The same people who won't hire us once we are over the age of 50 want us to work until we are 70.

White House ballroom renovation cost

“The 3 month average job gain is now just 35k, versus the 6 month average of 81k, and the 12 month average of 128k. This is coincident with a US economy whose GDP growth was just 1.25% in the first half of 2025.” - Peter Boockvar

Use the Oxford comma, folks.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down axios.com/2025/08/01/cpb…

This is a remarkable — and brave — statement from the guy who was Trump's handpicked BLS Commissioner in Trump's first term.

Gallows

I always hear from both sides on major, polarizing political issues on *NewsHour without interruption and with reasonable pushback. No other corporate news network offers this. The loss of Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a travesty.

‘I worked at 14, had an 8.8% mortgage rate and drove used cars’: Did boomers really have it easier than millennials? trib.al/QzGPrQY

I'm genuinely perplexed by these posts that say, "If you've paid off your house, you should no longer have to pay property taxes." If you pay off your house, does that mean you no longer need police, fire departments, schools, and roads?

Social Security COLA at risk after Trump’s shock firing at the Labor Department trib.al/7HufkXF

How Trump Is Making Things Tough for Small Businesses nextavenue.org/how-trump-is-m…

AMC Theatres is now working to shorten the amount of ads shown before a movie. (Source: Deadline)

The Trump administration policies and proposals making it harder for older adults to start and grow businesses | Next Avenue nextavenue.org/how-trump-is-m…

NPR put out a story Tuesday about how Social Security's phone system is routing people to different field offices that can't help them. The agency denied it's an issue in the story. Today the agency acknowledged it knew about the problem and is fixing it. npr.org/2025/08/05/nx-…

AI in the ER? How ChatGPT Made a Hospital Stay Easier to Navigate | Next Avenue nextavenue.org/how-chatgpt-he…

New: Vanity Fair is sunsetting The Hive and other sections/verticals, per memo from new editor Mark Guiducci. “We will no longer think of something as a ‘Hive post’ or a ‘HWD post.’ We will treat each story as a Vanity Fair story.”

"There’s evidence that Americans may live longer than Social Security trustees expect. What it means for future benefits." latest MarketWatch blog post by CRR senior advisor Alicia Munnell: on.mktw.net/46Q1eqN

Most boomers and Gen X-ers are terrified about running out of money in retirement — even if they’re already retired trib.al/JRrLKPa

Hi anxiety: How U.S. workers and retirees can reduce their financial anxiety about retirement - MarketWatch marketwatch.com/story/most-boo…