Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Just another reminder that Trump's comments about bringing down black unemployment were completely full of shit.

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Donald Trump has not implemented any policies thus far that really help anybody except his rich friends and of course himself. Nor is th...
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Saturday, January 06, 2018

So much for Trump's claims that he is doing more for the economy than anybody.

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Average Monthly #Job Gains -by year •2017: 171,000 •2016: 187,000 •2015: 226,000 •2014: 250,000 •2013: 192,000 •2012: 179,000 •2...
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Friday, December 15, 2017

The Donald Trump/Vladimir Putin bromance continues with late night phone calls and public mash notes to each other.

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Courtesy of S ky News :   Vladimir Putin has revealed he and Donald Trump are on first name terms, as the Russian President spoke to t...
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Thursday, November 30, 2017

White men having trouble economically are more likely to become emotionally attached to their guns and consider using them against the government.

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Courtesy of Baylor Media Communications :   White male gun owners who have lost, or fear losing, their economic footing tend to feel mor...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Some world leaders are bypassing the White House and dealing directly with blue state governors like California's Jerry Brown.

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Courtesy of WaPo :   Nearly a year into the Trump presidency, countries around the world are scrambling to adapt as the White House has ...
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Friday, November 10, 2017

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski reminding everybody that she is still a Republican.

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Courtesy of HuffPo :   Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation Wednesday night that would open a portion of a pristine wil...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

The "Trump Slump" continues.

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Courtesy of Forbes :   After the announcement of the first two travel bans in January and March, the number of international travelers a...
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Sunday, October 01, 2017

Fact Check.org releases final numbers on Obama's presidency.

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Courtesy of Fact Check.org :   The numbers are nearly all in now. What they show about what really happened during the eight years that ...
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Tuesday, August 08, 2017

No, Donald Trump has NOT made the economy better.

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Courtesy of WaPo :   Kayleigh McEnany, who used to be a Trump propagandist on CNN before becoming one on the Pravda-esque Trump TV, thin...
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Thursday, July 27, 2017

In response to Lisa Murkowski's no vote on Trumpcare, the Administration threatens Alaska. Update!

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Courtesy of Alaska Dispatch :   Early Wednesday, Trump took to Twitter to express displeasure with Murkowski's vote. By that afterno...
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Saturday, July 08, 2017

Alaska's legal marijuana industry has now paid more than a million dollars in taxes.

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Courtesy of Alaska Dispatch . Courtesy of KTUU :   Alaska's marijuana industry has brought in more than $1 million in tax revenue ...
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Friday, April 21, 2017

Uh oh.

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In case it has been awhile since you have taken a history class the significance of 1929 is it is when the Great Depression took hold of ...
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Wednesday, February 08, 2017

White House leaks claim that Donald Trump called General Mike Flynn at 3 AM to ask whether it was a strong or weak dollar that was good for the US economy.

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"Yeah, I'm going to save the economy. Just as soon as I figure out how the damn thing works." Courtesy of HuffPo :   Pre...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017

So Alaska is curently in a recession, from which it will never fully recover. Oh boy.

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Courtesy of ADN :   A leading Alaska economics firm predicts our recession will continue for three more years and foresees no real recov...
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Friday, January 20, 2017

Jobless claims are the lowest in 43 years. And yet we are replacing the guy that made that happen.

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You're welcome folks. Courtesy of KRQE News :   The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to the low...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Donald Trump congratulates himself for the consumer confidence that resulted from eight years of the Obama administration's hard work.

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The U.S. Consumer Confidence Index for December surged nearly four points to 113.7, THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN 15 YEARS! Thanks Donald...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Donald Trump can't shut down his so-called "charity" while there is a lawsuit pending so he decides to defend it instead.

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Courtesy of The New York Daily News :   Donald Trump might have jumped the gun on calling it quits for his namesake foundation.  The P...
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Saturday, December 17, 2016

First legal marijuana store opens in Anchorage.

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Courtesy of ADN :   Arctic Herbery's opening Thursday afternoon marked the beginning of marijuana retail sales in Alaska's large...
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Tuesday, December 06, 2016

Putting to rest the argument that Hillary Clinton lost because she ignored the Middle Class. She didn't.

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Courtesy of The Atlantic : In the days after her shocking loss, Democrats complained that Clinton had no jobs agenda. A widely shared es...
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Saturday, December 03, 2016

A reminder that President Obama brought the jobs back after the LAST Republican president damn near destroyed the economy.

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Courtesy of CNN : The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in November, the Labor Department reported Friday, and the unemployment rate fell ...
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