1 in 4 unemployed people, or 1.8 million Americans, have been job searching for over half a year. Goldman Sachs says it is using AI to “limit future head count growth,”

1 in 4 unemployed Americans is stuck in the trap. After 6 months:→ Employer callback rates drop ~45%→ ATS systems flag the gap automatically→ Network connections go cold→ Savings run out The job market seems to be structurally punishing people for being in it too long.… pic.twitter.com/QqSI4m4Osb — RANTZINE (@rant_zine) February 17, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, …

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Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching

https://www.404media.co/airlines-sell-5-billion-plane-ticket-records-to-the-government-for-warrantless-searching/ A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including American Airlines, United, and Delta, is selling access to five billion plane ticketing records to the government for warrantless searching and monitoring of peoples’ movements, including by the FBI, Secret Service, ICE, and many other agencies, according to a new contract and other records …

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The panic in D.C. is real. When three times more people are searching for criminal defense lawyers than anywhere else, you know something’s up.

These people aren’t worried about parking tickets—they’re sweating bullets over something much bigger. Imagine if Trump made a deal: confess, spill the truth, and your sentence gets cut in half. The rats would be tripping over each other to save their own skin. The swamp would drain itself. The fact that so many are even …

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SCE Labor Market Survey: The proportion of individuals who reported searching for a job in the past four weeks rose to 28.4% from 19.4% in July 2023, highest since March 2014. The average expected likelihood of becoming unemployed in the next four months reached a series high.

Source: https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/sce/labor#/ TLDRS: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s July 2024 SCE Labor Market Survey reveals significant changes in the job market, with 28.4% of individuals actively searching for jobs, the highest level since the survey’s inception in 2014. The rise in job searches was particularly pronounced among those over 45, without a college degree, …

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62% of new homebuyers struggle to pay mortgages… High-school sweethearts with $600,000 budget struggling to find a house after 2 years of searching.

3% interest rate means nothing if you borrowed too much money for your income and can’t make the payment with other inflation kicking in — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) June 4, 2023 High-school sweethearts with good jobs, a baby on the way and a $600,000 budget can’t find a house after 2 years of hunting. ‘It …

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