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It doesn’t matter what he says his base believes it all . They make excuses for every single thing he does. Even the signature on the Epstein letters “fake” . There is nothing he can say or do that is wrong
JOHN BERMAN: There's no reason to think that Donald Trump is involved in any wrongdoing with Jeffrey Epstein
REP. DAVE MIN: I would say we have lots of reasons to think he was involved in wrongdoing
BERMAN: Involved with what? What proof do you have?
MIN: We have a 14 year old claiming she was raped by him, then withdrew that claim after she was apparently threatened. His name appears a lot. BERMAN: Take this for what it is, but Ghislaine Maxwell said she never saw Donald Trump engaged in any wrongdoing connected with Epstein
The Black unemployment rate is at its highest since 2021. Here's why that's a bad sign for the economy.
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Emma OckermanFri, September 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM EDT
Unemployment for Black Americans is at its worst level since the pandemic, with some economists seeing the latest results as a sign of worse things to come for the US economy.
The unemployment rate for Black Americans hit 7.5% in August, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, its highest since October 2021— more than double the rate seen for white workers. Some possible reasons include federal job cuts and tariff-fueled economic uncertainty.
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for Black men, at 7.1%, was slightly higher than the 6.7% unemployment rate seen for Black women in August, though Black women have seen bigger employment losses since the first quarter of this year. (Black teens of both sexes, ages 16-19, had an unemployment rate of 24.8%.)
That's not a great thing for the country's economic well-being.
“What we find typically is that the unemployment rates that you see for the young, for Blacks — and particularly Black males — are a telltale sign of the direction of the economy and what we can expect to see hit overall in a few months,” said Gary Hoover, an economist at Tulane University.
Gbenga Ajilore, chief economist at the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, similarly sees Black unemployment as a “canary in the coal mine.” He added, “If it’s steadily starting to go up, that portends that the economy might be heading toward a downturn."
Tough market
The country’s broader unemployment rate had been hovering between 4% and 4.2% since May 2024, only to crack out of that narrow band and hit 4.3% in August’s bruising jobs report, which showed the US economy added just 22,000 jobs that month. That was far below the 75,000 positions economists had anticipated.Revised numbers also showed the economy shed 13,000 jobs in June, the first net job loss since 2020. Downward revisions to jobs numbers included in July’s job report, which also showed fewer than expected monthly gains, led President Trump to fire former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer.
Other signals of a tough labor market abound. The unemployment rate for workers above the age of 25 with a bachelor’s degree, for instance, is also at its highest since the pandemic, and there were more jobless Americans than available positions in July for the first time since April 2021. Since Black workers are often seen as the “last hired, first fired,” tight labor conditions may impact them in particular, Ajilore said.
Some of the job losses for Black workers can also be explained by sector-specific trends. For example, Black workers made up nearly 19% of the federal workforce, which has been significantly reduced since President Trump took office. The federal government is down 97,000 jobs since January, according to the Labor Department.
If he mentioned being married to Morgan Fairchild and ended his sentences with: "Yeah, that's the ticket!", I'd be able to stomach his sloppy lies better.
about 13-14 years ago...
I used to hang out with a couple of guys who were born and raised in Poland, before the USSR fell apart.
They had been in this country more than 10 years each at the time; both were illegal aliens. But they are white, so...
Anyway, the point is, we were talking about politics one day. One of them said the U.S. was beginning to remind him of Russia (they both DESPISED Russia). They said living under the USSR meant that politicians lied as a matter of course.
The lies were outrageous. Everyone, supporters and opponents, knew they were lying. Everyone either ignored what was being said, or pretended to believe the lies.
We are there.
Man a lot of people have two dozen eggs on their face.
"Trump didn't act like a fascist in his first term. So why would he do it in his second term".
"Trump is a businessman and he will make the economy better and lower the price of eggs"
Fucking buffoons...
"Trump didn't act like a fascist in his first term. So why would he do it in his second term".
"Trump is a businessman and he will make the economy better and lower the price of eggs"
Fucking buffoons...
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4m ·Michael Cohen and Ben Meiselas discuss the bombshell evidence release by the house oversight committee and the fall out since. This and more on a NEW Episode of Political Beatdown
Soooo...Morning Joe is liberal again?!?!?! Really hard to trust someone that bends the knee and the minute everything that was told to you comes true you want to stand up against THE PERSON YOU BENT THE KNEE TO!!!!
Robin Beck
Eric never got a card.
Michelle Brooks
Eric thought he was the only one who got that birthday card from his daddy
Eric never got a card.
Michelle Brooks
Eric thought he was the only one who got that birthday card from his daddy
IYKYK
Paul is back to carrying water for Trump again...that's right midterms is coming up!
And she'll STILL get elected! She'll use this to during her campaign speech.
One of the few times I'll refrain from posting a GIF
You would think these companies would go to blue states just for stability, but blue states are more likely to have unions and we can't have that now.
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