Category: Politics, Religion & Money

AWOKE!

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is no more. Production of American Experience by WGBH/PBS has ended. The series installment “Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History” is a quintessential woke story, making it essential viewing in the Age of Trump.

Demolition Economics

If I have Trump Derangement Syndrome, it’s because Trump is deranged. Donald keeps acting out the one success he had in life, independent of his father, prior to entering politics — saying “you’re fired!” on The Apprentice.

He doesn’t like the latest employment data, so what did he do? He fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner.

https://econbrowser.com/archives/2025/08/august-1-2025-a-day-that-will-live-in-statistical-infamy

Trump should be pleased that the numbers show a weakness in job creation. Not only could it motivate the Fed to give Trump the lower interest rates that he wants, Trump could claim justification in saying Jay Powell always acts too late.

I’ll wait a few minutes before posting this to see how the stock market finishes the day/week.

waiting… waiting… and the results are out, or are they in?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 542 points, or 1.2%. The S&P 500 shed 1.6%, while the Nasdaq Composite dipped 2.2%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/31/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

Her Termination Interview

How long will Anna Gomez remain an FCC commissioner after this interview on defunded PBS?

WGBH in Boston produces the series American Experience. I recently wrote about its “Mr. Polaroid” documentary. Looking at the series channel on YouTube, there are quite a few programs that the Trump administration would consider “woke.”

https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS

Because of loathsome Trump, WGBH must cut back and American Experience is a casualty of those cuts.

“The 13 employees worked on the “American Experience” documentaries and further production of the series had been halted as of Tuesday.”

https://www.boston.com/news/media/2025/07/24/gbh-layoffs-defunded-sign/