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August delivered a jolt the labor market could not absorb. Employers added 22,000 jobs, far below the 75,000 forecast, exposing a system that is faltering under pressure. Unemployment climbed to 4.3 percent while wage growth inched 0.3 percent month-over-month and 3.7 percent year-over-year, missing projections. Each number reflects more than performance. It reveals cracks threatening …
WOW 🚨 The Chief Financial Officer for the state of Florida says he knows that top government officials have instructed county employees to CHANGE THEIR DATA AND HIDE EVIDENCE from Florida’s DOGE team So much money laundering and fraud, he says he will be issuing investigation subpoenas “It is very apparent that taxpayers deserve and …
Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia “I am the city’s accountant, auditor, and paymaster” overseeing $35 billion in spending 🚨 He says if he performs an audit to provide transparency and California Democrats don’t like his findings, they cut his staff. Last year they cut his staff by 27 positions “if I do an audit, …
Air Canada cabin staff go on strike, grounding hundreds of flights https://t.co/anK7msKbc6 pic.twitter.com/bpj8fW6Htt — New York Post (@nypost) August 16, 2025 They hit 12:58 a.m. and everything stopped. Canada’s flagship carrier is crippled. Not a slowdown. Not a protest. A full walkout. More than 500 flights canceled. 130,000 travelers stranded in airports. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/air-canada-cabin-staff-go-on-strike-grounding-hundreds-of-flights/ar-AA1KCsf8 Eight months …
Moderna plans to cut about 10% of its global workforce by the end of 2025. The move reflects declining Covid vaccine sales and efforts to reduce operating costs by approximately $1.5 billion through 2027. “Given the evolving market dynamics, we are adjusting our footprint to reflect current realities,” Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said. https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/moderna-plans-lay-off-10-workforce-cut-costs-2025-07-31 Covid …
New Medicaid work rules are set to drop 30,000 Central New Yorkers from coverage That’s not a policy tweak That’s a system shock Syracuse’s three hospitals are bracing for 14,500 newly uninsured patients Not over a decade Over two years That’s one in five of their Medicaid load evaporating These hospitals don’t get to turn …
Forced attrition replaces pink slips… Yep. Already know of someone in the DFW suburbs who is moving back to Seattle bc of this — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) June 25, 2025 The company is not issuing mass emails. Instead, the message is being delivered through one-on-one meetings and internal town halls. Some employees have speculated that …
The broadcast didn’t cut to commercial. It cut to chaos. On Monday, during a live segment on Iran’s Khabar TV, the studio lights flickered, the screen shook, and the anchor vanished from frame. Seconds later, the feed went black. Israel had just struck the headquarters of Iran’s state broadcaster, IRIB, while it was live on …
One of the most funded, most heavily taxed cities doesn't have funding? Where did all the money go? The left keeps suggesting that they manage money perfectly and it's all Trump's fault for manufacturing DOGE finds. — Sheep 🐑🇺🇸 (@SheepvWolf) June 12, 2025
#Breaking Double fatal shooting near the FBI Washington Field Office on the 300 block of F St NW at 9:15pm. 1 woman & 1 man were shot and killed. Homicide has been called. Lookout for a white male, blue jacket, blue jeans, goatee, last seen Eastbound on F St NW. #MPD pic.twitter.com/XlkUg0vesC — Allison Papson …
The National Weather Service (NWS) is on high-alert and both federal as well as state law enforcement agencies are investigating recent threats made against weather radar facilities operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The threats are said to have been made by a group calling themselves Veterans on Patrol, described as an …
https://twitter.com/_/status/1919804695515742250 https://twitter.com/_/status/1920065729786736942 They were checking I-9 forms, not raiding them. WASHINGTON – Some D.C. residents are on edge following reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids at restaurants in popular neighborhoods. What we know: ICE agents went into Chef Geoff’s Restaurant Tuesday morning and asked to see the staff’s I-9 forms, sending workers into a …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, The Associated Press has learned. Four people with direct knowledge of the matter told the AP about the policy, which was put into …
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is initiating the integration of officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to an internal email sent to SEC staff on Friday, March 28, 2025. The email, reviewed by Reuters, informs SEC employees that the DOGE task force has approached the SEC and that …
Halal abattoir staff slammed sheep hard onto concrete floors and played recordings of wolves to the terrified animals as they were dying, footage reveals. In a string of acts captured by hidden cameras, workers also breached animal welfare laws in ways that an academic said would have inflicted “immense pain, fear and distress”. Sheep were …
The Internal Revenue Service is writing up plans to cut up to half of its 90,000 person staff, according to a report from the Associated Press. This comes as the Trump administration has been working to cut back on the government and make it more efficient. According the AP, the layoffs are part of the …
SHOT and CHASER. Joy Behar falsely claimed on the View today that Elon Musk supported apartheid in South Africa. Later in the show, she attempted to walk back her comments admitting that she didn’t know if they were true and said “don’t be suing me, okay, Elon?” 🚨 SHOT and CHASER. Joy Behar falsely claimed …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has recently faced significant staffing reductions. Over Presidents Day weekend, approximately 200 probationary employees were let go, and the agency is now working on further employee reductions. According to internal emails and interviews obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News, FEMA has been instructed to identify additional personnel cuts, particularly targeting …
This right here is exactly why Americans have lost faith in the government. A senior DHS official openly admitting that unelected bureaucrats decide what orders get followed? That’s the deep state in plain sight. These people think they’re above elected leadership, above accountability, above the very system that pays their salaries. They don’t answer to …
🤔 Seed oil lobbyist will be Chief of Staff at USDA. pic.twitter.com/WM3KsrXNya — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) January 23, 2025 Here’s her employment history if anyone needs further information. Hard NO! pic.twitter.com/bsiKLbZudr — Keith Russell (@KeithRussell9) January 23, 2025 In his big inauguration day speech at Capitol One Arena, President Trump declared that we will “Make …
CNN – Israel arrested a hospital director in a raid that closed the last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza, with its forces also accused of ordering patients to strip in the streets. Kamal Adwan Hospital is “now empty” after the remaining patients – some of them critically ill – along with caregivers and health workers …
– These jobs have 6 figure salaries – Some pay as high as $310,000 PER YEAR – 303 of these roles were posted within 10 days of Trump’s election victory (not a coincidence) – Roughly $160 million in new salaries per year for these new DEI hires paid for by taxpayers – Roles include equity …
Trump plans to purge the Pentagon. How will they respond? Can our armed forces survive another presidency similar to Biden’s? Just a reminder: Biden said the greatest threat to our security isn’t terrorism, nuclear Iran, North Korea or China or Russia, but “White supremacy.” https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4989432-trump-defense-military-shakeup/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/26/bidens-new-woke-armed-forces-are-ready-to-fight-us/ h/t Reasonable_Mess_3327
Sources Yahoo News: https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-service-agents-suspended-bribery-plot-170142622.html Casetext: https://casetext.com/analysis/kamala-harris-took-a-bribe-from-defendant-rupert-murdoch Washington Examiner: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3097111/crime-lab-scandal-kamala-harris/
Associated Press to Cut 8% of Staff in Layoffs, Buyouts Less than half of those affected are in the newsroom The Associated Press is cutting 8% of its workforce, with some staffers offered voluntary buyouts as cuts in media hit the longstanding news agency. Less than half of the staff reductions are impacting the news …
Four Kamala Harris staffers waving their hands back and forth to stop the interview. Translation: pic.twitter.com/24rYSODF2i — Jonathan Adamany (@JAdamany) October 16, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufoXQfle4Kc WHO DID THIS???🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/afvV9ubgVz — il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo) October 16, 2024 AC
