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shotten99's JournalJesse Ventura weighing presidential run on Green Party ticket
Source: New York Post
Former WWE star Jesse Ventura has admitted he is considering jumping in the ring with a wildcard presidential run — only days after bashing rumors about it.
“OK, I’ve decided I’m going to test the waters. IF I were going to run for president, the GREEN party would be my first choice,” the 68-year-old wrestler-turned-Minnesota governor tweeted Monday.
“To be clear: I haven’t filed anything. I authorized a letter of interest that was sent on my behalf to the Greens and I’m testing the waters for Green Party nomination,” he said.
“I’m an independent. I’m not a Democrat or a Republican because I know they’re not the solution.”
Read more: https://nypost.com/2020/04/28/jesse-ventura-weighing-presidential-run-on-green-party-ticket/
This guy is Trump, but not an idiot....
US unemployment rate approaches 20%, economists say
Source: Salon.com
US unemployment rate approaches 20%, economists say
Last week's 4.4 million new unemployment claims don't account for the backlog that has yet to be processed
NICOLE KARLIS
APRIL 23, 2020 11:00PM (UTC)
On Thursday, the Department of Labor released data showing that 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week. This brings the number of initial jobless claims to a total of over 26 million since the coronavirus pandemic brought the U.S. economy to a standstill five weeks ago.
For context, this means all job gains since the Great Recession have disappeared. At this rate, 2020 is predicted to exceed historically horrific full-year unemployment totals. That includes 1982, when unemployment reached 30.4 million, and 2009, when it reached 29.8 million.
"Today's report shows the labor market is almost certainly pushing into new territory, jolting the unemployment rate up above the Great Recession's 10% peak and wiping out more jobs than we've gained in the recovery," Daniel Zhao, senior economist at Glassdoor, an online job search firm, told Reuters.
Read more: https://www.salon.com/2020/04/23/us-unemployment-rate-approaches-20-economists-say/
So much winning...
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