Hard Pass

However, North Star Policy Action’s new estimate of the macroeconomic effects is substantially higher, at $106 million in lost wages in just a few weeks between January and mid-February. The broader macroeconomic impact of these policies—including lost business revenue, increased rent assistance needs, and heightened food insecurity—cost the city at least $203 million in January alone, according to an analysis by the city of Minneapolis

What's your most anticipated banger?

Iran poses no remotely plausible threat to the United States, the Constitution prohibits presidents from going to war without congressional approval, and only 21% of Americans support Donald Trump’s attack on the country. He doesn’t care about any of that.

honestly, the gambling fits

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/56500480

He was using a ceremony for the dead to sell a baseball cap.

sent by a friend a while back, i think they took this photo on the job

Lake, whom Trump appointed without Senate confirmation to run Voice of America parent agency, cut over 1,000 jobs

A federal judge ruled Saturday that Kari Lake unlawfully led the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for several months last year and voided mass layoffs and other actions taken during that period to dismantle the agency.

The US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is an independent federal agency that oversees the Voice of America (VOA), the US’s largest and oldest international broadcaster, and provides grants to Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other news agencies.

The Trump administration moved to defund the agency in early 2025 and appointed Lake to oversee the agency, but did not receive Senate confirmation for her role. Despite efforts to defund the agency, Congress appropriated half a billion dollars more than Lake requested in funding for the agency in 2026.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/64886972

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44194169

Hey gang, do you have any suggestions for moving data from my phone to my jellyfin server? I tried using the daemon tools on F-Droid and could not for the life of me figure them out.