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[quote=Anonymous]I didn't intend to post again so soon, but my list runneth over...

[b]US debt set to surge to 120% of GDP as federal deficits spiral over next decade under new projections.[/b]
“National debt held by public projected to jump from $30T today to $53T by 2035 under new budget analysis.”
[url]https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/us-debt-set-surge-120-gdp-federal-deficits-spiral-over-next-decade-under-new-projections.amp[/url]

[b]Gen Z, Millennials Cutting Eating Out to Pay Mortgages.[/b]
“Two in five young renters and homeowners in the U.S. are cutting down on dining out to afford their monthly housing costs, whether that is mortgage, rent, parking, heating, cooling, or other bills, according to a new survey.”
[url]https://www.newsweek.com/gen-z-millennials-cutting-eating-out-pay-mortgages-2119214[/url]

[b]Gen Z is right about the job hunt—it really is worse than it was for millennials, with nearly 60% of fresh-faced grads frozen out of the workforce.[/b]
“That figure is compared to 25% of earlier graduates, like millennials, Gen Xers, and baby boomers before them. Young job-hunters are also three times less likely to have a job lined up out of school, as AI agents take over and entry-level roles are shrinking for Gen Z workers.”
[url]https://fortune.com/2025/07/14/gen-z-job-hunting-harder-millions-unemployed-millennial-gen-x-careers-ai-entry-level-work/[/url]

[b]Casual and fast-food restaurants have seen a 6% drop in customers over the three months to mid-July compared to last summer.[/b]
[url]https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y042g11yvo[/url]

[b]State Dept promotes several diplomats after sending them layoff notices.[/b]
“AFSA said the department’s decision to promote individuals after eliminating their positions “defies logic.”
“Not only do these actions reflect a profound failure of leadership and planning, but they contradict the department’s own claims that the layoffs were performance-based. Together, these actions send a chilling message: In today’s State Department, even excellence cannot protect your career,” AFSA said in a statement Tuesday.”
[url]https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/08/state-dept-promotes-several-diplomats-after-sending-them-layoff-notices/?readmore=1[/url]

[b]US veterans agency lost thousands of ‘core’ medical staff under Trump, records show. [/b]
“The number of medical staff on hand to treat veterans has fallen every month since Donald Trump took office.”
[url]https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/us-veterans-affairs-agency-medical-staff-departures[/url]

[b]Tariffs impact land sales at Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center.[/b]
"A lot of (manufacturing) companies that want to come in from out of country, they want to build their product here, but they have specific needs," Gilman said. "And so they need to bring their materials from out of the country. And there's some tariffs issues there. And so we're working through some of that. And hopefully we can get that behind us and start selling some land."
https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2025/aug/24/gilman-tariffs-impact-land-sales-at-tahoe-reno-industrial-center/

[b]Las Vegas tourism was down by 11% in June, compared to 2024, with 13% fewer international travelers. [/b]
https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-nevada-tourism-fbcb23cacef7c54f4ecaac0a43ba0703

[b]August consumer confidence dips in US with jobs, tariffs and high prices driving most unease.[/b]
“A measure of Americans’ short-term expectations for their income, business conditions and the job market fell by 1.2 points to 74.8, remaining significantly below 80, the marker that can signal a recession ahead.”
[url]https://apnews.com/article/consumer-confidence-conference-board-economy-3e6d436656be001249542cf4e5425c0a[/url]

[b]MAGA Rages Over Trump's Chinese Student Numbers: 'Should Never Allow That’.[/b]
“Supporters of President are outraged by his announcement that 600,000 Chinese students will be allowed into the United States to study.”
[url]https://www.newsweek.com/maga-rages-trump-chinese-student-numbers-2119215[/url]

[b]Pirro’s office fails three times to win felony indictment of alleged attacker of FBI agent.[/b]
“Reid was arrested in July for allegedly resisting attempts to restrain her after she refused to back away from ICE officers who were conducting arrests outside the D.C. Jail. In the process, they said, an FBI agent received scrapes to the back of her hand.”
[url]https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pirro-office-fails-three-times-180159978.html[/url]

[b]U.S. agriculture industry faces labor shortage of 155,000 employees—the largest in nearly a decade due to ICE detentions[/b]. 
[url]https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2025/08/22/agriculture-industry-facing-largest-labor-shortage-in-nearly-a-decade[/url]

[b]Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority.[/b]
[url]https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/26/democrat-catelin-drey-wins-iowa-senate-special-election-defeats-republican-christopher-prosch/85819325007/[/url]

[b]National Guard called in to deal with ‘crime emergency’ in DC are now picking up trash outside the White House.[/b]
“At least 2,234 active guardsmen are on duty throughout the city; 929 of those are from the D.C. National Guard, while 1,305 come from Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia, say the Joint Task Force-DC Office.”
[url]https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/national-guard-picking-up-trash-washington-b2814906.html[/url]

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