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If anyone needed to better understand just how nervous trump's own tariffs are starting to make trump, just look at him applying ONLY 25% tariffs on countries doing business with Iran. Weak sauce. He threatens them, bombs them and then goes with onl…
Yeah, nothing strategic or rational is happening here. This is a politically motivated attack that serves no purpose. Simply another example of trump's dictatorial ego getting in the way of anything productive.
Fascists send messages that anyone w…
"If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump Administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve, there should now be none," Tillis said in a statement.
These are the words of a GOP Congressman…
The simple solution, ending tariffs and making nice with allies and trade partners, is not in their vocabulary. And should they wake up to this self-imposed destruction, it would be an admission of failure and weakness. Gaslighting is their only opt…
As was shown elsewhere, tariffs have killed 70,000 manufacturing jobs, starting in April, at the point of full implementation. Jobs in general have been dismal most of 2025. And Labor Force participation is falling.
Meanwhile the stock market does…
Yes, he would. Or any former FED chair. They will appoint a person with no self-worth, and zero credibility. They will accept the job with nothing but public skepticism. Rates will come down, but it will not produce the intended effect of a more sta…
Colonel Kurtz certainly is reminiscent of a certain someone. So, as heard in Apocalypse Now, arguably an anti-war story:
Let us hope that The End is near for someone.
“That’s my job,” Mr. Kelly said on the Senate floor on Monday. “I have every right to say these things as an American, as a retired service member and as a U.S. senator.”
It is his job, and his duty, and his Constitutional right.
I am also struck by the thought that trump is like the cat who brings home a dead bird. When the human looks at it with disgust, the cat meanders away to look out the window.
"Trump spent a substantial part of the meeting talking about his *dead b…
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-ignominious-death-of-drill-baby
"On the day before, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned off more than 20,000 acres of public land in Colorado for oil and gas drilling. Or I should say, tried to auction the …
Oh, yeah! Great find.
Did you guys know that Gary Trudeau (of Doonesbury) predicted a trump run for POTUS, back in the 1980's?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/06/23/how-doonesbury-predicted-donald-trumps-presidential-run-2…
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I hope Darren Wood's mortgage applications are in order, and that he has proper permits for any home improvement projects.
Ooooh, that left a mark!
There was a hastily arranged meeting with oil industry executives at the White House on January 9.
Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods said his company was ready to evaluate a potential return
to Venezuela but the country was currently "uninvestable" and m…
C'mon now, let's be fair!
Is this image of Donald J. Trump manipulated or AI-generated?
He looks about 30 lbs. lighter and the bruising on his right hand is concealed.
So, only about 300 lbs?
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"When he attacked Venezuela to capture Maduro, Trump told reporters that United States oil companies would spend billions of dollars to fix the badly broken infrastructure of oil extraction in that country. But apparently the oil companies had …
What might any clear thinking individual conclude from the trump DOJ refusing to follow a direct court order?
Does it matter if trump is directly implicated in the actual sexual abuse on minors. Or is the act of simply protecting child abusers eno…
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:
US president says company is ‘playing too cute’ after CEO responds sceptically to his push for oil investment after deposing Nicolás Maduro
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Woods told Trump on Friday: “We’ve had o…
From Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American.
"Yesterday the government made public an executive order President Donald J. Trump signed on Friday, declaring yet another national emergency—his tenth in this term, by my count—
and saying th…
I apologize for the sheer number of recent posts but as you can see it's been a busy week.
A foreign leader (not a nice guy) was extricated extrajudicially,
numerous federal agents were deployed to Minneapolis which resulted in the killing of an inn…
We are now getting some seriously "good week" happenings.
Banks are pushing back on trump, using words like "devastating risks".
Investors are pushing back on trump policies, by punishing banks.
Oil is pushing back on trump, wanting no part of V…
Fascist manipulation. Fascist Orange regime. My disgust at them all is beyond complete. Is he dead yet?
I will be holding a memorial service when trump takes his dirt nap.
Looking into where to buy balloons and cake. Setting up a playlist too!
Howdy,
And Exxon/Mobile is saying, 'THANK YOU. May I have another'. Hell, they told him, and the press, No Thanks. Way too expensive. Geez, this is the nasty stuff that has to be mined because it doesn't flow. And then it requires special refi…
I am thinking (maybe naively) that "erratic and dangerous" is a "give 'em enough rope" situation. There are people who will be around to face the music, who may be starting to think that they will be left holding the bag.
trump will either be dead…
@Anna
I wrote a much longer post, saying the exact same thing. And inadvertently deleted it. They are people incapable of owning their failures, so they blame!
Hatred does lead to irrationality. And irrationality is first cousin to stupidity.
Forget elected officials. How can so many Americans be so sick. This is actually happening by request of (almost?) half the American people.
I really think the majority of those who voted for this had no idea what they were REALLY getting into. Th…
What? Imposing huge taxation, on the materials needed to make things here, has caused a huge loss of manufacturing jobs? These are maga jobs, for God's sake.
That can't be right! We need to put a stable genius onto the problem, no doubt a quick sol…
Dean Beeler, co-founder and tech chief at Juice Labs, said that a few months ago, he loaded up his computer with 256GB of RAM, the maximum amount that current consumer motherboards support. That cost him about $300 at the time.
“Who knew that would…
Exactly! A deep hatred of all women, manifested as violence against any who don't immediately obey.
Hard to argue that he wasn't triggered and acting on emotion alone. It will be interesting to see what more might emerge about this person's lack o…
"According to an eyewitness, ICE agents yelled contradictory instructions at Good —
one telling her to leave and then, as she complied, another tried to open her door
and told her to get out, while a third shot her in the face."
We already knew th…
Under trump, we are now a society where armed militia shoots unarmed young women in the face.
And our top leaders call these young ex-veterans, simply driving a car, "terrorists".
Yes, driving down the street and harboring opinions is now "terror…
'As senior editor of Lawfare Media Eric Columbus commented: “Do Vance and DHS think we can’t actually watch the video?” Multiple social media users noted that Good’s last words to Ross were “That’s fine. I’m not mad at you,” while his to her, after …
Anne Applebaum: Europe is preparing for a USA which turns hostile.
Who are the new allies of Amerika?
Saudi Arabia? Erdogan? Putin's Russia? Myanmar? South Africa?
A fun bunch with plenty to offer!
