Open Thread | The Biden Economy | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Got the economic news out this past week:

Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) posted at 7:33 AM on Fri, Feb 02, 2024:
JUST IN: The US economy added a blockbuster 353,000 jobs in January, far exceeding expectations of 180,000. This is a really healthy economy. (December jobs revised up to 333,000)

Unemployment rate: 3.7%

Wage growth: 4.5% in past year —>far ahead of 3.4% inflation

(https://x.com/byHeatherLong/status/1753411268503822596?t=qKzMRxOCL9NIgYnw5p_B_Q&s=03)

The MSM weeps.

Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) posted at 8:00 AM on Fri, Feb 02, 2024:
Stepping, back it’s truly incredible how strong this jobs recovery from the pandemic has been.

14.8 million jobs added since Biden took office
5.4 million more jobs than pre-pandemic

You can see it in the chart. https://t.co/PLQK9NP1mp
(https://x.com/byHeatherLong/status/1753418076974973230?t=ZgtTHzM7K3v7ZWupwn8bwA&s=03)

They have been hoping for bad news since Biden became President.

Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) posted at 7:58 AM on Fri, Feb 02, 2024:
Black unemployment rate (by President)
Worst Ever: 21.2% (1983 – Reagan)
2nd Worst: 16.9% (2020 – Trump)
Best Ever: 4.8% (2023 – Biden)
Current: 5.3%

Last year was the first time ever that Black unemployment never rose above 6 percent. #JobsReport

https://t.co/MJm08Vfsyz https://t.co/7lNbQpij3C
(https://x.com/keithboykin/status/1753417575185174903?t=bW0wiI0s3pdFcXB81WUtkA&s=03)

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You Go, Flaco | NANMYKEL.COM

AT LEAST WE HAVE LOVE FOR ANIMALS

 

My heart drops when I see vicious remarks aimed at groups of people–transgenders, refugees, non-whites–but I am encouraged at the news stories about the rat hole hero in Chicago; Flaco, the freed owl in New York City; and the pediatrician who volunteers care for the pets of the homeless in California.  Some of us can still be touched by what we consider beauty (I wish there was another word for what I mean), but my rotten feelings get so easily swept along in the path of manipulation, dishonesty, elitism, and so much more I don’t want to remind myself of…

Source: You Go, Flaco | NANMYKEL.COM

SCOTUS Justices will hear oral arguments for and against 14th amendment, section 3 ‹ Gronda Morin ‹ Reader — WordPress.com

Today, February 8, 2024, the US Supreme Court justices will be hearing oral arguments for and against the 14th amendment, section 3 regarding the case Trump v. Anderson. They’ll be deciding whether to affirm the State of Colorado’s Supreme Court’s ruling stating that Colorado’s election laws permit it to disqualify the GOP MAGA ex-president from being on the ballot to become US president because he had been a leading participant during, before and post the January 6, 2021 insurrection against the US capitol in an attempt to thwart the 2020 pro-forma presidential electoral college vote counting. This formality had already been a “fait accompli,” 306 electoral votes for the democrat US President-elect Joe Biden and 232 for the outgoing occupant of the White House, Donald Trump.

 

When the U.S. Supreme Court accepted this case on Jan. 5, 2024, it decided to limit its review to one question: “Did the Colorado Supreme Court err in ordering President Trump excluded from the 2024 presidential primary ballot?”

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Two Cases Show That NOBODY Is Above The Law | Filosofa’s Word

On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that Donald Trump is criminally liable for any illegal acts he committed as president.  Score one for justice, but it isn’t over yet, for he will appeal to the full appeals court, and if they deny his claim for immunity, he will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.  In times past, I would have bet money that the Supreme Court would “do the right thing” and deny his immunity claim, but today’s Supreme Court is as corrupt as any has ever been.  We have a Court comprised of Justices who have taken millions of dollars worth of bribes, Justices who believe they themselves are above the law, and three of those Justices were appointed by Trump.  Chief Justice John Roberts seems to be made of Silly Putty and can be plied first in one direction, then in another.  Integrity?  Values?  HAH!!!

Even so, it is quite possible that, not wanting to come under any additional bad press, the Supreme Court will actually do the right thing and send li’l Donnie on to his trial.  Just don’t hold your breath.  And how long might this process take?  Well, let’s see … 271 days left before the election … they say the wheels of justice turn slowly and it’s already been 1,128 days since the crime was committed … need I say more?  Somebody needs to give those wheels of justice some WD-40!…

Source: Two Cases Show That NOBODY Is Above The Law | Filosofa’s Word