21 Savage faces deportation after ICE detained him.
Bombshell news.
Rapper who scored No. 1 for two weeks at Billboard's Top 40 albums is busted by the feds for being an immigrant who overstayed his welcome.
i am > i was is a platinum album.
21 Savage was caught by Immigration Customs Enforcement and he faces deportation. Bryan Cox confirms the rapper was arrested in Atlanta on the grounds of being a British national who overstayed his visa. He visa expired July 2006 and he hasn't renewed since.
21 Savage (born Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph) is a rapper, songwriter and record producer from the Atlanta area. The rapper was allegedly entered in the U.S. legally as a minor, but failed to depart under the terms of his nonimmigrant visa.
ICE said that the rapper became unlawful since 2006.
"Mr. Abraham-Joseph is presently in ICE custody in Georgia and has been placed into removal proceedings before the federal immigration courts," ICE said in a statement. "ICE will now await the outcome of his case before a federal immigrant judge to determine future actions."
This is a shock to his fans. He often touted the lifestyle and it's not likely going to help his case.
ICE's allegation of 21 Savage being a British citizen is shocking. His fans said that he related to the Atlanta streets. He has the 21 in his name as a reference to the street gangs of Decatur.
He often raps about gang lifestyle and he's from the 6.
Atlanta's Zone 6.
21 Savage worked with Metro Boomin, J. Cole, Post Malone, Offset, Gucci Mane, Cardi B and others.
This explosive news rocked hip-hop. So besides Tekashi 6ix9ine, who else will be exposed a human being. I mean the hip-hop culture is so fake. Rappers and their supporters live in fiction.
21 Savage does have three children. So this is going to be hard to swallow if he's deported. He has children and they won't see their dad anymore.
These trolls love our blog. I guess we struck a nerve.
I am going to say this one more time to those who read Journal de la Reyna who don't agree with the opinions expressed here on this blog. Nobody is holding a gun to head telling you to read this blog. If you do not agree with what I (Blue Light Buzz) or SB are posting, that's your problem.
We are not in the business of answering trolls. One in particular seems to always poke his head out whenever we cover issues involving Black America.
Get it!
We're a Black blog and we got trolls who often comes on here to concern, insult and dismiss what we post.
I get it.
You want us to respond to every fucking response you leave here on the blog.
You want us to "wake up" from the bullshit of Barack Obama and get on the Trump Train. You really want us to stop the "cult of personality" complex when it comes to Obama.
You know you really fucked up, right?
I am not going to mention their names or blogs. However, I am giving this troll and any other troll fair warning, I am going after you.
I am not going to be so kind the next go around.
I am not in the mood this year.
So buckle up for another round of word vomit from a nobody who clearly "loves" a blog he doesn't agree with.
I kind of wished the troll would just go back underneath the bandwidth bridge.
Grab a magnifying glass and read this pile of word vomit from these trolls.
"Black America's greatest achievement was electing Barack Obama, the first African American to become the President of the United States." youre delusional. Barack Obama is the biggest looney coon of all. quit worshiping him.
Okay, troll.
Let's remind this a little history lesson. In 2007, Barack Obama announced his intention to run for President of the United States. He and Hillary Clinton were monumental in their quest for the nomination. Obama excited a generation of Black Americans who believed he could change the discourse of Washington.
This was one of the most bitter campaigns in modern history. The first African American to win the nomination and later the presidency was historical. Of 43 men who became president, one was Black.
He did not get an easy ride. These trolls seem to forget that Obama faced an onslaught of attacks from agitators left and right.
Obama responded to the noise once in a while. He knew he would hear bullshit from folks who didn't agree with him. The current guy this troll is likely worshiping is an imbecile, a racist and a terrible leader.
During the primaries, whisper campaigns were constantly dogging him and his wife Michelle. Themes like him being a Muslim, a socialist, not an American, a racist and inexperienced plagued the campaign. Like most candidates, Obama had to constantly dismiss the rumors and speculation.
His greatest threat to his campaign was Jeremiah Wright, his former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ. A few segments of his sermons were published online and continuously looped by Fox News and its most infamous agitator Sean "Softball" Hannity.
Questions would emerge about Obama's birthplace became an issue. Rush Limbaugh, Jerome Corsi, The Drudge Report and Donald J. Trump would run themes about Obama not releasing his birth certificate.
And who couldn't forget Joe The Plumber, The guy who insulted Obama in Ohio and became a folk hero among Republicans.
John McCain would end up the Republican nominee for president. He would pick Sarah Palin as his running mate. During their time, Palin elevated allegations that Obama pals along with terrorists. The former professor Bill Ayers would be an issue during Obama's campaign.
While Obama won both terms with the popular vote and electoral college, many Americans continue to undermine him.
Republican in particular love to rewrite history. George W. Bush left the presidency with two wars, trillions of debt, an economic collapse and division. Obama was handed this and turned around.
Now, Donald J. Trump is taking credit for a stable economy that is slowly falling back into decline.
Since Obama's term in office, he's been attacked by the far-right. The unprecedented attacks from the far-right has became a boomrang. The far-left is now showing Trump and Republicans a dose of their own.
This troll believes "facts" are driven by worship.
First things first. There is no god. I don't worship anyone!
You hear this repetitive nonsense from this troll and I swear that's the only thing the troll's got.
You got the game twisted, troll. Nobody I know worships man. That includes Jesus Christ.
This troll and many like him are ignorant. They can be ignorant all they want. This is America.
This country is more polarized, less religious, less educated, less motivated, highly overweight, and bloodthirsty. We hide behind platitudes and run on narratives about who's more right than factual.
We are driven to discourse by the junk food media and social media. I cannot stop it. I am not in the business to stop it. However, I do have control over how I read things on this blog. I have semi-control over what is posted on this blog. I am not planning on changing my views on Trump no time soon.
I really believe Trump and his allies are destined for failure. America could reelect Trump. After all, Republicans are ramming through laws that make it harder to vote. They are passing weak gun laws that make it possible for individuals to possess firearms to kill people of color and law enforcement. The Republicans are trying to pass laws that restrict women from have termination. But once they have a child, the Republicans want to strip the safety net so no single mother can get food and housing for their family.
It's pretty sad that this troll believes I worship a man. I don't go to church. I work too fucking much and make enough to survive. In this country, the so-called "Land of the Free" more Americans work longer hours for little pay.
Thank you capitalism. Your "milk and honey" has cost Americans more out of their pockets.
It's 2019, the Democrats are looking forward to winning back the White House.
Rep. Tulisi Gabbard (D-HI), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Julian Castro, Rep. John Delaney (D-MD) andd Pete Buttigieg declared their intentions to run for president.
This is the most diverse I've seen in modern history. Two women of color, one man of color, one openly gay man and one Hispanic/Latino man. The Republican Party barely had that in 2016.
Yeah, we're talking to you.
Yes. Two African Americans.
Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. Yes, troll let's hear your reel spill about them!
Look, whatever the fuck you call yourself, I am going to make this clear to you. Go find a blog that you can rant and rave about. We're not hear to appease your bullshit.
Like I've said before, we're not going anywhere.
The concern troll is the "a plague on both your houses" approach, where the concern troll tries to convince people that both sides of the ideological divide are just as bad as each other, and so no one can think themselves "correct" but must engage in endless hedging and caveats. This preys on a willingness to debate critics and allow dissent; everyone wastes time discussing the matter and bending over backwards, so as not to appear intolerant of disagreement, all to the great amusement of the troll.
I strongly disagree with your comments. I am not wasting time to respond other than what you're seeing here. If I waste time responding to trolls, it will get me no where.
I'm not Abagond but I will be if you don't find somewhere else to go.
I am not banning you from Journal de la Reyna, yet. I promise you that if you keep on trolling, I will find ways to isolate you from this blog.
Continue to read at your own peril.
We will not stop.
We will not be moved.
We will fight for the rights of people of color.
We will hold Donald J. Trump, Congress and those associated to them accountable.
We will not waste our time worrying about you or those who think like you.
We all have lives outside the blog. Why don't you move past our blog and find a blog that supports your views?
Matter of fact, don't you have your own blog to run?
I got a family. You guys weren't looking out for me.
I love how TMZ goes into the cesspool.
"Tekashi 6ix9ine Pleads Guilty to 9 Counts, Snitches on Fellow Gang Members"
Also, Hip-Hop DX went into the cesspool.
"Tekashi 6ix9ine's New Name on Twitter is Snitch9ine"
Daniel Hernandez is going to get a lengthy bid in federal time out. Mind you, he has two children and a career pretty much "wrapped up."
This guilty plea now puts the entertainer in a bid for 50 years.
What does he have to loose?
His "street cred" with people who don't even know him or those in the junk food media who always want to make rappers look like criminals and not entertainers. He's a human being first, before rapper and now intern of the federal time out.
These 9 federal counts include racketeering, drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
The rapper was facing LIFE in federal time out. He had a no win situation and it's unfortunate that these trolls believe that he should rather protect those who don't give a fuck about him.
He joined a domestic terrorist group and plotted to assassinate rivals. Namely a Chicago based rapper named Chief Keef.
The plea deal was entered in a Manhattan federal court on Thursday.
The rapper made history with his Billboard hit, "Fefe" with Nicki Minaj. The single is on his debut album Day69: Graduation Day and Nicki Minaj's album Queen.
The domestic terrorist group Nine Trey Blood Gang is considered a violent affiliate of The Bloods.
Bow Wow had a taste of knuckle style chili. He didn't like the taste. Some in the men's right movement wanted the entertainer to serve the female a helping. I say he's the bigger man for not doing it.
If he would have put his hands on the woman, he would be labeled a domestic violence abuser. If he allowed the woman to put her hands on him, he would called a wuss for not striking back.
Regardless of how this went down, Bow Wow and the woman both have a night in the county lockup.
Bow Wow was arrested in Atlanta. He and Kiyomi Leslie were in an altercation early Saturday morning at a Midtown Atlanta building.
Bow Wow, 31 years old (born Shad Moss) and Leslie were fighting in the street when Atlanta Police pulled up on them. The police determined that there's "minor visible injuries" to both parties. The knuckle style chili was brutal on Bow Wow's face. He felt the taste.
Bow Wow came up with a
Unable to determined who started the altercation, the law put both rapper and alleged girlfriend in the pound. The Fulton County lockup released the images.
Bow Wow is expected to be released upon bail.
The rapper who once was a protege to Big Snoop Dogg was signed to So So Def Recordings. He released the 5 times platinum Beware of Dog album. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio's suburb of Reynoldsburg and became one of the most popular pop stars of the early 2000s.
The rapper lives in Atlanta and is a reality star on Growing Up Hip-Hop: Atlanta.
The suspects are innocent until proven innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The two both will face at least a year in the iron college.
Cop makes a Black woman walk in subzero cold and then taunts her.
Detroit Metro Police once again in the news.
One of the dirtiest law enforcement agencies in the country. The city of Detroit, population 638,000 has a 84% Black population. The city is the crown jewel of the Rust Belt. The city's police are by far the most corrupt in the nation.
A white Detroit cop is under internal investigation after a Snapchat video got leaked of him forcing a Black motorist to walk in the freezing cold with the caption, "what Black Girl Magic Looks Like," and "celebrating Black History Month."
White DETROIT Cop Gary Steele mocks Black Woman after SEIZING her CAR ' BYE FELICIA ' on SNAPCHAT with STICKERS 'What black girl magic looks like and “celebrating Black History Month.” pic.twitter.com/jc2de8dKsj
The cop, Corporal Gary Steele pulled over Ariel Moore for having expired tags. He instructed her to get out the car and walk during the Polar Vortex. The vortex had most of the Midwest in subzero temperatures.
As she was walking about a block to her home, he recorded the video saying the term, "Bye Felicia."
Moore's mother, Monique Mobley said that "They demeaned my child for no reason."
Ariel Moore was identified by the junk food media. The dirty cop was also identified and placed in the freezer.
"What they put on there, that's racist."
Moore added, "I've never had this happen to me in my life. I'm kind of shocked --- I don't really know how to feel right now. I'm still trying to take this in."
The cop was on the force for about 18 years. He was demoted and placed in the freezer pending an investigation whether this issue merits a cannon firing.
Detroit's Metro Police Chief James Craig was upset over this encounter.
He said that Steele has a record of misconduct and this incident only makes his chances of keeping his job very slim.
Steele has a history of domestic violence, firing his service weapon at an ex-girlfriend and was arrested in 2008. He still wears the Detroit Metro Police badge.
Craig dropped all the charges on Moore and reimbursed the fees for towing Moore's vehicle.
A white rookie was fired out the cannon after he posted a selfie of himself saying the following, "Another night to Rangel (sic) these zoo animals."
Ralph Northam is toast. A photo of him dressed up as a Klansman has the Democrats pulling support.
Ouch! The Democratic governor of Virginia had to admit he had an ugly past. His lieutenant governor is Black. Justin Fairfax hasn't spoken out against the governor yet. The governor had the most support from the Black community.
Double ouch!
Thankfully he is only allowed to serve one term under Virginia law. He wouldn't survive a second term. However, the next Democrat who runs for governor could be swamped by the scandal.
Ralph Northam admits that in his old yearbook, he was the guy who dressed up in blackface and a Klan outfit. Yesterday, the right was in an uproar over a proposal bill that allocated abortions in the final trimester.
Northam has now apologized over a racist photo in his 1984 yearbook, unearthed on Friday, that showed one person in blackface and another dressed in a Klan robe.
My fellow Virginians, earlier today I released a statement apologizing for behavior in my past that falls far short of the standard you set for me when you elected me to be your governor. I believe you deserve to hear directly from me. pic.twitter.com/1rSw1oxfrX
Earlier today, a website published a photograph of me from my 1984 medical school yearbook in a costume that is clearly racist and offensive.
I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now.
This behavior is not in keeping with who I am today and the values I have fought for throughout my career in the military, in medicine, and in public service. But I want to be clear, I understand how this decision shakes Virginians’ faith in that commitment.
I recognize that it will take time and serious effort to heal the damage this conduct has caused. I am ready to do that important work. The first step is to offer my sincerest apology and to state my absolute commitment to living up to the expectations Virginians set for me when they elected me to be their Governor.
The picture appeared in a "student-produced" publication in 1984, according to Jennifer McCarrell, the director of marketing and communications at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), where Northam graduated from and from which the yearbook page originated.
Conservatives were quick to pounce on the photo. As usual, they're trying to paint the Democratic Party as a whole as the real racists. Mind you that the 2020 candidates running for President of the United States are the most diverse in history.
The first African American to be elected President of the United States is Barack Obama, a Democrat.
The calls are loud and they want Northam to fire himself out the cannon. If he does, Justin Fairfax will take on the role of governor. He will be the second African American governor of Virginia.
The apologies, though, did not stop organizations and politicians from demanding that Northam resign as governor, something he seemed to push back against in his statement.
Should Virginia governor Ralph Northam resign? (Expect trolls to pick the dumbest answers)
"I recognize that it will take time and serious effort to heal the damage that this conduct has caused," Northam said. "I am ready to do that important work. This first step is to offer my sincerest apology and to state my absolute commitment to living up to the expectations Virginians set for me when they elected me to be their Governor. "
That wasn't enough for many and a bipartisan chorus of lawmakers, organizations and prominent political figures blasted the governor.
“Black face in any manner is always racist and never okay. No matter the party affiliation, we can not stand for such behavior, which is why the NAACP is calling for the resignation of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam,” NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a written statement.
Republicans and Democrats, including some presidential contenders in the 2020 race, joined together to call for his resignation.
"It doesn’t matter if he is a Republican or a Democrat. This behavior was racist and unconscionable. Governor Northam should resign," Julian Castro, a Democrat running for president, wrote on Twitter.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), another Democrat running in 2020, agreed.
"Leaders are called to a higher standard, and the stain of racism should have no place in the halls of government," she wrote on Twitter. "The Governor of Virginia should step aside so the public can heal and move forward together.
Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina who recently spoke out against Rep. Steve King's remarks about white supremacism, also denounced Northam's yearbook fiasco.
"To be clear, while a quick apology is good, it does not excuse the choices made by @GovernorVA as an adult enrolled in medical school," Scott wrote on Twitter. "The people of VA will make their voices heard;cI hope they will shout far & wide that there are consequences for such showcases of prejudice & hate."
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined the call for Northam to resign while appearing on "All in with Chris Hayes" on MSNBC Friday night.
"We’re the party of Barack Obama, we’re the party of inclusion," Murphy said.
Murphy described it as unacceptable behavior in 2019, and that it was just as unacceptable in 1984.
The incoming head of the Democratic Governors Association, Murphy said he speaks of Northam's yearbook controversy with a "heavy heart."
"I say it with a heavy heart because I know him and I believe he's a good man," New Jersey's governor said.
Planned Parenthood tweeted a statement late Friday night telling Northam to resign.
Members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus say they are "still processing" the news that Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam appeared in a photo in which one person is dressed in blackface and another is wearing a full Ku Klux Klan uniform.
In a news release issued Friday night, the caucus said "what has been revealed is disgusting, reprehensible, and offensive."
It went on to say that while the caucus has "no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests," members "are still processing what we have seen about the Governor."
The revelation of the yearbook photo comes at a particularly partisan time in Virginia. The state has been battling over a Democratic-led bill that would loosen restrictions on late-term abortions, allowing a woman to get an abortion well into the third trimester if the mother was physically or mentally at risk.
This week the bill failed to be voted out of committee but the uproar hasn't stopped.
The second African American in this race. Another candidate who will face an onslaught of racial attacks from both the right and the left.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is the next contender in a supposedly crowed race. The New Jersey senator is the next high profile contender in a race that could split the party's corporate wing from the party's progressive base.
Donald J. Trump has a 70% chance of winning reelection. So the Democrats have a lot of work to do.
They cannot win on the white working class voters. They need to get the voters who are tired of the "status quo" in politics. The status quo of politics will continue as long as the junk food media continues to put on agitators who divide us for profit.
Do you believe Cory Booker ready for to be President of the United States?
Booker, then a mayor of Newark, managed to capture the minds of millions of Americans. He would the first day of Black History Month to announce his bid for president.
Booker chose the first day of Black History Month to launch his campaign, timing that nods to Booker's own heritage and suggests he will put it at the center of his pitch to voters.
"The history of our nation is defined by collective action; by interwoven destinies of slaves and abolitionists; of those born here and those who chose America as home; of those who took up arms to defend our country, and those who linked arms to challenge and change it," Booker narrates in a video released on Friday morning, which features him walking through his Newark neighborhood.
"I'm Cory Booker and I'm running for president of the United States of America," he says in the video.
Booker joins a crowded and growing Democratic field that is already the most diverse in history -- with multiple women, one gay candidate, a Latino and, with Booker now in the mix, two black candidates.
His announcement comes nearly a year to the day from the Iowa caucuses and the start of the primary calendar. Booker plans to head to Iowa February 8-9 and then to South Carolina on February 10. He also intends to visit New Hampshire over Presidents Day weekend.
Booker is one of several senators running for president or seriously considering it. At 49, he is the youngest among his Senate colleagues in the race. His age is not all that sets him apart: Booker is unmarried and vegan, two unique qualities among the emerging Democratic field.
In his announcement video, Booker also notes that he is "the only senator who goes home to a low-income, inner city community" in Newark, "the first community that took a chance on me."
Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician serving as the junior United States Senator from New Jersey since 2013 and a member of the Democratic Party. The first African-American U.S. Senator from New Jersey, he was previously the 36th Mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013. Before that Booker served on the Newark City Council for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002.
Booker was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Harrington Park, New Jersey. He attended Stanford University, where he received an undergraduate and master's degree in 1991 and 1992, respectively. He studied abroad at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship before attending Yale Law School. He won an upset victory for a seat on the Municipal Council of Newark in 1998, where he staged a 10-day hunger strike and briefly lived in a tent to draw attention to urban development issues in the city. He ran for mayor in 2002, but lost to incumbent Sharpe James; he ran again in 2006 and won against deputy mayor Ronald Rice. His first term saw to the doubling of affordable housing under development and the reduction of the city budget deficit from $180 million to $73 million. He was re-elected in 2010. He ran against Steve Lonegan in the 2013 U.S. Senate special election and subsequently won reelection in 2014 against Jeff Bell.
As senator, his voting record was measured as the third most liberal.
Considered a social liberal, Booker supports women's rights, affirmative action, same-sex marriage and single-payer healthcare. During his five years in office, Booker co-sponsored and voted for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (2013), tougher sanctions against Iran, sponsored the Bipartisan Budget Act (2013), voted for the National Defense Authorization Act (2014), co-sponsored the Respect for Marriage Act (2014) and lead the push to pass the First Step Act (2018). In 2017, he became the first sitting senator to testify against another when he testified against Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions during his confirmation hearing. In April 2018, following the FBI raid on the offices of Michael Cohen– Trump's personal attorney–Booker together with Chris Coons, Lindsey Graham, and Thom Tillis, introduced the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act to limit the executive powers of Trump.
Booker regularly exercises and has been a vegetarian since 1992, when he was a student at Oxford.
He abstains from alcohol and "has no known vices or addictions" other than coffee.
In 2014, Booker began practicing a vegan diet and has expressed his vegan ethical philosophy and advocacy for animals. As of June 2016, Booker worshiped at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey.
Booker has never been married, and in 2013 he was named one of Town & Country's "Top 40 Bachelors".
Although he has generally tried to keep his personal life private, Booker has in the past described himself as a "straight male" and has said that he is trying to date more in hopes of finding someone to settle down with. In a 1992 column in The Stanford Daily, Booker admitted that as a teenager he had "hated gays".
Booker has himself been the target of rumors about being gay and has generally refused to address these on principle, which he explained in 2013:
There is a rumor he's dating actress Rosario Dawson.
Though neither of them have acknowledged or confirmed those rumors. Dawson and Booker have been seen together at several public events in the last month; Dawson has yet to acknowledge Booker's presidential run.
Despite the government shutdown, the Department of Labor announced there was net growth of 311,000 jobs for the month of January. That news comes with a price, the unemployment rate risen to 4 percent.
Reuters reports that Americans are working but
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth surged in January, with employers hiring the most workers in 11 months, pointing to underlying strength in the economy despite an uncertain outlook that has left the Federal Reserve wary about more interest rate hikes this year.
The Labor Department said its closely watched monthly employment report on Friday showed no “discernible” impact on job growth from a 35-day partial government shutdown, while acknowledging it was unable to quantify the effect on private industry.
But the longest shutdown in history, which ended a week ago, pushed up the unemployment rate to a seven-month high of 4.0 percent. The report came two days after the Fed signaled its three-year interest rate hike campaign might be ending because of rising headwinds to the economy, including financial market volatility and softening global growth.
The brisk pace of hiring suggested still strong momentum in the economy, a theme that was also underscored by a separate report showing a pickup in manufacturing activity in January.
Wage gains, however, slowed, pointing to tame inflation.
“The Fed chickened out on further rate hikes this year and boy are they ever misreading the tea leaves on where the economy is going next,” said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG in New York. “U.S. companies have not let up one bit on their hiring in response to risks out there in the world economy.”
Nonfarm payrolls jumped by 304,000 jobs last month, the largest gain since February 2018, the Labor Department said. Job growth was boosted by hiring at construction sites, retailers and business services as well as at restaurants, hotels and amusement parks.
The economy, however, added 70,000 fewer jobs than previously reported in November and December. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls increasing by only 165,000 jobs in January. Roughly 100,000 per month are needed to keep up with growth in the working-age population.
January marked a record 100 straight months of job gains.
The government shutdown saw about 380,000 workers furloughed but President Donald Trump signed a law guaranteeing these employees back pay. As a result, these workers were included in the survey of employers from which the payrolls number is calculated.
The furloughed workers were, however, considered unemployed on “temporary layoff” in the separate survey of households from which the jobless rate is derived. This lifted the unemployment rate one-tenth of a percentage point from 3.9 percent in December. The shutdown ended last Friday after Trump and Congress agreed to temporary government funding, without money for his U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Average hourly earnings rose three cents, or 0.1 percent in January after accelerating 0.4 percent in December. That lowered the annual increase in wages to 3.2 percent from 3.3 percent in December, giving the employment report a Goldilocks feel.
The dollar was little changed against a basket of currencies as traders focused on the tepid monthly wage gain. Stocks on Wall Street rose, while U.S. Treasury prices fell.
The jobs that are hiring include: health care, food services, construction and manufacturing. These were contributions to the country's hiring.
Of course, we won't talk about GM closing up locations. We won't talk about Sears Holding Group closing up Kmart and Sears locations. We won't talk about the government shutdown that took 800,000 workers off the payroll. We won't talk about the wildfires in California. We won't talk about the hurricane damage in Puerto Rico, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.
We continue to ignore that for every job being spread around, one area in the United States lost some.
The Midwest has lost more jobs than the Sun Belt states of Arizona, Texas, Florida and Nevada.
Those die-hard Trump supporters will say that his leadership is successful. All the while, they find that their average wages are stalling.
Food prices, energy prices, rent, city services and college education have risen over the past year.
Real Reason To Why Unemployment Rate Stays The Way It Is!
There are 104 million active body people not working in the United States. The examples of why they're not working.
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. NATURAL DISASTERS 15. ACTIVE MILITARY 16. NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED 17. LAID OFF 18. FIRED FROM THE JOB 19. DESTRUCTION TO FACILITY 20. OUTSOURCING 21. IMMIGRANTS TOO AFRAID OF BEING DETAINED BY I.C.E. 22. SHAMED BY SOCIAL MEDIA
Let me remind you, that Trump and Republicans believe austerity is the key to a strong economy and job market. The Republicans are not in control of the House of Representatives. The Democrats now control the House and will push for an agenda that Trump will likely oppose. Republicans will continue to pass ridiculous laws that hurt the working class and middle class.
The Jobs and Tax Cut Act has added trillions of dollars of debt to the economy. The results of the tax cuts haven't produced the stability. It's still considered a very unpopular law.
Deregulation has made safety a top priority. Many rollbacks of regulations imposed by Barack Obama and previous presidents have also made things worse. The removal from the Paris Climate Accords and the Iranian Nuclear Deal made things worse.
Trump has created tension with trade partners.
I believe in less than three years, Trump and Republicans will once again throw us into another recession. If the Democrats take control of the White House in 2020, we're already prepared to hear the loudest voices on the right blame the Democratic president for the mess Republicans created.
I wonder how trolls feed themselves in this economy?
