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“What you are feeling is the disconnect between seeing that systems are failing, that things aren’t working … and yet the institutions...

“What you are feeling is the disconnect between seeing that systems are failing, that things aren’t working … and yet the institutions and the people in power just are, like, ignoring it and pretending everything is going to go on the way that it has.”

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/may/22/hypernormalization-dysfunction-status-quo

"Many of the CDC's newsletters have stopped being distributed, workers at the CDC say. Health alerts about disease outbreaks,...

"Many of the CDC's newsletters have stopped being distributed, workers at the CDC say. Health alerts about disease outbreaks, previously sent to health professionals subscribed to the CDC's Health Alert Network, haven't been dispatched since March."

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5387723/cdc-communications-cuts-social-media-public-health

Sick future.https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/fda-vaccine-framework-new-covid-shot-recommendations-vinay-prasad-marty-makary/

Sick future.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/fda-vaccine-framework-new-covid-shot-recommendations-vinay-prasad-marty-makary/

I would add labor shortages, weaker growth, and inflation because of immigration...

I would add labor shortages, weaker growth, and inflation because of immigration policies.

https://www.apolloacademy.com/10-downside-risks-to-the-us-economic-outlook/

... "Bureau of Labor Statistics’ leaders could be fired for releasing or planning to release jobs or inflation statistics unfavorable...

... "Bureau of Labor Statistics’ leaders could be fired for releasing or planning to release jobs or inflation statistics unfavorable to the president’s policy agenda,” warned Erica Groshen, former commissioner of the BLS...

https://dailyboulder.com/white-house-proposes-rule-to-allow-trump-to-fire-economists-who-publish-bad-num

"...a handful of suggestions for Americans and others who seem disoriented and...

"...a handful of suggestions for Americans and others who seem disoriented and overwhelmed."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/28/right-defeated-same-antibodies-poles-developed-beat-communism

...the previous admin secured funding to hire 2,000 new air traffic controllers in 2025 and exceeded its goal of hiring more than 1,800 last...

...the previous admin secured funding to hire 2,000 new air traffic controllers in 2025 and exceeded its goal of hiring more than 1,800 last year. For its part, the Trump admin responded to the deadly D.C. crash in January by firing FAA air traffic control personnel.

https://www.insidehook.com/travel/latest-air-traffic-controller-kerfuffle-newark-should-scare-you

. . . In a 42-page opinion Friday night, Illston said, “No statute gives OPM, OMB, or DOGE the authority to direct other federal agencies...

. . . In a 42-page opinion Friday night, Illston said, “No statute gives OPM, OMB, or DOGE the authority to direct other federal agencies to engage in large-scale terminations, restructuring, or elimination of itself.”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/judge-halts-agency-cuts-trump-executive-order

"Republican handwringing over how to discreetly slash Medicaid remained the main hurdle."...

"Republican handwringing over how to discreetly slash Medicaid remained the main hurdle."

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-wheels-come-off-trumps-attempt-to-pass-a-big-beautiful-bill

Oh, huh.https://www.apolloacademy.com/trade-war-has-much-bigger-negative-impact-on-the-us/

Oh, huh.

https://www.apolloacademy.com/trade-war-has-much-bigger-negative-impact-on-the-us/

He is currently clean on...

He is currently clean on OPSEC.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/hegseth-phone-security.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.9o_5._PN1zRJ6f7rc&smid=url-share

"The recession will start on the docks of Los Angeles.It will be a product of a rational response by producers, wholesalers and...

"The recession will start on the docks of Los Angeles.

It will be a product of a rational response by producers, wholesalers and retailers to the uncertainty created by policy makers.

The cost of those policy decisions is a misapplied consumption tax on households and businesses that will soon cause a premature and unnecessary end to the economic expansion. Rising inflation, declining real incomes and increasing unemployment will follow."

https://realeconomy.rsmus.com/trade-shocks-employment-and-the-coming-recession/

Worth a watch.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1QSDSnX8Rw

Worth a watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1QSDSnX8Rw

Tricky scam, that.https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/bank-scammers-using-genuine-push-notifications-to-trick-their-victims/

Tricky scam, that.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/bank-scammers-using-genuine-push-notifications-to-trick-their-victims/

Event list begins about 1/3 of the way down the...

Event list begins about 1/3 of the way down the page.

https://www.portlandmercury.com/community-activism/2025/04/29/47763822/protest-organize-celebrate-may-day-2025-in-portland

"The economic situation in America today is kind of like a car stuck on train tracks, except all the doors have the child lock on and...

"The economic situation in America today is kind of like a car stuck on train tracks, except all the doors have the child lock on and you can’t get out."

https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-recession-gdp-q1-2025

How it started . . . how it's going.

How it started . . . how it's going.

"The current trade war between the US and China is likely to weigh heavily on the US economy in particular. Inflation is likely to rise...

"The current trade war between the US and China is likely to weigh heavily on the US economy in particular. Inflation is likely to rise by over 5 percent and exports are likely to slump by almost 17 percent. The consequences for China itself are also considerable, but much less severe."

https://www.ifw-kiel.de/publications/news/us-china-trade-war-serious-consequences-mostly-for-the-usa/

FreightWaves CEO: There's been a 'collapse' of outbound freight from China into the United...

FreightWaves CEO: There's been a 'collapse' of outbound freight from China into the United States

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJWAWGtiqOY

LOL The closest thing to USA any of these experts recommend is a Canadian utility stock. It's all BUY...

LOL The closest thing to USA any of these experts recommend is a Canadian utility stock. It's all BUY INTERNATIONAL!

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/how-to-invest-10k-q3-2025/