Bill Freeman September 05, 2025
August Jobs Report Live Updates: U.S. Hiring Stalls Ahead of Pivotal Fed Meeting
Employers added only 22,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.3 percent. Revised data also showed that employment fell by 13,000 jobs in June, the first net loss since December 2020.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/05/business/jobs-report-august-economy?unlocked_article_code=1.jk8.2KBp.VAMDDpuE70ph&smid=url-share
Trump faces a large intensity gap in his approval rating
Nearly a majority of Americans strongly disapprove of the job he's doing as president. That is starting to have political costs
open.substack.com/pub/gelliottmorris/p/trumps-strongly-disapprove-numbers?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Pete Hegseth’s Department of Cringe
Renaming the Defense Department is a pathetic stunt.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/defense-war-cringe-department/684112/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3fX3n2suG_riq6yaH6rTiaZ0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by RFK Jr. during Senate hearing
Kennedy was answering a question from Sen. Maggie Hassan on whether COVID-19 vaccines have saved millions of American lives.
apnews.com/article/fact-check-kennedy-rfk-congress-senate-vaccines-covid-deaths-hospitals-efa457f139dabcce6f54c0ac2c590512?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
Stockard on the Stump: To deploy or not to deploy, that is the question • Tennessee Lookout
Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder enters race for Tennessee's 5th Congressional District as a Democrat, looking to unseat U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/09/05/stockard-on-the-stump-to-deploy-or-not-to-deploy-that-is-the-question
Tennessee to require gun safety training in schools
A new law will require all public and charter school students in Tennessee to learn firearm safety.
www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-schools-gun-safety-training
The White House Insults People of Faith & DeSantis Destroys 4th Graders' Art for Being Too Political
September 5, 2025
kareem.substack.com/p/the-white-house-insults-people-of?r=2cuzj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Why Does the Right Reject Progress?
The perverse push to make America miserable again
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/why-does-the-right-reject-progress?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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