Cupid Shoots An Arrow!

The jobs are coming.

Looks like we're off to a "good" start for the fuhrer. The January jobs report comes out with a gain of 227,000 jobs for the month. The unemployment rate ticks up to 4.8%. It shows a sign of Americans interested in finding a long term job. It's a small increase in employment.

The first job report under Fuhrer Donald J. Trump. The Labor Department conducted this job report when Barack Obama was still the president.

"Trump is inheriting an economy on its way to full employment, but there is still more work to do," says Elise Gould, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute.

CNN reports that the underemployment rate which says that people who are unemployed plus the part-time workers rose to 9.4%.

And like how they did Obama, I will do the same for the fuhrer. Conservatives ignore the facts once again for political gains. They will likely credit Trump for the jobs number.

Now that Obama's out of office, how many of these conservatives are going to spread misinformation about 95 million Americans not working?

The Cold Shoulder!

The transition.

Thank you President Barack Obama.

I will miss you and your family. I hope the best for you, Vice President Joe Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden. I hope that you guys will stay active in the public sector.

I hope you guys are the vocal opposition towards the Republicans and the incoming fuhrer Donald J. Trump. I hope you motivate Democrats to fight for the people and not big interest. I hope that Republicans prove to the American people once again that conservatism will not work without liberalism as a balance.

I want the Republican Party, Trump and vice fuhrer Mike Pence to fail. I do want the country to fail.

Because this notion to rationalize Trump, Pence, conservatives and the junk food media's rationing of this White extremist movement they called the alt-right is senseless. It's pathetic and disgusting.

I want it to fail. I want more chaos!

Because I believe Trump will be overwhelmed with issues. The stress will get to him and Pence.

They will age 5 times faster with the enormous amount of pressure to do "what's right".

Thanks to Trump and the Republicans, partisanship has now became more toxic than ever.

Even the jobs report for the month of December will be polarized by notions of the false equivalency of  95.4 million not working. Now if 95 million people aren't working there's got to be a good reason to why.

But obviously in the minds of white extremists, Black people are having children out of wedlock and living on the government and blaming WHITE folks for their problems.

The idiots can't figure out that there are 1/3 of the population not working for the reasons given.

1. DEAD
2. BORN
3. IN PRISON
4. IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
5. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
6. IN HIGH SCHOOL
7. IN COLLEGE NOT LOOKING
8. VOLUNTEER
9. DISABLED 
10. STAY AT HOME PARENT
11. RETIRED
12. QUIT ON THEIR OWN
13. NOT HIRING QUALIFIED
14. NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED
15. FIRED FROM THE JOB

Okay, the unemployment rate is the signs of a stable economy. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.7%. The employment in December was a net of 156,000 jobs.

The unemployment rate ticked up from a nine year low as more people are entering the job market which speculators see as a sign of confidence.

We will continue to engage in the job market. When Trump takes the helm, we will follow the unemployment rate.

The jobs are here and the Republicans won't give Obama the credit for it. Once Trump take the helm, he will find some way to blame Obama for the mess he creates or the take the credit for the successes that Obama did.

Rock Them Bells!

When the man-child take office, he'll inherit a low job rate. President Barack Obama leaves him 15.9 million jobs.

Bet you money, we won't hear conservatives bemoan and beeyotch about the jobs report once the dictator takes over. Like they've done to President Barack Obama, they would say that the jobs report were bogus and 95 million people aren't working. They don't care about the obvious reasons to why people aren't working.

For every  the month of November, the jobs report comes with 178,000 jobs added. It drops the unemployment rate to 4.6 percent. With that drop, it begins the final month of Obama's term.

He will leave the controversial billionaire/racist/sexist/pussy grabbing/immature/reality television star a stable economy. The man-child will be our next president. Donald J. Trump will come in believing that his words helped the economy.

Let's break down the canard about 95 million people not working. Obviously in the minds of White extremists there are so many people lazy and living on the gubmint. They want drug tests for people who use the safety net.

I can only imagine that those who are suffering in the South weren't supporters of Obama's policies.

A large scale wildfire in Tennessee destroying homes and displacing people. Tennessee lawmakers are calling upon Congress to pass emergency relief before they take their umpteenth vacation. Once they return it will be the soon-to-be inept 115th Congress. The Republicans will have control of Congress and they will ignore the needs of the American people.

Reasons to why 95 million people not working.

DEATH
BIRTH
RETIREMENT
TERMINATION FROM JOB
QUIT JOB ON OWN TERMS
PRISON
STAY AT HOME PARENT
COLLEGE 
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
DISABLED

VOTE!

Donald Trump and Mike Pence.

It's the day of reckoning.

Republicans and Democrats are heading to the polls today. Election Day is here. The two candidates for president are by far the most polarizing. Hillary Clinton, the scourge of the Republican Party is on the verge of becoming the first woman president.

Clinton has proven that she is capable of handling the problems facing America.

Donald Trump unfortunately has opened deep wounds. His ability to tag the system as rigged will linger throughout the years. If he should lose, Trump will blame Clinton, the media and the politicians who opposed his campaign.

The civil war between Republicans will begin.

I know that Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge and Sean Hannity will tagged as "three time losers".

They're only consolation prize is years of agitating their ignorant base with kookspiracy theories about Clinton and her policies.

It's voting time.

GO VOTE.

VOTE FOR A BETTER FUTURE.

VOTE!

Time to vote.

The day of reckoning. Today is Election Day and tonight one of these two will become the President of the United States. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump will make history.

The path to 270 was a hard fought battle between the two. It was extremely bitter.

This election has divided Americans. Regardless of who wins, the partisan rancor will continue.

It's worth noting that Democrats have history on their side and if they nominated the first Black man and the first female for president, it leaves the Republicans permanently the party of old White men.

Nate Silver: Your Guess Is Good As Mine!

Don't expect a blowout for Clinton says Nate Silver.

Going into the last three days of the presidential election. Hillary Clinton has a 60% chance at winning the presidency. A big drop from 85%. Mainly due to James Comey's FBI memo to Republicans over them goddamn emails.

Clinton is confident. She built a good ground game with the GOTV (get out to vote).

Florida, Nevada, Ohio, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Iowa are up for grabs and the Republican nominee Donald Trump needs these states to win the White House.

Nate Silver, the genius of stats is stomped by his own calculations. Fivethirtyeight.com is the best indicator of who's likely going to be president. Today, he's says that it's anybody's game and the Democrats are panicking.

I conclude that Donald Trump has 40% chance at winning the presidency. It's driven the narrative that Trump is anchoring the emails around Hillary Clinton's neck. Also Republicans who were on the fence are "coming home" as Mike Pence puts it.

Silver is being criticized by Huffington Post editor in chief Ryan Grim for allegedly "putting the thumb on the scales."

It sparked a brief feud between the two.

Silver is right. The Democrats should take nothing for granted. It's still toss up. Clinton doesn't need Ohio and Florida to win. She needs to hold on to states she already carrying.

So far Trump has studied the trends and his campaign felt an opportunity is ahead in states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Minnesota.

Golden Harvest!

On his way out, he will leave unemployment rate at the lowest.

President Barack Obama's final two months are here. The first African American president leaves the White House on January 20th, 2017. On his way out, he may leave his predecessor with the lowest unemployment rate in American history.

The job numbers for October are out. It nets 161,000 jobs, 73-months of job growth. It's amazing.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 161,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. August and September data was revised to show 44,000 more jobs created than previously reported.

The unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent, in part as people dropped out the labor force.

The closely watched employment report was published four days before the Nov. 8 presidential election. It came on the heels of data last week showing an acceleration in economic growth in the third quarter. But economists see little impact from the report on an increasingly bitter and divisive campaign.

“There is so much noise out there right now, everyone is screaming from the rooftops. I just don’t know that any particular data point is going to have a great bearing on the election, in and of itself,” said Sam Bullard, senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Though the U.S. central bank is expected to increase borrowing costs next month, that decision will likely depend on the outcome of Tuesday’s election. The tight race between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump has rattled financial markets.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls increasing by 175,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate falling one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent.

The Fed on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged but said its monetary policy-setting committee “judges that the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has continued to strengthen.” It lifted its benchmark overnight interest rate last December for the first time in nearly a decade.

“The election could still derail the Fed’s plans, particularly if a very close result led to one or both candidates contesting it via the courts,” said Paul Ashworth, chief economist at Capital Economics in Toronto.

TREND HAS SLOWED

The trend in employment growth has slowed as the labor market nears full employment and the economy’s recovery from the 2007-09 recession shows signs of aging.

Employment growth so far this year has averaged 181,000 jobs per month, down from an average gain of 229,000 per month in 2015. Still, the monthly job gains are more than enough to absorb new entrants into the labor market.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said the economy needs to create just under 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with growth in the work-age population.

The prospects of an interest rate hike next month were also bolstered by a solid rise in wages. Average hourly earnings increased 10 cents or 0.4 percent in October after advancing 0.3 percent in September.

The lift from a calendar quirk pushed the year-on-year increase to 2.8 percent, the biggest gain since June 2009, from 2.6 percent in September. The Fed on Wednesday struck a fairly upbeat note on inflation, saying price pressures had “increased somewhat since earlier this year.”

Despite the labor market nearing full employment, wage growth has been moderate. Economists blame this on a low labor force participation rate.

The participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, fell 0.1 percentage point to 62.8 percent last month, not too far from multi-decade lows, in part reflecting demographic changes.

The solid payrolls gain accompanied by the surge in wages could support consumer spending heading into the holiday season, and in turn keep the economy on a relatively higher growth path.

While the household survey showed a increase in the number of people saying they could not get to work because of bad weather, the department said it was difficult to assess the impact of Hurricane Matthew on job growth last month. The storm lashed the east coast of the country last month, causing extensive flooding. The average workweek held steady at 34.4 hours.

Manufacturing employment fell 9,000 last month, falling for a third straight month. Construction payrolls increased 11,000, rising for a second straight month.

Retail sector employment surprising fell 1,100 jobs, despite expectations of a jump in early holiday season hiring.

Professional and business services payrolls rose 43,000.

Temporary-help jobs, a harbinger for future hiring, increased 6,400. Government employment rose by 19,000 jobs.

Now The Vote Suppression Attempts!

Vote early at your local precinct. 

The alt right decided to play dirty bull in an attempt to disenfranchise voters in North Carolina and Florida. Social media pointed a posting that allegedly comes from the Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign.

It says that you can skip the lines and vote by text.

No you can't.

Here's two other versions.

Deliberate attempt at discouraging Black vote.

There's no such thing as voting by text message and for those who are willing to push this, this is the signs of desperation.

The ads circulated on Twitter recently would have you believe otherwise.

Lifting imagery directly from Hillary Clinton's campaign materials, the ads encourage supporters of the Democratic nominee to "vote early" and "vote from home" by texting their candidate's name to a five-digit number.

"Save time. Avoid the line," one reads.

"Vote early. Text 'Hillary' to 59925," says another.

At least four such ads began making rounds on social media this week, each containing the Clinton campaign's "H" logo and a line saying they were "paid for by Hillary for President." Some featured images of Clinton that appear to be pulled from actual campaign marketing materials, while others showed a black woman and a Hispanic woman, in what may be an attempt to dupe to minority voters specifically. One was written entirely in Spanish.

We're approaching the final days of this god awful presidential election. Donald Trump is closing in on Hillary Clinton. The polls are "tightening" and Clinton is slipping in Ohio, Florida and North Carolina.

It's up to the American voter to put either the former first lady or the media mogul in the White House.

Candy Corn!

Victory lap. 

As we enter the final weeks of the U.S. presidential election, the September's job report release makes strives. The month gave us 156,000 jobs. It also ticked the unemployment rate to 5 percent. It's starting to cool off again.

Once again, the jobs report becomes a partisan event. The conservatives will always deny the economy is improving. They will calculate the half truths about the 95 million Americans aren't working.

Americans are losing their homes to the wildfires, tornadoes, floods, and the looming Hurricane Matthew. Gun violence is the number one threat in the United States. Service jobs are stressing the working class. Wage theft and lots of Americans being overworked is an issue that conservatives ignore.

The reasons to why conservatives ignore the real reasons for 95 million people not working.

1. BIRTH

2. DEATH

3. RETIREMENT

4. FIRED OUT THE CANNON (LAID OFF/FIRED FROM JOB)

5. QUITTING A JOB FOR A NEW JOB

6. UNDER 16 (NOT OF WORKING AGE)

7. STAY AT HOME PARENT

8. DISABLED

9. COLLEGE STUDENT STUDYING 

10. IN THE IRON COLLEGE (PRISON)

Okay, if you're seriously believing that 95 million people aren't working (just because), then you're a Donald Trump and Mike Pence supporter. If you choose to not factor the obvious reasons as mentioned above, you're obviously a listener of agitators like that old fart Rush Limbaugh, Sean "Softball" Hannity and readers of that internet creeper Matt Drudge.

Yes, people are searching for the "right" job. There are plenty of jobs out there. Some are willing and some are giving up. It's a part of real world.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected employers to add 175,000 jobs last month.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said the economy needs to create less than 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with population growth.Average monthly job gains have been about 180,000 this year, which Yellen has described as “unsustainable.”

The unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a percentage point to 5.0 percent last month, though the increase was driven by Americans rejoining the labor force.

Friday’s employment report will be the last before the Fed’s Nov. 1-2 policy meeting. Investors see almost no chance of a rate increase at that meeting given how close it is to the Nov. 8 presidential election.

Yellen said last month that the Fed will likely raise rates once this year, but prices on fed funds futures suggest just above even odds the hike will come at the Fed’s last policy meeting for the year in December.

Hourly wages for private sector workers rose 2.6 percent in September from the same month a year earlier, in line with economists’ expectations. The annual growth rate has shown signs of accelerating over the last year although it remains slower than before the 2007-2009 recession.

Three Fed policymakers voted for a hike last month when the Fed kept rates steady. However, Friday’s data could boost the case of Fed policymakers who have vocally defended a go-slow approach to rate increases.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused the Fed of playing politics by holding rates low, a charge Yellen and other Fed policymakers have denied.

Trump has also made reversing job losses at U.S. factories a central campaign promise. Manufacturing employment fell by 13,000 jobs in September and the sector has shed jobs in three of the last five months.

At the same time, the job market on balance continues to firm, even if at a slower pace, which could be an asset for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who has argued that President Barack Obama, also a Democrat, has helped the economy.

The Fed lifted its benchmark overnight interest rate at the end of last year for the first time in nearly a decade, but has held it steady so far this year amid concerns over persistently low inflation.

Fall Semester!

15 million jobs created so far under the nearly 8 years of Barack Obama's presidency.

So the jobs report is out for the month. For the month of August the jobs that were netted were 151,000. It gave the country over 1 million jobs so far.

The unemployment rate will stay at 4.9%. It fell below 5% earlier this year for the first time since 2008.

Wage growth slowed a bit after showing signs of momentum in previous months. Wages continue to stall and this is the reasons to why the U.S. economy recovery has not been felt by vast pockets of the population.

America's economic growth has averaged about 1% in the first half of this year. However, experts are hoping that growth will pick up in the second half.

The August job numbers are critical for the Federal Reserve, whose leaders hinted that they could use it as a guide in potentially raising the key interest rate.

When the conservative agitators say that 95 million Americans aren't working, I think about the actual reasons to why people aren't working.

For one thing, if you're not looking at the news lately, you're not noticing the wildfires, hurricane, floods, and tornadoes. You hear about the countless victims of gun violence. You hear about companies cutting

I think about the wildfires in Oregon, California, Wyoming, and Texas. I think about the floods in Louisiana. I think about the hurricanes hitting Florida and Hawaii. I think about the countless lives lost to gun violence in the United States. I think about the disastrous tornadoes tearing up the Midwest. I think about the lack of funding for roads and bridges.

The reasons to why conservatives ignore the real reasons for 95 million people not working.

1. BIRTH

2. DEATH

3. RETIREMENT

4. FIRED OUT THE CANNON (LAID OFF/FIRED FROM JOB)

5. QUITTING A JOB FOR A NEW JOB

6. UNDER 16 (NOT OF WORKING AGE)

7. STAY AT HOME PARENT

8. DISABLED

9. COLLEGE STUDENT STUDYING 

10. IN THE IRON COLLEGE (PRISON)

Okay, if you're seriously believing that 95 million people aren't working (just because), then you're a Donald Trump and Mike Pence supporter. If you choose to not factor the obvious reasons as mentioned above, you're obviously a listener of agitators like that old fart Rush Limbaugh, Sean "Softball" Hannity and readers of internet creeper Matt Drudge.

Peaches And Cream!

Hillary Clinton is catching fire in states Republicans normally hold.

Democrats are hoping that Hillary Clinton could hold down. There are two states that are swinging in the wind and it's not Ohio and Florida. These two southern states are sunny for the Democratic nominee.

The states of Georgia and Arizona are in play. The two states seen a population boom of African American and Hispanic Americans. The young voters could impact the state's turnout.

Georgia is a state that hasn't went to a Democrat since her husband 42 carried it in 1992. It has her leading barely by 3 - 5 points on average.

Arizona on the other hand is still looking like a Republican win. Clinton is down by three in most polls. It's significant means that the state is in play.

These polls could impact how massive the damage Trump's done to the Republicans.

Clinton's chances of winning the U.S. presidential election went up to 69%. Her opponent Donald Trump, the nominee for the Republicans made numerous errors since the convention and now his campaign is doing damage control.

His surrogates are trying to blame the media for Trump's slide in the polls.

This has been the most solid lead Clinton held onto.

The candidates will head to Detroit to lay out their economic plans.

Summertime Switch!

The President and First Daughter Sasha Obama in Martha's Vineyard.

President Barack Obama is 55 year old. His job approval is high and he's confident that his soon to be predecessor will carry his legacy forward. Obama hopes that Hillary Clinton will be the next President of the United States.

You know the president goes on his last vacation for the summer recess. He gave his last presser at the Pentagon. He was asked about the presidential campaign. He said that he's not going to waste anymore time on the situation between Hillary Clinton and the other guy. He said that the other guy is "unfit to be the President of the United States."

He also announced that his daughters were on the move as well. Malia Obama was spotted at Lollapalooza with her friends. Sasha was spotted at a restaurant in Martha's Vineyard. She is currently working there serving residents at a local seafood shack.

Her name is Natasha and she's here to serve. Don't worry about the guys in the back, they just here to keep her company. The first daughter Sasha Obama is working at a seafood shack in Martha's Vineyard.

So far, Republican Donald Trump and running mate Mike Pence have slipped and the party is very concerned that the damage is done.

Here's some news that going to make Trump even more nervous. The jobs report for the month of July has shown a strong bump in the hiring. Over 255,000 jobs were clocked in.

The U.S. unemployment rate will remain at 4.9 percent.

Now as always, you hear the lies and half-truths of the American labor force.

Example: 95 million people aren't working.

The United States population as of today is 322 million. That would be less than 1/3 of the U.S. population.

The reasons to why conservatives ignore the real reasons for 95 million people not working.

1. BIRTH

2. DEATH

3. RETIREMENT

4. FIRED OUT THE CANNON

5. QUITTING A JOB FOR A NEW JOB

6. UNDER 16

7. STAY AT HOME PARENT

8. DISABLED

9. COLLEGE STUDENT STUDYING 

10. IN THE IRON COLLEGE (PRISON)

The good news is that people are looking for jobs and it's plentiful. The bad news is that the labor participation rate is stalling at 62.8 percent. That means people who gave up looking for jobs is still high.

The good news is that hourly rates have risen. The bad news is that the cost of living will likely go up as well. The first signs of an adjustment is the soda. If you purchased a soft drink at a gas station and it was previously $1.69 and soon it would be $1.89. It would be a 10 percent jump in the price of the drink.

Despite what the naysayers say, we're looking good.

Happy Birthday Mr. Obama. You, Michelle and the daughters will be sorely missed.

The Good News Overshadowed By The Bad!

The tragic shooting in Dallas may end President Barack Obama's trip to the European Union for a NATO summit. The president is clearly upset over the lost of lives in another mass shooting.

All the good news of the June job numbers were scrubbed by the ongoing blame game of mass shootings.

The June jobs report say that 287,000 jobs were added just a few weeks before Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton take their crowns as the party's nominees.

The unemployment rate has risen to 4.9%. It happens when more unemployed Americans go back into the workforce looking for a stable job.

The May jobs report was a disappointment. It gave the markets some major worry. The United Kingdom's divorce from the EU has also cast instability across the world markets.

The economy is making strives.

Again, you will have your critics. They will continue to push this false narrative that 94 million American aren't working and the usual the economy is in free fall.

Let me be clear. Here's the things that contribute to people not working.

Stay at home parents
Just quit their jobs
Retired workers
Those in prison
Under 16
In college or high school
Dead
Born

Discrediting the facts for their partisan agenda.

Junebugs!

Unemployment rate down but it's not good news to the cynical agitators.

The unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 perecent. The job market is looking healthy but...there's a catch. The Department of Labor said that 38,000 jobs were added for the month of May.

Criticism is being passed around yet again. This shows the weakest job growth in five years.

The unemployment rate being down is positive, but it comes with a price. People are dropping out the labor force after deciding to give up on their search for a job. The labor force participation rate fell 0.2 percent in May to 62.6 percent, erasing some of the gains that it had made.

That means in other words, over 30 million people have given up on looking for a job.

The Huffington Post reports that figure badly missed the expected increase of about 160,000 jobs.

Already Donald Trump seized on the report in his usual fashion.

Terrible jobs report just reported. Only 38,000 jobs added. Bombshell!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 3, 2016

The economic jobs report affects the stock market. It will probably take a hit.

Conservative agitators will seize upon the report as an example of their word vomit of lies and deception. The lie of 94 million people not working will be played again.

The Verizon strike also played a role in the dismal job market.

The Verizon employee strike was on for six weeks. The workers were demanding better pay and working conditions. That caused a negative impact on the job gains.

CNN reports that health care, hotels and government jobs were the only jobs added in May.

Mining, oil and gas jobs fell.

The weak May jobs report may very well take the rate hike off the table.

Janet Yellen was tempted to raise the interest rate but now it's going to be held back due to the unemployment numbers.

Coal Bern!

It's not over until California.

Chalk one up for Bernie Sanders.

It seems like even though his chances at winning the nomination are slimmer, Bernie Sanders managed to win the state of West Virginia. The state that went to Hillary Clinton in 2008 now went to Sanders.

Clinton admits that her statements about the coal industry doomed her chances. She all but pulled out of the conservative leaning state. It wasn't worth it.

Clinton did come out a little better. She won the U.S. territory of Guam.

Donald Trump the sole candidate in the Republican race won by default. His win came a week after Ted Cruz and John Kasich finally admitted defeat.

Well never say never. Ted Cruz is reconsidering another attempt at usurping Trump. Last week, Cruz and his running mate Carly Fiorina exited after the Indiana primary. The conservative shitkicker hasn't ruled out a contested convention.

In hypothetical polling, Donald Trump would lose to Hillary Clinton by four points. Eerily similar to Mitt Romney's defeat. As of today, I believe the race is statistical tie between the two.

What lies between the next primaries is all but certain that Trump and Clinton will likely clinch the nomination.

May Day, May Day!

President Barack Obama at a local bookstore celebrating small business day.

The monthly jobs reports were released this morning and it shows an outlook that may pose a risk for the economy. The April jobs report shows that the U.S. Department of Labor added 160,000 were added.

That was the smallest gain since September and below the first-quarter average job growth of 200,000.

Employers added 19,000 fewer jobs in February and March than previously reported. While the unemployment rate held at 5.0 percent that was because people dropped out of the labor force.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls rising 202,000 last month and the jobless rate unchanged at 5 percent.

The stepdown in job growth could raise concerns that the weakness in overall economic activity was spilling over to the labor market. Economic growth slowed sharply in the first quarter this year.

The most unproductive leaders of the Congress, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader both voice concern about Obama's policies and their standard-bearer Donald Trump.

Average hourly earnings were a bright spot in the employment report, rising eight cents or 0.3 percent last month. That took the year-on-year increase to 2.5 percent from 2.3 percent in March, still below the 3.0 percent advance that economists say is needed for inflation to rise to the Fed’s 2.0 percent target.

The U.S. central bank last month offered a fairly upbeat assessment of the labor market, saying that conditions had “improved further.”

The Fed raised its benchmark overnight interest rate in December for the first time in nearly a decade. Fed officials have forecast two more rate hikes for this year.

Market-based measures of Fed policy expectations have virtually priced out an interest rate increase at the Fed’s June 14-15 meeting, according to CME Group’s FedWatch. They see a less than 50 percent probability of rate hikes in September and November, with a 59 percent chance at the December meeting.

The labor force participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, fell 0.2 percentage point to 62.8 percent. It had increased 0.6 percentage point since dipping to 62.4 percent in September.

The labor force fell by 362,000 as people dropped out in April.

The vast private services sector dominated employment gains in April. Manufacturing added 4,000 jobs last month after shedding 29,000 in March, the biggest loss for the sector since December 2009.

Donald Trump in Charleston, WV stroking his gift from the coal industry.

There were further job losses in mining as the energy sector adjusts to weak profits from a recent prolonged plunge in oil prices. Mining payrolls fell 8,000 last month. Mining employment has decreased by 191,000 jobs since peaking in September 2014, with 75 percent of the losses in support activities.

Gains in construction employment slowed sharply, with the sector adding 1,000 jobs in April, after home building showing some signs of fatigue last month.

Retail payrolls fell 3,100 after hefty gains in the first quarter, despite sluggish sales.

This shatters the constant streak over added jobs over 200,000.

As usual the conservatives will complain about the job numbers. The conservatives will say that the president and the Labor Department are fudging the numbers.

They will say that 94 million Americans aren't working. They will complain that the annual payroll rates being stalled by government regulations.

All the while, ignoring the lackluster activities of the Republican controlled Congress. The Congress so far the most unproductive in American history. It's about to shatter the record of the 113th Congress, the least productive since Republicans and Democrats shared control.

Looking Real Sick!

Ted Cruz ends the race in embarrassment. He accidently jabs his wife Heidi in the face.

Failed presidential candidate Ted Cruz elbows his wife on his way out. Many conservative agitators in the junk food media blame The Drudge Report and Fox News for Cruz's brutal loss.

Some conservatives are turning on their own. That annoying conservative agitator Sean Hannity is feuding with Glenn Beck and Mark Levin over his ass-kissing coverage of Donald Trump.

It's no secret that the old fart Rush Limbaugh, Drudge and Hannity once again created the toxic environment for Republicans. The cheerleading from these three has hurt them with conservatives. Now conservatives are tempted to vote for an insurgent to stop the insurgent.

Trump's rhetoric could hurt Republicans in the general election. Right now, I am not sure on who could be the next president. I mean it's difficult to determine seeing that Trump and Hillary Clinton are both polarizing candidates.

Republicans have lost elections because of these three agitators. We can thank them for President Barack Obama.

John Kasich will head back to Ohio with his tail in between his legs. I guess Indiana did it for him too. The Ohio governor announced he is suspending his campaign.

In Columbus, Kasich delivers a 20 minute statement saying that he's dedicated to helping Republicans win but refused to endorse Trump.

The old fart Limbaugh said that Kasich staying in the race damaged Cruz. The kookspiracy going around the webs is that Kasich was intentionally hurting Cruz so he could become a vice president nominee if Trump selects him. Kasich shot down the notion of being vice president.

Trump said that he's willing to take Kasich, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio as running mates.

Trump is assured the nomination. He clearly has this wrapped up and now many Republicans are in deep concern whether he's viable enough to defeat Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee.

John Kasich finally ends his embarrassing quest for president.

Bernie Sanders is still in the race, but the junk food media is going to ignore him soon. Clinton's delegate lead is so close it's almost likely if she fails at winning the final primaries, she will have enough to avert a contested convention.

Cruz ended his campaign in Indiana after he was trounced by rival Donald Trump. Cruz was none too happy about losing to a reality television star.

I can imagine that Cruz will get payback against Trump if he was to become the President of the United States. He will stall all the nominees that a hypothetical Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump brings forth.

The controversial billionaire is the Republican presumptive nominee. He single handedly beaten the establishment.

Trump will head to Cleveland to get the nomination. Will the establishment Republicans show up?

See You At The Crossroads!

DevastaTED.

Ted Cruz announced he is dropping out the race.

Donald Trump annihilated the controversial Texas senator.

The Donald won Indiana in a landslide. It eliminates the notion that Trump will face a contested convention. Republicans are getting used to the inevitable. Trump is well on his way to capture the nomination.

Bernie Sanders wins the state of Indiana upsetting Clinton who was favored a win.

It goes without any question, Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee. He has no serious challenges. John Kasich is still in the race but it's over for him as well. He has no real viable path to victory. So now the junk food media will ignore Kasich.

Trump's win was so brutal to Ted Cruz. The senator put a lot of time and money into this state. He brought Carly Fiorina out of the dustbin and she couldn't muster enough hope for Cruz. It's a politically conservative state. Now I am certain that path to the nomination will now be likely Trump.

Conservative agitators are divided over this. Mark Levin slams Fox News for allowing this "circus" go on for so long. George Will refuse to support Trump. Many Republicans are now wondering where they're going next.

Chances for Donald Trump becoming the U.S. president is now 51%. Chances for Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic nominee is 94%. Chances for Hillary Clinton becoming the U.S. president is 57%.

Donald Trump defeated Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Scott Walker, Rand Paul, Jim Gilmore, George Pataki, Lindsey Graham, Ben Carson, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, John Kasich and now Ted Cruz. 

Bern'n Down The House!

Bernie Sanders is hopeful even though most say it's "over" for him.

Bernie Sanders is on the bubble. He vows to fight all the way to Democratic convention. But he is really struggling in the final leg of the race for the nomination.

Sanders heads to GOP Sundays to explain the reason to why he fired out the cannon paid staffers and marked his last stand in California. Like Ted Cruz, Sanders warns the public that Hillary Clinton is bad for America.

The plan may have backfired. It gave Clinton room to paint Sanders as a obstructionist to President Barack Obama's policies. Clinton is willing to embrace Obama's accomplishments. The Republicans want to paint Clinton as a "third term" as Obama and Bill Clinton, her husband and former president.

Hillary Clinton trounced him in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware. Clinton is leading in the competitive races in Indiana, Montana and California. These states were the last hopes for Bernie Sanders to at least steal the thunder from Clinton.

What happened?

Sanders lit a fire with young voters. Now it's fizzling out!

Sanders had ambitions that inspired people. It was drowned out by Donald Trump. Trump's rhetoric stole the limelight.

Sanders is a true progressive. He is the most honest politician in this race. Unfortunately he's has the least name recognition after John Kasich. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton are the most talked about and most negative.

Clinton by no means is a perfect candidate. But the most rational of the five candidates running is the only thing she got. She, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are dishonest. They are extremely polarizing and it's likely if one of these three candidates win, Congress will be the biggest thorn in their back.

Republicans claim victory. They turned a relatively strong candidate into a weak nominee. They wanted a Republican who can build bridges. What they got is Donald Trump, a candidate who blows up bridges.

Sanders was too practical and promising. He can't fulfill these goals given he's a member of one of the most unproductive Congresses ever to exist.

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Not WanTED!

Indiana or bust! Cruz may announce his choice for Veep or he's getting out!

Sources are saying that either Ted Cruz is dropping out or he's planning on picking failed presidential candidate Carly Fiorina as his running mate. There is talk that Republican governor of Indiana Mike Pence may endorse Cruz for president.

After a bruising defeat in the Northeast, Cruz is hoping to secure last ditch efforts in Montana, West Virginia and Indiana. We can't confirm any news at this time. But he's slated to make an announcement at 4pm.

Speculations are floating.

Odds are.... CRUZ IS DROPPING OUT THE RACE!

If Ted Cruz does happen to drop out, I'll posted it as soon as possible.

The Bern is being felt in the Democratic races in Maryland. Hillary Clinton may have won the state in close race, but some of her coattails failed to score a win.

A corrupt former mayor went down in defeat. An establishment Democrat beats the insurgent who could have achieved a political feat.

Catherine Pugh (left) defeats former mayor Sheila Dixon in the Democratic primary for Baltimore mayor.

Catherine Pugh beats Sheila Dixon and activist DeRay McKesson in the Democratic race for Baltimore mayor. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake opted out of reelection after pressure mounted against her during the Freddie Gray incident. The city rioted and Rawlings-Blake took responsibility for the actions. She faced a tougher reelection if she would have ran again.

McKesson was a longshot candidate who is a vocal member of the BlackLivesMatter and ProjectZero movements.

Dixon was the former mayor of Baltimore after failed presidential candidate Martin O'Malley. O'Malley, then governor tired and failed at winning the Democratic nomination. Dixon was a political grandstander who had a history of making outlandish remarks and giving her friends and family a piece of the pie. She was indicted on federal charges for corruption. She resigned and then city district councilor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake took the role as mayor.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) defeats fellow lawmaker Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) for Democratic nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD).

The Freddie Gray incident hurt her chances at running for Congress. She had an intention to run for Congress if Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was to retire.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) beats Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) in the Democratic primary. He will be candidate in a TOSS UP race for the seat being vacated by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), the oldest and longest serving woman in the U.S. Senate. The seat is a TOSS UP and the challenger for the Republican seat is State Delegate Kathy Szeliga. She will make this a nail-biter race due to the fact that Van Hollen has baggage.

Edwards was one of the few Black lawmakers who would make an appearance on Fox News. She was part of the insurgency that's pushing for progressive issues such as raising the minimum wage and getting rid of the Citizen United ruling.

Now before I move on to the next post. I'll give you my take on the closely watched U.S. Senate races as of today.

Colorado - Michael Bennet (RUNNING) (TOSS UP)
Florida - Marco Rubio (RETIRING) (TOSS UP)
Ohio - Rob Portman (RUNNING) (LEANS REPUBLICAN)
Illinois - Mark Kirk (RUNNING) (LEANS DEMOCRAT)
Maryland - Barbara Mikulski (RETIRING) (TOSS UP)
New Hampshire - Kelly Ayotte (RUNNING) (LEANS REPUBLICAN)
Wisconsin - Ron Johnson (RUNNING) (TOSS UP)
Pennsylvania - Pat Toomey (RUNNING) (TOSS UP)
North Carolina - Richard Burr (RUNNING) (LEANS REPUBLICAN)
Iowa - Chuck Grassley (RUNNING) (LEANS REPUBLICAN)
Nevada - Harry Reid (RETIRING) (TOSS UP)

Now there are other races for the U.S. Senate. I won't say too much about them. Some are considered either Safe Republican or Safe Democrat. If there's a shake up in the Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri races, I'll bring it up.