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Post by mhbruin on Sept 24, 2023 8:46:51 GMT -8
What do you call a laughing motorcycle? A Yamahahaha.
All the Pimp Ladies. All the Pimp Ladies.
Women who worked in Donald Trump's White House struck back at Peter Navarro after the former president's old trade advisor called them "pimp ladies" and suggested men in power no longer want to employ any women because of them.
Former Donald Trump advisor Navarro is currently appealing his conviction after being found guilty on contempt charges. He claims he did nothing wrong and didn't have to answer questions about Trump because of executive privilege, but the court said that Navarro didn't provide evidence he was protected by that privilege.
On Thursday and Friday, Navarro lashed out at former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson and other veterans from Trump's administration, including Olivia Troye, the former Homeland Security aide to former Vice President Mike Pence, former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former communications official in Trump's administration, and Fox News host and former Trump White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
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"Watched Hutchinson in West Wing suck candy daily outside Meadows office doing NOTHING. Pimping new 'book' with White House loser alyssa farah. Hutchinson sold soul to J6 witch hunt. This her next 15 minutes of fame. @rudygiuliani hero, Cassidy trash," he wrote on Thursday.
On Friday, he wrote, "Why would White House men - prez, vp, senior aide - EVER hire a woman after watching book pimps Cassiday Hutchinson, Alyssa Farah, Stephanie Grisham, Kayleigh McEnany, Olivia Troye throw mud @realdonaldtrump @rudygiuliani et. al. Pimp ladies be giving real MAGA WOMEN bad name."
Grisham responded, asking if t-shirts might be appropriate.
"If someone wants to make/send me a 'Pimp Lady' T-shirt I wouldn’t be opposed," she wrote late Friday night.
Troye also replied, saying, "Welcome to the Trump White House…where the hardest working women are compared to wh-res & said to chomp on candy while the harassment by entitled conspiracy fear mongering loons like Rudy Giuliani & Peter Navarro lives on…"
"The truth hurts doesn’t it boys," she then added.
Sofia Kinzinger, the wife of former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), also chimed in on what Navarro's post means.
"Reading this tweet is like watching a soccer player score a goal for the opposite team," she said on Saturday. "It’s not like [Trump] is in desperate need of suburban women in order to win a general."
I can care less what you think. I need no permission, did I mention, Don't pay him any attention
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Post by mhbruin on Sept 24, 2023 8:49:06 GMT -8
She Ain't No Pimp LadyHaley Van Voorhis, a safety for Division III Shenandoah University, became the first woman to appear in an NCAA football game at a position other than kicker on Saturday. The 5-foot-6, 145-pound junior registered a quarterback hurry in the first quarter of Shenandoah’s 48-7 home win over Juniata. She brought the quarterback to the ground just after he released the ball, and the third-down pass was incomplete. “It’s an amazing thing,” Van Voorhis told The Washington Post. “I just wanted to get out and do my thing. I want to show other people this is what women can do, to show what I can do. It’s a big moment. I made the impossible possible, and I’m excited about that.” Van Voorhis’ achievement was the latest milestone for women in college football. In 2020, Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller made two extra points to become the first woman to score in a Power Five conference game. 
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Post by mhbruin on Sept 24, 2023 8:50:25 GMT -8
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Post by mhbruin on Sept 24, 2023 8:53:04 GMT -8
States are Spending Massive Amounts of Money to Attract Factories
But why should creating more manufacturing jobs be a policy goal? A large part of the answer is the widespread perception that manufacturing jobs are good jobs — jobs that pay well and come with good benefits.
Yet that isn’t necessarily the case. Manufacturing jobs aren’t inherently better than jobs in other sectors. True, there was a long period — basically from Franklin Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan — when manufacturing jobs were, in fact, good jobs. Nostalgia for this period is part of the reason Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again” got traction with blue-collar voters. But those relatively high wages in manufacturing didn’t just happen: They were negotiated by unions, which were much more powerful in manufacturing than in the rest of the economy. When the power of the unions went away, so did the manufacturing wage premium.
So one way to think about the autoworkers’ strike is that it’s an attempt to make manufacturing good again.
Let’s start with the history. We don’t have all the data we’d like for long-run comparisons — in particular, we don’t have good data outside of manufacturing before the 1960s. But there’s little reason to believe that manufacturing jobs were particularly good jobs before the New Deal.
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Post by mhbruin on Sept 24, 2023 8:54:28 GMT -8
Who Won the Week?
The tens of thousands who attended the huge climate march in the streets of New York City
The striking UAW autoworkers, as negotiations continue for fairer wages and benefits
Pennsylvanians, as Lindsay Powell's win keeps the state House under Democratic control, and Gov. Tom Wolf makes PA the 24th state to implement automatic voter registration
President Biden: frees hostages from Iran's clutches; speaks softly and carries big stick at UN; launches American Climate Corps; expands protected status to Venezuelan migrants
Taylor Swift, who on Voter Registration Day asked her fans to register at Vote.org, and they responded at a rate of 13,000 every 30 minutes (over 35,000 total)
Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans who were kicked out of the military during 'don’t ask, don’t tell,' as the Pentagon announces it will upgrade their military records so they can access benefits and services they deserve
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, for owning House Republicans who tried and failed to grill him in a hearing Wednesday, but not before he completed his first Iron Man triathlon
Marriage-equality champion Rita Lin, confirmed by the Senate and now the first Chinese-American woman to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
John Fetterman, for owning the MAGA cult just by being himself. (Or is he someone else Ooga Booga!!!)
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Post by mhbruin on Sept 24, 2023 8:59:02 GMT -8
They Will Cost the US Economy Billions over This.
Time is running out for Congress to prevent a government shutdown, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) tries to defuse the demands of ultraconservatives in the House who are demanding aggressive spending cuts.
When lawmakers return Tuesday, both the House and the Senate will try different tactics to fund the government past the fast-approaching deadline — each looking to jam their preferred legislation through the other chamber in a risky game of brinkmanship. Current spending laws expire on Sept. 30, so the government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1 without action.
While the far-right rebels in McCarthy’s caucus say the rising national debt is such a threat that it’s worth forcing the government to close down in pursuit of spending cuts, the uncomfortable fiscal reality is that most of what is driving federal borrowing to record levels isn’t even up for discussion this week.
Conservatives want to pare federal discretionary spending back to 2022 levels, which would mean cutting more than $100 billion from agency budgets each year.
That’s a lot of money, but hitting the goal would require severe cuts to a small portion of the federal budget — mostly programs that provide services like education, medical research and aid for families in poverty. The government’s biggest annual expense, though, and the main projected drivers of U.S. debt, are the retirement programs Medicare and Social Security. The United States spends more than $6 trillion every year. McCarthy’s caucus is tying itself in knots over how to make cuts from domestic discretionary spending, which accounts for less than one-sixth of that total.
Looking at it another way, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that the annual federal deficit is expected to rise to nearly $3 trillion per year by next decade, up from roughly $2 trillion this year. If the conservatives in the House GOP get everything they’re seeking now, that number could drop to about $2.8 trillion per year.
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Post by mhbruin on Sept 24, 2023 9:01:38 GMT -8
You May Not Give a FigA huge banyan tree charred by the wildfires in Maui is sprouting new green leaves, giving hope all was not completely lost in the flames. The 150-year-old cultural landmark dominates the courthouse square on Lahaina’s famous Front Street. The tree was planted in 1873, and is the largest one of its kind in the US, raising more than 60 feet. The historic tree, part of the fig family, gives the illusion of being multiple trees due to its ability to develop accessory trunks from its roots, allowing it to spread out. It currently has about 46 major trunks. It is commonly referred to as a gathering place for Lahaina residents, serving as a hub for tourists, festivals, and even wedding proposals. Landscaping business owner Chris Imonti said the banyan Tree has been an iconic figure in Lahaina for more than a century, and seeing the leaves grow means a lot to the community. “People see it as a sign of hope,” Imonti said. “A sign of new beginnings.” Imonti has been working with Hawaii’s state arborist, Steve Nimz, along with a team of volunteers to help preserve the Banyan tree. “I would say about 75% of the tree right now is showing new growth, and we’re really happy about that,” Imonti said. “The northeast corner of the tree got most of the heat so we’re still monitoring that part of the tree pretty closely,” he noted. During the fire, the soil became extremely hot, which altered the ground’s ability to absorb water, according to the landscaper. Volunteers and local contractors have been pouring more than 5,000 gallons of water on the tree daily, in an attempt to rehydrate the roots. 
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Post by mhbruin on Sept 24, 2023 9:04:03 GMT -8
Gag Him WIth a Spoon. Denver District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace issued a gag order on Friday against Donald Trump and his lawyers in connection with a disqualification lawsuit filed against him under the 14th Amendment, Section 3. Judge Wallace also set a trial date for October 30, which is scheduled for five days. The gag order and trial date were set after a Friday hearing. Lawyers for the petitioners argued that Donald Trump’s behavior posed a threat to the orderly administration of justice and placed the parties in danger. Petitioners cited as an example the recent intervention in the case by the Colorado Republican Party Central Committee Chair, who has already accused petitioners of treason for filing the lawsuit against Donald Trump. The petitioners include a group of prominent Colorado residents, some who previously occupied leadership positions in the Colorado Republican Party before it was taken over by MAGA. Trump’s lawyers opposed the gag order. The court sided with the petitioners and granted the gag order request. The gag order was officially captioned in an order signed by the judge as a “protective order.” The order expressly prohibits any party from engaging in threats, intimidation, harassment, or conduct that would otherwise adversely harm another party, witness, or the administration of justice. A violation of the protective order would subject a party to contempt of court or other sanctions as the court deems proper. Trump Hit With Surprise Gag Order in Colorado Disqualification Case
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