Outside the Beltway

New inflation and consumer confidence numbers.

With pundits like this, no wonder we have the problems we have.

Better than expected jobs report amid other less positive news.

Job losses and an increased unemployment rate.

An ongoing discussion.

A better than expected January, but downward revisions for 2025.

Plus more white nationalism from the administration.

Trump exploits our mistaken beliefs about crime to consolidate his power.

The August jobs report was not good.

One of the big ones has given up.

July jobs report shows signs of weakness.

This ain’t 1976.

Half the counties in America have moved more Republican in each of the last three elections.

Facts are stubborn things.

Machines have been eliminating blue collar jobs for decades. Now they’re coming for white collar jobs.

Just in case that wasn’t already obvious.

What could possibly go wrong?

* – but the tariffs didn’t start until April 2

Spoiler alert: This is going to be a disaster

Some comparative data.

In idea whose time is gone.

Another one bites the dust.

More jobs were added than expected.

The legendary comedian is gone at 94.