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October 7, 2025
America saw 'essentially no job growth' last month, Moody's warns
(KXAN) With official data on hold due to the government shutdown, economists are turning to private reports, and the early signs, according to Moody’s, aren’t good. “This data shows that the job market is weak and getting weaker,” Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi wrote Sunday. Zandi pointed to two separate private reports — from ADP and Revelio Labs — which, when averaged together, suggest there was “essentially no job growth” last month.
Go to discussionRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with the GOP on Obamacare, calling to avoid premium hikes
(NBC News) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., broke with her party Monday evening by calling for action on expiring Obamacare subsidies to avoid premium hikes, adding a prominent MAGA voice to the cause led by Democrats. In a long post on X, Greene, the far-right MAGA firebrand, made it clear she was not in Congress when the 2010 law passed. “Let’s just say as nicely as possible, I’m not a fan,” she wrote. “But I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district.”
Go to discussionRepublicans post fake image of Oregon protest - using photos of South America
(The Guardian) On all three platforms, the statement was illustrated with an image that seemed designed to support Trump’s false claim that protests against immigration sweeps in Portland are so out of control that the city is “burning to the ground”. On one side of the image, a line of police officers held riot shields; on the other, a crowd of young men held up flares that lit up a night sky filled with red smoke. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart.
Go to discussionPam Bondi to testify before Senate amid Trump's troop deployments
(The Guardian) Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, will face senators on Tuesday, as Donald Trump ramps up his crackdown on political opponents, Democratic-run cities and alleged drug traffickers. Bondi’s appearance before the Senate judiciary committee will give lawmakers from both parties the opportunity to question her about the president’s high-profile interventions into the justice system, including the indictment last month of the former FBI director James Comey, a longtime foe.
Go to discussionTrump floats invoking the Insurrection Act to go around courts which won't let him deploy troops into states
(NBC News) Trump on Monday said that he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act “if it was necessary,” particularly if the courts or state and local officials delay his plans for deploying the National Guard. "I’d do it if it was necessary. So far it hasn’t been necessary. But we have an Insurrection Act for a reason," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked under what conditions he would consider the rarely used 19th century law.
Go to discussionTrump Tells the Navy to View Half the Country as the Enemy
(The New Republic) President Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats during a wildly political speech that made the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary all about him. Speaking to a massive crowd at the Norfolk Naval base Sunday, Trump seemed to forget he wasn’t on the campaign trail anymore and veered off into attacks against his opposition. Trump warned that, “We have to take care of this little gnat that’s on our shoulder called the Democrats.”
Go to discussionNew conspiracies over Trump's health swirl after text interview with CNN's Jake Tapper
(The Independent) President Donald Trump has reignited speculation over his health and physical stamina after he engaged in a bizarre interview with CNN conducted through text message over the weekend. For months, reporters and other observers have noted that Trump’s speech has often been slurred during appearances, pressed the White House on the origins of bruising and heavy makeup to cover it on Trump’s hand, and requested information on his health, only to be rebuffed by the White House.
Go to discussionFishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs
(CBS News) On a recent afternoon, Kenrick Modie finished untangling his fishing net in a quiet Caribbean village. As he slipped into a hammock at his home overlooking the sea, he worried that his life and livelihood could be wiped out by a U.S. military strike. Modie lives in the Caribbean twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, which is now entangled in a geopolitical face-off between the United States and Venezuela, just 11 miles away.
Go to discussionAttorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting
(Chicago Sun-Time) Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over and shooting the woman five times, the woman’s attorney said in federal court Monday. The video appears to contradict the government’s allegation that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire on her late Saturday morning
Go to discussionSupreme Court rejects conservative activist Laura Loomer's bid to sue social media for banning her
(USA Today) The Supreme Court won’t help conservative provocateur Laura Loomer take on social media companies and their advertisers who have blocked her posts. Loomer, an influential outside adviser to President Donald Trump, has garnered significant attention for her conspiracy theories and inflammatory comments.
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