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<\/a><\/p>\nMoneywise: The US now has more unemployed workers than job openings for the 1st time since April 2021 \u2014 why this single \u2018turning point\u2019 signals trouble ahead<\/a><\/h2>\n…<\/p>\n
Axios notes that just three years ago, Americans revelled in a job market that offered a greater than 2:1 ratio of jobs to unemployed people. \u201cAs of July, that ratio has fallen to 0.99\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to Reuters, many economists blame the Trump tariffs for cooling the labor market, with Wells Fargo senior economist Sarah House telling the outlet that her firm expects \u201cthe slower pace of consumer spending and cost pressures related to tariffs will keep the pressure on businesses to look for cost savings where they can, including their workforce”.
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\n(Moneywise more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNY Times: Trump Threatens to Cancel Meeting With China\u2019s Xi and Impose New Tariffs<\/a><\/h2>\nSarah Jones & Jason Easley: JB Pritzker Urges Trump’s Family To Get Him Medical Help For Dementia<\/a><\/h2>\nAt a White House event, Trump claimed he was lowering drug prices by 1000%, and then confused groceries, gas, and oil in remarks that showed his apparent growing inability to form thoughts.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nForbes: Trump And RFK Jr. Double Down On Unproven Tylenol-Autism Link: \u2018We\u2019re Doing The Studies To Make The Proof\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\nMedCity News: Why Healthcare Leaders Are Worried About the New H-1B Visa Fee<\/a><\/h2>\nExperts warn that the Trump administration\u2019s new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications could worsen healthcare\u2019s workforce crisis, especially in rural areas, by making it prohibitively expensive for hospitals to hire international clinicians.<\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – October 10, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nThat Trump and his loyalists are standing with the autocrat Putin rather than democracy is clearer every day.
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Today, masked border patrol agents pinned WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman to the ground and arrested her after she recorded agents detaining a Latino man. …
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Yesterday a second Republican governor, Phil Scott of Vermont, opposed the administration\u2019s deployment of federalized National Guard troops to Chicago and to Portland, Oregon. \u201cI don\u2019t think our guard should be used against our own people. I don\u2019t think the military should be used against our own people. In fact, it\u2019s unconstitutional,\u201d Scott said. \u201cUnless, of course, there\u2019s an insurrection, much like we saw January 6 a few years ago.\u201d
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Josh Dawsey reported in the Wall Street Journal<\/em> today that administrative officials joke about ruling Congress with an \u201ciron fist\u201d and that Trump ally Steve Bannon has compared Congress to Russia\u2019s largely ceremonial Duma.<\/p>\nToday House speaker Johnson announced he would cancel another week\u2019s session, making four weeks he has kept House members from their jobs. Johnson first sent the members home on September 19. Staying out of session means not working on the budget that is overdue or hammering out the necessary appropriations bills. It means not working on figuring out a way to extend the healthcare premium tax credits that Democrats are demanding.<\/p>\n
It also means not swearing in Representative Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), who won election on September 23 and who will provide the 218th vote on a discharge petition to trigger a vote on a measure requiring the release of the files the government has on the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAdam Kinzinger: Trump\u2019s \u201cEnemy Within\u201d: How Fascist Rhetoric Became U.S. Policy<\/a><\/h2>\nJason Easley: House Republicans Have A Full Shutdown Meltdown And Call Upcoming No Kings Protest Terrorism<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(Moneywise more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
NY Times: Trump Threatens to Cancel Meeting With China\u2019s Xi and Impose New Tariffs<\/a><\/h2>\nSarah Jones & Jason Easley: JB Pritzker Urges Trump’s Family To Get Him Medical Help For Dementia<\/a><\/h2>\nAt a White House event, Trump claimed he was lowering drug prices by 1000%, and then confused groceries, gas, and oil in remarks that showed his apparent growing inability to form thoughts.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nForbes: Trump And RFK Jr. Double Down On Unproven Tylenol-Autism Link: \u2018We\u2019re Doing The Studies To Make The Proof\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\nMedCity News: Why Healthcare Leaders Are Worried About the New H-1B Visa Fee<\/a><\/h2>\nExperts warn that the Trump administration\u2019s new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications could worsen healthcare\u2019s workforce crisis, especially in rural areas, by making it prohibitively expensive for hospitals to hire international clinicians.<\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – October 10, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nThat Trump and his loyalists are standing with the autocrat Putin rather than democracy is clearer every day.
\n…<\/p>\n
Today, masked border patrol agents pinned WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman to the ground and arrested her after she recorded agents detaining a Latino man. …
\n…<\/p>\n
Yesterday a second Republican governor, Phil Scott of Vermont, opposed the administration\u2019s deployment of federalized National Guard troops to Chicago and to Portland, Oregon. \u201cI don\u2019t think our guard should be used against our own people. I don\u2019t think the military should be used against our own people. In fact, it\u2019s unconstitutional,\u201d Scott said. \u201cUnless, of course, there\u2019s an insurrection, much like we saw January 6 a few years ago.\u201d
\n…<\/p>\n
Josh Dawsey reported in the Wall Street Journal<\/em> today that administrative officials joke about ruling Congress with an \u201ciron fist\u201d and that Trump ally Steve Bannon has compared Congress to Russia\u2019s largely ceremonial Duma.<\/p>\nToday House speaker Johnson announced he would cancel another week\u2019s session, making four weeks he has kept House members from their jobs. Johnson first sent the members home on September 19. Staying out of session means not working on the budget that is overdue or hammering out the necessary appropriations bills. It means not working on figuring out a way to extend the healthcare premium tax credits that Democrats are demanding.<\/p>\n
It also means not swearing in Representative Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), who won election on September 23 and who will provide the 218th vote on a discharge petition to trigger a vote on a measure requiring the release of the files the government has on the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAdam Kinzinger: Trump\u2019s \u201cEnemy Within\u201d: How Fascist Rhetoric Became U.S. Policy<\/a><\/h2>\nJason Easley: House Republicans Have A Full Shutdown Meltdown And Call Upcoming No Kings Protest Terrorism<\/a><\/h2>\n
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At a White House event, Trump claimed he was lowering drug prices by 1000%, and then confused groceries, gas, and oil in remarks that showed his apparent growing inability to form thoughts.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Experts warn that the Trump administration\u2019s new $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications could worsen healthcare\u2019s workforce crisis, especially in rural areas, by making it prohibitively expensive for hospitals to hire international clinicians.<\/p>\n … Today, masked border patrol agents pinned WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman to the ground and arrested her after she recorded agents detaining a Latino man. … Yesterday a second Republican governor, Phil Scott of Vermont, opposed the administration\u2019s deployment of federalized National Guard troops to Chicago and to Portland, Oregon. \u201cI don\u2019t think our guard should be used against our own people. I don\u2019t think the military should be used against our own people. In fact, it\u2019s unconstitutional,\u201d Scott said. \u201cUnless, of course, there\u2019s an insurrection, much like we saw January 6 a few years ago.\u201d Josh Dawsey reported in the Wall Street Journal<\/em> today that administrative officials joke about ruling Congress with an \u201ciron fist\u201d and that Trump ally Steve Bannon has compared Congress to Russia\u2019s largely ceremonial Duma.<\/p>\n Today House speaker Johnson announced he would cancel another week\u2019s session, making four weeks he has kept House members from their jobs. Johnson first sent the members home on September 19. Staying out of session means not working on the budget that is overdue or hammering out the necessary appropriations bills. It means not working on figuring out a way to extend the healthcare premium tax credits that Democrats are demanding.<\/p>\n It also means not swearing in Representative Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), who won election on September 23 and who will provide the 218th vote on a discharge petition to trigger a vote on a measure requiring the release of the files the government has on the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Forbes: Trump And RFK Jr. Double Down On Unproven Tylenol-Autism Link: \u2018We\u2019re Doing The Studies To Make The Proof\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n
MedCity News: Why Healthcare Leaders Are Worried About the New H-1B Visa Fee<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – October 10, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nThat Trump and his loyalists are standing with the autocrat Putin rather than democracy is clearer every day.
\n…<\/p>\n
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\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAdam Kinzinger: Trump\u2019s \u201cEnemy Within\u201d: How Fascist Rhetoric Became U.S. Policy<\/a><\/h2>\n
Jason Easley: House Republicans Have A Full Shutdown Meltdown And Call Upcoming No Kings Protest Terrorism<\/a><\/h2>\n
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