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Trump and Bibi’s Stupid War Updates”
Trump’s 💩 💩 💩 Economy:
VARNEY: If you add it all up, it doesn't look good for the Trump economy LABOR SECRETARY LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER: I couldn't agree with you. Overall, we've gained 60,000 new jobs over the last two months
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 6, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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VARNEY: The midterms are months away. How soon can we expect the jobs picture to pick up sharply with more jobs coming into the economy? LORI CHAVEZ DeREMER: I think we have seen that tick up a little bit. Overall, we're still better that what we inherited from the Biden administration
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 6, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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U.S. payrolls unexpectedly fell by 92,000 in February; unemployment rate rises to 4.4%
- Nonfarm payrolls in February fell by 92,000, compared to the estimate for 50,000 and below the downwardly revised January total of 126,000. It was the third time in five months that the economy lost jobs.
- Health care, the primary growth driver in payrolls, saw a loss of 28,000 due largely to a strike at Kaiser Permanente that sidelined more than 30,000 workers in Hawaii and California.
- Wages rose more than expected. Average hourly earnings increased 0.4% for the month and 3.8% from a year ago, both 0.1 percentage point above forecast.
Global oil benchmark Brent crude breaks above $90 a barrel amid Iran war, U.S. crude tops $87
- Qatar’s energy minister Saad al-Kaabi told The Financial Times that Gulf exporters would halt production in days if tankers cannot pass the Strait of Hormuz.
- This could spike oil prices to $150 a barrel in the coming weeks and “bring down the economies of the world,” Kaabi said.
Dow futures tumble 600 points after Trump says there will be no deal with Iran, oil prices soar:
Dow futures tumble 600 points after Trump says there will be no deal with Iran, oil prices soar:
Stock futures fell Friday, putting equities on pace to add to their weekly declines, as oil prices spiked and traders reacted to an unexpected drop in new U.S. jobs data.
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 634 points, or 1.3%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 1.3% and 1.5%, respectively.
Nonfarm payrolls fell by 92,000 in February, a sharp contrast from the downwardly revised January gain of 126,000 and far below the growth of 50,000 that economists polled by Dow Jones expected for the month. The unemployment rate also rose to 4.4% from 4.3%.
The Worst People in the World:
Fundie Freaks and End Times’ Fables:
Military Leaders See Iran War as “God’s Divine Plan” — a Chilling Turn for Trump’s Fascism
A military watchdog has been “inundated” with complaints that officials are using end-times Christian rhetoric to justify war.
The United States is waging a religious war. This is, at least, how dozens of fanatical U.S. military commanders understand President Donald Trump’s illegal assault on Iran: a messianic battle to bring about Jesus Christ’s return.
“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” one military commander told his combat unit, which could be deployed to fight in Iran “at any moment,” according to a complaint reportedly filed by one of the unit’s officers to a military watchdog group.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation says it has been “inundated” with more than 200 calls across dozens of military installations, including 110 complaints filed between Saturday morning and Monday evening, from service members reporting their commanders have invoked similar extremist rhetoric of Christian Zionist messianism when justifying the unprovoked war on Iran.