Mike ‘Moses-Grinder’ Johnson turns the pro forma into the performative by not swearing-in Grijalva.
Frog-Boiling to a recession
Carlyle estimates that just 17,000 jobs were created, among the weakest results since the US economy emerged from the 2020 recession. We may already be in a recession that has not yet achieved ‘Greatness’.
In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction that occurs when there is a period of broad decline in economic activity. Recessions generally occur when there is a widespread drop in spending. This may be triggered by various events, such as a financial crisis, an external trade shock, an adverse supply shock, the bursting of an economic bubble, or a large-scale anthropogenic or natural disaster.
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Three key differences between US 2025 & Germany 1935, Trump: (1) really unpopular (2) really incompetent (3) rather than using state to employ & build & pull out of recession/inflation, Trump deliberately undermining employment & infrastructure & pulling US into economic stagnation/inflation.
On the evening of Oct. 8 at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on South Macadam Avenue, there was an inflatable cow, the Disney cartoon dog Stitch and the Portland Chicken, but no frog.Costumes have become a hallmarkof the nightly protests of President Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops in Portland, though Oct. 8 was a bit sleepy in front of the ICE building.
While the Portland Frog became an icon after it got pepper sprayed last week—directly into its air-intake vent on its booty!—the Portland Chicken has been a consistent presence and visual focal point of the movement. The bird gained global fame on Oct. 7, when right-wing influencer Benny Johnsonposted video of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noemstepping onto the ICE facility roof and staring down a handful of hecklers… and one chicken.
