"It's not just that American manufacturing under President Donald Trump is shrinking," argued journalist David Shuster on his Blue Amp Substack. "It's that U.S. manufacturing is shrinking under a lunatic who never tires of boasting that he alone can make U.S. manufacturing great again." read more
The victim of a fatal ICE shooting has been identified as a 37-year-old mother with a now-orphaned 6-year-old son. read more
The top officials at the Justice Department and the FBI have shown themselves again and again to be beholden to the president, spending most of their days fawning over him and trying to stay in the good graces of his White House. They have demonstrated no independence of thought or action from this president. They do not have their employees' backs. They have eviscerated the expertise within their ranks, decimating crucial units like the Civil Rights Division. The aftermath of yesterday's shooting only reinforced how dire the situation is. Trump didn't just comment on the evidence. He and his administration lied about it, twisted it, and propagandized about it. They publicly reached ultimate conclusions about guilt and innocence. They repeatedly savaged the woman killed, calling her a "domestic terrorist":
The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders. The guy, I'm telling him like, Please step off the school grounds,' and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he's trying to push me, and he knocked me down," a school official, who spoke to MPR News on condition of anonymity said. "They don't care. They're just animals," the official added. "I've never seen people behave like this." read more
A state-by-state health report card, out today from the United Health Foundation, finds an array of encouraging signs for America: Rates for premature death, drug deaths, firearm deaths and homicides all fell. Rates of cancer screenings, physical activity and volunteerism all increased.
But rates of e-cigarette use and multiple chronic conditions increased. Homelessness and unemployment " socioeconomic factors that help determine the nation's health " rose.
Why it matters: America's Health Rankings " from the United Health Foundation, established by UnitedHealth Group " synthesize 99 measures of health and well-being, drawn from 31 data sources, to produce a "comprehensive portrait of health at both the national and state levels."
Jonathan Ross is a cold-blooded murderer.