ICYMI: October 24, 2025

Below are some headlines we may have missed. Please feel free to share your finds as long as they are not from some Fake News cesspool.

Updates:

Trump’s Shitty Economy:

Inflation rate hit 3.0% in September, lower than expected, long-awaited CPI report shows

  • The consumer price index showed a 0.3% increase on the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 3%, both lower than expected.
  • Excluding food and energy, core CPI showed a 0.2% monthly gain and an annual rate also at 3%, also less than forecasts.
  • The BLS released the data specifically because the Social Security Administration uses it as a benchmark for cost-of living adjustments in benefit checks. Otherwise, the federal government has suspended all data compilation.

The consumer price index showed a 0.3% increase on the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 3%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for respective readings of 0.4% and 3.1%. The annual rate reflected a 0.1 percentage point uptick from August.

Trump hits a new low on the 1 issue voters want him to fix: New poll

President Donald Trump received his lowest approval rating yet on the top issues voters elected him to fix, according to the newly released Quinnipiac University poll.

"President Donald Trump's reckless tariff war is crushing America's farmers.”

Governor Newsom Press Office (@govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov) 2025-10-24T20:02:39.338Z

Fuck Off! Signed, California:

This is their playbook for the midterms. Intimidation and harassment – if we are lucky it will only be that. Because their full playbook is most likely much worse but this is the warmup act.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-10-24T18:58:06.917Z

The Auctioneer:

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins describes one of Trump's buddies purportedly cutting a check for $130m to pay the troops as "the best of America" "It shows President Trump's business acumen," the Newsmax host replies

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM