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I’m from three months in the future, here to congratulate you on the great February jobs report. Oh, I forgot, you still think it’s bad
Last night all the gas stations in my part of town were at $2.99
I imagine the drive home will show quite some change.
Russia is helping kill Americans which according to Trump is "stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We're talking about something else."
Oil prices are up over 25% this week. I'm guessing there is going to be another massive jump after the weekend.
1) why is the treasury secretary talking about this?
2) convenient that they waited for markets to close on a Friday
They're mad because they had come to believe that Democrats unilaterally disarm and do not engage in constitutional hardball.
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No Democrat should vote to approve a single $ (yes I know Fetterman will but we all know he's already going to lose his primary if he runs again)
The tried this with Iraq and this is how it ended up:
its probably not what he means, but you know, its midterm season.
Now now before you all pile on this would actually meet criteria on my Intro to Comparative Politics exam.
You can change the people without changing the regime - even in autocracies.
How many red flags can one guy have?
Tech guys apparently aren't aware that the machine that they built which mimics human language may speak like humans
probably in some bank account in Qatar
This statement with that chyron is *chefs kiss*
The economy is on the precipice of a meltdown, we're facing stagflation, and we've started a regional war in the Middle East.
All this due to Donald Trump and we still haven't faced the tail risks of RFK Jr dismantling our public health infrastructure
Collecting your money illegally was so much easier.
Quite the thing to say when the government he is a part of started a war in the Middle East which will make everything more expensive
WE SIGNED A PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN IN 2015
We will bomb and tariff our way to prosperity! bsky.app/profile/atru...
Yeah, making everything more expensive is usually the fastest way to fix it
Oh, and now oil is headed for $90/barrel *today* with gulf nations saying they may have to completely shut off oil production and shipments.
Turns out shutting off immigration, deporting people, and taxing imports are bad for the economy.
Who knew!?*
*every person who actually took and tried to learn something in Econ 101
HUGE payrolls miss, wow
Feb Payrolls -92k vs +55k est/+130k prev
2m net revision -69k
Unemplomyent 4.4% vs 4.3% est/4.3% prev
Avg hourly earn YoY +3.8% vs +3.7% est+/3.7% prev
Jan Retail sales MoM -0.2% vs -0.3% est/0.0% prev
Control group est MoM +0.3% vs+0.3% est/-0.1% prev
The U.S. economy has lost jobs since "Liberation Day."
Thanks Biden
department of "limited overseas military operation"