Month: April 2022
GOPedophiles: Former Trump Aid Gets 12 Years for Child Porn
12
Former Trump campaign aide and GOP staffer Ruben Verastigui was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a child pornography ring.
The details of the case are unbelievably awful.
Kimmel: Greene Makes Rest of GOP Seem ‘Normal’
“I feel like maybe other Republicans like having her around to make the rest of them seem normal.”
— Jimmy Kimmel, quoted by the New York Times, on why Republicans refuse to discipline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
Worry About Crime Hits Highest Peak Since 2016
53%
Gallup: “Americans’ concern about crime and violence in the U.S. has edged up in the past year, and for the first time since 2016, a majority (53%) say they personally worry a ‘great deal’ about crime.” “Another 27% report they worry a ‘fair amount,’ which places the issue near the top of the list of 14 national concerns — behind only inflation and the economy.”
Bill Nye — The ‘Greenwashing’ Guy
“Bad news for everyone who loved watching Bill Nye the Science Guy during middle school science class: your fave is problematic. This week, Coca-Cola, one of the world’s biggest plastic polluters, teamed up with TV’s favorite scientist for a campaign to create a ‘world without waste,’ a joke of a corporate greenwashing campaign.”
— Gizmodo
It’s the Economy’s Great, Stupid!
An estimated 166,000 Americans filed initial unemployment claims last week, down nearly 5,000 claims from the previous week and better than analyst projections of 200,000. It is the lowest figure since November 1968 (and the second-lowest since weekly reporting began in January 1967). Continuing claims rose slightly by 17,000 to 1.52 million, coming two years after the number of claims reached an all-time high of 6.1 million in April 2020.
The decline shows employers are limiting layoffs in a tight labor market. Roughly 1.8 job openings are available for every unemployed worker; the unemployment rate stood at 3.6% in March, just above the prepandemic level of 3.5%. Nearly 4.4 million workers left their jobs in February, a number that has held steady as employers try to fill job openings.
The figure represents the third consecutive week that new claims fell below 200,000.
