Coffee Talk with Tiff

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It’s Friday.

President Shitshow’s public schedule for…

Friday (09/05/2025):

President Who Only Cares About Optics, Not Reality is expected to sign an EO this afternoon—somewhere between 2 pm and 4 pm, because precision is for losers—demanding the Department of Defense be renamed back to the Department of War and that Secretary Hegshit now carry the title Secretary of War. Because nothing screams “stable leadership” like cosplay rebranding and ego-driven job titles.

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Friday to alter the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War, reverting to the agency’s former namesake, Fox News Digital has learned. 

Both Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have recently indicated they want to change the name of the agency. It is one of several initiatives the Trump administration has spearheaded as part of its “warrior ethos” campaign within the Pentagon. 

A White House official confirmed to Fox News Digital Thursday that Trump would roll out the name change Friday. The executive order calls for using the Department of War as a secondary title for the Department of Defense, along with phrases like “secretary of war” for Hegseth, according to a White House fact sheet. 

The order also instructs Hegseth to propose both legislative and executive actions to make the name permanently U.S. Department of War.

Fox News. 09/05/2025.

There is no real info on the “announcement” beyond it’s about Defense.

The day we’ve all been waiting for has arrived…

Today is jobs report Friday.

BLS.gov said…

Some notes…

Federal government employees that took the “fork in the road” bullshit are still being paid thru September, the impact of their jobs lost will not be full seen in the data until October’s job report and even then, we might not have the full impact until November.

Typically, here I’d remind readers that President’s don’t by and large impact our economy. If only we lived in normal times, these aren’t normal times and I now remind you that President Economically Unhinged, is indeed responsible for the terrible economy–that isn’t fully realized yet.

He’s coping as he normally does…

Appeared to Praise the Russia, India, China love we saw over the last few days…

The text:

Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China. May they have a long and prosperous future together! President Donald J. Trump

Russia and India have been “sort of allies” for about 70 years. India and China have been frenemies for roughly 75 years—sometimes hugging it out, sometimes throwing punches at the border. Russia and China? They’ve been rekindling their thing for about 30 years, after their messy Cold War breakup in the ‘60s. So let’s be clear: we didn’t lose Russia and India to China—they’ve basically been in a geopolitical throuple for decades, just arguing over who gets the big spoon.

Talked shit about retiring Rep Jerry Nadler (D–NY):

The text:

Jerry Nadler, one of the most disgusting Congressmen in USA History is, at long last, calling it “quits” – He’s finally leaving Congress! I’ve been beating this bum for 40 years, first as a New York City developer, where he opposed me, for no reason, at every corner, but could NEVER stop me from getting the job done, and then, as your President, where this psychopathic nut job, together with Crazy Nancy Pelosi, Impeached me twice, AND LOST, wasting Millions of Dollars in time and taxpayer money. It will be a great day for the U.S.A. when Nadler, a pathetic lightweight, is out of office and leaves our beautiful, and NOW VERY SAFE, Washington, D.C. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT

Totally normal shitposting from the President of the United States…

Calls the Epstein files a hoax.

The Text:

The confused and badly failing Democrat Party did nothing about Jeffrey Epstein while he was alive except befriend him, socialize with him, travel to his Island, and take his money! They knew everything there was to know about Epstein, but now, years after his death, they, out of nowhere, are seeming to show such love and heartfelt concern for his victims. Does anybody really believe that? Where were they during his very public trials, and for all of those years before his death? The answer is, “nowhere to be found.” The now dying (after the DOJ gave thousands of pages of documents in full compliance with a very comprehensive and exacting Subpoena from Congress!) Epstein case was only brought back to life by the Radical Left Democrats because they are doing so poorly, with the lowest poll numbers in the history of the Party (16%), while the Republicans are doing so well, among the highest approval numbers the Party has ever had! The Dems don’t care about the victims, as proven by the fact that they never did before. This is merely another Democrat HOAX, just like Russia, Russia, Russia, and all of the others, in order to deflect and distract from the great success of a Republican President, and the record setting failure of the previous Administration, and the Democrat Party. The Department of Justice has done its job, they have given everything requested of them. It’s time to end the Democrat Epstein Hoax, and give the Republicans credit for the great, even legendary, job that they are doing. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

Reminder: It was the Republican led admin that promised the files would be released. They attempted a huge reveal giving right-wing nutjobs binders with phase one of the files. Once the white binders were read (if they even bothered) it was discovered the info shared in phase one was public information already released to the public.

Finally addresses the abysmal jobs report for August.

It’s so frustrating to have to try and explain that by demanding lower rates they are admitting their policies are failing.

Blanket tariffs are harmful. Measured tariffs (I still hate them) cause less harm. The economy thrives when the economic policies are steady and measured. Not upended (after it was just upended 5 years ago) like it is now by horrible government policies that history shows fail every time they are tried.

At yesterday’s dinner, President Economically Moronic bragged that he knew the jobs report was coming today—but claimed the numbers he’s really focused on are a year from now, when his fantasy “Palaces of Genius” are supposedly built. Because nothing says economic leadership like punting reality into a future made of fairy dust and drywall.

Show more =’s TRUMP: The real numbers will be in a year from now

The Text as transcribe by my ears and Grok (I used it because it can transcribe tweeted video clips–Chat GPT makes you download and then upload the video).

Q: Thank you, Mr. President. Tomorrow we have a jobs report coming out. The first since the BLS commissioner who you fired won’t be there. A lot of people will be turning to you to see if you believe the data that’s released. Can you commit? To saying the data will be credible?

President Moronic: I don’t know. They come out tomorrow, but the real numbers that I’m talking about are going to be whatever it is. But we’ll be in a year from now with these monsters, huge, beautiful places. The palaces of genius and when they start opening up, you’re seeing I think you’ll see job numbers that are going to be absolutely incredible right now. It’s a lot of construction numbers, but when you see what’s happening, it’s going to be unbelievable.

Howard “Nutlick” Lutnick said in response to the abysmal jobs report not to worry once you get “the people out that are just creating noise against the President”.

That’s right he’s totally tell us they intend to cook the books to make the economy look good–regardless of whether it’s actually good doesn’t matter.

This is an open thread

PS.

Reminder: There will be no owls for Saturday and Sunday. I’ll see you all on Monday as we delve into a new theme of the week…

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