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  Today in Politics, Bulletin 472. 10/2/26 Ron Filipkowski Oct 2 … Trump’s economy continues to fail miserably for most Americans except for the uber-rich and people in the AI industry, as more bad economic numbers were reported today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. … CNBC: “The US economy created far fewer jobs than expected in Sept, pointing to a surprising soft spot in the labor market and broader economy. Nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 29,000 for the month while the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for job growth of 84,000 and an unemployment rate of 4.1%. … In addition to the weakness in Sept, the August jobs count was revised lower to reflect a gain of 133,000 while July switched from a gain to a loss as payrolls fell by 10,000. The revisions in total showed 60,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.” … From CNN live when the numbers were announced: “It came in cold - surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker t...

  Donald Trump asks "How is Ebola going?" during question about Congo War Hariana Verás is the first African journalist given access to the Trump White House, and Trump responded to her questions the way that one might expect an ageing racist to respond to questions from a young Black woman. “She loves Africa, she always asks about Africa. She never talks about any other place,” started Trump before she was allowed to ask her question...one he did not like. Trump loves to tout the "peace agreement" he "helped arrange" between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda last December, an agreement that Rwanda has systematically violated, displacing millions of people. Verás asked Trump about the agreement violations, to which he replied "So, well look, I just heard about it a little while ago, if there's a problem we'll stop it." Intent on assuring him that there was, in fact, a problem, Verás recounted her own trip to the Congolese border...