Downloading the BLS data, it's clear that no GOP president covered by the data series window has increased manufacturing employment over their tenure. That means that the last likely GOP president to add manufacturing employment was Calvin Coolidge.
Mike -- No Kings
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Retired; Part Time lecturer @ Columbia; Former Wall St. managing director; UW Badgers, Tufts Jumbos. If I had one of those coat-of-arms doohickies, I'd want the inscription to read: "ubi democratia regnat, vita vincit et humanitas viget." or "mmm donuts
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What would a person convicted of trafficking underage girls for sex with older men consider "concerning?"
ABC has lost their goddam minds.
abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...
Ghislaine Maxwell told DOJ Trump never did anything concerning around her: Sources
During her interview with the DOJ last month, former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell said nothing that would be harmful to President Trump, sources say.
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And if she does say anything harmful to Trump, she goes right back.
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Finally, it seems, journalists are starting to cross-reference names. Wonder if a cross reference between the Epstein victim list and Trump Models shows any matches.
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One of Epstein's victims calls out Bondi's DOJ for protecting the powerful men in the files.
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As Gil Scott-Heron looks on and laughs from beyond the grave
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
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2nd Punic War history as interpreted by AI trained on the works of Livy, Polybius, and Chad5678 - each a rock-solid source on its own. Turns out AI reconstruction of Hannibal looks a lot like Victor Mature. What more do you need?
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I'd expect that multiple states' attorneys general would be besieged by victim's families to open investigations into possible criminal behavior by Tesla surrounding injurious and/or fatal crashes in their own states
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Republicans will keep telling the MAGA faithful that the US is #1 in standard of living when we’re all on pedal bikes and eating silage salads
In 2025 Q2, US fully electric cars were 7.4% of the market, down from 8% in 2024 caredge.com/guides/elect...
In Europe in Q2 2025, they were 15.6%, up from 12.5% in 2024 www.acea.auto/pc-registrat...
In China, fully electric cars had 31% of the market in May 2025 cleantechnica.com/2025/06/20/5...
53% EV Share in China! — May 2025 Sales Report - CleanTechnica
BEVs represented close to a third of the total Chinese car market in May. May saw the continuation of the never ending growth of the Chinese EV market, with plugins scoring over a million sales in May...
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Apparently he credits Terry Gross, et al with precognition - he wasn’t MAGA before the slight, but somehow the knew he’d become MAGA - they’re precogs
