
RJLancaster
892 posts





If you love NYC, this data should concern you. The city’s private sector added just 13,000 jobs in 2025 - down from 95,000 the year before. Even in office-based industries that anchor our tax base, growth was essentially flat. The trajectory is clear - raising taxes now would compound a problem that’s already serious. The city needs an immediate focus on EDC leadership and a real long-term jobs strategy city-journal.org/article/new-yo…




















I challenged the city to take their job of oversight more seriously. From public records, it's not clear that they attend to the details of the agendas or reports before voting or implementing policies. As the saying goes, take care of the pennies...



White House aides got an email last month telling them not to place bets on prediction markets, multiple sources told @CBSNews. Press reports had raised concerns about govt officials using nonpublic info to place wagers on Kalshi and Polymarket, said the email, from White House Management Office. The warning reminded staff that's a criminal offense, and is also prohibited by govt ethics regulations. "All White House employees are reminded that the misuse of nonpublic information by government employees for financial benefit is a very serious offense and will not be tolerated."









NEW Texas education spending data is out: Texas spends $104 BILLION on K-12 education, or nearly $19,000 per student. That’s more than the entire budgets of 47 states. rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker…






