reminder: Trump ALREADY did hire a prosecutor specifically to bring frivolous prosecutions, with John Durham. We LITERALLY now know that Durham learned 2 years in that he was chasing Russian disinformation.

The Rapture For @rawstory.com #rapture Follow my work on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com

#Fed Chief Powell tells us to expect inflation. "many Fed officials are urging caution around further rate cuts because inflation remains above the Fed’s 2% target." finance.yahoo.com/news/feds-po...

This shame on the United States is brought to you by the majority of voters here to re-elected Trump after his 1st horrid term, his coup attempt, & felony convictions. Americans said they want criminal rule & the death of the Constitution. They've got it. news.yahoo.com/news/videos/...

When you hire based on loyalty instead of competence, you get incompetence. Interesting read. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Think twice about choosing a college in the American South. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...