Manufacturing Job Openings

Manufacturing Job Openings

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Tweet It’s not Nobel Prize-caliber econometrics, but here’s a bit of data on manufacturing jobs in the U.S. – you know, the kinds of jobs that Pres. Trump and other NatCons insist that Americans are so desperate to have more of that it’s worthwhile to throw the entire global economy into tariff-powered tantrums in order to achieve. The St. Louis Fed has data on monthly job openings in manufacturing; these data date back to December 2000 and run […]

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The Accountant 2 Is a Shaggy, Silly Bro-Hangout Movie

The Accountant 2 Is a Shaggy, Silly Bro-Hangout Movie

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The Accountant was a conceptually odd movie: On the one hand, it was a wonky corporate thriller about a neurodivergent savant digging through receipts to uncover crimes and conspiracies. On the other hand, it was a shoot-‘em-up about a remorseless killer with nearly superhuman abilities, who finishes the movie by gunning down an army of well-armed thugs. The odd thing about the movie is that the killer and the neurodivergent savant are the same guy—as if being autistic […]

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Deportation for "Pro-Palestine or Anti-Israel Political Speech" May Violate the First Amendment, Court Holds

Deportation for “Pro-Palestine or Anti-Israel Political Speech” May Violate the First Amendment, Court Holds

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[1.] From today’s decision by Judge William Young (D. Mass.) in American Ass’n of Univ. Profs. v. Rubio: This case raises the issue of whether certain Public Officials can enforce a policy of arresting, detaining and deporting non-citizens who are otherwise here legally based solely upon their pro-Palestine or anti-Israel political speech…. The court allowed plaintiffs’ First Amendment challenges to go forward: Although this case raises novel First Amendment issues and the precise scope of the ideological-deportation policy […]

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The Ever-Expanding War Machine

The Ever-Expanding War Machine

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Under the guise of efficiency, the Trump administration is taking a sledgehammer to essential programs and agencies that are the backbone of America’s civilian government. The virtual elimination of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and plans to shut down the Department of Education are just the most visible examples of a campaign that includes layoffs of budget experts, public health officials, scientists, and other critical personnel whose work undergirds the daily operations of government and provides the basic services needed by businesses, […]

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