Which one should I believe! Things are worse than some let on. US single-family housing starts drop to eight-month low in May reut.rs/3SInAVU

US single-family housing starts drop to eight-month low in May

U.S. single-family homebuilding fell to an eight-month low in May, pressured by higher mortgage rates and building material prices, suggesting the housing market ​could remain a drag on economic growt...

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Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“.. Excluding the pandemic low, US housing starts are now at their lowest level since February 2019.” - Schwab

If you have a loved one who is lost in MAGA, let them know there is help. leavingmaga.org

Leaving MAGA - Leaving MAGA

We empower people to leave MAGA and tell their stories. We foster reconciliation with friends and family. We develop movement leaders to help others leave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zJl1lBGMUw&...

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What bin Laden failed to do, Trump is doing. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

White House's entire East Wing to be demolished 'within days,' officials say

Trump said in July that the project “won’t interfere with the current building.”

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Perhaps from now on when we refer to progressives doing something, we should refer to the other “side” as fascists to provide the appropriate balance. Bernie Sanders and AOC reject Republican promise of healthcare vote to end shutdown www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bernie Sanders and AOC reject Republican promise of healthcare vote to end shutdown

Prominent progressives dismiss GOP’s proposition to discuss healthcare subsidies only after government reopens

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"So this has never happened before. I've been handed two documents that are in the Mr. Comey case that are inconsistent with one another," [Judge] Vaala said to Halligan. "There seems to be a discrepancy. They're both signed by the (grand jury) foreperson."

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · last yr.

"U.S. Magistrate Judge Lindsey Vaala expressed confusion and surprise at some points during the seven-minute court session when a federal grand jury impaneled in Alexandria, Virginia, returned the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey Thursday night."

Part of Trump’s Death to Americans campaign.

Santiago Mayer@santiagomayer.com · last yr.

We’ve never been closer to finding a potential cure for cancer than we were with mRNA. So of course, RFK Jr. cancelled all government funding for mRNA. God fucking damn it.

Forty-seven doesn’t like the idea that a hurricane will take away attention from him. He couldn’t care less how many people could die because they don’t have needed information.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last yr.

In today’s episode of What Are They Thinking: “If you don’t see a hurricane coming… does it really exist?” 🚨 The Dept of Defense is shutting down its weather satellite program. No more data. No more updates. Meteorologists are scrambling—and we’re heading into peak storm season. Brilliant timing.

Of course the US debt will still increase, it’s just that 47 and his Oligarchs will be getting the money—the tax dollars that we workers fork over.

NPR@npr.org · last yr.

The proposal would cut off rental subsidies after two years for able-bodied adults. Advocates warn if enacted, the White House plan would tip many low-income renters over the edge into homelessness.

Awesome!!

Krassensteins@krassenstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

Make this go viral! Her husband’s life was put at risk by the Signal texts.

Why are tax dollars being used to protect private property? Or are the local governments being reimbursed by Musk?

Musk and Bezos again remind us oligarchs control the US-when will the people take back the power?! open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...

Musk and Bezos again remind us oligarchs control the US-when will the people take back the power?!

The anger towards the oligarchs is building!

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Yet another plane crash. 😡 apnews.com/article/alas...

Here's what we know about a commuter plane crash in Alaska that killed 10 people

Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that killed 10 people while investigators are trying to determine what caused the small commuter aircraft to go down ...

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Thank you Sen Murphy!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y ago

Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"

Musk and his motley crew are holding federal employees and our tax dollars hostage. Send in the SWAT team!

Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"

It’s been DOdGEy from the get go.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2y ago

On paper, its mission was pared down, from massive cuts to government to improving IT efficiency. Did the president and his co-conspirator Elon Musk have a change of heart—or is something else going on?

Killing hundreds of thousands of people during COVID wasn’t enough for the convicted felon, rapist and racist. He wants to convert our tax dollars to his own personal use, and he doesn’t give a shit who gets hurt or dies. Including the idiots who voted for him.

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 2y ago

BREAKING: Gov. Pritzker’s office confirms the Trump funding freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid. FOUR MILLION Illinoisans rely on Medicaid for their healthcare. Trump's freeze will kill people. He's doing this to ensure "Money isn't being wasted on DEI initiatives." Beyond absurd & cruel.

At confirmation hearing, Pam Bondi repeated Trump’s false accusations by testifying that DOJ “has been weaponized for years and years and years, and it has to stop.” That is a disqualifying lie about the public servants who have devoted their careers to upholding the rule of law.

Takeaways from the second day of Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings | CNN Politics

Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees for key roles in the intelligence, foreign policy and law enforcement agencies all pledged to keep politics out of their offices amid concerns from Democrats that the…

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Actually, 49.8% is not “over half”. On the other hand, “over half” of voters voted against the insurrectionist.

Sam Schwartz@samuelschwartz.bsky.social · 2y ago

I can’t come to terms with the fact that over half of American voters saw Donald Trump’s actions on January 6 and said that wasn’t a big enough problem to not re-elect him. Trump literally tried to overthrow the government. And people just put him back into the White House no questions asked.

This appears to be yet more normalization of the MAGA agenda. Supporting anything that RFK Jr puts forward makes him appear of sound mind. He’s too dangerous to normalize.

Michael Smerconish@smerconish.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tuesday's #poll closed with 63.04% of 32,859 voters saying that they agree with #RFKjr that televised pharmaceutical ads should be banned. Watch Michael's discussion 🎥 loom.ly/jidK7MU Vote on today's poll 🗳️ loom.ly/6Y9cBds

One of the reasons we need DOJ and others in the justice system that we can trust. wtop.com/dc/2024/12/a...

An ex-police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leader - WTOP News

A retired police officer in the nation’s capital was convicted Monday of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group.

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In case anyone was wondering why the tinkle tape traitor woke up with a Panamanian bug up his ass seemingly out of the clear blue sky… This is why: Because he’s being investigated for tax evasion in Panama. Who’s shocked? Is anyone? Anyone at all? t.co/I1pt4guQd4

@smerconish.bsky.social Re Carrol v Trump, you fail to present all of the facts. See page 3: "[T]he jury’s finding that Mr. Trump “sexually abused” Ms. Carroll implicitly determined . . . that Mr. Trump in fact did “rape” Ms. Carroll as that term commonly is used and understood . . . . "

If we need to “tighten our belts” as Elonia says, then space exploration should be the first program slashed.

I keep hearing "DOGE" pronounced with a long O and soft G, maybe to soften its impression. Shouldn't we be pronouncing it like it really is . . . "dodgy"? I mean, all forms of and those associated with it are dodgy.

As of this morning, still no mandate. Resist and rebuke PO 1135809.