MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 16mwww.washingtonpost.com/business/202... Hiring slowed in September, revealing economic strains from the Iran war and immigration enforcement. Forecasters had expected job gains of about 84,000 in September, but only 29,000 jobs were added. Price increases have outpaced wage growth for over 7 months. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 1hwww.wlrn.org/health/2026-... Trump DOJ tells federal appeals court to vacate its March decision requiring medically fragile children in Florida to receive the care they need while living at home with families. GOP abandons disabled Americans of all ages and guts Americans With Disabilities ACT.wlrn.orgIn Florida, a policy change threatens care medically fragile children get at home“We have worked so hard to keep him alive, and here we are talking about potentially having to put him into a facility, but there is no facility to keep him alive and safe.” 000
Reposted by MickieMorganfield#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 14hTrump Expands His Cruelty To the Disabled, Starting With Disabled Children #PolitiZoomtwp.aipolitizoom.comTrump Expands His Cruelty To the Disabled, Starting With Disabled Children 52911
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 2hwww.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comUnlikely revolutionary Mr Rogers will lead the uprising: the Stephen Collins cartoonWhere’s Fred Rogers when you need him? 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22hwashingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/25/trump-classified-map-private-plane/ Bondi DOJ sent files to the Judiciary Committee showing Trump stole records including some pertinent to his Middle East licensing deals - top level intel, well above his remit to declassify, unsecured at his club .washingtonpost.comTrump showed classified map to passengers on his plane in 2022, memo saysThe document offers a snapshot of an early moment in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation and adds new shading to the public understanding of Smith’s probes. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22hBombshell Report - Why Trump Hoarded Files newrepublic.com/post/208160/... @newrepublic Trump stole classified documents pertinent to the business interests of Middle East billionaires who hire Trump Org. Judge Cannon's order gags Smith and the documents. Pam Bondi error let the cat out of the bag.newrepublic.comBombshell Jack Smith Report Reveals Why Trump Hoarded Classified DocsOne of the documents Trump kept was so sensitive that only six people were authorized to view it. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22hwww.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve... Hussain Sajwani, Emirati billionaire whose DAMAC group pays millions for Trump's name on their Dubai golf resorts, gets Trump's "expedited review" and Ohio infrastructure, water, utility access for the first of 10 planned AI centers.citizensforethics.orgData centers are spiking Ohio utility prices. One developer is Trump’s business partner. - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonHussain Sajwani, an Emirati billionaire, is apparently planning to develop a data center in Ohio. He also happens to be Trump's business partner. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22hazfamily.com/2026/03/18/arizona-data-centers-warming-neighboring-communities-by-several-degrees/ Warming neighborhoods by a few degrees can exacerbate periods of extreme heat. One study found that for each 1-degree Fahrenheit increase during a heat wave, the risk of death rose by 2.5 %.azfamily.comArizona data centers warming neighboring communities by ‘several degrees’A few degrees of warming could elevate health risks. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22hfortune.com/2026/04/01/ai-data-centers-heat-island-hyperscalers/ Data centers are so hot their ‘heat island’ effect is raising temperatures up to 6 miles away and impacting 343 million people worldwide.fortune.comData centers are so hot their ‘heat island’ effect is raising temperatures up to 6 miles away | FortuneResearchers warn these “heat islands” could have a “remarkable influence on communities and regional welfare,” and affect more than 340 million people. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22hnewrepublic.com/post/211802/donald-trump-iran-war-america-energy-hub-oil Gas inventories 5% below June 2025 levels. U.S. Diesel stockpiles lowest since 2003. Main hub Cushing crude oil tanks held 21.6 million barrels June 2026 - at 20M they are effectively empty, only unusable sludge remaining.newrepublic.comAmerica’s Biggest Energy Hub Is About to Run Out of OilDonald Trump’s war in Iran is driving U.S. oil inventories dangerously low. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 01/10/2026japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/19/economy/iran-war-diesel-supply-loss/ From March to August, Energy Aspects, Kpler and Vortexa analytics see a loss of 770,000 barrels a day from the Middle East compared to same period 2025 = twice the 350,000-barrel a day Russian supply loss in those time-frames.japantimes.co.jpIran war drives bigger diesel supply loss despite Trump’s claimsThe global energy market was thrown into disarray this year, with a widely expected oil glut erased by the Iran conflict. 011
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 01/10/2026ttnews.com/articles/iran-war-diesel-supply-loss According to estimates compiled by Bloomberg and double-checked with diesel traders, the Iran war has removed more diesel supply from the market than the Russia-Ukraine conflict.ttnews.comIran war drives bigger diesel supply loss than Trump claims - TTAccording to estimates compiled by Bloomberg and double-checked with diesel traders, the Iran war has removed more diesel supply from the market than the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 001
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 30/09/2026itep.org/meta-tax-bre... If Meta had paid 21% of its $79B in 2025 profits in federal corporate income taxes, it would've paid $16.5B. Instead, Meta reported a “current federal tax expense” of $2.8B, just 3.6%. Executive stock options created $4.3B in tax breaks. It paid an 0.9% state tax nationwide.itep.orgMeta’s Federal Tax Rate Hits an All-Time Low Due to Breaks Expanded by Trump Tax LawThe company paid an effective federal income tax rate of just over 3.5% in 2025, the lowest it has recorded since the company went public as Facebook in 2012. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... Zukerberg told investors, “Every sign we’re seeing in our own work and across the industry gives us confidence in this investment.” Meta tells the IRS a different story, calling A.I. data centers a giant experiment that could fail, claiming tax credits for R & D.nytimes.comHow Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. 010
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.forbes.com/sites/zachar... Wilbur Ross and Steve Wynn have primary homes in Florida & don't pay any NYState or NYCity income tax funding much of the infrastructure and service they expect at their NYC second homes. (Out-of-state students in most state universities pay higher tuition too.)forbes.comNYC’s Pied-A-Terre Tax Must Redo Rollout, Judge RulesThe tax is facing a new legal challenge from billionaire Steve Wynn and former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. 000
Reposted by MickieMorganfieldWoman Veteran ☮️ @pamelaoplays.bsky.social · 10/06/2026- 🌊💙 ☮️ #PamelaEndorses Sandra Jauregui for Nevada Lt. Governor because she believes that we can protect the 2nd Amendment and 2nd graders at the same time. -sandrafornevada.comSandra for NevadaSandra Jauregui is committed to Nevada families with a strong focus on community development initiatives and gun violence prevention. 04716
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.forbes.com/sites/fionar... Private-sector companies added 90,000 jobs in September, with education and health services jobs rising by 55,000 while finance and professional services jobs fell by 27,000. Much of the growth came from the Northeast, which accounted for 56,000 jobs.forbes.comPrivate-Sector Jobs Rose By 90,000 In September, ADP Report Shows—In These IndustriesEducation and health services jobs increased by 55,000, representing 61% of the net total gain for September, ADP reported. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.nbcnews.com/politics/con... Schmitt didn't get the teams right, but persisted in smearing Georgia DA Willis, whose 2 grand juries voted YES to charging Trump and 38+ co-conspirators with felonies/election fraud. Georgia fired Willis for hiring a prosecutor who wasn't afraid of the GOP or Trump.nbcnews.comGOP senator airballs perjury claim against Jack Smith over apparent Hawks/Hawkeyes mix-upThe Missouri senator’s shot at a gotcha moment against the former special counsel wound up being a very public miss. 110
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 29/09/2026ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/12/ohio-steel-giant-aims-to-use-biden-climate-funds-for-polluting-project/ Cleveland-Cliffs got $500M from Biden for a big green-steel push, next generation technology, bigger output. To align with Trump WH, they're “rescoping” to use coal and boost local pollution.ohiocapitaljournal.comOhio steel giant aims to use Biden climate funds for polluting project • Ohio Capital JournalSteel giant Cleveland-Cliffs was supposed to use up to $500 million from a Biden administration grant to usher in cleaner steelmaking in SW Ohio. Now the company plans to instead put those funds towar... 200
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... 205,000 children in the United States have lost one or both parents to ICE deportations. Brookings Institution shows that 71% of the children are U.S. citizens and over 35,000 were left, like Eber, with no parent at all. Few of the parents had any criminal record.theatlantic.comThe Babies Left Behind in AmericaThe United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis. 031
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 27/09/2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-... Fourteen senators led by Armed Services Committee chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), top-ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, urged Trump to rescind his G20 invitation to Putin in light of his war against Ukraine.heathercoxrichardson.substack.comSeptember 26, 2026Trump’s war on the free press is continuing. 021
Reposted by MickieMorganfieldleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Fuck trump and MLB! MLB approached trump's admin about hosting a game at a national park. WHY??!! The Tetons are about “wildlife, opportunity for solitude, not for more amusement,” said the county commissioner. wapo.st/4yhcHKC 125425
Reposted by MickieMorganfieldBuckleup36 @buckleup36.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Trump does NOT have a mandate to shred our institutions. His margin of victory (pop vote + electoral college) is the third smallest since 1888. (Only JFK in '60 and Nixon in '68 were smaller.) If 238k votes in the blue wall states had been different, he would have lost. 49.8% vs 48.3% NOT a mandate. 31458146
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... There was comedy and drama and voices you only dreamed...discussions and readings...sometimes it was free. They dared to invite children into this place too. They dared to sit them down and tell them stories, on a stage. Do you know what a story can do to a mind?theatlantic.comThe Kennedy Center Is the Most Terrifying Building in AmericaThis place is much too dangerous. 000
Reposted by MickieMorganfieldM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u... Just Another Trump Lie.....nytimes.comFrom 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle.It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare. 13417
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.epi.org/publication/... Policy choices, not competitive markets, are behind unbalanced power and growing economic inequality. Raising the minimum wage, ensuring every worker who wants a union has access to one, and full employment could rebalance the labor market in favor of workers.epi.orgWage suppression in 10 chartsWages for typical workers lag far behind productivity growth. It hasn't always been this way and does not have to be this way. These 10 charts outline the historical context of workers’ wage trajector... 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.epi.org/blog/ceo-pay... Typical workers’ wages would be 45% higher if pay had kept pace with productivity growth since 1979. Annual earnings for the top 1% have grown 182% since 1979, while wages of the bottom 90% have grown just 44%.epi.orgCEO pay surged in 2025: CEOs are paid 325 times as much as the typical workerKey findings: CEO pay at the top 350 U.S. firms rose 14.0% in 2025 to an average of $27.9 million. CEOs made 325 times as much as the typical worker in 2025. It hasn’t always been this way. In 1965, C... 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b... Going to 1000 Tomahawks: “They need parts in 12 weeks to support the ramp-up for Raytheon,” he said. “We can’t do that. It’s a new design to us. We’re looking at a year.” Each actuator's ball screw is measured in units one-hundredth the width of a human hair.nytimes.comThis Screw Is Needed for Missiles and Planes. Buying One Can Take Years. (Gift Article)As the Trump administration scrambles to increase the production of munitions, these special screws are expensive and hard to source. 010
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t... The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Using login credentials found online, Rogue AI pulled data, made SEC information public.nytimes.comOpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites (Gift Article)The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission. 024
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 25/09/2026epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-colorado-receive-funding-49-clean-school-buses The $5 Billion in Biden's IRA for Clean School Buses would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save districts money and clean the air. Older diesel engines are linked to asthma students’ health.epa.govBiden-Harris Administration announces Colorado to receive funding for 49 Clean School Buses as part of Investing in America Agenda | US EPAEPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces Colorado to receive funding for 49 Clean School Buses as part of Investing in America Agenda 100
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.npr.org/2026/08/27/n... (In the month since this article was posted, diesel has jumped to $6.53 a gallon. In 2025 Trump cancelled Biden funding for electric buses that created jobs and clean transit for American school kids). One Washington state district expects a 38% higher fuel bill.npr.orgSchool districts face a back-to-school math problem: The high price of dieselWith the war in Iran driving up fuel prices, diesel is now nearly $5.60 a gallon, affecting school districts at the start of the year. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 24/09/2026x.com/NedLamont/st... Ned Lamont cut taxes by making #CT finances stronger. Ryan Fazio thinks raising childcare and healthcare costs will cut taxes. Lamont delivered the largest middle-class income tax cut in #CT history, paid down $11B in pension debt, built record reserves, balanced 8 budgets.x.comNed Lamont (@NedLamont) on XYesterday, my opponent lied about my record. Let's set the record straight. 010
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MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/a... USA buys 40% of its agricultural imports, by value, from Mexico and Latin America - tomatoes, berries, citrus, fresh produce, avocados. Harvesting equipment, refrigerated trucking, and cross-border transport, all rely on diesel. Banning diesel exports is dumb.atlanticcouncil.orgA diesel export ban could disrupt US supply chainsThere are second- and third-order consequences of a ban to consider, including what it would mean for Latin American countries. 110
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If Mexico lost access to US diesel imports, physical outages could emerge in a matter of days, disrupting agricultural production. That would translate into higher grocery prices and tighter supply for food staples American consumers purchase. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.forbes.com/sites/kenrob... In 2025 United States imported a record 84.26% of its oil from within the Western Hemisphere, the ninth consecutive year of market-share increase. Leading the sellers was Canada, which accounted for more than 60% of all U.S. oil imports.forbes.comMideast Accounts For Lowest Share Of U.S. Oil Imports Since 1970sThe U.S. in 2025 imported a record 84.26% of its oil from within the Western Hemisphere, the ninth consecutive year of market-share increase. Canada led the way. 010
Reposted by MickieMorganfieldJust Darling @darling121.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Who wouldn’t welcome this good news during Climate Week or any week for that matter. EPA’s Polluter Pal Lee Zeldin must now fork over $7 billion in clean energy funding … but he’s considering options for appeal. Why? Because those big bucks are already in the Fascist Felon’s pockets? Monsters.insideclimatenews.orgFederal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration Over Canceled Clean Energy Grants - Inside Climate NewsThe Solar for All program was intended to provide dozens of grants for clean energy programs in underserved communities. The Trump-appointed judge said the program’s termination was unlawful. 163
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22/09/2026paulkrugman.substack.com/p/of-donald-... Diesel is selling at $200+ a barrel, what we'd expect with crude at @ $190, not $102 a barrel. The current energy crisis is largely a crisis in petroleum products, refined from crude oil. Its proximate cause is a global shortage of refining capacity.paulkrugman.substack.comOf Donald and DieselNever mind crude oil; distillates are the problem now 100
Reposted by MickieMorganfieldMickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22/09/2026 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/h... OZ and Trump expelled from ACA many people making under the poverty limit wage of $16,000. They're some of over $1.2M uninsured citizens living in the 10 states that opted out of Medicaid when SCOTUS said it was optional. Trump calls it fraud to enroll them in ACA.nytimes.comTrump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud (Gift Article)Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion. 001
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22/09/2026 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/h... OZ and Trump expelled from ACA many people making under the poverty limit wage of $16,000. They're some of over $1.2M uninsured citizens living in the 10 states that opted out of Medicaid when SCOTUS said it was optional. Trump calls it fraud to enroll them in ACA.nytimes.comTrump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud (Gift Article)Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion. 001
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22/09/2026nytimes.com/2026/09/22/health/aca-obamacare-vance-fraud.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DFE.sD5V.do6Skb7nxF6-&smid=tw-share Oz and Donald expell ACA enrollees, many under a federal $16,000 poverty wage. They're among 1.2M+ uninsured in a 10 state coverage gap created when SCOTUS made Medicaid optional.nytimes.comTrump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud (Gift Article)Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/w... On a hot August morning in the West Bank’s desert, an Israeli teenager performed a backflip into the cool water of an ancient reservoir. It was filled with spring water diverted from Palestinian farms that used to grow eggplants, cucumbers and watermelons.nytimes.comIsraeli Tourist Trap ‘Herod’s Pool’ Is Draining Palestinians’ Land Dry (Gift Article)Israeli lawmakers have promoted visits to an ancient reservoir in the West Bank that was refilled this summer with water diverted from Palestinian-owned farms. 002
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22/09/2026paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-crypt... The 1.4 billion or so that Trump personally has made from crypto investors/campaign donors, here and abroad, makes crypto maybe the biggest single political financial force out there.paulkrugman.substack.comWill Crypto Crash the Blue Wave?AI gets the attention, but the Big Scam is still spending big 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 22/09/2026newrepublic.com/post/215604/... WH has paid businesses $100 billion in tariff refunds. The tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled to be illegal cost every household $700, but as ABC points out “most consumers—who paid higher prices from the tariffs—aren’t seeing any money go back into their pockets.”newrepublic.comThe Trump Dividend Checks Have Already Gone Out. Just Not to You.Here are some things to remember while you’re waiting for that $5,000 the president is promising. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sweden has a new solution to winter road ice that helps birds avoid dehydration or starvation: 022
Reposted by MickieMorganfield𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/09/2026Okay, this got me. 650158963233
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... Between 2014 and 2023, with Deborah Rutter as Kennedy Center president, Center assets grew from $470 million to $633 million. For 6 of those years, it ran a surplus, and the 2 lean years coincided with COVID. How long til Trump's band of bunglers bankrupt it?newyorker.comThe Trump Show Comes to the Kennedy CenterCan the fifty-four-year-old arts hub weather the next four years? 042
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... As The New Yorker reported in April, the Kennedy Center’s revenue grew steadily under a decade of Rutter’s leadership, and its endowment increased by over 50%. Trump replaced her with flunkies giving free access to his donors, foregoing rentals, income, programs.newyorker.comHow the Kennedy Center Has Been Transformed by TrumpismThe President was drawn to the institution for its cultural prestige. He and his allies made it radioactive. 000
MickieMorganfield @mickiedances.bsky.social · 19/09/2026DOGE Staffers Lead New AI Takeover of WH Services newrepublic.com/post/215538/... via @newrepublic.com Trump National Design Services built and runs 4 public federal websites ndstudio.gov, trumprx.gov, realfood.gov and trumpaccounts.gov with visitor-tracking software to evade citizens privacy tools.newrepublic.comDOGE Staffers Are Back—and Leading AI Takeover of Government ServicesThe DOGE goons who drove federal agencies into the ground last year are back, including that dude who goes by “Big Balls.” 100