Record natural gas storage draw last week in response to the winter storm hitting the South/Atlantic coast.
Layoffs were up marginally in Dec, rising to 1,762,000. Not a substantial increase for a volatile data point month-to-month, however, layoffs are close to where they were pre-Covid.
Better than constant drip of layoff headlines would suggest, but not as good as last few years.
4/
Hires rate ticked up slightly to 3.3% in Dec 2025, though it remains lower than year ago and sluggish overall (comparable to levels from 2013).
Quits were flat at 2%. Despite bouncing around, quits are largely flat vs. a year ago. Quits are a little better than hires, but still remain sluggish.
3/
Job openings dropped to 6,542,000, lowest level since September 2020.
Openings are a volatile series so take with a grain of salt. But this brings openings more in line with hires and quits that have been more sluggish over the last 2 years.
2/
#JOLTS Dec report:
-Hires rate 3.3%, up from 3.2% in Nov
-Quits rate flat at 2%
-Openings drop sharply to 6.5m, from 6.9m in Nov
-Layoffs up marginally to 1.76m, from 1.7m in Nov
Mixed data but imo, the stable hires/quits is higher signal than the sharp drop in the volatile openings series
1/
Don't worry Peter Thiel's technoauthoritarian FREEDOM CITY plan will save it (from having a minimum wage and due process of law)
A couple that lived here for 30 years "self-deports." Don't you feel safer?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Long Goodbye: A California Couple Self-Deports to Mexico
Enrique Castillejos and his wife, Maria Elena Hernandez, raised a family in California. But they were undocumented immigrants, and after President Trump’s crackdown began, they decided to return to Me...
Yesterday's ETF put/call ratio 1.7, highest since 11/7
There it is!
Bezos's 'darkest day' and the limits of billionaire-backed media
Bezos's 'darkest day' and the limits of billionaire-backed media
Billionaires aren't saving media platforms as much as they are redefining them, as Jeff Bezos has in deep cuts to the Washington Post.
2s10s steepest in more than 4 years CNBC
Cannot believe Foxconn uses <red> text for <growing> segments and <green> text for <contracting> divisions.
Insanity.
Bitcoin < $70k
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologizes to Epstein victims for giving Peter Mandelson the U.S. ambassador job.
@apnews.comGood morning and ding
Asia just puked Silver. Yikes
“Basically”
This is the truth right here. The white upper middle class male has no idea what almost 50% of the country who is basically below the poverty line does know. We are watching. We’re cutting coupons. Buying generic. It’s privilege not to have to see almost half of the country. Now add healthcare cuts.
*BITCOIN FALLS BELOW $70,000 FOR FIRST TIME SINCE NOV. 6 2024
📉👀
“.. Florida had highest foreclosure rate out of any state in 2025 ... reasons cited included affordability issues due to insurance premiums, property taxes, and general ownership costs ..”
(via Schwab)
❗The squad list against Real Madrid tonight. 🔵🔴
📌 El jugador del Barça Atlètic 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶́𝗻𝗲𝘇 va ser intervingut d’una ruptura del menisc extern del genoll dret
ℹ️ El temps previst de recuperació serà d’entre 5 i 6 mesos
🙌🏼 𝐴̀𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑠, 𝑅𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑟!
💙❤️
⚽🔥 𝗨𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗗𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗧 🔥⚽
🏆 Copa de la Reina | Quarter-final
🆚 Real Madrid
⌚ 21:00 h
🏟 Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano (Madrid)
🧑⚖️ Lorena Del Mar
#ForçaBarça 🔵🔴
#fcbfemeniThis is useful information. You can compare it against real data to figure out the worlds dumbest fanbases
In awe of this entire concept
WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK
LET'S GOOOOOOOOO
#AEWDynamite
En los últimos Archivos Epstein, Trump es acusado de pedófilo y abusar de una menor. Mientras, Kast envía una comitiva de diputados evangélicos para un Encuentro de Oración Nacional y "de diplomacia religiosa y resguardar los valores cristianos" con Trump en EE.UU:
www.theclinic.cl/2026/02/04/l...
La comitiva de diputados evangélicos que Kast envió al Desayuno de Oración en Washington y que lideraría Donald Trump | The Clinic
Un grupo de diputados evangélicos fue enviado por José Antonio Kast para representar al país en tradicional cita en el Capitolio.
I like Abby Phillip a lot, but this is utterly pointless television. Scott Jennings is an actor playing a role. He gets paid to say things he doesn’t believe. And they keep inviting him on. It’s just bad faith all the way around.
The filing deadline is still in some months
Aaron Peterson "refused to give a direct answer on whether Trump can run for president in 2028. ... refused to give a direct answer to the question of whether Trump lost the 2020 election."
thealaskacurrent.com/2025/12/15/s...By a vote of 58-39, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Aaron Christian Peterson to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska. Democrat Senators voting aye: Duckworth, Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Kelly, Shaheen, and Whitehouse. Senators not voting: Crapo, McConnell, and Murphy.
Ultimately we've got to prosecute agents and officials who committed crimes, and we've got to dismantle DHS entirely and start over. But as a list of demands to reduce harm now? This is surprisingly good from Dem leadership.
One big missing thing I don't see in this letter: funding levels?
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
A bill banning ICE from setting up detention centers in New Mexico has cleared the legislature, and Dem Gov. Michelle Lujan has said she'll sign it. But three Dems in the state House voted against it. From
@palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...Don’t miss it - Fred Wellman is on the 314 Podcast tomorrow!
Fred sat down with St. Louis Magazine’s
@sarahfenske.bsky.social to talk about the cost of broken leadership, and what it actually looks like to fight back when the system is stacked against working people.
Be sure to tune in.
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aftermath.site#/portal/signupHe complains more than any human being who’s ever lived.👇
Trump: “I’m the last one who wants to complain.” 🙃
He basically says he’ll only accept the results if Republicans win — then lies for 2 full minutes about seizing the ballots in Georgia
ridiculous nonsense
(From
@atrupar.com )
The attack on Minneapolis ŵas built on falsehoods
Trump is mentioned repeatedly in the Epstein files because everyone Trump knows was part of Epstein's network of pedophiles or people enabling Epstein's enterprises (which in turn enabled his pedophile activities)
www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...
Pro-Trump billionaire on Gaza Board of Peace linked to Jeffrey Epstein in new DOJ files
Marc Rowan, a Billionaire Private Equity Founder Appointed by Donald Trump to Help Oversee Gaza's Reconstruction, Had Multiple Phone and Email Exchanges With Convicted Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Accor...
Files Reveal Epstein’s Money Mingled with Silicon Valley’s Tech Start-Ups
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
Paul Weiss Law Firm, that sucked up to POTUS47, Brad Karp Resigns After Epstein Fallout
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Brad Karp Resigns as Paul Weiss Chairman Amid Epstein Fallout
Is the Trump administration backing down in Minneapolis?
[No, not really]
www.vox.com/the-logoff-n...
Is the Trump administration backing down in Minneapolis?
The immigration agents leaving Minneapolis, briefly explained.
Under terrible management by Bezos,
The Washington Post Eliminates Its Sports Department
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Washington Post Sports Department Was Among Last of Its Kind
ICE’s Surveillance State Isn’t Tracking Only Immigrants
They are using facial recognition to identify not just immigrants but also those who are protesting, interrupting or simply documenting the nationwide nativist dragnet.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | ICE’s New Surveillance State Isn’t Tracking Only Immigrants
In a long run bad decision for the economy and environment, Trump Administration Is Delaying Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...
A Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects Nationwide
He means he murders fishermen all the time, while he's only murdered two people on land so far.
Jesus, WTH
Early in his career, William Randolph Hearst famously joked that if his papers kept losing $1 million a year, he'd lose all his money in 60 years. If the Post continues to lose $100 million a year, it will take Jeff Bezos 2000 years to lose his money.
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
The 2026 Carabao Cup final will be contested between Manchester City and Arsenal.
Pep Guardiola will be looking to win the competition for the fifth time; Mikel Arteta, for the first.
Who do you think will come out on top?
