Thursday, June 11, 2026
Trump's Net Job Approval Is A Negative 25 Points In New Poll
The chart above reflects the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between June 5th and 8th of a nationwide sample of 1,568 adults (including 1,438 registered voters). The margin of error is 3.6 points for adults and 3.3 points for registered voters.
Trump Sleeping Through The NBA Game Inspires 4 Limericks
From the San Antonio Current:
If Dozing Don can’t keep his eyes open during cabinet meetings, imagine how difficult it must have been for him to remain conscious through an NBA Finals game that lasted 48 whole minutes.
After forcing a lockdown of Madison Square Garden so he could attend Monday’s Spurs-Knicks matchup, President Donald Trump was caught on video slumbering through a piece of the action. What most fans saw as a tense nail-biter as San Antonio clawed its way to a 115-111 victory was apparently a snooze fest for the Napper in Chief.
In honor of Trump’s ability to snore and drool through what may have been the year’s most riveting sporting event, may we present the following limericks dedicated to his slumbering prowess.
The president showed up at MSG
To watch Knicks-Spurs Game No. 3
But he slept through the run
And missed all the fun
While drooling on national TV
The president sat behind bulletproof glass
Determined to view every bucket and pass
But he nodded off deep
In a slobbering sleep
While foul smells drifted up from his ass
There once was a fellow named Don
Whose beloved Knicks he came to cheer on
But by halftime’s loud roar
He was snoring once more
With a diaper blowout foregone
Trump came to cheer Brunson and Hart
Determined to look powerful and smart
But he drooled on his tie
As the game passed him by
And he ended the night with a shart
Trump Says The Economy Is Great - But Most Americans Disagree
Donald Trump keeps bragging about how well he is handling the United States economy. For him, as long as the Wall Street stock market is doing well, and he and his rich friends are making money, then that's all that matters.
But for most Americans, the reality is different. They are having trouble stretching their paychecks to pay for the things their families need. As the chart above shows, inflation jumped up to 4.2% in May. It now costs an extra 4.2% to buy the things they need. That's the same thing as a 4.2% cut to their paychecks - and it seems to get worse every month.
Trump claims "affordability" is a Democratic hoax, but working Americans know better. They are the ones suffering through the affordability crisis. And it shows up in their disapproval of how Trump is handling the economy. Currently, about 63% of both adults and voters disapprove of how Trump is handling the economy. That's nearly two-thirds disapproval.
The chart above reflects the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between June 5th and 8th of a nationwide sample of 1,568 adults (including 1,438 registered voters). The margin of error is 3.6 points for adults and 3.3 points for registered voters.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
No Posting Today
I didn't have time to do any posting today. Spent most of the day in the pet emergency room with our Beagle (Hadley). Hope to resume regular posting tomorrow.
Tuesday, June 09, 2026
Recent Survey Shows Large Majorities In 36 Countries Have Negative View Of Israel
The chart above is from the Pew Research Center's Spring Global Survey. It shows that Netanyahu's actions are causing many people in a large number of nations to turn against Israel.
The Recent Jobs Report Is NOT Good News For American Workers
Robert Reich explains:
Friday’s jobs report — showing that America added 172,000 jobs in May — stimulated a lot of celebratory bullsh*t.
Trump said, “It’s raining jobs!” White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett claimed the job market is "hitting on all cylinders.” The mainstream media called it a “blowout jobs report,” “stronger-than-expected jobs data,” the labor market’s “best three-month stretch in more than two years.”
What all this acclaim left out was that wages are falling relative to prices.
Average hourly earnings for private-sector production and non-supervisory workers — that is, for most employees — rose by only 8 cents (or 0.2 percent) in May. That’s the weakest pace of wage growth since 2021.
Meanwhile, prices are rising quickly — by around 3.8 percent annually. Hence, real wages — that is, their actual purchasing power — are dropping. The paychecks of most American workers aren’t covering rising costs. They’re getting poorer.
It’s no cause for celebration that the American economy is adding a lot of jobs that are paying less. Hell, if paychecks keep shrinking relative to prices, there’s no telling how many jobs can be added. June’s job report could top May’s 172,000 new jobs.
There’s no limit to the number of terrible jobs an economy can create. If inflation-adjusted pay keeps dropping, we could see many hundreds of thousands of crappy new jobs per month. But most Americans would be getting poorer and poorer.
Bottom line: Don’t fall for any breezy, celebratory focus on the number of new jobs. Always ask: What about real (inflation-adjusted) wages?
When real, inflation-adjusted wages are dropping, we’ve got a real problem — regardless of how many jobs are being created.
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