This weekend was once a kind of unofficial beginning of the campaign season. Labor was once a powerful force in the US. As laborers gathered for social events and to celebrate labor, politicians would join in. Often the politicians courted workers votes and would give speeches hoping to get a large number of labor votes in the coming election.

Republicans have pretty much nullified any power that labor ever had. The campaign is pretty much a 365 day a year enterprise these day with corporate media bombarding us daily with the message from corporate HQs constantly. If you step out of line BOOM! you’re gone. As the world rolls on one of the biggest economic drivers in this country is to simply replace human labor. The huge loudly humming data centers all over are the monuments to that push.

It is sad that any worker would ever vote for a Republican. It is sad that any woman would ever vote for a Republican let alone be a candidate for that party.

It looks like the Republican strategy is disruption and confusion with an unverifiable claim of victory

A) Speaking of BOOM! you’re gone – what Fox Business personality found herself out of a job Thursday morning without warning?

B) Dolly Parton’s death was hard enough. Gloria Steinem died Wednesday. What year did Steinem start MS. Magazine?

C) The US Mint released a new $1 coin this week that featured whose likeness?

D) What country is moving some of its gold from storage in NYC to storage in London?

E) In sports, the WNBA season has been interrupted as what takes place?

F) In a totally out of touch statement, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed the high US energy prices are due to what country?

G) Two dead and one missing due to flash flooding in what National Park ?

H) Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Edouard inundated parts of what state last week?

I) The US hosted the G20 economic meetings last week. Who did the US invite as a surprise guest, stunning many of the other nations?

J) Trump announced a “partnership” with what other country to exploit the other country’s oil reserves?

K) A megadrought has drained the nation’s largest reservoir at Lake Mead by what percentage?

L) In a line that seems to signal huge damage to the separation of powers who said that Trump’s ball room “was likely illegal” but nothing would be done to stop construction?

M) What search engine joined Apple labeling Lake Ontario as Lake America on its maps?

N) What union leader announced he would back Republican candidates despite his union overwhelmingly backing Democrats?

O) As part of the sowing of confusion for the election what county in Texas announced it would close 92 polling places that were open in 2024?

P) Among the victims of Trump’s out of control construction was at least one cherry tree gifted to the US by Japan in what year?

Q) China and Egypt concluded an agreement where they would begin using what as a means of exchange?

R) In a resignation that shook the Trump administration who resigned as Secretary of the Army last week?

S) What year were women allowed to sign for a loan without a male cosigner?

T) In a seemingly surprising rebound, the US economy created how many jobs in August according to the BLS?

 

“Women are not a special interest group. They are half the population.” Gloria Steinem

Answers:

A) Maria Bartiromo 

B) 1972

C) Trump’s

D) The Netherlands

E) world cup of women’s basketball (FIBA)

F) Ukraine. Bessent claimed that Ukraine’s attackacks on Russia’s refineries has caused the low worlwide refinery capacity that is causing the prices to rise

G) the Grand Canyon

H) Texas

I) Russia who had been kicked out when they in faded Ukraine

J) Venezuela

K) 70%

L) Chief Justice John Roberts. 

M) Google

N) Teamster’s leader Sean O’Brien

O) Tarrant county, Texas. the county seat is Fort Worth

P) 1912

Q) Local currencies or more specifically they would quit using dollars

R) Dan Driscoll

S) 1974

T) 162,000