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August West

@j-harding.bsky.social
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I mostly comment… Here for: La Resistance 👨‍🎨, econ & fin trends, art & a song. No DMs. Twit ban Oct ‘22 School: Radio, TV, Film  Lived My Dream: Nat’l Radio Promo Warner Bros Records, Burbank CA

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/08/2025
The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Supreme Court decided Thursday. to.pbs.org/41RWWf5
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Supreme Court lets Trump cut $783 million of health research funding amid anti-DEI push
The high court majority lifted a judge’s order blocking $783 million worth of cuts made by the National Institutes of Health to align with Republican President Donald Trump’s priorities. The high cour...
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
If you got busted for pot 20 years ago don’t think you can take a weekend trip to Canada and get back into the U.S. www.wmur.com/article/excl...
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News 9 exclusive: NH resident unable to return from Canada after being stopped at border
A man who has lived in the United States since he was 3 and raised a family in New Hampshire has found himself blocked from returning home from Canada.
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Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
5/Medicaid cuts don’t just threaten individual coverage; they threaten jobs and local economies. As #EGgrantee @robertmanduca.bsky.social writes, Medicaid fuels a bigger part of the local economy than the biggest industry in many U.S. states. equitablegrowth.org/medicaid-and...
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Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
4/ Health care is the largest U.S. industry by employment with strong job and wage growth – one of the U.S.’s “middle-class jobs engines” per EG’s @kevinrinz.bsky.social in today's NYT. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Health Care Remade the U.S. Economy (Gift Article)
Medicine is now the nation’s largest employer, but its growth may be slowing.
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Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
3/ But there are other risks to the U.S. job market and the One Big Beautiful Bill is…a big one. Let’s zoom in on health care as an example...
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Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
2/ There are signs of cracks in current economic conditions, though. Employment is falling in industries with the highest exposure to the administration's tariffs.
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Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
1/ U.S. labor market is proving resilient despite recent best efforts to weaken it through uncertainty, cuts to federal spending, and rising costs.
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Local news will have a place in telling the story. People still watch it. Especially older people on a fixed budget that cannot afford cable news. And I hope these folks will vote in the midterms.
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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
They know exactly what they’re doing. Cruelty becomes easy when empathy is replaced with spectacle. Dehumanization, moral disengagement, and cultish loyalty let people justify or even enjoy violence. In fascist movements, suffering isn’t hidden, it’s displayed - to both entertain and control.
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Alligator lives matter.
The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.
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Dave Troy @davetroy.com · 02/06/2025
📄 NEW: Mass media is pushing the false narrative that Musk has 'left' government to focus on his companies. But the reality is that Musk fronts a cartel of related and accelerating interests. My latest. america2.news/musk-isnt-go...
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Musk Isn't “Gone” — and Tech Fascism Is Running Rampant
Musk wants us to believe he's "left government" to focus on his companies. But the broader tech fascist movement he's enabling is moving forward at astonishing speed.
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
If Republicans really think they can get away with this, they need better advisors. 2026 cannot come soon enough.
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
#econsky TikTok TikTok Team Trump 29% week over week drop in Asian freight to LA and Long Beach ports. Longshoremen, warehousing, trucking, rail, logistics will be the first to go idle. Bessent told a group China riff unsustainable Video at bottom of article worth www.cnbc.com/2025/04/22/b...
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Chinese freight ship traffic to busiest U.S. ports, Los Angeles, Long Beach, sees steep drop
Freight vessel traffic from China bound for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is down sharply as Trump's tariffs and recession fears hit trade.
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
#econsky Bessent says since its IMF week in DC, “maybe he’ll bump in Chinese officials but nothing is scheduled” New 20 min interview. finance.yahoo.com/news/why-the...
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Why the latest stock market pullback feels right
Markets need more clarity on tariffs. Bottom line.
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
#poll #econsky #tariff @cbsnews.com @facethenation.bsky.social
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
#poll #econsky #tariff @cbsnews.com @facethenation.bsky.social
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
#poll #econsky #tariff @cbsnews.com @facethenation.bsky.social
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
#poll #econsky #tariff @cbsnews.com @facethenation.bsky.social
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
#econsky finance.yahoo.com/news/comment...
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Commentary: China knows Trump’s breaking point
Trump went wobbly on his trade war when the stock sell-off neared a bear market, and credit markets started to quiver. You can bet China noticed.
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#econsky Futures are down hard.
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Tesla misses Q1 sales projection by -30,000. CNBC story in link tinyurl.com/mu222vwy
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
#econsky More gloom and doom unfortunately. I’m not convinced that Besset’s idea of lowering the 10 year rate and paying less interest on the debt, as a starter tactic, is gonna work long term. tinyurl.com/muf2cy4
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First-quarter GDP growth will be just 0.3% as tariffs stoke stagflation conditions, says CNBC survey
The Rapid Update, averaging forecasts from 14 economists for GDP and inflation, sees first quarter growth registering an anemic 0.3%.
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
#econsky
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
@cnn polling AOC tops list for Dem direction
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This poll will only get worse considering it was taken prior to Schumer position on opposition. Dems want real change. Not the same Schumer shit.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
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Grandma Janet @sweetgrandmajan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I'm working hard. #Woodoo
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Available in reader mode, top left
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The Bulwark explainer on the upcoming congressional CR vote.
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Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 07/03/2025
I am excited to introduce the Protect Social Security and Medicare Act with @doggett.house.gov and Rep. Maxwell Frost. We all pay into these programs and are counting on them for essential healthcare and a dignified retirement. This bill will protect them.
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
#econsky CBS / YouGov @facethenation.bsky.social
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
#econsky Trump is at opposite ends with what his priorities are vs what voters want.
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#econsky “Maybe the Biden economy wasn’t so bad…” finance.yahoo.com/news/this-we...
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Bit of a shocker considering the US economy was the envy of the world a few months ago. GDP Q1 for 2025: -1.5% ! #econsky Trumps erratic policy actions are eroding confidence. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/28/t...
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
#econsky Trump can’t bully the bond market. Also, issues tracker at end of article. finance.yahoo.com/news/newman-...
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Newman: Trump’s biggest economic vulnerability has emerged (Commentary)
Trump is headed for a showdown with bond markets. Bullying won't work.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
USAID Fraud Allegations: Fact vs. Fiction Fact Inspector General’s Investigations: - USAID’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) actively investigates allegations of major fraud, corruption, and misconduct within its programs and operations, demonstrating accountability in addressing internal issues.
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Diane I Larabie @dilarabie.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
“His aide, according to the WSJ, said Trump’s CIA will have a greater focus on the Western Hemisphere, targeting countries not traditionally considered adversaries of the United States.” www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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CIA offers buyouts to entire workforce to align with Trump priorities, WSJ reports
The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, citing an aim to bring the agency in line with U.S. President Donald Trump’s priorities, the Wall Street Journal report...
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
#tariffs #auto #econsky If tariffs hold, @cnbc.com estimates cost of new auto to consumer will be +$6250, assuming full tariff is passed on to auto buyer.
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Where’s the @sarajacobs.house.gov video stating 99% of fentanyl coming into US from Mexico is by US citizens? Mexico is now sending 10,000 troops to their border to stop fentanyl. So, stoping US citizens from entering U.S.? Great move by Mexico to bargain the prevention of U.S. guns to Mexico.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
(Bloomberg) - Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at the US Treasury Department. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Musk Says DOGE Is ‘Rapidly Shutting Down’ Treasury Payments
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at...
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Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
They are politicizing standard payments. Illinois, we are in for a rough time. We need electeds to know we want action. Call your red AND blue senators and representatives. Both only have one goal: to get reelected. Tell them they won’t if they don’t do something. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
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Find and contact elected officials | USAGov
Use USAGov’s Contact Your Elected Officials tool to get contact information for your members of Congress, the president, and state and local officials.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Again, imagine if George Soros took control of all our government intel, shared it publicly with … Edward Snowden, I guess? … and they talked about how they were going to take down evangelical mega churches. The right would self combust
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
When will @bsky.app FOLLOWING FEED be precisely by the second in most recent order????? I don’t want to see a post from 11 hours ago as my third most recent post!!!
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Kind of hard to believe on the Dem side. Only actual tariff financial pain or job loss might sway opinions. poll.qu.edu/images/polli...
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
#tariffs The real reason. C’mon, we all know he’s jealous.
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Steve Kovach @stevekovach.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Google Gemini won’t tell you who the U.S. president is. Deepseek won’t comment on the CCP.
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The Rise Of BlueSky The rise of Bluesky www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
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The rise of Bluesky
Bluesky got an influx of new users following the U.S. election, largely from individuals looking to flee X. The social medial platform now has over 28 million users. Bluesky is the brainchild of Twitt...
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August West @j-harding.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Peace. Love. Out.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Bloomberg says that Trump will immediately declare a national energy emergency. We all know why — it will be about gutting environmental protection. But still worth noting that US energy is actually doing fine, with production > consumption and exports > imports 1/
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Here is the language from the statute about the president’s power to grant a 90-day delay for TikTok divestiture from ByteDance. It requires certification that “there are in place” “binding legal agreements” for a sale.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Trump set the TikTok ban in motion Congress passed legislation Biden signs legislation SCOTUS upholds ban Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open TikTok shuts down anyway Trump tweets TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄
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