Good news: The unemployment rate is at its lowest level since April 2008 → go.wh.gov/OctJobs https://t.co/Q1GwYR8cIZ
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 06, 2015Economy added 271K jobs in October; 8M over past 3 years, fastest pace since ‘00. UR at lowest pt since April ’08. https://t.co/IrdCQ63wDA
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Jason Furman (@CEAChair) November 06, 2015****
Obamacare was signed into law in March 2010. The private sector hasn’t lost jobs since: onforb.es/1aP6xY4 https://t.co/0d3JTdZucn
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 06, 2015Full-time employment has now clearly passed its prerecession level. https://t.co/JtEhpqRSAw
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Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) November 06, 2015****
Thanks Obama! US economy added 271,000 jobs in October. The unemployment rate dropped to 5% businessinsider.com/october-jobs-r… https://t.co/M6xvJN90JY
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KHARY PENEBAKER (@kharyp) November 06, 2015Private sector jobs growth…
Under W Bush: ↓ 463,000
Under Obama: ↑ 9,268,000
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 06, 2015****
Bush inherited 4% unemployment — left office at 8%.
Obama faced 10% unemployment in his first year; it’s at 5% now. https://t.co/aX9eLGk9m2
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 06, 2015Perhaps America is not as crippled as the Republicans say twitter.com/politico/statu…
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Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) November 06, 2015****
Monthly noise aside, job growth has been very steady. https://t.co/065ksGDcwG
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Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 06, 2015With most recent jobs data, the unemployment rate is down to 5%, the lowest level since 2008 on.mktw.net/1S2zGhT https://t.co/P2l8y7WhNG
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(@MarketWatch) November 06, 2015****
Wow. Hospitals added more jobs in the past year (+146K) than in the previous seven years combined (+142K). twitter.com/ddiamond/statu…
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 06, 2015We've had 61 straight months of positive job growth, something Reagan and Republicans couldn't possibly even dream of.
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Milt Shook (@MiltShook) November 06, 2015****
RUN ON THIS DEMOCRATS! OWN IT !!! U.S. hourly wages post biggest year-over-year gain since 2009 on.mktw.net/1LV2siV
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buki. (@BukiWilliams) November 06, 20152.5% year-on-year pay gain is the strongest since 2009. PAY US THE MONEYZ.
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Neil Irwin (@Neil_Irwin) November 06, 2015****
Health care is an enormous engine of our economy — a record 1 in 9 jobs are now in the health care sector.
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 06, 2015****
The October jobs report was major. Economy added 271,000 jobs; unemployment rate fell to 5%, a seven-year low. nbcnews.to/1kywxM1
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) November 06, 2015The best jobs growth of 2015 brought the unemployment rate to the lowest level in six years on.mktw.net/1S2sJNP https://t.co/ZUwl4hnlix
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(@MarketWatch) November 06, 2015****
US employers add 271,000 jobs in October with gains in construction, health care, retail abcn.ws/1MMPXcG https://t.co/pUB5wtCkR3
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ABC News (@ABC) November 06, 2015Jobs gained by sector since last year
Healthcare: +495k jobs
Food services/drinking places: +368k
Retail: +313k
Construction: +233k
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 06, 2015****
U.S. economy added 271,000 jobs in October, strong hiring drove unemployment down to 5.0% cnnmon.ie/1PeKonS
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CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) November 06, 2015Don't look now, but wage growth is starting to accelerate. https://t.co/cPB1J6ZHLv
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Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) November 06, 2015****
Low unemployment. Low inflation. Good job, whoever's responsible.
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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) November 06, 2015****
What's the economy looking like 12 months from now?
If this continues -- as it has for six years -- it's hard to see the voters complaining.
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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) November 06, 2015Look through the volatility and you'll see the economy is STILL creating nearly 200k jobs per month, and hourly earnings are a tad above 2%.
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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) November 06, 2015****
The U.S. gained 271,000 jobs in October — and 45,000 of them were in health care.
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 06, 2015****
#BREAKING: U.S. hiring surges in October, jobless rate falls to 5 percent nbcnews.to/1Q8joqi
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NBC News (@NBCNews) November 06, 2015Over the past 3 months, job gains have averaged 187,000 per month.
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James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) November 06, 2015****
Meanwhile, wages are up 2.5% in a year. Time for the Chicken Littles to cherry-pick a new statistic.
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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) November 06, 2015Household survey also shows employment grew +320.
Using my favorite 20/80 weights, says employment grew around 0.2*+320+0.8*+271 = +281k.
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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) November 06, 2015****
Drop in unemployment is for good reasons. More employed (+320k) fewer unemployed, higher employment-to-population ratio.
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Neil Irwin (@Neil_Irwin) November 06, 2015Payrolls +271k, well above expectations of +181k.
Unemployment down again to 5.0%
August revised up 17k, September down -5k.
YUUUGE numbers
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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) November 06, 2015****
BREAKING: US hiring surges in October with 271,000 jobs added, unemployment rate falls to 5 percent.
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The Associated Press (@AP) November 06, 2015****
Breaking News: The U.S. economy added 271,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate fell to 5%
nyti.ms/1kywhfT
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The New York Times (@nytimes) November 06, 2015The unemployment rate…
Six years ago: 10.0%
Two years ago: 7.2%
In October: 5.0%
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 06, 2015****
Today's Emoji Jobs Report
🏥 - added 44,900 jobs
🏭 - added 0 jobs
🚚 - lost 2,100 jobs
🍔🍻 - added 42,000 jobs
Overall report: 😇
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 06, 2015
1st!
King Don takes the throne! 🙂
Don, congrats ten times over!
What a great day of good news!!!
#FORWARD!
Congrats Don.
Congrats, my revolutionary Brother!
Thank you Neeeeeeeeerrrrrrrddddddddddy!!
😀 😀 😀
Lots of hugs to you Chips. I hope Danny is fine.
Thanks to you Nerdy W. I hope you are safe.
Love you all. HZ
Hi there HZ! I see you have slipped in here, but I see you. I hope all is well in your life. Hugs n Love to you ❤
Hello HZ! 😚❣{{{HUGS}}}❣😚
Good to see you! I’m rarely here in “real” time.
Thank you so much, HZ.
I wish you a happy, safe, and healthy weekend.
Yes, thank you President Obama for this and so much else.. and thank you Nerdy!
Hi sherijr – hope all is well with you & family – been thinking of you. Hugs
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I have a feeling that when PBO leaves office, he has big plans for Kamala’s political future.
She is great. I’m just mad at her for taking a very strong stand against TPP. —–> unions.
Wow Dudette. These made me stop in my tracks to look at them. Wow, the detail, the texture, Wow
I know. Aren’t they magnificent?
GA TODville.
Tongue-in-cheek, I believe:
More…
Don’t know why they have to find excuses – just need to say “I have never been in the services – I am very thankful for all who have served their country in the military – they have earned our support & it should always be provided when they return home”.
Posting these tweets to provide update on today’s WH press briefing:
Despite the fact that I *know* MSM is GOP propaganda, CBS really is the worst offender IMO. Only uninformed people are not aware of Fox “News” RWNJ slant, but to many GenX and Boomers, CBS is the reliable Walter Cronkite network.
Egregious example from today (questions were pretty much limited to KXL, Russian Metrojet Egypt plane crash and Bibi’s visit on Monday). @margbrennan really seemed to imply that PBO overstepped his authority to “politicize” KXL announcement.
Gah.
I don’t even feel sorry for Kentucky. They were stupid to vote this guy in.
I understand how you feel J4O, but then I think, what if an epidemic breaks out in Kentucky and spreads. What if someone from Kentucky comes to Disneyland here in Calif with the Whooping Cough…
How do we cure Stupid??????
Yep. Double-edged sword. Their stupidity affects us all.
At some point it does
absolutely no sympathy.
Ut oh.
Ben Carson needs to hold a 12-Step meeting with Herman Caine and Allen West 😀 😀 😀
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LOL!
Who knew that being a juvenile delinquent was a positive thing for GOP voters!
You gotta be a thug to be in the GOP
They sure seem to have given up on family values since they realised they could never match PBO.
Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers
Payrolls +271k, well above expectations of +181k.
Unemployment down again to 5.0%
August revised up 17k, September down -5k.
YUUUGE numbers
I saw this tweet and I thought of (1) amk, (2) Trump 🙂
One to watch…
Holy smokes, did you see this ad?
Good ad!
Whoa! Ain’t that a bop on the head?
I didn’t know that Vitter creep was running for governor. I sure hope the people of Louisiana toss his sorry ass into a ditch!
DAMN! Although I generally abhor negative ads, there s just something so sweet about this… Love that Edwards was able to hit diaper-boy with TRUTH!
There’s more.
Vitter’s Republian rival has endorsed the Dem candidate in the runoff
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/11/05/david-vitter-is-dealt-setback-in-louisiana-governors-race/
Once a conqueror, is David Vitter now a dead man walking?: Robert Mann
http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2015/11/vitter_edwards_dardenne_govern.html
The story that goes with the above ad
http://www.salon.com/2015/11/06/david_vitter_hooker_shocker_new_charges_that_louisiana_pol_missed_vote_honoring_soldiers_while_scheduling_prostitute_rendezvous/
A dead man walking in diapers.
Damn, teacher (Nerdy); you’re giving up all of this homework reading assignment at 4:00 o’clock on a Friday afternoon????? Thanks, Nerdy! Thanks, Obama!
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LOL. You’re welcome, Jazziz2. 🙂
I think Ben Carson was starting to believe all the hype about him being the GOP nominee, let me remind Carson of something he might have forgotten, he is black. There are to many racists in the Republican Party and they will not vote for Carson. He will not be the Tea Republican Party nominee.
annieb, he was the token negro that they played with just like they did Herman Cain and Allen West. Now that ole stoopid is believing the hype, they will pull that rug out from under him in a nanosecond.
All he can do now is take the money he’s accumulated and shut up
The difference is that Herman Cain knew the role he was playing, and he didn’t have a problem playing that role. You don’t hear much from Herman Cain these days because he knew when to exit the stage, and now he’s sitting pretty somewhere with a well paying radio gig that gives him the opportunity to never be wrong about anything he says.
😀 “well paying radio gig that gives him the opportunity to never be wrong about anything he says.”
There is no way that Ben Carson kind of sort of thought he was given a “scholarship” to West Point. My twin sons are each West Point engineering graduates (yes I am a proud mama). First of all there is no such thing as a “scholarship” to West Point. You receive an appointment to the Academy. They cover all of your school and housing expenses because you work your tail off for four years while going through some of the most intensive training any young person could possibly be exposed too. Then after graduation you are obligated to give them another 4 years in the military.
The US Military Academy’s appointments can be made several ways. You have to receive a nomination via your Congressman, your Senators or the Vice President or be sons and daughters of career military personnel. I think that the Sec. of the Army can make nominations as well. Even after the nomination process you have to have the grades and SAT scores to substantiate admission. Once you pass those hurdles you get your appointment to the Academy and a beautiful bound certificate is sent stipulating the appointment. So he writes a book and says he was given a “scholarship” and he is just now being questioned about it. 😯
People can make money off of anything!
He’s a flim-flam artist with an evangelical base, nothing more.
You know, I wonder how many military folks, like MOI, who know the process, read Gifted Hands and didn’t even have the scholarship bit register…
sort of makes you wonder about that medical degree…..
Thanks very much for that detailed explanation. And BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO to your incredible twins who worked hard to be nominated and finish with flying colors.
Thank You meta.
Thanks for this Donna, and congrats on your sons’ accomplishments! You have every right to be very proud and feel free to shout it from the rooftops.
Thank You FoxfireTX
hello Donna…
a lay person not familiar with the military could have been fooled…but the press should know better…
Wow– a lot of seniors would love this option too! Affordable hearing aids for kids in developing countries, with rechargeable solar batteries.
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/11/05/ears-for-years
I want this work day to end – and NOW!!!
My boss refuses to allow me to get old and forgetful. UGH!!!!!
For our Hawaii TODers out there
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donna, Dr. Carson looks like he want to stab someone.
Ha! That does like it might be Doc Sleepy’s “I’ll-cut-a-bitch” look. 😀
😆
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Hahahahahahah! it does – it really does 😀 😀 😀
Gas in San Francisco is $2.27!!!! When I saw the sign at the Shell station, I almost fell over!! WOW!!
We’re getting there – ours is $2.60 and I’m going to get me some this weekend! 🙂
As lines start to form for Rachel Maddow’s Dem Forum tonight…Truer words were never spoken:
I didn’t even know about this event.
Ah! Then you must not watch MSNBC. They’ve been promoting it like crazy, but there has indeed been little noise about it elsewhere.
Sharing this because I think the Californians will love the reminder.
Real feeling when seeing the white stuff so ‘early’ = Bah! Humbug! 😉
Oh my goodness, you have made me very happy. This is a glorious vision!!
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Yes, VC we are very happy, so much so that we got about 6 inches already and they are making more snow and opening one of the Ski Resorts this weekend.
😯 Ski resort! /shudder/ Please let’s not reinforce the snow idea so early /shudder/; it’s only the beginning of November (I was out yesterday and today in my t-shirt – no coat in sight)!
A co-worker of mine has a retired next door neighbor who volunteers at the White House a couple of days a week. He has told me many stories about her adventures there. Today he came to me and said that I was the only person who loves FLOTUS and POTUS and has never asked him to bother his neighbor for anything regarding the President and First Family. So when he told her about me she sent me these:
I will cherish them all the days of my life!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
I just had an eye exam and my eyes are still dilated and I can’t see a thing BUT those look like chocolate KISSES from President Obama’s WHITE HOUSE. And if that’s true, well, then, Donna, I share your sentiment. WOOOOOT!!
WOOOOOOT is right and your vision is better than you think because that is exactly what they are. 😎
OH, COOL!!!!
How incredibly awesome!!! Good things come in all sizes! 🙂
Sweet President kisses! How wonderful!
Aw! White House sweets for the sweet! That’s lovely!
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/michelle-obama-praises-lancaster-county-for-ending-veteran- homelessness-/article_5209602a-84a9-11e5-9d7d-f7d68b2b0149.html
I am messing up alot. 😦
It’s oka bella!
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/michelle-obama-praises-lancaster-county-for-ending-veteran-homelessness/article_5209602a-84a9-11e5-9d7d-f7d68b2b0149.html
If you missed President Obama give a fundraising speech at a performance of Hamilton in NYC this last week, then you MUST SEE it. Really, you MUST. It’s one of his BEST speeches and offers a GRAND retrospective of what he’s accomplished as well as his values and goals in his presidency. It’s PHENOMENAL.
http://www.msnbc.com/shift/watch/live-obama-delivers-remarks-at-broadway-show-557276739678
I have watched that speech at least 20 times. When he goes off script in that speech and just starts talking it felt like he was just sitting in my living-room having a regular conversation with me. He is Simply The Best
OMG, I just can’t get enough of this speech, this moment. And TBH, it makes me so incredibly hopeful for what he’s going to do when he leaves office. He sounds so incredibly energetic; you can hear it and feel it and taste it. Because he’s had a truly phenomenal tenure and he’s seen the WORLD and then some and he still has the SAME VOICE. He still has that North Star. And he’s still asking us to stand with him to get things done. I just love him and FLOTUS DEARLY.
It’s like he’s talking with a bunch of his closes friends. 🙂
I’m glad he’s touting his accomplishments!
He’s giving us this incredibly fruitful narrative and he’s also just speaking to us quite intimately about our future – together. He has such a unique voice, such a commanding knowledge of WHAT IS, I feel like I did in 2008, ready to join forces with him ANEW.
Thank you for posting this link again. I somehow missed seeing it, and it is indeed extraordinary! Even compared to the many amazing and memorable speeches President Obama has delivered, this one just gets right to the heart of things, and in such a personal, friendly way. My husband and I just took a mid-day break to watch and enjoy. Now, to share!
YES, DO share!! It’s such a great overview of what he’s done, who he is. And his voice is so compelling – sometimes forceful, sometimes relaxed, always true to himself.
We’re going to do this.
Aside from whether or not you hate, dislike, can’t stand or despise Hillary this is a pretty neat story for this young college graduate: 😉
Logan Anderson, 22: Digital Content and Creative Strategist
Logan joined the campaign three days after graduating from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a story that’s the stuff of dreams for recent college graduates.
It all started with the tweet of Clinton’s campaign symbol crafted onto her mortarboard while decked in her purple and yellow gown on graduation day on May 14.
Upon discovering that the campaign retweeted the photo, she took the initiative to, well, ask for a job. The native of Houston, Texas graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and minor in political science.
It worked. She graduated on Thursday, participated in a video interview the next day, and arrived in New York City in time to start work on Monday. True story.
New post!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/11/06/the-presidents-day-76/