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Burned out: I'm too exhausted to be blogging at this time of night but I have to do something to get my mind off society's craziness.
Jobs report today ... oh-oh. ADP numbers: payroll numbers decreased by 32,000; the estimate was the ADP numbers would show payroll numbers increased by 51,000. A "swing" of 83,000 -- in a country of ... 330 million.
Trump's "most-favored college pact" initiative: if folks can actually get past the headline and read the proposal, again, it's pretty well-thought out. Most amazing: the number of foreign / international students that attend American universities. Link to The WSJ.
Heat: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/padres-mason-miller-makes-mlb-postseason-history-stellar-game-2-outing-vs-cubs. Pitcher: 104 mph. Commentators emphasized the pitcher, but imaginethe guy having to catch a ball traveling 104 mph. E=mc².
Really, does this make you more likely to vote? Chuck Schumer and Hakeem "channeling Obama" Jeffries think so. Link here.
Schumer began calling prominent Democratic leaders, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Vice President Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, as well as progressive groups, and labor-union leaders to ask them to amplify the party’s message, according to people familiar with the calls. Schumer also deputized others in his caucus to persuade influencers that now was time to mobilize liberal voters itching to take on the Republican Party, those people said. "Those people." Whoever those people are.
Portland will help carry the message. LOL.
Day 2, from The WSJ:
WASHINGTON—Russell Vought has been planning for this moment for years.
President Trump’s budget chief—one of the main players in the government shutdown that has ground Washington to a halt—might also be one of its biggest beneficiaries, as the freeze gives him the opportunity to implement funding cuts he has long advocated.
Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, was quick Wednesday to target Democratic priorities and projects. In a move that affected Democratic congressional leaders from New York, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Vought posted on X that a hold had been put on $18 billion in federal funds for New York City infrastructure work: a Hudson River tunnel project and a subway extension.
US Senators departed Washington, DC, early Wednesday and won't return until after "holiday Monday," October 6, 2025. That's six days right there.
The Transportation Department pinned the blame on the shutdown, saying a review of the projects’ contracting policies and their relationship to diversity, equity and inclusion requirements couldn’t move forward. “Without a budget, the department has been forced to furlough the civil rights staff responsible for conducting this review,” the agency said in a statement.
Vought also posted that $8 billion in Energy Department funds for climate projects would be canceled in more than a dozen Democratic-leaning states. He didn’t specify which projects would be affected.
The bigger story: the US Congress has quit working; Trump and his White House has not.
