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You should do nothing that in the universal doing, renders it counter-praxis 27+yrs teaching Leadership/Cost Control/HACCP #CapitalismIsKillingYOU Retired caregiver for sister w/ MS https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/t0ussaint https://newsie.social/@toussaint

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · Nov 29

150M+ people voted to cosign genocide, to continue sending our money to wipe out a people.
And what will you get for your genocide? Unless u have a small biz or factory, trump/harris couldnt care less abt you. The system has failed, what's next?
#freepalestine #gaza newsie.social/@toussaint/1...

there isnt just one thing, some silver bullet to solve this. we have to shoot all our 'bullets'. i think the #1 thing we can do to break up this system is to withdraw our consumerism, it drives all of this. Then we must save that money for a strike fund, while we are joining/forming unions of every type. Then we must withdraw our labor, together. This is the only way. We can NOT do this with guns, we must educate/radicalize all our friends & neighbors
#Solidarity
they will never see that coming

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 1h

www.chron.com/business/art...

Uncertainty over the economy and tariffs forces many retailers to be cautious on holiday hiring

Rising tariff costs and other economic factors are forcing retailers to pull back or even delay their plans to hire seasonal workers. These temp workers typically pack orders at distribution centers,....

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 1h

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OUTSIDE VIEW: US economy is already on the edge – a prolonged government shutdown could send it tumbling over

By John W. Diamond, Director of the Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute, Rice University

herald-zeitung.com

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 1h

"The question now is not will Fed cut rates, b/ it likely will, but whether that cut will help..Monetary policy alone cannot overcome uncertainty created by tariffs, lack of fiscal restraint, companies replacing ppl w/ tech, shutdown & fears of consumers"-Center for Public Finance at Rice U #econsky

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ROBERTS: A potential political catastrophe
John McLaughlin is not sugarcoating the problem. A longtime …

OUTSIDE VIEW: US economy is already on the edge – a prolonged government shutdown could send it tumbling over
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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 1h

too late, passed by www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADTM...

China Unveils Breakthrough Technology to Detect Submarines Underwater

YouTube video by Top 10 Discoveries Official

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 1h

the industrial metals are all moving up in price fast, but are no where near the highs of the 2018 metals war #econsky tradingeconomics.com/commodities

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodities

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/cobalt

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 2h

"..the US 50% tariff on Brazilian coffee, which sharply reduced shipments to the world’s largest consumer and main importer of Brazilian beans. In September, the 2nd month w/ the tariffs, US coffee imports from Brazil fell 52.8% y-o-y to 332,831 bags..." #econsky tradingeconomics.com/commodity/co...

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/coffee

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 2h

#econsky
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https://tradingeconomics.com/china/inflation-cpi

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 3h

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 4d

friends helping friends
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.motherjones.com

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 3h

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IMF, Cardoso isolate Nigeria from global uncertainty, raise growth prospect

Against the backdrop of global uncertainty, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday, marked up Nigeria’s economy,

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 3h

"Policymakers are urged to restore confidence through credible, transparent, & sustainable policies. Trade diplomacy should be paired with macroeconomic adjustment...Central bank independence should be preserved. Efforts on structural reforms should be redoubled"
#econsky
www.imf.org/en/Publicati...

World Economic Outlook, October 2025: Global Economy in Flux, Prospects Remain Dim

The latest World Economic Outlook reports a slowdown in global growth with risks remaining tilted to the downside. As new policies slowly come to focus, adjustment to the emerging landscape should be ...

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 3h

Inflation is projected to decline globally except ..."the US w/ risks tilted to the upside...Prolonged uncertainty, more protectionism& labor supply shocks could reduce growth. Fiscal vulnerabilities, potential financial market corrections& erosion of institutions could threaten stability" #econsky

saudi only GDP set to double growth rate next year

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 4h

i bet the number of ppl willing to pay for a kidrock concert in the ATL area is below 5K, but they also have to be ppl who want to watch the superbowl in a baseball stadium in order to virtue signal thier racism against the unamerican puerto rican the nfl has performing www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Fact Check: Turning Point USA's Super Bowl Halftime Show Did NOT Sell Out Atlanta Braves Stadium In Three Hours After Announcing Kid Rock -- It's Satire

Did Turning Point USA's Super Bowl halftime show sell out the Atlanta Braves stadium in three hours after it was announced that Kid Rock would be performing? No, that's not true: The story originated ...

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 5h

Obama took China to WTO court over rare earths in 2014 & won a reprive from the export controls, but the ruling said it was temporary& China has the right to secure its supply chains against shortages. So in 2015, Leslie Stahl warned us this day was coming #econsky www.cbsnews.com/news/rare-ea...

Modern life's devices under China's grip?

From smartphones to cars and defense missiles, modern U.S. life depends on rare earth elements but China dominates the industry

www.cbsnews.com

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 5h

the FP headline is:
"Beijing’s Coded Editorials Reveal Big Economic Plans"

is it a coded msg only reveled w/ FP's special knowledge or they spell it out plainly???

they then spend half the article talking abt coded messages and pseudonyms, but then print this:

#econsky archive.ph/M9L4t#select...

Many observers have dismissed the series as little more than political pageantry, designed to drum up economic confidence and set a positive tone. That reading isn’t wrong, but it’s incomplete. What the essays lack in novelty, they make up for in clarity. Read together, the new essays offer one of the most structured explanations yet of how China’s leadership views its economic transition: not as a response to crisis but as a deliberate reorganization of priorities for an era defined by slower growth, geopolitical constraints, and structural maturation.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

JPMORGAN: “.. Despite the lack of official releases, we do have most of the data to forecast the September retail sales .. for which we expect 0%m/m ..

“.. This is consistent with our Chase card spend data showing a soft 0.1% gain in retail control last month.”

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 7h

pork farmers: oh lawd bsky.app/profile/t0us...

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · Apr 28

#tariffs on US pork is now 172%, while U.S. beef is 147%
China didnt renew registrations for 400 U.S. beef facilities, rendering them ineligible for China mrkt. Registrations for most US pork facilities were renewed minus nine that expired April 20.
#econsky www.nationalhogfarmer.com/market-news/...

"There's a mad scramble to try to essentially find new homes for this product that is in the pipeline that was produced for China," Borror says. "And remember that for China, we have special China labeling. It's ractopamine free product with a China label, both on the bag and the box. So it's costly production specific for China, and thus difficult to reroute or find a new home for this product."

Borror estimates that China being absent from the market puts more than $150 per fed steer or heifer at risk. The U.S. pork industry stands to lose about $8 to $10 per head in export value, in large part because China is the leading destination for pork variety meat.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 9h

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 7h

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https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/manufacturing-payrolls

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 7h

#AI

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Gaza hospital says some of 45 Palestinian bodies returned show signs of torture - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-says-some-45-bodies-palestinians-returned-show-signs

Gaza hospital says some of 45 Palestinian bodies returned show signs of torture

<article data-history-node-id="430199" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-says-some-45-bodies-palestinians-returned-show-signs" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-says-some-45-bodies-palestinians-returned-show-signs" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza hospital says some of 45 Palestinian bodies returned show signs of torture</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Nasser hospital in Gaza received the remains of 45 Palestinians on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The hospital said they are expecting a total of 450 bodies of Palestinians to be returned to Gaza from Israel.</p> <p>The bodies belong to Palestinians who the Israeli military had detained and died while in detention since 7 October 2023.</p> <p>The hospital said some of the bodies showed signs of torture and had their hands bound. It was not immediately clear when or how they died.</p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 8h

"The main actors of the genocide will have to answer to justice."

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez says the ceasefire deal ending Israel's war on Gaza should not mean Israel’s conduct should be forgotten, saying “there cannot be impunity”.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ky7rx1

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 7h

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 14h

From me: China's threat to restrict rare earth minerals exports shows who really holds the cards in the trade war. We invented rare earth magnets and gave the production away; decades of bad ideas handed another country the ability to determine our economic future.
prospect.org/world/2025-1...

Why China Can Collapse the U.S. With One Decree

China holds a virtual monopoly over a product needed to produce the only thing holding up our economy right now. And it’s preparing to use that leverage.

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 8h

whats so funny is yall dont see the link with being a war criminal and THEN going to work for blackwater and how he will eventually sell out to the corp with the biggest pile of cash, and it wont matter what they ask him to do for it, it will be less than the war crimes he has already committed

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 8h

Seems like exactly the right tone to say that Mills was good but it's time to move on.
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101225_Platner_TV.mov - Finals - Frame.io

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 8h

www.pennlive.com/crime/2025/0...

Ellen Greenberg’s family, private detective blast Gov. Shapiro: ‘Should be kicked from office’

The harsh criticism over Shapiro’s handling of the Greenberg case as Attorney General shows the family’s long-held ire remains.

www.pennlive.com

t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 8h

10 of those 20 stab wounds are to the back, 2 are to the head and very deep.
Gov Shapiro and his goons want you to believe that this woman stabbed herself in the back of the head, 3in deep, and then pulled the knife out, and did it again, and then stabbed herself several more times in the back

Ellen Greenberg.