".. In 2026, the trade slowdown will arrive 'as the global economy cools and as the full impact of higher tariffs is finally felt for a full year,' the WTO said." @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

“.. a life spent revolutionizing the study of primates and .. bringing her global fame to the cause of conservation.” @nytimes.com @janegoodallcan.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...

“.. there is the question of how the bond market will react to tariff revenue being redirected away from lowering the deficit.” @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/tru...

AOC: Stephen Miller “looks like he's 4'10”. He looks like he's angry about the fact he's 4'10”.” @aoc.bsky.social

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.” @thehill.com thehill.com/homenews/adm...

That “tariff revenue” is drying up quickly.

WATCH: Did the FBI find those photographs? 😶 #pambondi #donaldtrump #epstein

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com: Trump reveals he’s considering pardoning convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell youtu.be/B6DTRVn4Gg0?...

“Who’s more responsible for the government shutdown?” “Republicans.”

I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it. His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns. This is now very obvious.

Highest long-term inflation expectations in 18 months. (March 2024)

I'm sorry, but it's fucking crazy to pretend like some livestreaming loser who is taunting protesters while clutching a flag he stole from them is in Portland as a journalist.

The Smartmatic lawsuit against Fox News is still working its way through the courts. Smartmatic just had a big win on Friday. More to come. courthousenews.com/smartmatic-s...

It looks like folks at Fox knowingly destroyed text messages involved with the case even though they were told not to by attorneys at the company. www.rawstory.com/fox-corporat...

When a reporter asked Donald J. Trump if he would pardon Ghislaine Maxwell why was it so difficult for him to simply say - NO. She's a convicted sex offender who trafficked under age girls. Why did Trump pretend not to know about her request for a pardon?

the smugness of Stephen Miller in dealing with reporters is off the charts

He's totally going to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell by the way.

Wow — Trump & Russell Vought are trying to stiff furloughed federal workers and not give them back pay for the shutdown… but Speaker Johnson’s own website says they are legally entitled to back pay when the government reopens. 🤔 www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...

This is wild in more ways than I can count

you should delete the original post because it's not true

BREAKING: U.S. District Court Judge April Perry declines to immediately issue a temporary restraining order to block the National Guard deployment, but schedules a hearing for Thursday, Gov. Pritzker announces. @wttw.bsky.social

NEW: Comey arraignment moved up to Wednesday at 10 am.

Imagine being the Kyiv correspondent for CBS News, calling into the morning news meeting, and hearing this fellow telling you what to cover.

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Pam Bondi refuses to say whether the White House consulted her before deploying the National Guard to U.S. cities.

NEW: Trump vented this weekend after a judge he appointed ruled his troop deployment to Portland was illegal. It’s the latest in a growing list of his own judicial appointees who have dealt him defeats on some the highest profile issues of the year. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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(ahem) acasignups.net/25/10/05/whi...

Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data. We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district. Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):

HOLY SH*T. There it is. Trump says he will speak to the DOJ about giving Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon.

Schumer: That issue that MAGA Mike keeps talking about—illegal immigrants getting health care. It’s an effing lie. The law says that federal dollars cannot go to illegal immigrants under Medicare, Medicaid, or the ACA. And I said that to him in the room. I said, You’re lying. He smirked.

wild @MarshaBlackburn & Hagerty are making a big deal of this. calls from WH/Giuliani to Senators after 1/6 to halt certification is described in the Trump indictment By all means let’s see every doc/grand jury testimony mentioning them to confirm if phone records were relevant!

This is from Marge Greene. You know who has been warning about this for months? Democrats. But the people who had no plan to deal with this crisis and still don’t want you to believe this is about “illegals.”

“.. Carlyle estimates that just 17,000 jobs were created, among the weakest results since the US economy emerged from the 2020 recession.” @bloomberg.com $CG www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SCOOP: Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.

FT: “OpenAI’s Computing Deals Top $1 Trillion” @financialtimes.com #IHopeYoureRight www.ft.com/content/5f6f...

The whole Epstein thing’s got the criminal rattled. Listen to him, stumbling around trying to answer a question about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell. And he’s trying so hard not to show it.

ATLANTIC: “Miller, like Trump, appears to believe his side stands for what is right and good, and his opponents stand for what is evil. Any methods used by Trump are ipso facto justified, and any methods used against him illegitimate.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

“..mThe plan, however, could be difficult to roll out as an ongoing government shutdown prevents the kind of Congressional action needed to approve such a large payout, and existing government reserves fall short ..” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Meanwhile, in Des Moines: “.. One of those sources said the bailout would total somewhere between $10 billion and $15 billion ..” www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/...

* US GOLD FUTURES HITS $4000/OZ FOR THE FIRST TIME @reuters.com

My laugh of the morning.

RSM: “.. Uncertainty over economic policy has returned to levels reached during the 2020 pandemic .. “.. weighing heavily on small and medium sized firms that are now reducing their headcounts while large firms have slowed their hiring to a crawl.” @joebrusuelas.bsky.social