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Off the Job: “The US economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, Labor Department data released Friday showed, sharply missing economists’ expectations and stalling the nascent hiring growth that started the year.” (On Truth Social, I’m guessing this is Biden’s fault. Job growth was so good under his administration that it had to go down under Trump!)

+ Noem on the Range: It’s worth noting that Kristi Noem was not fired for overseeing the murder of American citizens or sending untried men to overseas terror prisons, she was fired for a poor TV performance when being questioned by Congress, building her own image, and grifting without permission. Why Trump Changed His Mind on Kristi Noem. “It wasn’t the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier this year that finally cost Noem her job … it was her self-promotion.

+ Get Out of Jail Cardholders: Pardons are for sale these days. You just have to make sure you pay the right person. Or pay enough people that someone in the group can get the job done. NYT (Gift Article): Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump.

+ Six Figures: Not everyone had to pay for their pardon. The Jan 6 rioters got theirs for free. Society’s deal has been less good. A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.

+ Rubio’s Résumé: Trump tells CNN Cuba is soon going to fall: “I’m going to put Marco over there.”

+ In Pod We Trust: When the iPhone first came out, I predicted (luckily, only inside my own mind) that people wouldn’t want to mix their music with all the distractions featured on a smartphone. It’s still unclear if the iPhone is really going to catch on, but a handful of young people are tired of the distractions and are reaching for old-school iPods. Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners. (Just as I predicted!)